1947 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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The 1947 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 19, 1947, and ended with the championship game on March 25 in New York City. A total of 10 games were played.

Holy Cross, coached by Doggie Julian, won the national title with a 58-47 victory in the final game over Oklahoma, coached by Bruce Drake. George Kaftan of Holy Cross was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

This was the first tournament in which a national third place game was held, a tradition which would continue until the 1982 tournament. This was a step short of a true "Final Four," however, since the national semifinals were still played in their respective East and West regional locations. The true Final Four would not emerge until the 1952 tournament.

Contents 1 Locations 2 Teams 3 Bracket 4 External links

[edit] Locations

Region	Site	Other Locations
East	New York, New York
West	Kansas City, Missouri
Finals	New York, New York

[edit] Teams

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	n/a	CCNY	Nat Holman	Fourth Place	Texas	L 54-50
East	n/a	Holy Cross	Doggie Julian	Champion	Oklahoma	W 58-47
East	n/a	Navy	Ben Carnevale	Regional Fourth Place	Wisconsin	L 50-49
East	n/a	Wisconsin	Bud Foster	Regional Third Place	Navy	W 50-49
West
West	n/a	Oklahoma	Bruce Drake	Runner Up	Holy Cross	L 58-47
West	n/a	Oregon State	Slats Gill	Regional Third Place	Wyoming	W 63-46
West	n/a	Texas	Jack Gray	Third Place	CCNY	W 54-50
West	n/a	Wyoming	Everett Shelton	Elite Eight	Texas	L 42-40

[edit] Bracket

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
		Holy Cross	55
		Navy	47
							Holy Cross	60
							CCNY	45
		CCNY	70
		Wisconsin	56
												Holy Cross	58
												Oklahoma	47
		Texas	42
		Wyoming	40
							Texas	54
							Oklahoma	55
		Oklahoma	56
		Oregon State	54

[edit] External links

• 1947 NCAA Basketball Tournament on Shrp Sports (source for the bracket)
• HoopsTournament.Net, source for much of the information on this page.

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