1944 NCAA basketball tournament
Audley Brindley (Dartmouth)(52 points) | |||||
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The 1944 NCAA basketball tournament involved eight schools playing in
championship game on March 28 in New York City
. A total of nine games were played, including a third place game in each region.
NCAA tournament in the same season. Utah was given a second chance to play in the NCAA Tournament after a March 1944 automobile accident killed a coaching aide and seriously injured two players on the Arkansas team.[1]
Utah's winning team featured
Wataru Misaka, who later joined the New York Knicks to become the first person of color (in his case, being an Asian-American by being of Japanese descent) to play in modern professional basketball.[2]
Locations
The following are the sites selected to host each round of the 1944 tournament:
Regionals
- March 24 and 25
- East Regional, Madison Square Garden, New York, New York (Host: Metropolitan New York Conference)
- West Regional, Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri (Host: Missouri Valley Conference)
Championship Game
- March 28
- Madison Square Garden, New York, New York (Host: Metropolitan New York Conference)
Teams
| Region | Team | Coach | Conference | Finished | Final Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East | ||||||
| East | Catholic | John Long | Independent | Regional Fourth Place | Temple | L 55–35 |
| East | Dartmouth | Earl Brown | EIBL | Runner Up | Utah | L 42–40 |
| East | Ohio State | Harold Olsen | Big Ten | National Semifinals | Dartmouth | L 60–53 |
| East | Temple | Josh Cody | Middle Atlantic |
Regional third place | Catholic | W 55–35 |
| West | ||||||
| West | Iowa State | Louis Menze | Big Six |
National Semifinals | Utah | L 40–31 |
| West | Missouri | George R. Edwards | Big Six |
Regional third place | Pepperdine | W 61–46 |
| West | Pepperdine | Al Duer | Independent | Regional Fourth Place | Missouri | L 61–46 |
| West | Utah | Vadal Peterson | Skyline |
Champion* | Dartmouth | W 42–40OT |
Bracket
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 63 | |||||||||||||
| Catholic | 38 | |||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 60 | |||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 53 | |||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 57 | |||||||||||||
| Temple | 47 | |||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 40 | |||||||||||||
| Utah | 42OT | |||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 44 | |||||||||||||
| Pepperdine | 39 | |||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 31 | |||||||||||||
| Utah | 40 | |||||||||||||
| Utah | 45 | |||||||||||||
| Missouri | 35 | |||||||||||||
Regional third place
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See also
References
- ^ Chipman, Kit (April 30, 2010). "University of Utah 1944 National Basketball Championship". University of Utah Department of Communication. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
- ^ "New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
- ^ "1944 NCAA basketball tournament". College Basketball Reference. Retrieved April 4, 2018.