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Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox NCAA Division I men's basketball season 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
- The Middle Atlantic States Conference North began play, with five original members.
- The New England Conference disbanded at the end of the season.[1]
- The NCAA tournament began holding a national third-place game between the teams which lost in the semifinals. The national third-place game would continue through the 1981 tournament.
- In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Шаблон:Nowrap as its national champion for the 1945–46 season.[2]
Conference membership changes
Regular season
Conference winners and tournaments
Statistical leaders
Post-season tournaments
NCAA tournament
Semifinals & finals
- Third Place – Ohio State 63, California 45
National Invitation tournament
Semifinals & finals
- Third Place – West Virginia 65, Muhlenberg 40
Awards
Consensus All-American teams
| 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 |
| 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
- NIT/Haggerty Award (Top player in New York City metro area): Sid Tanenbaum, NYU
Coaching changes
Шаблон:Expand section A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.
| Team | Former Coach |
Interim Coach |
New Coach |
Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown | Ken Engles | 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 | Fitz Knorr | Jack Gardner | ||
| NC State | Leron Jay | Everett Case | ||
| North Carolina | Ben Carnevale | Tom Scott | ||
| Notre Dame | Elmer Ripley | Moose Krause | ||
| Purdue | Ward Lambert | Mel Taube |
References
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