1944–45 Oklahoma A&M Aggies men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 November 2024 1944–45 Oklahoma A&M Aggies Basketball 1945_Oklahoma_State.jpg 300px Missouri Valley Conference MVC 27–4 Henry Iba Bud Millikan NCAA tournament National championsMVC regular season champions National Championship Game W Won 49–45 vs. NYU The 1944–45 Oklahoma A&M Aggies men's basketball team represented Oklahoma A&M College, now known as Oklahoma State University,When Oklahoma A&M changed its name to Oklahoma State in 1957, it also adopted a new athletic nickname. Men's teams are now "Cowboys" and women's teams are now "Cowgirls". in NCAA competition in the 1944–45 season. The Aggies won their first NCAA championship, defeating the NYU Violets by a score of 49–45 in the championship game of the NCAA Tournament. Oklahoma A&M was also retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation.NCAA Division I Mens Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions Rauzulu's Street 2004 http://www.rauzulusstreet.com/basketball/college/helmscollegechampionship.htm May 26, 2015 October 1, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181001213129/http://www.rauzulusstreet.com/basketball/college/helmscollegechampionship.htm deadESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game ESPN ESPN Books New York, NY 2009 577 978-0-345-51392-2 NCAA tournament 1945 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament West Region Oklahoma A&M 62, Utah 37 Final Four Oklahoma A&M 68, Arkansas 41https://www.newspapers.com/article/stillwater-news-press/150863247/ Cowboys Drub Porkers 68-41 in NCAA Finals Stillwater News-Press March 25, 1945 November 1, 2024 7 Newspapers.com Finals Oklahoma A&M 49, NYU 45 Notes References Oklahoma AandM Category:Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball seasons Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Final Four seasons Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament championship seasons Oklahoma AandM Oklahoma AandM Aggies men's b Oklahoma AandM Aggies men's b