Front Row (l-r): Head Coach Adolph Rupp, Jim Line, Cliff Barker, John Stough, Ralph Beard, Joe B. Hall, Garland Townes, Asst. Coach Henry Lancaster
Back Row (l-r): Dale Barnstable, Walt Hirsch, Wallace Jones, Alex Groza, Bob Henne, Roger Day, Mgr. Humzey Yessin
| WINNING COACH | MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER |
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| ADOLPH RUPP | ALEX GROZA | KENTUCKY |
| Location: Hec Edmundson Pavillion | Seattle, Washington | |
| March 26, 1949 | |
FINAL FOUR
| Player | FG | FT-A | PF | PTS |
| Kentucky | ||||
| Jones | 1 | 1-3 | 3 | 3 |
| Line | 2 | 1-2 | 3 | 5 |
| Groza | 9 | 7-8 | 5 | 25 |
| Beard | 1 | 1-2 | 4 | 3 |
| Barker | 1 | 3-3 | 4 | 5 |
| Barnstable | 1 | 1-1 | 1 | 3 |
| Hirsch | 1 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 |
| Scott | 2 | 2-3 | 3 | 6 |
| Byers | 0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 16 | 14-19 | 21 | 46 |
| Oklahoma A&M | ||||
| Yates | 1 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 |
| Shelton | 3 | 6-7 | 4 | 12 |
| Harris | 3 | 1-1 | 5 | 7 |
| Bradley | 0 | 3-6 | 3 | 3 |
| Parks | 2 | 3-4 | 5 | 7 |
| Jacquet | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 1 |
| McArthur | 0 | 2-2 | 1 | 2 |
| Pilgrim | 0 | 2-2 | 1 | 2 |
| Smith | 0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 9 | 18-24 | 21 | 36 |