1946 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

Infobox NCAA Basketball Tournament
Year=1946


ImageSize=
Caption=
Teams=
FinalFourArena=Madison Square Garden
FinalFourCity=New York City
Champions=Oklahoma A&M
TitleCount=2nd
RunnerUp=North Carolina
GameCount=1st
Semifinal1=California
FinalFourCount=1st
Semifinal2=Ohio State
FinalFourCount2=4th
Coach=Henry Iba
CoachCount=2nd
MOP=Bob Kurland
MOPTeam=Oklahoma A&M
Attendance=73,116
OneTopScorer=*
TwoTopScorers=
TopScorer=Bob Kurland
TopScorerTeam=Oklahoma A&M
Points=72The 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.

Locations

Teams

Bracket

8TeamBracket | RD1-seed1=
RD1-team1=Ohio State
RD1-score1=46
RD1-seed2=
RD1-team2=Harvard
RD1-score2=38
RD1-seed3=
RD1-team3=North Carolina
RD1-score3=57
RD1-seed4=
RD1-team4=NYU
RD1-score4=49
RD1-seed5=
RD1-team5=Oklahoma A&M
RD1-score5=44
RD1-seed6=
RD1-team6=Baylor
RD1-score6=29
RD1-seed7=
RD1-team7=California
RD1-score7=50
RD1-seed8=
RD1-team8=Colorado
RD1-score8=44
RD2-seed1=
RD2-team1=Ohio State
RD2-score1=57*
RD2-seed2=
RD2-team2=North Carolina
RD2-score2=60
RD2-seed3=
RD2-team3=Oklahoma A&M
RD2-score3=52
RD2-seed4=
RD2-team4=California
RD2-score4=35
RD3-seed1=
RD3-team1=North Carolina
RD3-score1=40
RD3-seed2=
RD3-team2=Oklahoma A&M
RD3-score2=43

ee also

* 1946 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

External links

* [http://www.shrpsports.com/collbask/1946.htm 1946 NCAA Basketball Tournament] on Shrp Sports (source for the bracket)
* [http://www.hoopstournament.net/index.html HoopsTournament.Net] , source for much of the information on this page.