1943 NCAA Tournament (March Madness)

    

 Elite 8   Final 4  NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

Winning Team highlighted in Green Box

Region Team Coach Conference
East        
East Dartmouth O. B. Cowles Ivy League
East DePaul Ray Meyer Independent
East Georgetown Elmer Ripley Independent
East NYU Howard Cann Middle Atlantic
West      
West Oklahoma Bruce Drake Big Eight
West Texas Bully Gilstrap Southwest
West Washington Hec Edmundson Pacific Coast
West Wyoming Everett Shelton Skyline

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.

Only two venues hosted the 1943 tournament:

Regionals[edit]

March 24 and 25
East Regional, Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
March 26 and 27
West Regional, Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri

Championship Game[edit]

March 30
 
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York

 

 

Elite 8

 East REGIONAL at Madison Square Garden, New York, New York-March 24 & 25
Favorite Team Team  Score Star Efforts
 Georgetown , New York Univ.  55-36  
DePaul  Dartmouth 46-35  

 West  REGIONAL at  Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri -March 26 & 27

Favorite Team Team  Score Star Efforts
  Texas  Washington 59-55  
  Wyoming Oklahoma 53-50  

 

Regional Third Place:
  Eastern: Dartmouth 51, NYU 49
  Western: Oklahoma 48, Washington 43

Final 4

at

NATIONAL SEMI-FINALS
Favorite Team Team  Score Star Efforts
Eastern:

 Georgetown

DePaul

53-49

  
Western:
    Wyoming Texas

58-54

  

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

at Madison Square Garden, New York, New York -March 30

 

 
Favorite Team Team  Score Star Efforts
Wyoming  Georgetown 48-34  
Team Offense & Team Defense & Individual Scoring & Individual Rebounding

Unavailable until 1948 season when NCAA began keeping more complete records.

 

 

NCAA Results

First Round:

Regional Finals:
 
Championship Game:

Wyoming Season Leaders: Milo Komenich, 16.7; Kenny Sailors, 15.0; Jim Weir, 10.1; Floyd Walker, 6.4; Jimmie Reese, 4.3
Top 10 Teams

None. Polls began in 1948-49 season.
All-America Team
Pos Name Cl. School
F Charles Black So. Kansas
F Andy Phillip Jr. Illinois
C Ed Beisser Sr. Creighton
C Harry Boykoff So. St. John's
C Bill Closs Sr. Rice
F George Senesky Sr. St. Joseph's


All NCAA Tournament Team

MVP: Kenny Sailors, Wyoming
Team Offense

Rhode Island, 80.7
Notes
  • Illinois’ “Whiz Kids” did not particpate in the NCAA tournament because school officials did not want to keep them out of school that long (three weeks). However, at season’s end, all five entered the military.
  • Wyoming defeated St. John’s, the NIT champion, 52-47 in the first of three Red Cross Games played to raise money during the war years.
  • NIT 1st Place: St. John’s (21-3) def. Toledo, 48-27.
Team Defense

Unavailable until 1948 season when NCAA began keeping more complete records.
Individual Scoring

Unavailable until 1948 season when NCAA began keeping more complete records.
Individual Rebounding

Unavailable until 1948 season when NCAA began keeping more complete records.