The Quiz: Which team won the first ever men’s March Madness event?
Ohio State
University of Oregon
Brown University
Wake Forest
On March 27, 1939, Oregon took home the first ever NCAA Division I men’s national championship, defeating Ohio State by a score of 46-33. Oklahoma and Villanova also appeared in that tournament’s semifinal round. The final was hosted by Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, a school that wouldn’t appear in the tournament until 2017. Also in 2017, Oregon returned to the Final Four for the first time since their inaugural tournament victory.
The correct answer to this quiz is University of Oregon.