1946 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Game

1946 NCAA Tournament Championship Game
National Championship Game
North Carolina Tar Heels Oklahoma A&M Aggies (29-4) (30-2) 40 43 Head coach:  Ben Carnevale Head coach:  Henry Iba 1 2 Total North Carolina 17 23 40 Oklahoma A&M 23 20 43
Date	March 26, 1946
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Location	New York City, New York
Referee	Jocko Collins & Pat Kennedy[1]
Attendance	18,479[2]

The 1946 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Game took place on March 26, 1946 between the North Carolina Tar Heels and Oklahoma A&M Aggies at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. The match-up was the final one of the eighth consecutive NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship single-elimination tournament — commonly referred to as the NCAA Tournament — organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and is used to crown a national champion for men's basketball at the Division I level.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

The Aggie won their second consecutive NCAA Men's Basketball National Championship. Bob Kurland was named the NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player for his efforts throughout the tournament, an honor which he won in the previous year's tournament.

Broadcast

This was the first NCAA Tournament to have a game televised.^[8] The game was broadcast across only the greater New York area and reached close to 500,000 people.^[8]

Box score

Source:^[8][9]

March 26, 1946 10:15 pm EST[5]

Oklahoma A&M Aggies 43, North Carolina Tar Heels 40
Scoring by half: 23-17, 20-23
Pts: Bob Kurland 23		Pts: John Dillon 16

Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York Attendance: 18,479[5] Referees: Jocko Collins & Pat Kennedy

References

Citations

1. "The Final Four" (pdf). 2014 NCAA Men's Final Four Records. NCAA. 2014. p. 20. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 9, 2014. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
2. Joe Reichler (March 27, 1946). "Oklahoma Aggies Take Hoop Trophy". The Deseret News. Associated Press. p. 12. Retrieved July 19, 2010.
3. "Oklahoma Aggies Win NCAA Title". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. March 27, 1946. p. 22. Retrieved July 19, 2010.
4. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=SFOYbPikdlgC&dat=19460328&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
5. Ted Meier (March 26, 1946). "Aggies Favored To Top Tar Heels In NCAA Finals". Herald-Journal. Associated Press. p. 9. Retrieved July 19, 2010.
6. Hager 2012, p. 20.
7. Hager 2012, p. 21.
8. Jeff Borzello. "1946 Men's NCAA Basketball Tournament". CBSSports.com. CBS Broadcasting Inc. Archived from the original on April 9, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
9. "Oklahoma State vs. North Carolina Box Score, March 26, 1946". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2010. Archived from the original on April 9, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2014.

Bibliography

• Hager, Tom (2012). The Ultimate Book of March Madness: The Players, Games, and Cinderellas that Captivated a Nation. Minneapolis, Minnesota: MVP Books. ISBN 978-0-7603-4323-4.