1946 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
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| 1946 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament |
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| Finals Site | Madison Square Garden New York City |
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| Champions | Oklahoma A&M (2nd title) | ||
| Runner-Up | North Carolina (1st title game) | ||
| Semifinalists | California (1st Final Four) Ohio State (4th Final Four) |
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| Winning Coach | Henry Iba (2nd title) | ||
| MOP | Bob Kurland Oklahoma A&M | ||
| Attendance | 73,116 | ||
| Top scorer | Bob Kurland Oklahoma A&M (72 points) |
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NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournaments
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The 1946 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 21, 1946, and ended with the championship game on March 26 in New York City. A total of 10 games were played, including a third place game in each region and a national third place game.
Oklahoma A&M, coached by Henry Iba, won the national title with a 43-40 victory in the final game over North Carolina, coached by Ben Carnevale. Bob Kurland of Oklahoma A&M was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
This was the first tournament to have four teams advance to the final site, though not the first to have a true "Final Four" format (that would not occur until 1952). The two regional losers played in the national third-place game, while the two winners played for the championship.
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[edit] Locations
| Region | Site | Other Locations |
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| East | New York, New York | |
| West | Kansas City, Missouri | |
| Finals | New York, New York |
[edit] Teams
| Region | Seed | Team | Coach | Finished | Final Opponent | Score |
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| East | ||||||
| East | n/a | Harvard | Floyd Stahl | Regional Fourth Place | NYU | L 67-61 |
| East | n/a | NYU | Howard Cann | Regional Third Place | Harvard | W 67-61 |
| East | n/a | North Carolina | Ben Carnevale | Runner Up | Oklahoma A&M | L 43-40 |
| East | n/a | Ohio State | Harold Olsen | Third Place | California | W 63-45 |
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| West | n/a | Baylor | Bill Henderson | Regional Fourth Place | Colorado | L 59-44 |
| West | n/a | California | Nibs Price | Fourth Place | Ohio State | L 63-45 |
| West | n/a | Colorado | Frosty Cox | Regional Third Place | Baylor | W 59-44 |
| West | n/a | Oklahoma A&M | Henry Iba | Champion | North Carolina | W 43-40 |
[edit] Bracket
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
| Ohio State | 46 | ||||||||||||
| Harvard | 38 | ||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 57* | ||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 60 | ||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 57 | ||||||||||||
| NYU | 49 | ||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 40 | ||||||||||||
| Oklahoma A&M | 43 | ||||||||||||
| Oklahoma A&M | 44 | ||||||||||||
| Baylor | 29 | ||||||||||||
| Oklahoma A&M | 52 | ||||||||||||
| California | 35 | ||||||||||||
| California | 50 | ||||||||||||
| Colorado | 44 | ||||||||||||
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- 1946 NCAA Basketball Tournament on Shrp Sports (source for the bracket)
- HoopsTournament.Net, source for much of the information on this page.
| NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Final Four broadcasters | Champions and records |
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