1942–43 NCAA men's basketball season

1942–43 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
1942–43 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
NCAA Tournament	1943
Tournament dates	March 24 – 30, 1943
National Championship	Madison Square Garden; New York, New York
NCAA Champions	Wyoming
Helms National Champions	Wyoming
Other champions	St. John's (NIT)
Player of the Year; (Helms)	George Senesky, Saint Joseph's (retroactive selection in 1944)

The 1942–43 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1942, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1943 NCAA basketball tournament championship game on March 30, 1943, at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York. The Wyoming Cowboys won their first NCAA national championship with a 46–34 victory over the Georgetown Hoyas.

Rule changes

In overtime, a player can commit a fifth foul before fouling out. Previously, a player fouled out after committing four fouls, regardless of whether the game went into overtime or not.[1]

Season headlines

In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected its national champions for the seasons from 1919–20 through 1941–42. Beginning with the 1942–43 season, it began to pick each season's national champion annually, a practice it continued through the 1981–82 season.[2]
Top-ranked Illinois declined to participate in either the NCAA tournament or the National Invitation Tournament after three of its starters were drafted into the United States Army for World War II service.
The 1943 NCAA Tournament championship game between Wyoming and Georgetown was the only one in history not filmed for posterity.[3] It had a smaller crowd than expected because of the greater local interest in New York City in the championship run St. John's made in the 1943 National Invitation Tournament.[3] Until at least the mid-1950s, the NIT was the more prestigious of the two tournaments.
As a fundraiser for the American Red Cross, the finalists and semifinalists of the NCAA Tournament and NIT took part in the Sportswriters Invitational Playoff, in which the two tournament champions, Wyoming (NCAA) and St. John's (NIT), and the two runners-up, Georgetown (NCAA) and Toledo (NIT), played each other at Madison Square Garden after their tournaments ended, with the games counting in the teams' records for the season. The NCAA Tournament teams prevailed in both games: Wyoming beat St. John's 52–47 with 18,000 fans in attendance, and the Hoyas defeated Toledo 54–40 to close out the season.[3][4][5][6][7] The post-tournament benefit games — touted as the "mythical national championship" between the two tournament winners[7] — would be played again in each of the next two seasons.[7]
In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Illinois as its national champion for the 1942–43 season.[8]

Conference membership changes

School	Former conference	New conference
Brooklyn Bulldogs	Independent	Metropolitan New York Conference
CCNY Beavers	Independent	Metropolitan New York Conference
Fordham Rams	Independent	Metropolitan New York Conference
Manhattan Jaspers	Independent	Metropolitan New York Conference
NYU Violets	Independent	Metropolitan New York Conference
St. Francis (NY) Terriers	Independent	Metropolitan New York Conference
St. John's Redmen	Independent	Metropolitan New York Conference

Regular season

Conference winners and tournaments

Conference	Regular season winner[9]	Conference player of the year	Conference tournament	Tournament venue (City)	Tournament winner
Big Six Conference	Kansas	None selected	No Tournament
Big Ten Conference	Illinois	None selected	No Tournament
Border Conference	West Texas State	None selected	No Tournament
Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League	Dartmouth	None selected	No Tournament
Metropolitan New York Conference	St. John's		No Tournament
Missouri Valley Conference	Creighton	None selected	No Tournament
New England Conference	Rhode Island State		No Tournament
Pacific Coast Conference	Washington (North); USC (South)		No Tournament; Washington defeated USC in best-of-three conference championship playoff series
Skyline Conference	Wyoming		No Tournament
Southeastern Conference	Tennessee	None selected	1943 SEC men's basketball tournament	Jefferson County Armory, (Louisville, Kentucky)	Tennessee
Southern Conference	Duke	None selected	1943 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament	Thompson Gym (Raleigh, North Carolina)	George Washington[10]
Southwest Conference	Rice & Texas	None selected	No Tournament

Statistical leaders

Post-season tournaments

NCAA tournament

Semifinals and finals

National semifinals		National Finals

Georgetown	53

DePaul	49
		Georgetown	34

		Wyoming	46
Texas	54

Wyoming	58

National Invitation tournament

Semifinals and finals

Semifinals			Finals

	St. John's	69

	Fordham	43
				St. John's	48

				Toledo	27
	Toledo	46

	Washington & Jefferson	39

Third Place – Washington & Jefferson 39, Fordham 34

Awards

Consensus All-American teams

**Consensus First Team**
Player	Class	Team
Ed Beisser	Senior	Creighton
Charles B. Black	Sophomore	Kansas
Harry Boykoff	Sophomore	St. John's
Bill Closs	Senior	Rice
Andy Phillip	Junior	Illinois
Kenny Sailors	Junior	Wyoming
George Senesky	Senior	Saint Joseph's

**Consensus Second Team**
Player	Class	Team
Gale Bishop	Junior	Washington State
Otto Graham	Junior	Northwestern
John Kotz	Senior	Wisconsin
Robert Rensberger	Senior	Notre Dame
Gene Rock	Junior	Southern California
Gerry Tucker	Junior	Oklahoma

Major player of the year awards

Helms Player of the Year: George Senesky, Saint Joseph's (retroactive selection in 1944)
Sporting News Player of the Year: Andy Phillip, Illinois

Other major awards

NIT/Haggerty Award (Top player in New York City metro area): Andrew Levane, St. John's

Coaching changes

A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.

Team	Former Coach	Interim Coach	New Coach	Reason
Georgetown	Elmer Ripley		None	After the end of the season, Georgetown suspended all athletic programs for the duration of World War II Ripley moved to the head coaching position at Columbia the following season.
Notre Dame	George Keogan		Moose Krause

References

orangehoops.org History of NCAA Basketball Rule Changes
Scott, Jon (November 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved December 14, 2015.
"The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Believe It...Or Not". Archived from the original on November 5, 2013. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
"Wyoming five wins in overtime, 52 to 47". Milwaukee Journal. Associated Press. April 2, 1943. p. 14, part 2.
"Wyoming scores 52-47 victory over St. Johns in hoop tilt". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). United Press. April 2, 1943. p. 2.
"Champ of champs, new Wyoming title". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. April 2, 1943. p. 11.
Anonymous, "How the NCAA Overtook Its Rival, the NIT," Sport History Weekly, March 24, 2019 Accessed May 4, 2021
ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. pp. 526, 529–587. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
"2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. Retrieved February 14, 2009.
2008–09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide – Postseason Section, Southern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-09

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[1] rangehoops.org History of NCAA Basketball Rule Changes

[2] Scott, Jon (November 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved December 14, 2015.

[believe-3] "The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Believe It...Or Not". Archived from the original on November 5, 2013. Retrieved January 6, 2014.

[wfmj-4] "Wyoming five wins in overtime, 52 to 47". Milwaukee Journal. Associated Press. April 2, 1943. p. 14, part 2.

[redcr-5] "Wyoming scores 52-47 victory over St. Johns in hoop tilt". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). United Press. April 2, 1943. p. 2.

[chofoch-6] "Champ of champs, new Wyoming title". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. April 2, 1943. p. 11.

[sportshistoryweekly-7] Anonymous, "How the NCAA Overtook Its Rival, the NIT," Sport History Weekly, March 24, 2019 Accessed May 4, 2021

[ESPN_526-8] ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. pp. 526, 529–587. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.

[9] "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. Retrieved February 14, 2009.

[10] 2008–09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide – Postseason Section, Southern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-09

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