The 1942 NCAA basketball tournament involved eight schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball.
Stanford, coached by Everett Dean, won the national title with a 53–38 victory in the final game over Dartmouth, coached by O.
Howie Dallmar of Stanford was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
Everett Dean is the only coach to have never lost an NCAA tournament game.
The following were the sites selected to host each round of the 1942 tournament: