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

Locations

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

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

Bracket

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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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