1943 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

1943 NCAA Men's Division I
Basketball Tournament
Teams 8
Finals site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions Wyoming (1st title, 1st title game)
Runner-up Georgetown (1st title game,
1st Final Four)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Everett Shelton (1st title)
MOP Ken Sailors Wyoming
Attendance 56,876
Top scorer John Hargis Texas
(59 points)
NCAA Men's Division I Tournaments
«1942 1944»

The 1943 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 24, 1943, and ended with the championship game on March 30 in New York City. A total of 9 games were played, including a third place game in each region.

Wyoming, coached by Everett Shelton, won the national title with a 46-34 victory in the final game over Georgetown, coached by Elmer Ripley. Ken Sailors of Wyoming was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Locations

The following are the sites selected to host each round of the 1943 tournament:

Regionals

March 24 and 25
East Regional, Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
March 26 and 27
West Regional, Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri

Championship Game

March 30
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York

Teams

East Regional - New York City
School Coach Conference Record
Dartmouth Osborne Cowles EIBL 19-2
DePaul Ray Meyer Independent 18-4
Georgetown Elmer Ripley Independent 20-4
NYU Howard Cann Metropolitan New York 16-4
West Regional - Kansas City
School Coach Conference Record
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
  Georgetown 53
  DePaul 49
  DePaul 46
  Dartmouth 35
  Georgetown 34
  Wyoming 46
  Texas 59
  Washington 53
  Texas 54
  Wyoming 58
  Wyoming 55
  Oklahoma 50

Regional Third Place

East Regional Third Place
   
NYU 49
Dartmouth 51
West Regional Third Place
   
Washington 43
Oklahoma 48

See also

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