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1945-46 Season Summary

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National Champion: Oklahoma State
Final Four: California, North Carolina, Ohio State and Oklahoma State

Consensus Player of the Year: Bob Kurland

Conference Summary

Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games
Rk Conference Schls W L W-L% NCAA FF Regular Season Champ Tournament Champ
1 Big Six Conference 6 55 64 .462 0 0 Kansas
2 Big Ten Conference 10 123 80 .606 1 1 Ohio State
3 Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association 9 110 93 .542 0 0 Arizona
4 Independent 55 732 445 .622 1 0 Yale
5 Ivy Group 5 50 39 .562 0 0 Dartmouth
6 Metropolitan New York Conference 7 89 53 .627 1 0 New York University
St. John's (NY)
7 Middle Atlantic States Conference North 5 60 38 .612 0 0 Lafayette
8 Missouri Valley Conference 7 94 76 .553 1 1 Oklahoma State
9 Mountain States Athletic Conference 7 89 67 .571 1 0 Wyoming
10 Pacific Coast Conference 9 140 113 .553 1 1 California (South)
11 Southeastern Conference 12 138 99 .582 0 0 Kentucky Kentucky
12 Southern Conference 16 171 148 .536 1 1 North Carolina Duke
13 Southwest Conference 7 96 71 .575 1 0 Baylor
14 Yankee Conference 5 49 33 .598 0 0 Rhode Island

Consensus All-America Teams

1st Team
George Mikan (DePaul)
Leo Klier (Notre Dame)
Max Norris (Northwestern)
Robert Kurland (Oklahoma State)
Sid Tanenbaum (New York University) 		2nd Team
Charlie Black (Kansas)
Jack Parkinson (Kentucky)
John Dillon (North Carolina)
Ken Sailors (Wyoming)
Tony Lavelli (Yale)
William Hassett (Notre Dame)