1950 NCAA basketball championship game
The 1950 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game was the finals of the 1950 NCAA basketball tournament and it determined the national champion for the 1949-50 NCAA men's basketball season. The game was played on March 28, 1950, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. It featured the CCNY Beavers of the Metropolitan New York Conference - the reigning NIT champions, and the Bradley Braves of the Missouri Valley Conference.
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| Date | March 28, 1950 | ||||||||||||
| Venue | Madison Square Garden, New York City | ||||||||||||
| MVP | Irwin Dambrot, CCNY | ||||||||||||
In a rematch of the NIT tournament final on March 18, the Beavers again defeated the Braves to win their only national championship, securing the only Grand Slam in the history of college basketball. Irwin Dambrot of CCNY was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, and head coach Nat Holman appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show. CCNY winning the national championship was voted the most exciting event in the history of college basketball at Madison Square Garden.