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1939 NCAA tournament

Posted on: October 17, 2019 at 13:04:58 CT
FIJItiger MU
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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
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1939 NCAA tournament - FIJItiger MU - 10/17 13:04:58
     cool story bro(nm) - LamarFrazier MU - 10/17 16:07:39
          Thanks, I got plenty of em (nm) - FIJItiger MU - 10/17 16:08:09
               where you get these? got a blog?(nm) - LamarFrazier MU - 10/17 16:09:37
                    RE: where you get these? got a blog?(nm) - FIJItiger MU - 10/17 16:11:58
          Go back to the beaker board, d-bag. (nm) - go tigers MU - 10/17 17:56:44
     Wasn’t the NIT the better tourney then?(nm) - Mo Texan MU - 10/17 15:36:59
          Yes, much more prestigious because of being in - FIJItiger MU - 10/17 15:39:33
               RE: When the Billikens won the NIT in 1948,.......? - missinglink MU - 10/17 22:09:08
                    Starting in 1950, teams could no longer participate in both - FIJItiger MU - 10/18 08:18:30
     unless they scored 41 against us. nm - bornoncampus MU - 10/17 15:03:22
          High Pockets was on that team so no way they score more - lqf2b8 MU - 10/17 15:26:47
     very true but it's also more an indictment of - McMuffin HERD - 10/17 13:20:33
          RE: very true but it's also more an indictment of - Nookam UK - 10/17 15:28:48
               It fools a lot of dumb people that don't know the history - TheWildcat MU - 10/17 15:32:42
                    RE: It fools a lot of dumb people that don't know the history - FIJItiger MU - 10/17 15:37:19
                         What is actually amazing is how quick it went from - TheWildcat MU - 10/17 15:39:54
                              Things escalated quickly in those days. - alwaysright MU - 10/17 15:47:59
                                   By 1899 ku was already paying players, despite no - FIJItiger MU - 10/17 15:50:43
                                        They’re grandfathered in. That explains so much. - alwaysright MU - 10/17 19:54:59
                              I recall from our Big 8 days that Nebraska was already - FIJItiger MU - 10/17 15:44:08
          1921-22 - FIJItiger MU - 10/17 14:46:22




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