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| Date | March 25, 1947[1] | ||||||||||||
| Venue | Madison Square Garden, New York City | ||||||||||||
| MVP | George Kaftan, Holy Cross[2] | ||||||||||||
The 1947 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game was the finals of the 1947 NCAA basketball tournament and it determined the national champion for the 1946-47 NCAA men's basketball season. The game was played on March 25, 1947, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. It featured the Oklahoma Sooners of the Big Six Conference, and the independent Holy Cross Crusaders.