1947 NCAA basketball tournament

1947 NCAA basketball tournament
Teams	8
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	CCNY Beavers (1st Final Four); Texas Longhorns (2nd Final Four);
Winning coach	Doggie Julian (1st title)
MOP	George Kaftan (Holy Cross)
Attendance	72,959
Top scorer	George Kaftan (Holy Cross); (63 points)
NCAA Division I men's tournaments
«1946	1948»

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

The following are the sites selected to host each round of the 1947 tournament:

Regionals

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

March 25: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York (Host: Metropolitan New York Conference)

Teams

Region	Team	Coach	Conference	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
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

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

	East Regional third place

	Navy		49

	Wisconsin		50

	West Regional third place

	Wyoming		46

	Oregon State		63

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References

^ "1947 NCAA basketball tournament". College Basketball Reference. Retrieved April 4, 2018.

[1] "1947 NCAA basketball tournament". College Basketball Reference. Retrieved April 4, 2018.

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