1947 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
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| 1947 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament |
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| Teams | 8 | ||
| Finals Site | Madison Square Garden New York City |
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| Champions | Holy Cross (1st title) | ||
| Runner-Up | Oklahoma (1st title game) | ||
| Semifinalists | CCNY (1st Final Four) Texas (2nd Final Four) |
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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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NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournaments
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The 1947 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 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.
This was the first tournament in which a national third place game was held, a tradition which would continue until the 1982 tournament. This was a step short of a true "Final Four," however, since the national semifinals were still played in their respective East and West regional locations. The true Final Four would not emerge until the 1952 tournament.
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[edit] Locations
| Region | Site | Other Locations |
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| East | New York, New York | |
| West | Kansas City, Missouri | |
| Finals | New York, New York |
[edit] Teams
| Region | Seed | Team | Coach | Finished | Final Opponent | Score |
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| East | ||||||
| East | n/a | CCNY | Nat Holman | Fourth Place | Texas | L 54-50 |
| East | n/a | Holy Cross | Doggie Julian | Champion | Oklahoma | W 58-47 |
| East | n/a | Navy | Ben Carnevale | Regional Fourth Place | Wisconsin | L 50-49 |
| East | n/a | Wisconsin | Bud Foster | Regional Third Place | Navy | W 50-49 |
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| West | n/a | Oklahoma | Bruce Drake | Runner Up | Holy Cross | L 58-47 |
| West | n/a | Oregon State | Slats Gill | Regional Third Place | Wyoming | W 63-46 |
| West | n/a | Texas | Jack Gray | Third Place | CCNY | W 54-50 |
| West | n/a | Wyoming | Everett Shelton | Regional Fourth Place | Oregon State | L 63-46 |
[edit] Bracket
| 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 | ||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 55 | ||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 56 | ||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 54 | ||||||||||||
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- 1947 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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