1947 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

1947 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
Teams	8
Finals site	Madison Square Garden New York City
Champions	Holy Cross (1st title)
Runner-up	Oklahoma (1st title game)
Semifinalists	CCNY (1st Final Four) Texas (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 Men's Division I Tournaments «1946  1948»

The 1947 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 19, 1947, and ended with the championship game on March 25 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.

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.

This was the first tournament in which a national third place game was held, a tradition which would continue until the 1982 tournament. This was a step short of a true "Final Four," however, since the national semifinals were still played in their respective East and West regional locations. The true Final Four would not emerge until the 1952 tournament.

Locations

Region	Site	Other Locations
East	New York, New York
West	Kansas City, Missouri
Finals	New York, New York

Teams

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Conference	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	n/a	CCNY	Nat Holman	Independent	Fourth Place	Texas	L 54-50
East	n/a	Holy Cross	Doggie Julian	Independent	Champion	Oklahoma	W 58-47
East	n/a	Navy	Ben Carnevale	Independent	Regional Fourth Place	Wisconsin	L 50-49
East	n/a	Wisconsin	Bud Foster	Big Ten	Regional Third Place	Navy	W 50-49
West
West	n/a	Oklahoma	Bruce Drake	Big Eight	Runner Up	Holy Cross	L 58-47
West	n/a	Oregon State	Slats Gill	Pacific Coast	Regional Third Place	Wyoming	W 63-46
West	n/a	Texas	Jack Gray	Southwest Conference	Third Place	CCNY	W 54-50
West	n/a	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

See also

• 1947 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament