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One human poll comprised the 1943 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) football rankings. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship , instead that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies.
The 1943 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, 1943, and ended with the championship game on March 30 in New York City. A total of nine games were played, including a third place game in each region.
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.
The 1943 college football season was the 75th season of intercollegiate football in the United States. Played during World War II, the competition included schools from the Big Ten Conference, the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC), the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the Big Six Conference, the Southwestern Conference, and numerous smaller conferences and independent programs.
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]
The three-point shot — called a "long goal" at the time — was used experimentally for the first time in a college basketball game, played between Columbia and Fordham on February 7, 1945, with the three-point line 21 feet (6.4 m) from the basket. Columbia made 11 "long goals," while Fordham made nine.
The consensus 1943 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of four major All-American teams. [1] To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Helms Athletic Foundation , Converse , The Sporting News , and Pic Magazine.
(Top) 1 Selected teams. 2 Bracket. 3 See also. ... The 1943 National Invitation Tournament was the 1943 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.