1945–46 Oklahoma A&M Aggies men's basketball team

1945-46 Oklahoma A&M Aggies men's basketball
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Champions
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
1945-46 record	31-2 (12-0 MVC)
Head coach	Henry Iba
Assistant coach	Leroy Floyd

The 1945–46 Oklahoma A&M Aggies men's basketball team represented Oklahoma A&M College, now known as Oklahoma State University,^[1] in NCAA competition in the 1945–46 season. The Aggies won their second consecutive NCAA championship, defeating the North Carolina Tar Heels by a score of 43–40 in the championship game of the NCAA Tournament. Oklahoma A&M was also retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.^[2]^[3]

NCAA tournament

Main article: 1946 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

West Region
- Oklahoma A&M 44, Baylor 29
Final Four
- Oklahoma A&M 52, California 35
Finals
- Oklahoma A&M 43, North Carolina 40

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Notes and references

↑ When Oklahoma A&M changed its name to Oklahoma State in 1957, it also adopted a new athletic nickname. Men's teams are now "Cowboys" and women's teams are now "Cowgirls".
↑ "NCAA Division I Mens Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions". Rauzulu's Street. 2004. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
↑ ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. p. 577. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
↑ http://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1946

Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball

Venues	Armory–Gymnasium (1919–1938) Gallagher-Iba Arena (1938–present)

Rivalries	Oklahoma

Culture & lore	History Bullet Pistol Pete 2001 team plane crash

People	Head coaches

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NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

Oklahoma A&M Aggies Men's Basketball 1945–46 NCAA Champions

Sam Aubrey A. L. Bennett Joe Bradley Weldon Kern Bob Kurland (MOP) J. L. Parks Blake Williams Head Coach Henry Iba

NCAA Division I Men's Basketball champions

1939: Oregon
1940: Indiana
1941: Wisconsin
1942: Stanford
1943: Wyoming
1944: Utah
1945: Oklahoma A&M
1946: Oklahoma A&M
1947: Holy Cross
1948: Kentucky
1949: Kentucky
1950: CCNY
1951: Kentucky
1952: Kansas
1953: Indiana
1954: La Salle
1955: San Francisco
1956: San Francisco
1957: North Carolina
1958: Kentucky
1959: California
1960: Ohio State
1961: Cincinnati
1962: Cincinnati
1963: Loyola (IL)
1964: UCLA
1965: UCLA
1966: Texas Western
1967: UCLA
1968: UCLA
1969: UCLA
1970: UCLA
1971: UCLA
1972: UCLA
1973: UCLA
1974: NC State
1975: UCLA
1976: Indiana
1977: Marquette
1978: Kentucky
1979: Michigan State
1980: Louisville
1981: Indiana
1982: North Carolina
1983: NC State
1984: Georgetown
1985: Villanova
1986: Louisville
1987: Indiana
1988: Kansas
1989: Michigan
1990: UNLV
1991: Duke
1992: Duke
1993: North Carolina
1994: Arkansas
1995: UCLA
1996: Kentucky
1997: Arizona
1998: Kentucky
1999: Connecticut
2000: Michigan State
2001: Duke
2002: Maryland
2003: Syracuse
2004: Connecticut
2005: North Carolina
2006: Florida
2007: Florida
2008: Kansas
2009: North Carolina
2010: Duke
2011: Connecticut
2012: Kentucky
2013: Louisville
2014: Connecticut
2015: Duke

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