🏀 The 1943-44 men’s college basketball season
What the record holds for this season: the champion, the tournament bracket, the AP poll week by week, the conference tables, and the Elo ratings with the biggest upsets.
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1943-44 national champion
The NCAA tournament winner.
Title gameDartmouth 40, Utah 42 (Mar 28)
The 1944 NCAA tournament
8 teams. Winners in bold, seeds before each team.
East region
West region
Final Four and the title game
Conference tournaments
The champion and the other finalist of each of the 2 conference tournaments held in 1943-44.
| Conference | Champion | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Southeastern | Kentucky | Tulane |
| Southern | Duke | North Carolina |
1944 standings by conference
Overall and conference record. A star marks the regular-season champion, a trophy the conference-tournament champion.
1944 standings by conference12 conferences
Big Six6 teams
| School | W-L | Conf | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa State | 14-4 | 9-1 | ★ NCAA |
| Oklahoma | 15-8 | 9-1 | ★ |
| Kansas | 17-9 | 5-5 | |
| Missouri | 10-9 | 5-5 | NCAA |
| Kansas State | 7-15 | 1-9 | |
| Nebraska | 2-13 | 1-9 |
Big Ten10 teams
| School | W-L | Conf | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio State | 14-7 | 10-2 | ★ NCAA |
| Iowa | 14-4 | 9-3 | |
| Wisconsin | 12-9 | 9-3 | |
| Northwestern | 12-7 | 8-4 | |
| Purdue | 11-10 | 8-4 | |
| Illinois | 11-9 | 5-7 | |
| Michigan | 8-10 | 5-7 | |
| Minnesota | 7-14 | 2-10 | |
| Indiana | 7-15 | 2-10 | |
| Chicago | 1-19 | 0-8 |
Border5 teams
| School | W-L | Conf | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 11-2 | 3-0 | |
| Texas Tech | 5-18 | 0-3 | |
| Northern Arizona | 2-0 | ★ | |
| Arizona | 12-2 | ||
| Arizona State | 12-2 |
Eastern Intercollegiate5 teams
| School | W-L | Conf | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dartmouth | 19-2 | 8-0 | ★ NCAA |
| Pennsylvania | 10-4 | 6-2 | |
| Cornell | 9-11 | 2-6 | |
| Columbia | 7-9 | 2-6 | |
| Princeton | 6-12 | 2-6 |
Missouri Valley4 teams
| School | W-L | Conf | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma A&M | 27-6 | ★ | |
| Washington University | 12-5 | ||
| Tulsa | 5-3 | ||
| Drake | 7-13 |
Pacific Coast8 teams
| School | W-L | Conf | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 7-3 | 4-0 | ★ |
| Washington | 26-6 | 15-1 | ★ |
| Oregon | 16-10 | 11-5 | |
| UCLA | 10-10 | 3-3 | |
| Oregon State | 8-16 | 5-11 | |
| Idaho | 7-16 | 5-11 | |
| Washington State | 8-19 | 4-12 | |
| USC | 8-12 | 1-5 |
Rocky Mountain3 teams
| School | W-L | Conf | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado College | 11-1 | ★ | |
| Colorado Mines | 5-12 | ||
| Colorado State College | 1-13 |
Southeastern6 teams
| School | W-L | Conf | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia Tech | 14-4 | 2-0 | |
| Tulane | 16-6 | 4-0 | |
| Georgia | 7-10 | 0-2 | |
| LSU | 10-15 | 0-4 | |
| Kentucky | 19-2 | ★ 🏆 | |
| Vanderbilt | 12-3 |
Southern12 teams
| School | W-L | Conf | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 17-10 | 9-1 | ★ |
| Virginia Tech | 11-4 | 4-1 | |
| Duke | 13-13 | 4-2 | 🏆 |
| Maryland | 4-14 | 2-1 | |
| Richmond | 7-6 | 2-2 | |
| Davidson | 16-7 | 3-4 | |
| South Carolina | 13-2 | 1-2 | |
| Clemson | 1-10 | 1-2 | |
| North Carolina State | 5-13 | 2-5 | |
| William & Mary | 10-11 | 1-3 | |
| Citadel | 2-3 | 0-1 | |
| VMI | 0-14 | 0-5 |
Southwest7 teams
Independent61 teams
| School | W-L | Conf | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Army | 15-0 | ||
| Denison | 18-2 | ||
| Bowling Green | 22-4 | ||
| DePaul | 22-4 | ||
| Gonzaga | 22-4 | ||
| Miami (OH) | 10-2 | ||
| Indiana State | 17-4 | ||
| Long Island | 12-3 | ||
| Loyola Marymount | 4-1 | ||
| Muhlenberg | 20-5 | ||
| Western Michigan | 15-4 | ||
| St. John's | 18-5 | ||
| Bucknell | 9-3 | ||
| Rochester | 11-4 | ||
| St. Joseph's | 18-7 | ||
| Canisius | 15-6 | ||
| Navy | 10-4 | ||
| Catholic | 17-7 | NCAA | |
| Lafayette | 7-3 | ||
| Rhode Island | 14-6 | ||
| Yale | 14-6 | ||
| Colgate | 11-5 | ||
| Pacific | 13-6 | ||
| Marshall | 15-7 | ||
| Valparaiso | 17-8 | ||
| Akron | 10-5 | ||
| Detroit | 13-7 | ||
| Washington & Jefferson | 11-6 | ||
| St. Francis (NY) | 10-6 | ||
| Temple | 14-9 | NCAA | |
| Western Kentucky State | 13-9 | ||
| Pepperdine | 20-14 | NCAA | |
| Virginia | 11-8 | ||
| Marquette | 8-6 | ||
| Ohio | 9-7 | ||
| Loyola (MD) | 15-12 | ||
| Cincinnati | 6-5 | ||
| Penn State | 8-7 | ||
| Connecticut | 10-9 | ||
| Notre Dame | 10-9 | ||
| La Salle | 8-8 | ||
| Louisville | 10-10 | ||
| NYU | 7-7 | ||
| Northeastern | 8-8 | ||
| Pittsburgh | 7-7 | ||
| St. Mary's | 5-5 | ||
| Villanova | 9-11 | ||
| Delaware | 7-9 | ||
| Holy Cross | 6-8 | ||
| San Francisco | 8-11 | ||
| West Virginia | 8-11 | ||
| Brown | 10-14 | ||
| Maine | 4-6 | ||
| CCNY | 6-11 | ||
| Brooklyn | 6-14 | ||
| Toledo | 5-13 | ||
| Lehigh | 4-12 | ||
| Rider | 3-12 | ||
| Tennessee Tech | 3-13 | ||
| Montana | 2-10 | ||
| Harvard | 2-12 |
Where these numbers come from
Enough to disbelieve this page on purpose rather than by accident.
Champions, brackets, polls and standings are read from the Citizen of Nowhere college basketball database, one season at a time. A section appears only where the database holds its data: the NCAA tournament began in 1939 (earlier champions are retroactive selections), the AP poll in 1949, and game-by-game results, and so the Elo ratings and upsets, in 1950.
Elo ratings and upsets come from the site’s own men’s college basketball Elo, built from every game since 1950. An upset’s win chance is the winner’s pre-game probability from those ratings.