What schools played in the first NCAA basketball tournament?

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1939 was the first NCAA tournament. The teams participating were:

Oregon, Texas, Oklahoma, Utah State, Villanova, Brown, Wake Forest, Ohio State

Ohio State and Oregon played in the Final with Oregon winning the first NCAA Tournament.

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