1943–44 National Basketball League (United States) season

1943–44 NBL season
LeagueNational Basketball League
SportBasketball
Duration
  • December 2(?), 1943 – February 29(?), 1944
  • March 3–7, 1944 (Playoffs)
  • March 9–14, 1944 (Finals)
Games18-22
Teams4
Regular season
Season championsFort Wayne Zollner Pistons
Top seedFort Wayne Zollner Pistons
Season MVPBobby McDermott (Fort Wayne) &
Mel Riebe (Cleveland)
Top scorerMel Riebe (Cleveland)
Playoffs
First semifinal championsFort Wayne Zollner Pistons
  First semifinal runners-upCleveland Chase Brassmen
Second semifinal championsSheboygan Red Skins
  Second semifinal runners-upOshkosh All-Stars
Finals
Venue
ChampionsFort Wayne Zollner Pistons
  Runners-upSheboygan Red Skins

The 1943–44 NBL season was the ninth National Basketball League (NBL) season. The regular season began on December 2, 1943, and ran until February 29, 1944. The playoffs began on March 3, 1944, and concluded on March 14, 1944, with the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons winning the NBL Championship by three games to none over the Sheboygan Red Skins in a rematch of the previous season's championship.

Only four teams competed in this season of the NBL, with the league being heavily impacted by World War II, more so than in any other season.