1948      1949      1950

Champion Second Place Third place Fourth place
Kentucky Oklahoma A&M Illinois Oregon State
Adolph Rupp Hank Iba Harry Combes Slats Gill

Active coaches (5+ games)

Rank Coach, Current school Yrs W-L Pct. Latest Final
All Trn 1949 All 4 2 1
1 Hank Iba, Oklahoma A&M 20 3 2-1 8-1 .889 1949 3 3 2
T2 Adolph Rupp, Kentucky 19 4 3-0 8-2 .800 1949 3 2 2
T2 Bud Foster, Wisconsin 15 2   4-1 .800 1947 1 1 1
T4 Vadal Peterson, Utah 22 2   3-2 .600 1945 1 1 1
T4 Phog Allen, Kansas 43 2   3-2 .600 1942 1 1 0
T6 Howard Hobson, Yale 13 3 0-2 4-3 .571 1949 1 1 1
T6 Bruce Drake, Oklahoma 11 3   4-3 .571 1947 2 1 0
8 Ozzie Cowles, Michigan 8 4   5-4 .556 1948 1 1 0
9 Howard Cann, NYU 25 3   3-4 .429 1946 1 1 0
T10 Ben Carnevale, Navy 5 2   2-3 .400 1947 1 1 0
T10 Bill Henderson, Baylor 7 2   2-3 .400 1948 1 1 0
T10 Jack Gray, Texas 10 2   2-3 .400 1947 1 0 0
13 Frosty Cox, Colorado 12 3   2-4 .333 1946 1 0 0
14 Everett Shelton, Wyoming 12 5 0-2 3-8 .273 1949 1 1 1


Highlights:

Hank Iba and Oklahoma A&M suffer their first tournament loss in the title game with Kentucky, but Iba holds onto first place with an .889 winning percentage.
Adolph Rupp takes Kentucky to its second tournament championship in a row and jumps up to .800, tied for second place.  The championship game win is Rupp's tenth tournament game appearance making him the third to coach in ten tournament games.
Howard Hobson switches to Yale, but doesn't have the success he enjoyed at Oregon, dropping two games and sinking to .571, tied for sixth place.
Everett Shelton again can't seem to get a win for Wyoming, sinking further into last place at .273.  Shelton's first of two losses in this tournament makes him the second coach to appear in ten tournament games.





















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