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"In 1940 Kansas won thd Western NCAA and Indiana’ ‘won “the Bastern. Kansas

hod. defeated Oklahoma aggdes: to determine the Fifth’ ‘District champion © ‘since
.......Oklahoma Aggies is in“thé Missouri Valley Conference ‘and ‘ve are in the Big Six
_ Conference, and ‘it was nécassary to docide.on our Fifth District chanpicn. Then
~ Southern California, Rico (repr osent ing the ° Southwest Conference), Colorado (re-

presenting ‘the Kocky IMowntain Ccnference), ahd Kansas played in Kansas Citys

, Southern California defeated Colorado, and Kansas defeated Rice, Then Kansas
Bie defeated Scuthern California for the Western NCAA. © ws ong oilins met in
Kansas City” fo. _the Notional L READ; end Thdténa: wone | none’ |

mh ean: ‘Stanford won “the Weal chtugph sieht by de tiee tine ts aneit * ‘the

. eeu winner; In 1942 Wyoming won’ the NCAA championship by defeating. Sty.
Johns: of ares, or Gour gotoum,” T am not a — ‘Drivitevion winner.’

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more nor less than a selection of Ned Trish and’ a: ‘group of newspaper men’ in New

York, This tournament was formerly called the Sport Writers Tournament ‘of New
York City. It was promoted and built up among the sport writers. This was such

' a vulger promotion ‘that pelicy ond less heat dosired caused them to call it the

- National Invitation Tournament “It has no bearing, ‘no standing: with any colleges
“‘at.all. “It'is simply a promotion like thé AsAJU,(Amsteour Athletic Union). They

pick the teams that they think will draw best at the ‘gate, and keep the money.

_ the sport writers divide Shed? aay Sree que spirg nake Plenty but the

~ Irish! Ss promotion. e oe

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"In 1943: Utah wor ‘he Notd odes NOAA: by sadateauee Dartmouth Sor: the.

finals in Madison Square Garden. ‘Thon Utah went on. to-defoat Ste Johns | of)

Brooklyn for what. they a the mythical, = and 4t is’ very nychiead ‘because it

has’ no. standing at, all, = but the money is ‘given to the Red Cross. and has. been
for this play-off Hetrokh’ the NCAA andthe Naticnal Invitation, And that gives
.& SembJance of standing to the. mythical” championships. It would never be piayed

and the National Tnvitetion yee ons ae a ae ce for eo ond Ned

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“his year the PitteliGmn’ HOA on! won the: ‘Wostern ployseet by. defeating

en, Arkansas. They’ had previously defeated Utah by a ton heavy secre in! the first
-round, _ Then klahoma*Aggilos went east to dofoat, New York University in Madison
Square Gardsn for tho NCAG: Pihals.” avid night vefore last Okianomm , me
 feated DePaal of Chi icago. fdr ithis: ‘mythical | chanpionship promoted. by irish and
his Oe coterie, 46. ‘0co in _ Bate" POs AP te gone to the: Be trossbi,

gies, de-

"he National Goitagiate’ judy Touchament’ first ster aes snow Psi won.
the Western NCAA play-cff at Treasure Island in San Franciset, John Bunn and
I, the NCAA reprosentetives, sonductod the teurnanions .’ The University of Okla-

,,homa from the Fifth District, the University or Texas from the Sixta District,
Utah Stare from the Soverth District, and Oregawr played, for. the Westorn Champ-

ionship. titles: ‘Oregon, | the Western winnor, “then went fo Chi: ‘ago ‘and played Ohio
State.’ the Hastern NCAA -chimpion, and Orogon ‘dofeated cane — ew making

’ _ Oregon ne first ‘National elasalt aes paren ”

"So the Pacific east has won two shorn i idatitoe, with: oun and. ‘Stan-
ford, The Big Ten has won cne NCAA championship wr ‘th Indiana in 1940. Tho
Rocky Mountain Con? ‘erenké has won two with Utah ard Wyoming as thoir represent=
atives, and the Misscuri Valley has’ wen cne with Qklancma Aggies, Not an’ veast-
ern team has won a ‘championshi pe. alvhough aehecleeh New York Univors:ty and
others have gorsten to ~~ finals. .? pi

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