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The 1943–44 Dartmouth Indians men's basketball team represented Dartmouth College during the 1943–44 NCAA men's basketball season. The team, led by head coach Earl Brown, played their home games at Alumni Gym and were members of the Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League (EIBL). They finished the season 19–2, 8–0 in EIBL play to win the league title. Dartmouth was one of eight teams to receive an invitation to the NCAA tournament where they finished runner-up for the second time in three seasons.
| 1943–44 Dartmouth Big Green men's basketball | |
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NCAA tournament, Runner-up EIBL champions | |
| Conference | Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League |
| Record | 19–2 (8–0 EIBL) |
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| Home arena | Alumni Gym |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 8 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 19 | – | 2 | .905 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pennsylvania | 6 | – | 2 | .750 | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 2 | – | 6 | .250 | 9 | – | 11 | .450 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 2 | – | 6 | .250 | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 2 | – | 6 | .250 | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | |||||||
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| Dec 4, 1943 |
at Princeton | W 45–34 | 1–0 (1–0) |
University Gymnasium Princeton, New Jersey | |||||||
| Dec 11, 1943 |
Cornell | W 52–39 | 2–0 (2–0) |
Alumni Gym Hanover, New Hampshire | |||||||
| NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
| Mar 24, 1944* |
vs. Catholic East Regional Semifinal – Elite Eight |
W 63–38 | 18–1 |
Madison Square Garden New York, New York | |||||||
| Mar 25, 1944* |
vs. Ohio State East Regional Final / National Semifinal – Final Four |
W 60–53 | 19–1 |
Madison Square Garden New York, New York | |||||||
| Mar 28, 1944* |
vs. Utah NCAA Championship game |
L 40–42 OT[1] | 19–2 |
Madison Square Garden New York, New York | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. | |||||||||||
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