1943 NCAA basketball tournament

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1943 NCAA basketball tournament
Teams8
Finals site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions Wyoming Cowboys (1st title, 1st title game,
1st Final Four)
Runner-up Georgetown Hoyas (1st title game,
1st Final Four)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Everett Shelton (1st title)
MOP Ken Sailors (Wyoming)
Attendance56,876
Top scorer John Hargis (Texas)
(59 points)
NCAA Division I men's tournaments
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The 1943 NCAA basketball tournament involved eight schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 24, 1943, and ended with the championship game on March 30 in New York City. A total of nine games were played, including a third place game in each region. Top-ranked Illinois declined to participate in the NCAA tournament or NIT after three of its starters were drafted into the Army.

Contents

Wyoming, coached by Everett Shelton, won the national title with a 46–34 victory in the final game over Georgetown, coached by Elmer Ripley. [1] [2] [3] Ken Sailors of Wyoming was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. The Cowboys were the first team in the 5-year history of the tournament to win after making a previous appearance in the tournament, having appeared in the 1941 tournament.

Locations

Only two venues hosted the 1943 tournament:

Regionals

March 24 and 25
East Regional, Madison Square Garden, New York, New York (Host: Metropolitan New York Conference)
March 26 and 27
West Regional, Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri (Host: Missouri Valley Conference)

Championship Game

March 30
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York (Host: Metropolitan New York Conference)

Teams

East Regional - New York City
SchoolCoachConferenceRecord
Dartmouth Osborne Cowles EIBL 19–2
DePaul Ray Meyer Independent18–4
Georgetown Elmer Ripley Independent20–4
NYU Howard Cann Metropolitan New York 16–4
West Regional - Kansas City
SchoolCoachConferenceRecord
Oklahoma Bruce Drake Big Six 17–8
Texas Bully Gilstrap Southwest 18–6
Washington Hec Edmundson Pacific Coast 24–5
Wyoming Everett Shelton Mountain States 28–2

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
Georgetown 55
NYU 36
Georgetown53
DePaul 49
DePaul 46
Dartmouth 35
Georgetown 34
Wyoming46
Texas 59
Washington 55
Texas 54
Wyoming58
Wyoming 53
Oklahoma 50

Regional third place

Source [1] [2] [3] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Georgetown beaten by Wyoming, 46-34". Milwaukee Journal. United Press. March 31, 1943. p. 8, part 2.
  2. 1 2 "Wyoming defeats Georgetown, 46-34, for NCAA basketball title". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 31, 1943. p. 8.
  3. 1 2 "Wyoming takes coveted crown". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). United Press. March 31, 1943. p. 11.
  4. "1943 NCAA basketball tournament". College Basketball Reference. Retrieved April 3, 2018.