1951 NCAA Basketball Tournament
Teams

1951 NCAA Basketball Tournament

Section Title: Teams
Table Section Text: None

Region	Team	Coach	Finished	Final Opponent	Score

East

East	Columbia	Lou Rossini	Sweet Sixteen	Illinois	L 79–71

East	Connecticut	Hugh Greer	Sweet Sixteen	St. John's	L 63–52

East	Illinois	Harry Combes	Third Place	Oklahoma A&M	W 61–46

East	Kentucky	Adolph Rupp	Champion	Kansas State	W 68–58

East	Louisville	Peck Hickman	Sweet Sixteen	Kentucky	L 79–68

East	NC State	Everett Case	Regional Fourth Place	St. John's	L 71–59

East	St. John's	Frank McGuire	Regional Third Place	NC State	W 71–59

East	Villanova	Alex Severance	Sweet Sixteen	NC State	L 67–62

West

West	Arizona	Fred Enke	Sweet Sixteen	Kansas State	L 61–59

West	BYU	Stan Watts	Regional Fourth Place	Washington	L 80–67

West	Kansas State	Jack Gardner	Runner-up	Kentucky	L 68–58

West	Montana State	Brick Breeden	Sweet Sixteen	Oklahoma A&M	L 50–46

West	Oklahoma A&M	Henry Iba	Fourth Place	Illinois	L 61–46

West	San Jose State	Walt McPherson	Sweet Sixteen	BYU	L 68–61

West	Texas A&M	John Floyd	Sweet Sixteen	Washington	L 62–40

West	Washington	Tippy Dye	Regional Third Place	BYU	W 80–67

Sentence(s)

Kentucky was coached by Adolph Rupp won with 68–58 in the final over Kansas State.
Kentucky, coached by Adolph Rupp won with a 68–58 in the final over Kansas State.
Kentucky, coached by Adolph Rupp, won the 1951 NCAA Basketball Tournament title with a 68–58 victory over Kansas State.

final_sentence: Kentucky was coached by Adolph Rupp won with 68–58 in the final over Kansas State.
final_sentence: Kentucky, coached by Adolph Rupp won with a 68–58 in the final over Kansas State.
final_sentence: Kentucky, coached by Adolph Rupp, won the 1951 NCAA Basketball Tournament title with a 68–58 victory over Kansas State.