1940 _ NATIONAL INTERCOLLEGIATE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT — 1940 @ History and Growth of the National Intercollegiate Basketball Championship Tournament and Organization of the National Association of Intercollegiate Basketball The National Intercollegiate Basketball Champion- ship Tournament had its beginning in 1938. That was the first effort by administrators of College Ath- letics to conduct a tournament open to all Colleges and Universities in the United States and to determine the National Intercollegiate Basketball Championship. Thirty-two teams, selected from fifteen districts, rep- resenting an area of more than thirty states, partici- pated. The title was won by Central Missouri State Teachers College, Warrensburg, Missouri, who de- feated Roanoke College, Salem, Virginia in the finals. With practically the same organization the tourna- ment was again held in 1939, with thirty-two teams participating. Those teams represented sixteen dis- tricts, which covered an area of approximately thirty- two states. Southwestern College of Winfield, Kansas, won the title by defeating San Diego State College, San Diego, California, in a hectic final game-—32°to..3i. As a result of the rapid growth of basketball and the resultant nation-wide interest in a National Championship Tournament, the National Association of Intercollegiate Basketball was organized. This Association had its actual beginning March 15, 1939, in Kansas City. Recently the permanent organization was completed. Membership in the organization is institutional. It is open to Colleges and Universities that offer standard four year courses and whose academic work is recognized by exacting standardizing agencies and graduate Universities. Memberships from 25 different states have been approved. Sponsoring of the National Intercollegiate Basketball Championship Tournament is but one part of the program approved by the Association. It includes an active national program designed to aid in the development and protection of Intercollegiate Basketball. The Association is controlled by an executive board, composed of the district chairmen of thirty-two dis- tricts, each of whom has been selected from the As- sociation membership. The personnel of this board consists of Athletic Directors, Basketball Coaches, and Graduate Managers. Every member has faculty rating. Members are chosen from state universities, state colleges, normal universities, and privately-endowed colleges and universities. No special athletic code of eligibility is required for membership. Eligibility codes of members are left to the governing body of athletics in each member institution. The National Intercollegiate Basketball Championship Tournament is Open to non-members as well as members. Non- members must meet the same academic requirements as members and must qualify in the same manner as association members. @ National Intercollegiate Basketball Championship Tournament . Auspices of National Association of Intercollegiate Basketball E. S. LISTON—Managing Director HOST ORGANIZATION Junior Chamber of Commerce Committee PUBLIC ADDRESS G. V. Bourrette FLOOR COMMITTEE Charles Burke Les Freeburg Wm. Powell A. E. Talbott ASSISTANT FLOOR COMMITTEE Marion Miller Kenneth Sells Frank Hood SCORERS AND TIMERS Roy A. Watkins Harley Selvidge Don Caps Les Warren TOURNAMENT PHYSICIAN _ D. M. Nigro PUBLICITY American Press Syndicate George W. Bowles @ PAGE THREE EUGENE ZACHMAN—Director, Municipal Auditorium INFORMATION Frances Rosenberg PROGRAM a B. & L. Publication OFFICIALS E. C. Quigley St. Marys, Kansas, Supervisor Alvin Bell Southern District, Little Rock, Arkansas Ted O'Sullivan Missouri Valley District, Kansas City, Mo. Ike Craig Big Ten District, Chicago, Illinois R, L. Barton Rocky Mountain District, Denver, Colo.