- Saturday, March 5 1949 -
SEC Tournament Championship (at Louisville, KY)
Kentucky - 68 (Head Coach: Adolph Rupp) - [Ranked 1st by AP]
| Player | FG | FT | FTA | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wallace Jones | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Dale Barnstable | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Walter Hirsch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jim Line | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Alex Groza | 12 | 13 | 21 | 3 | 37 |
| Cliff Barker | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Ralph Beard | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| Totals | 25 | 18 | 29 | 10 | 68 |
Tulane - 52 (Head Coach: Clifford Wells) - [Ranked 7th by AP]
| Player | FG | FT | FTA | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melvin Payton | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| Warren Perkins | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| Harold Jamison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| August Adomitis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Riffey | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| Troye Svendson | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Virgil Risner | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Thomas Bowman | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| Harold Peck | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Robert Wells | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joseph Cox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 23 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 52 |
| Prior Game | | | Next Game |
| Tennessee 83 - 44 | | | Loyola (Chicago) 56 - 67 |
Cliff Barker (#23) flips a pass to Alex Groza (#15) while Dale Barnstable (#18) looks on
Walt Hirsch (#19) scores in front of Tulane's Thomas Bowman (#24) as referee Bowser Chest looks on.
Alex Groza and UK Coach Adolph Rupp accept the trophy for the SEC Tournament championship from KY Governor Earle Clements and SEC Athletic Commissioner Bernie Moore
