• Source: 1944 NCAA basketball tournament

      • The 1944 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, 1944, and ended with the championship game on March 28 in New York City. A total of nine games were played, including a third place game in each region.
      Utah, coached by Vadal Peterson, won the national title with a 42–40 victory in the final game over Dartmouth, coached by Earl Brown. Arnie Ferrin of Utah was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Utah became the first team to play in both the NIT and 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.
      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.


      Locations


      The following are the sites selected to host each round of the 1944 tournament:


      = Regionals

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      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

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      March 28

      Madison Square Garden, New York, New York (Host: Metropolitan New York Conference)


      Teams




      Bracket




      = Regional third place

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      See also


      1944 National Invitation Tournament
      1944 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament


      References

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