| Teams | 8 | ||||
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| Finals site | Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri | ||||
| Champions | Wisconsin Badgers (1st title, 1st title game, 1st Final Four) | ||||
| Runner-up | Washington State Cougars (1st title game, 1st Final Four) | ||||
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Bud Foster (1st title) | ||||
| MOP | John Kotz (Wisconsin) | ||||
| Attendance | 48,055 | ||||
| Top scorer | John Adams (Arkansas) (48 points) | ||||
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The 1941 NCAA basketball tournament involved eight schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA college basketball. It began on March 21, 1941, and ended with the championship game on March 29 in Kansas City, Missouri. A total of nine games were played, including a third place game in both regions.
Wisconsin, coached by Bud Foster, won the national title with a 39–34 victory in the final over Washington State, coached by Jack Friel. John Kotz of Wisconsin was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
The following are the sites selected to host each round of the 1941 tournament:
| East Regional - Madison | |||
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| School | Coach | Conference | Record |
| Dartmouth | Osborne Cowles | EIBL | 18–4 |
| North Carolina | Bill Lange | Southern | 19–7 |
| Pittsburgh | Doc Carlson | Independent | 12–5 |
| Wisconsin | Bud Foster | Big Ten | 17–3 |
| West Regional - Kansas City | |||
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| School | Coach | Conference | Record |
| Arkansas | Glen Rose | Southwest | 19–2 |
| Creighton | Eddie Hickey | Missouri Valley | 17–6 |
| Washington State | Jack Friel | Pacific Coast | 24–5 |
| Wyoming | Everett Shelton | Mountain States | 14–4 |
| Quarterfinals Friday, March 21 | Semifinals Saturday, March 22 | Final Saturday, March 29 | ||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 51 | |||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 50 | |||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 36 | |||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 30 | |||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 26 | |||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 20 | |||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 39 | |||||||||||||
| Washington State | 34 | |||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 52 | |||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 40 | |||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 53 | |||||||||||||
| Washington State | 64 | |||||||||||||
| Washington State | 48 | |||||||||||||
| Creighton | 39 | |||||||||||||
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