1946 NCAA Basketball Tournament

Finals site

Madison Square Garden
New York City

Champions

Oklahoma A&M (2nd title, 2nd title game,
2nd Final Four)

Runner-up

North Carolina (1st title game,
1st Final Four)

Semifinalists

California (1st Final Four)
Ohio State (4th Final Four)

Winning coach

Henry Iba (2nd title)

MOP

Bob Kurland Oklahoma A&M

Attendance

73,116

Top scorer

Bob Kurland Oklahoma A&M
(72 points)

NCAA Division I Men's Tournaments
«1945	1947»

The 1946 NCAA 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. The third place game would continue through the 1981 tournament.

Locations

The following were the sites which hosted each round of the 1946 tournament:

Regionals

March 21 and 23: East Regional, Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
March 22 and 23: West Regional, Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri

Championship Game

March 26: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York

Teams

Region	Team	Coach	Conference	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	Harvard	Floyd Stahl	EIBL	Regional Fourth Place	NYU	L 67–61
East	NYU	Howard Cann	Middle Atlantic	Regional Third Place	Harvard	W 67–61
East	North Carolina	Ben Carnevale	Southern Conference	Runner Up	Oklahoma A&M	L 43–40
East	Ohio State	Harold Olsen	Big Ten	Third Place	California	W 63–45
West
West	Baylor	Bill Henderson	Southwest	Regional Fourth Place	Colorado	L 59–44
West	California	Nibs Price	Pacific Coast	Fourth Place	Ohio State	L 63–45
West	Colorado	Frosty Cox	Skyline	Regional Third Place	Baylor	W 59–44
West	Oklahoma A&M	Henry Iba	Missouri Valley	Champion	North Carolina	W 43–40

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period

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	Third place

				California	35
	California	50						Ohio State	63

	Colorado	44						California	45

Regional Third Place Games

	East Regional Third Place


	NYU		67

	Harvard		61

	West Regional Third Place


	Colorado		59

	Baylor		44

NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
Tournaments	1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Structure	Selection process Opening Round Elite Eight Final Four National Championship Game
Venues	Venues
Champions & awards	Champions Most Outstanding Player
Media & culture	Bracketology Broadcasting Tournament Final Four March Madness pools "One Shining Moment"
Records & statistics	All-time team records Bids by school Bids by school and conference Consecutive appearances Final Four appearances by school Final Four participants Final Four appearances by coach Upsets

1945–46 NCAA championships
Basketball Cross country Fencing Football Golf Gymnastics Swimming and diving Tennis (debut) Track and field Wrestling
Championships in grey were cancelled due to World War II

Oklahoma A&M Aggies Men's Basketball 1945–46 NCAA Champions
Sam Aubrey A. L. Bennett Joe Bradley Weldon Kern Bob Kurland (MOP) J. L. Parks Blake Williams Head Coach Henry Iba

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