1946 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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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.

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.

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	Harvard	Floyd Stahl	Elite Eight	Ohio State	L 46-38
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
West
West	n/a	Baylor	Bill Henderson	Elite Eight	Oklahoma A&M	L 44-29
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] External links

• 1946 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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