1947 NCAA basketball tournament

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. The 9th annual edition of the tournament began on March 19, 1947, and ended with the championship game on March 25, at Madison Square Garden 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.

1947 NCAA basketball tournament

Teams	8
Finals site	Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York
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»

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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See also

• 1947 National Invitation Tournament
• 1947 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament