Other basketball leagues in 1943:    
NBL  ·  ABL
First Round
Quarter-Finals
Semi-Finals
WPBT Champ.
WAS Bye
MIN 46
x CHI 41
DAY 56
IND 52
HGT Bye
y FW Bye
x SBY Bye
SBI 44
x OSH 45
DET 33
AKR 31
WAS 40
MIN 21
DAY 44
HGT 34
y FW 48
x SBY 40
DET 36
x OSH 65
 
WAS 43
x OSH 31
Champ
WAS
1942-43 WPBT Tournament Bracket Champion Washington Bears
z: best record, c: conference winner, y: division winner, w: wildcard, x: clinched playoff spot

All games were played in Chicago, Illinois and sponsored by the Chicago Herald American. Games were played at various sites including Chicago Coliseum, International Amphitheater and Chicago Stadium. Teams would also sometimes change their names when entering the tournament because of a new sponsor.

In the "Third Place" consolation game, the Fort Wayne Pistons beat the Dayton Bombers 58-52

First Round

DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
??? (indep.) Detroit 33-31 Akron (indep.) DET 1-0
??? (NBL) Oshkosh 45-44 South Bend (indep.) OSH 1-0
??? (indep.) Dayton 56-52 Indianapolis (indep.) DAY 1-0
??? (indep.) Minneapolis 46-41 Chi. Flyers (NBL) MIN 1-0

Quarter Finals

DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
??? (NBL) Oshkosh 65-36 Detroit (indep.) OSH 1-0
??? (NBL) Fort Wayne 48-40 Sheboygan (NBL) FW 1-0
??? (indep.) Dayton 44-34 Globetrotters (indep.) DAY 1-0
??? (indep.) Washington 40-21 Minneapolis (indep.) WAS 1-0

Semi Finals

DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
??? (NBL) Oshkosh 40-39 Fort Wayne (NBL) OSH 1-0
??? (indep.) Washington 38-30 Dayton (indep.) WAS 1-0

WPBT Championship

DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
??? (indep.) Washington 43-31 Oshkosh (NBL) WAS 1-0

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  1. I sincerely appreciate the research work, and the information being shared. It is important and interesting history.

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