Other basketball leagues in 1947:    
BAA  ·  NBL  ·  ABL
First Round
Quarter-Finals
Semi-Finals
WPBT Champ.
x IND Bye
BTC 57
y BAL 46
MOH 54
y OSH 60
POR 48
x SBY 62
NY 59
x TOL 62
MID 71
x SYR 39
x FW Bye
AND 59
PIT 38
BTC 56
x IND 65
y OSH 53
x SBY 44
MID 55
x TOL 59
AND 40
x FW 52
y OSH 38
x IND 59
x TOL 61
x FW 56
 
x IND 62
x TOL 47
Champ
IND
1946-47 WPBT Tournament Bracket Champion Indianapolis Kautskys
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 Oshkosh All-Stars 86-67

First Round

DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
??? (NBL) Anderson 59-38 Pittsburgh (indep.) AND 1-0
??? (indep.) Midland 71-39 Syracuse (NBL) MID 1-0
??? (NBL) Toledo 62-59 NY Rens (indep.) TOL 1-0
??? (NBL) Sheboygan 62-48 Portland (indep.) SBY 1-0
??? (NBL) Oshkosh 60-54 Hermiker (indep.) OSH 1-0
??? (NBL) Buffalo 57-46 Baltimore (ABL) BTC 1-0

Quarter Finals

DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
??? (NBL) Fort Wayne 52-40 Anderson (NBL) FW 1-0
??? (NBL) Toledo 59-55 Midland (indep.) TOL 1-0
??? (NBL) Oshkosh 53-44 Sheboygan (NBL) OSH 1-0
??? (NBL) Indianapolis 65-56 Buffalo (NBL) IND 1-0

Semi Finals

DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
??? (NBL) Toledo 61-56 Fort Wayne (NBL) TOL 1-0
??? (NBL) Indianapolis 59-38 Oshkosh (NBL) IND 1-0

WPBT Championship

DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
??? (NBL) Indianapolis 62-47 Toledo (NBL) IND 1-0

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