1943 NCAA basketball tournament
{{Short description|Edition of USA college basketball tournament}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox NCAA basketball tournament
| Year=1943
| Image=
| ImageSize=
| Caption=
| Teams=8
| FinalFourArena=Madison Square Garden
| FinalFourCity=New York City
| Champions=Wyoming Cowboys
| TitleCount=1st
| ChampFFCount=1st
| ChampGameCount=1st
| RunnerUp=Georgetown Hoyas
| GameCount=1st
| RunnerFFCount=1st
| Semifinal1=DePaul Blue Demons
| FinalFourCount=1st
| Semifinal2=Texas Longhorns
| FinalFourCount2=1st
| Coach=Everett Shelton
| CoachCount=1st
| MOP=Ken Sailors
| MOPTeam=Wyoming
| Attendance=56,876
| TopScorer=John Hargis
| TopScorerTeam=Texas
| Points=59
}}
The 1943 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 24, 1943, and ended with the championship game on March 30 in New York City. A total of nine games were played, including a third place game in each region. Top-ranked Illinois declined to participate in the NCAA tournament or NIT after three of its starters were drafted into the Army.
Wyoming, coached by Everett Shelton, won the national title with a 46–34 victory in the final game over Georgetown, coached by Elmer Ripley.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zDAaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JyUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4849%2C6398952 |work=Milwaukee Journal |agency=United Press |title=Georgetown beaten by Wyoming, 46-34 |date=March 31, 1943 |page=8, part 2}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-a9WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=S-gDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6567%2C2038600 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |title=Wyoming defeats Georgetown, 46-34, for NCAA basketball title |date=March 31, 1943 |page=8}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QddYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZfUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5256%2C5913341 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=(Washington) |agency=United Press |title=Wyoming takes coveted crown |date=March 31, 1943 |page=11}} Ken Sailors of Wyoming was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. The Cowboys were the first team in the 5-year history of the tournament to win after making a previous appearance in the tournament, having appeared in the 1941 tournament.
Locations
Only two venues hosted the 1943 tournament:
=Regionals=
;March 24 and 25
:East Regional, Madison Square Garden, New York, New York (Host: Metropolitan New York Conference)
;March 26 and 27
:West Regional, Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri (Host: Missouri Valley Conference)
=Championship Game=
;March 30:
:Madison Square Garden, New York, New York (Host: Metropolitan New York Conference)
Teams
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" style="background:#ffdead;" | East Regional - New York City |
| School
!Coach !Conference !Record |
|---|
| {{cbb link|1942|team=Dartmouth Big Green|school=Dartmouth College|title=Dartmouth}}
| EIBL | 19–2 |
| DePaul
| Independent | 18–4 |
| Georgetown
| Independent | 20–4 |
| {{cbb link|1942|team=NYU Violets|school=New York University|title=NYU}}
| 16–4 |
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" style="background:#ffdead;" | West Regional - Kansas City |
| School
!Coach !Conference !Record |
|---|
| {{cbb link|1942|team=Oklahoma Sooners|school=University of Oklahoma|title=Oklahoma}}
| Big Six | 17–8 |
| Texas
| 18–6 |
| Washington
| 24–5 |
| Wyoming
| 28–2 |
Bracket
{{8TeamBracket
| RD1-seed1=
| RD1-team1=Georgetown
| RD1-score1=55
| RD1-seed2=
| RD1-team2={{cbb link|1=1942|sex=men|team=NYU Violets|title=NYU}}
| RD1-score2=36
| RD1-seed3=
| RD1-team3=DePaul
| RD1-score3=46
| RD1-seed4=
| RD1-team4={{cbb link|1=1942|sex=men|team=Dartmouth Big Green|title=Dartmouth}}
| RD1-score4=35
| RD1-seed5=
| RD1-team5=Texas
| RD1-score5=59
| RD1-seed6=
| RD1-team6=Washington
| RD1-score6=55
| RD1-seed7=
| RD1-team7=Wyoming
| RD1-score7=53
| RD1-seed8=
| RD1-team8={{cbb link|1=1942|sex=men|team=Oklahoma Sooners|title=Oklahoma}}
| RD1-score8=50
| RD2-seed1=
| RD2-team1=Georgetown
| RD2-score1=53
| RD2-seed2=
| RD2-team2=DePaul
| RD2-score2=49
| RD2-seed3=
| RD2-team3=Texas
| RD2-score3=54
| RD2-seed4=
| RD2-team4=Wyoming
| RD2-score4=58
| RD3-seed1=
| RD3-team1=Georgetown
| RD3-score1=34
| RD3-seed2=
| RD3-team2=Wyoming
| RD3-score2=46
}}
=Regional third place=
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{{2TeamBracket
| RD1=East Regional third place
| RD1-seed1=
| RD1-team1=NYU
| RD1-score1=49
| RD1-seed2=
| RD1-team2=Dartmouth
| RD1-score2=51
}}
{{col-break}}
{{2TeamBracket
| RD1=West Regional third place
| RD1-seed1=
| RD1-team1=Washington
| RD1-score1=43
| RD1-seed2=
| RD1-team2=Oklahoma
| RD1-score2=48
}}
{{col-end}}
:{{small|Source}}{{cite web|title=1943 NCAA basketball tournament|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/postseason/1943-ncaa.html|publisher=College Basketball Reference|access-date=3 April 2018}}
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
{{NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament navbox}}
{{1943 Wyoming Cowboys basketball navbox}}
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