Season | 1949–50 | ||||
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Teams | 8 | ||||
Finals site |
Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, North Carolina | ||||
Champions | NC State (1st title) | ||||
Runner-up | Penn State (1st title game) | ||||
Winning coach | Everett Case (1st title) | ||||
MVP | Dick Dickey (NC State) | ||||
Attendance | 54,400 [1] | ||||
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The 1949 Dixie Classic was a mid-season college basketball tournament held December 28–30, 1949 at NC State's Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh, North Carolina. It was the first iteration of the Dixie Classic and it was part of the 1949–50 NCAA men's basketball season.
The championship game was contested by favorite NC State, who cruised to the final with double-digit wins over Rhode Island State and Georgia Tech, and underdog Penn State, who advanced with narrow upset wins over Duke and West Virginia. [2] After initially struggling against Penn State's zone defense, NC State rallied back from a halftime deficit and won by a score of 50–40. [3] Dick Dickey of NC State was voted most valuable player of the tournament. [4]
Each year, the Dixie Classic included the " Big Four" teams (Duke, NC State, North Carolina, and Wake Forest), as well as four other invited teams. The 1949 teams were: [5] [6]
The first round pairings were decided by drawing names from a hat on September 5, 1949. [7]
Consolation final | Consolation semifinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||||||||||
Dec. 28, 2:00pm | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 57 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dec. 29, 2:00pm | Georgia Tech | 64 | Dec. 29, 3:30pm | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 57 | Georgia Tech | 34 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Rhode Island State | 61 | Dec. 28, 3:30pm | NC State | 57 | |||||||||||||||||||
NC State | 81 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dec. 30, 3:30pm | Rhode Island State | 64 | Dec. 30, 9:00pm | ||||||||||||||||||||
Rhode Island State | 65 | NC State | 50 | ||||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina | 60 | Dec. 28, 7:30pm | Penn State | 40 | |||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina | 50 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dec. 29, 7:30pm | West Virginia | 58 | Dec. 29, 9:00pm | ||||||||||||||||||||
Seventh place | North Carolina | 59 | West Virginia | 41 | Third place | ||||||||||||||||||
Dec. 30, 2:00pm | Duke | 52 | Dec. 28, 9:00pm | Penn State | 46 | Dec. 30, 7:30pm | |||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 52 | Duke | 48 | Georgia Tech | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||
Duke | 54 | Penn State | 51 | West Virginia | 48 | ||||||||||||||||||
December 28
2:00pm |
Wake Forest 57, Georgia Tech 64 | ||
Scoring by half: 34–30, 23–34 | ||
Pts: Mason (11) | Pts: Keener (16) |
No. 1
[8]
|
December 28
3:30pm |
NC State 81, Rhode Island State 64 | ||
Scoring by half: 47–31, 34–33 | ||
Pts: Ranzino (33) | Pts: Blount (17) |
No. 2
[9]
|
December 28
7:30pm |
North Carolina 50, West Virginia 58 | ||
Scoring by half: 23–32, 27–26 | ||
Pts: White (15) | Pts: Beach (15) |
No. 3
[10]
|
December 28
9:00pm |
Duke 48, Penn State 51 | ||
Scoring by half: 22–22, 26–29 | ||
Pts: Lamie (16) | Pts: Groat (18) |
No. 4
[11]
|
December 29
2:00pm |
Wake Forest 57, Rhode Island State 61 | ||
Scoring by half: 30–36, 27–25 | ||
Pts: McCotter, Bennett (12) | Pts: Blount (17) |
No. 5
[2]
|
December 29
3:30pm |
Georgia Tech 34, NC State 57 | ||
Scoring by half: 21–33, 13–24 | ||
Pts: Dold (8) | Pts: Ranzino (17) |
No. 6
[2]
|
December 29
7:30pm |
North Carolina 59, Duke 52 | ||
Scoring by half: 22–27, 37–25 | ||
Pts: Tsantes (19) | Pts: Groat (15) |
December 29
9:00pm |
West Virginia 41, Penn State 46 | ||
Scoring by half: 17–17, 24–29 | ||
Pts: Beach (11) | Pts: Lamie (10) |
December 30
2:00pm |
Wake Forest 52, Duke 54 | ||
Scoring by half: 31–33, 21–21 | ||
Pts: Mueller, Brooks (12) | Pts: Groat (17) |
December 30
3:30pm |
Rhode Island State 65, North Carolina 60 (OT) | ||
Scoring by half: 26–27, 29–28 Overtime: 10–5 | ||
Pts: Blount (19) | Pts: Kappler (14) |
December 30
7:30pm |
Georgia Tech 63, West Virginia 48 | ||
Scoring by half: 36–25, 27–23 | ||
Pts: Cline, Sermersheim (15) | Pts: Workman (14) |
No. 11
[1]
Attendance: 11,700 |
December 30
9:00pm |
NC State 50, Penn State 40 | ||
Scoring by half: 23–26, 27–14 | ||
Pts: Dickey (14) | Pts: Schisler (9) |