1939 NCAA tournament
Posted on: October 17, 2019 at 13:04:58 CT
FIJItiger
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MU declined an invite to the 1939 NCAA tournament after winning the Big 6 and securing an NCAA tournament bid, citing travel costs as the reason for declining. The West Regional that year was played in San Francisco in the California Coliseum.
Oklahoma went in our place, and defeated Utah State 50-39 in the opening round of the 8 team tournament. In doing so Oklahoma advanced to the tournament semi-finals, or as would retroactively be known 40 years later a 'Final Four'.
Had MU not declined that 1939 invite, there is a very high probability we would have never heard 'MU has never made a Final Four'. We just would have had to score at least 40 points against Utah State.
Edited by FIJItiger at 13:05:28 on 10/17/19