1946 NCAA basketball championship game information
See also: 1946 NCAA basketball tournament
1946 NCAA Tournament Championship Game
National championship game
North Carolina Tar Heels
Oklahoma A&M Aggies
SoCon
MVC
(29-4)
(30-2)
40
43
Head coach: Ben Carnevale
Head coach: Henry Iba
1st half
2nd half
Total
North Carolina Tar Heels
17
23
40
Oklahoma A&M Aggies
23
20
43
Date
March 26, 1946
Venue
Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York
MVP
Bob Kurland, Oklahoma A&M[1]
Favorite
Oklahoma A&M by 8 ½[2]
Referees
Jocko Collins & Pat Kennedy[3]
Attendance
18,479[4]
← 1945
1947 →
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.[5][6][7][8]
The Aggies 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.
^"Final Four Most Outstanding Players". cbs.sportsline.com. Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
^Louis Effrat (March 27, 1946). "Okla. Aggies Halt No. Carolina, 43-40". The New York Times. p. 36.
^"The Final Four" (PDF). 2014 NCAA Men's Final Four Records. NCAA. 2014. p. 20. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
^Joe Reichler (March 27, 1946). "Oklahoma Aggies Take Hoop Trophy". The Deseret News. Associated Press. p. 12. Retrieved July 19, 2010.
^"Oklahoma Aggies Win NCAA Title". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. March 27, 1946. p. 22. Retrieved July 19, 2010.
^"Herald-Journal - Google News Archive Search".
^Ted Meier (March 26, 1946). "Aggies Favored To Top Tar Heels In NCAA Finals". Herald-Journal. Associated Press. p. 9. Retrieved July 19, 2010.
^Hager 2012, p. 21.
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