1946–47 NCAA men's basketball season

The 1946–47 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1946, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1947 NCAA basketball tournament championship game on March 25, 1947, at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York. The Holy Cross Crusaders won their first NCAA national championship with a 58–47 victory over the Oklahoma Sooners.

Season headlines

 * The Mid-American Conference began play, with five original members.
 * The Western New York Little Three Conference began play.
 * The Yankee Conference began play, with six original members.
 * Ben Carnevale of Navy took the Midshipmen to the 1947 NCAA basketball tournament, becoming the first head coach to take two different teams to the NCAA tournament. He previously had taken North Carolina to the 1946 NCAA basketball tournament.
 * George Kaftan of Holy Cross became the first player to score 30 points or more in a Final Four game of the NCAA basketball tournament, scoring 30 points against CCNY in a national semifinal game on March 22, 1947.
 * Don Barksdale of UCLA was a 1947 consensus Second-Team All-American, becoming the first African-American to be named to the consensus all-America basketball team.
 * In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Kentucky as its national champion for the 1946–47 season.

Semifinals and finals

 * Third Place – Texas 54, CCNY 50

Semifinals and finals

 * Third Place – NC State 64, West Virginia 52

Major player of the year awards

 * Helms Player of the Year: Gerald Tucker, Oklahoma

Other major awards

 * NIT/Haggerty Award (Top player in New York City metro area): Sid Tanenbaum, NYU

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