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During the fifties, College Hoops begins to expand to include more schools.

1951

East Regional
First Round
Illinois 79 - Columbia 71
N.C. State 67 - Villanova 62
Kentucky 79 - Louisville 68
St. John's 63 - Connecticut 52

Semifinals
Illinois 84 - N.C. State 70
Kentucky 59 - St. John's 43

Third Place
St. John's 71 - N.C. State 59

Final
Kentucky 76 - Illinois 74

West Regional
First Round
Washington 62 - Texas A&M 40
Oklahoma A&M 50 - Montana St. 46
BYU 68 - San Jose St. 61
Kansas St. 61 - Arizona 59

Semifinals
Oklahoma A&M 61 - Washington 57
Kansas St. 64 - BYU 54

Third Place
Washington 80 - BYU 67

Final
Kansas St. 68 - Oklahoma A&M 44

Final Four
(Williams Arena, Minneapolis)

Third Place
Illinois 61 - Oklahoma A&M 46

Championship
Kentucky 68 - Kansas St. 58

Most Outstanding Player
Bill Spivey, Kentucky

No All-Tournament Team Selected

Championship Box Score

Kentucky	FG-A	FT-A	RB	PF	Pts
Cliff Hagan	5-6	0-2	4	5	10
Shelby Linville	2-7	4-8	8	5	8
Bill Spivey	9-29	4-6	21	2	22
Lou Tsioropoulos	1-4	0-0	3	1	2
Bobby Watson	3-8	2-4	3	3	8
Frank Ramsey	4-10	1-3	4	5	9
Lucian Whitaker	4-5	1-1	2	2	9
C. M. Newton	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
Totals	28-69	12-24	45	23	68
Kansas St.	FG-A	FT-A	RB	PF	Pts
Ed Head	3-11	2-2	3	2	8
Dan Schuyler	1-2	0-0	1	2	2
Jack Stone	3-8	6-8	6	2	12
John Gibson	0-2	1-1	1	5	1
Dick Knostman	1-4	1-2	3	1	3
James Iverson	3-12	1-2	0	3	7
Don Upson	0-1	0-0	2	1	0
Ernie Barrett	2-12	0-2	3	1	4
Robert Rousey	2-10	0-0	2	3	4
Lew Hitch	6-15	1-1	9	3	13
Richard Peck	2-3	0-0	0	0	4
Totals	23-80	12-18	30	23	58

Halftime: Kansas St. 29, Kentucky 27.
Attendance: 15,348.

Which naturally brought more fans!

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