1943 NCAA basketball championship game
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The 1943 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game was the finals of the 1943 NCAA basketball tournament and it determined the national champion for the 1942-43 NCAA men's basketball season. The game was played on March 30, 1943, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. It featured the Wyoming Cowboys of the Mountain States Conference, and the independent Georgetown Hoyas.
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| Date | March 30, 1943[1] | ||||||||||||
| Venue | Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York | ||||||||||||
| MVP | Ken Sailors, Wyoming[2] | ||||||||||||
Participating teams
Wyoming Cowboys
- West
- Wyoming 53, Oklahoma 50
- Final Four
- Wyoming 58, Texas 54
Georgetown Hoyas
- East
- Georgetown 55, NYU 36
- Final Four
- Georgetown 53, DePaul 49
Game summary
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March 30, 1943 |
| Wyoming Cowboys 46, Georgetown Hoyas 34 | ||
| Scoring by half: 13-16, 33-18 | ||
| Pts: Ken Sailors 16 | Pts: Bill Feeny 8 | |
Aftermath
This was Georgetown's last appearance in the championship game until 1982, where they would lose to a Michael Jordan-led North Carolina team. They would eventually win the national championship in 1984, defeating Houston.