Year: | 1946 |
Tourney Start: | March 19 |
Nc Date: | 25, 1947 |
Champ Stad: | Madison Square Garden |
Champ City: | New York, New York |
Champ: | Holy Cross |
Helmschamp: | Holy Cross |
Nit Champ: | Utah |
Helmspoy: | Gerald Tucker, Oklahoma |
The 1946–47 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1946, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1947 NCAA basketball tournament championship game on March 25, 1947, at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York. The Holy Cross Crusaders won their first NCAA national championship with a 58–47 victory over the Oklahoma Sooners.
School | Former conference | New conference | |
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Independent | Mid-American Conference | ||
Independent | Western New York Little Three Conference | ||
Big Ten Conference | No NCAA basketball program | ||
Independent | Mid-American Conference | ||
New England Conference | Yankee Conference | ||
No NCAA basketball program | Middle Atlantic States Conference North | ||
Independent | Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League | ||
New England Conference | Yankee Conference | ||
Independent | Yankee Conference | ||
New England Conference | Yankee Conference | ||
Independent | Western New York Little Three Conference | ||
Independent | Mid-American Conference | ||
New England Conference | Yankee Conference | ||
Independent | Western New York Little Three Conference | ||
Independent | Yankee Conference | ||
No NCAA basketball program | Mid-American Conference | ||
No NCAA basketball program | Mid-American Conference | ||
Independent | Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League |
Conference | Regular season winner[6] | Conference player of the year | Conference tournament | Tournament venue (City) | Tournament winner | |
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None selected | No Tournament | |||||
None selected | No Tournament | |||||
None selected | No Tournament | |||||
None selected | No Tournament | |||||
No Tournament | ||||||
None selected | No Tournament | |||||
No Tournament | ||||||
None selected | No Tournament | |||||
No Tournament; Oregon State defeated UCLA in best-of-three conference championship playoff series | ||||||
None selected | Jefferson County Armory, (Louisville, Kentucky) | Kentucky | ||||
None selected | Duke Indoor Stadium (Durham, | NC State[7] | ||||
None selected | No Tournament | |||||
No Tournament | ||||||
None selected | No Tournament |
A total of 50 college teams played as major independents. (20–2) had the best winning percentage (.909) and (32–5) finished with the most wins.[8]
See main article: 1947 NCAA basketball tournament and 1947 NCAA Basketball Championship Game.
See main article: 1947 National Invitation Tournament.
See main article: 1947 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans.
Player | Position | Class | Team | |
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Ralph Beard | G | Sophomore | Kentucky | |
Alex Groza | C | Sophomore | Kentucky | |
Ralph Hamilton | G | Senior | Indiana | |
Sid Tanenbaum | G | Senior | New York University | |
Gerry Tucker | C | Senior | Oklahoma |
Player | Position | Class | Team | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Don Barksdale | C | Senior | UCLA | |
Arnie Ferrin | F | Junior | Utah | |
Vern Gardner | C | Senior | Utah | |
John Hargis | G | Senior | Texas | |
George Kaftan | F | Junior | Holy Cross | |
Ed Koffenberger | C | Junior | Duke | |
Andy Phillip | G/F | Senior | Illinois |
A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.
Team | Former Coach | Interim Coach | New Coach | Reason |
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Oregon | Howard Hobson | John A. Warren | ||
St. John's | Joe Lapchick | Frank McGuire | ||
Yale | Ivy Williamson | Howard Hobson | ||