Question: who won the first men's ncaa tournament
Answer: 1939 NCAA Basketball Tournament Teams 8 Finals site Patten Gymnasium Evanston , Illinois Champions Oregon Ducks ( 1st title , 1st title game , 1st Final Four ) Runner - up Ohio State Buckeyes ( 1st title game , 1st Final Four ) Semifinalists Oklahoma Sooners ( 1st Final Four ) Villanova Wildcats ( 1st Final Four ) Winning coach Howard Hobson ( 1st title ) MOP Jimmy Hull , ( Ohio State ) Attendance 15,025 Top scorer Jimmy Hull , Ohio State ( 58 points ) NCAA Division I Men 's Tournaments 1940 ''