1947 NCAA basketball tournament
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (January 2022) |
| Teams | 8 | ||||
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| Finals site | Madison Square Garden New York City | ||||
| Champions | Holy Cross Crusaders (1st title, 1st title game, 1st Final Four) | ||||
| Runner-up | Oklahoma Sooners (1st title game, 2nd Final Four) | ||||
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Doggie Julian (1st title) | ||||
| MOP | George Kaftan (Holy Cross) | ||||
| Attendance | 72,959 | ||||
| Top scorer | George Kaftan (Holy Cross) (63 points) | ||||
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The 1947 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 19, 1947, and ended with the championship game on March 25 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.
Holy Cross, coached by Doggie Julian, won the national title with a 58–47 victory in the final game over Oklahoma, coached by Bruce Drake. George Kaftan of Holy Cross was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player and was on a roster that included future Los Angeles Lakers coach Joe Mullaney and Basketball Hall of Famer Bob Cousy.
Locations
[edit]The following are the sites selected to host each round of the 1947 tournament:
Regionals
[edit]- March 19 and 22
- West Regional, Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri (Host: Missouri Valley Conference)
- March 20 and 22
- East Regional, Madison Square Garden, New York, New York (Host: Metropolitan New York Conference)
Championship Game
[edit]- March 25
- Madison Square Garden, New York, New York (Host: Metropolitan New York Conference)
Teams
[edit]| Region | Team | Coach | Conference | Finished | Final Opponent | Score |
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| East | ||||||
| East | CCNY | Nat Holman | MNYC | Fourth Place | Texas | L 54–50 |
| East | Holy Cross | Doggie Julian | Independent | Champion | Oklahoma | W 58–47 |
| East | Navy | Ben Carnevale | Independent | Regional Fourth Place | Wisconsin | L 50–49 |
| East | Wisconsin | Bud Foster | Big Ten | Regional third place | Navy | W 50–49 |
| West | ||||||
| West | Oklahoma | Bruce Drake | Big Six | Runner-up | Holy Cross | L 58–47 |
| West | Oregon State | Slats Gill | Pacific Coast | Regional third place | Wyoming | W 63–46 |
| West | Texas | Jack Gray | Southwest Conference | Third Place | CCNY | W 54–50 |
| West | Wyoming | Everett Shelton | Skyline Conference | Regional Fourth Place | Oregon State | L 63–46 |
Bracket
[edit]| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 55 | |||||||||||||
| Navy | 47 | |||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 60 | |||||||||||||
| CCNY | 45 | |||||||||||||
| CCNY | 70 | |||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 56 | |||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 58 | |||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 47 | |||||||||||||
| Texas | 42 | |||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 40 | |||||||||||||
| Texas | 54 | Third place | ||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 55 | |||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 56 | CCNY | 50 | |||||||||||
| Oregon State | 54 | Texas | 54 | |||||||||||
Regional third place games
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "1947 NCAA basketball tournament". College Basketball Reference. Retrieved April 4, 2018.