1945–46 NCAA men's basketball season

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The 1945–46 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1945, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1946 NCAA Basketball Tournament Championship Game on March 26, 1946, at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York. The Oklahoma A&M Aggies won their second NCAA national championship with a 43–40 victory over the North Carolina Tar Heels.

Season headlines[]

Conference membership changes[]

School Former Conference New Conference
Brooklyn Bulldogs Independent Metropolitan New York Conference
Bucknell Bison Independent
CCNY Beavers Independent Metropolitan New York Conference
Fordham Rams Independent Metropolitan New York Conference
Georgetown Hoyas No athletic programs Independent
Gettysburg Bullets No NCAA basketball program
Harvard Crimson Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League Independent
Lafayette Leopards Independent
Lehigh Engineers Independent
Manhattan Jaspers Independent Metropolitan New York Conference
Muhlenberg Mules Independent
NYU Violets Independent Metropolitan New York Conference
St. Francis (NY) Terriers Independent Metropolitan New York Conference
St. John's Redmen Independent Metropolitan New York Conference
Wichita Shockers Independent Missouri Valley Conference
Yale Bulldogs Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League Independent

Regular season[]

Conference winners and tournaments[]

Conference Regular
Season Winner[3]
Conference
Player of the Year
Conference
Tournament
Tournament
Venue (City)
Tournament
Winner
Big Six Conference Kansas None selected No Tournament
Big Ten Conference Ohio State None selected No Tournament
Border Conference Arizona None selected No Tournament
Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League Dartmouth None selected No Tournament
Metropolitan New York Conference NYU & St. John's No Tournament
Lafayette No Tournament
Missouri Valley Conference Oklahoma A&M None selected No Tournament
New England Conference Rhode Island State No Tournament
Pacific Coast Conference Idaho (North); California (South) No Tournament;
California defeated Idaho in best-of-three conference championship playoff series
Skyline Conference Wyoming No Tournament
Southeastern Conference Kentucky None selected Jefferson County Armory,
(Louisville, Kentucky)
Kentucky
Southern Conference North Carolina None selected 1946 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Thompson Gym
(Raleigh, North Carolina)
Duke[4]
Southwest Conference Baylor None selected No Tournament

Statistical leaders[]

Post-Season Tournaments[]

NCAA Tournament[]

Semifinals & Finals[]

National Semifinals National Finals
      
Ohio State 57
North Carolina 60OT
North Carolina 40
Oklahoma A&M 43
Oklahoma A&M 52
California 35
  • Third Place – Ohio State 63, California 45

National Invitation Tournament[]

Semifinals & Finals[]

Semifinals Finals
      
  Rhode Island State 59
  Muhlenberg 49
  Rhode Island State 45
  Kentucky 46
  West Virginia 51
  Kentucky 59'
  • Third Place – West Virginia 65, Muhlenberg 40

Awards[]

Consensus All-American teams[]

Consensus First Team
Player Position Class Team
Leo Klier F Senior Notre Dame
Bob Kurland C Senior Oklahoma A&M
George Mikan C Senior DePaul
Max Morris F Senior Northwestern
Sid Tanenbaum G Junior NYU


Consensus Second Team
Player Position Class Team
Charles B. Black F Junior Kansas
John Dillon G Sophomore North Carolina
Billy Hassett G Senior Notre Dame
Tony Lavelli F Freshman Yale
Jack Parkinson G Junior Kentucky
Ken Sailors G Senior Wyoming

Major player of the year awards[]

Other major awards[]

Coaching changes[]

A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.

Team Former
Coach
Interim
Coach
New
Coach
Reason
Georgetown Elmer Ripley Engles – the only player-coach in Georgetown men's basketball history – stepped aside at the end of the year after coaching the Hoyas for a single season as they reconstituted their basketball program with a mostly walk-on team after a two-season hiatus due to World War II, making way for Ripley to return after a three-year absence for a third stint as coach.[5]
Kansas State Jack Gardner
NC State Everett Case
North Carolina Ben Carnevale Tom Scott
Notre Dame Elmer Ripley Moose Krause
Purdue Ward Lambert Mel Taube

References[]

  1. ^ "New England/Yankee Regular Season Champions," Coaches Database Accessed April 27, 2021
  2. ^ ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. p. 526, 529–587. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
  3. ^ "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-14.
  4. ^ 2008–09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide – Postseason Section, Southern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-09
  5. ^ "The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Head Coaches". Archived from the original on 2017-05-27. Retrieved 2014-01-04.
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