1920–21 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team

1920–21 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball
A blue block M with maize-colored borders and the word Michigan across the middle.
Western Conference Co-Champions
Conference Big Ten Conference
1920–21 record 18–4 (8–4 Big Nine)
Head coach E. J. Mather
Captain Arthur Karpus
1920–21 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Michigan 8 – 4   .667     18 – 4   .818
Wisconsin 8 – 4   .667     13 – 4   .765
Purdue 8 – 4   .667     13 – 7   .650
Minnesota 7 – 5   .583     10 – 5   .667
Illinois 7 – 5   .583     11 – 7   .611
Indiana 6 – 5   .545     15 – 6   .714
Iowa 6 – 5   .545     9 – 9   .500
Chicago 6 – 6   .500     14 – 6   .700
Ohio State 2 – 10   .167     4 – 13   .235
Northwestern 1 – 11   .083     2 – 12   .143
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1920–21 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1920–21 season. The team won its first eight games and its last eight games to finish tied with the Purdue Boilermakers and Wisconsin Badgers for the Western Conference Championship.[1][2] Arthur Karpus served as team captain.[3] On January 29, 1921, the team began a 14-game winning streak against the University of Chicago that continued through a January 6, 1922 victory over Michigan State University, which was at the time known as Michigan Agricultural college. This stood as the longest winning streak in school history until 1985.[4] The team was also involved in setting the longest road winning streaks at the time. It won on January 22, 1921 against Northwestern ending a 7-game road winning streak that had started on December 27, 1920 against the Louisville YMCA. Then on January 29, the team started another 7-game road winning streak against Chicago that lasted until a December 17, 1921 victory at Case. These two 7-game streaks stood as the school road losing streak record until 1985.[4]

Schedule

DateOpponent Score Result Location
December 10, 1920Kalamazoo College44–32WinWaterman Gymnasium, Ann Arbor, MI[5]
December 18, 1920Western State Normal44–32WinWaterman Gymnasium, Ann Arbor, MI
December 27, 1920Louisville YMCA32–18WinLouisville, KY
December 28, 1920Nashville28–16WinNashville, TN
December 29, 1920Jonesboro24–16WinJonesboro, TN
December 30, 1920Memphis YMCA14–11WinMemphis, TN
December 31, 1920Nashville28–11WinNashville, TN
January 1, 1921Vanderbilt21–7WinNashville, TN[6]
January 8, 1921Wisconsin27–24LossWaterman Gymnasium, Ann Arbor, MI[7]
January 10, 1921Indiana30–21LossWaterman Gymnasium, Ann Arbor, MI
January 15, 1921Ohio State22–10LossWaterman Gymnasium, Ann Arbor, MI[8]
January 21, 1921Iowa19–15WinWaterman Gymnasium, Ann Arbor, MI
January 22, 1921Northwestern30–15LossEvanston, IL
January 24, 1921Wisconsin25–17LossMadison, WI
January 29, 1921Chicago16–14WinChicago, IL[9]
January 31, 1921Purdue27–23WinLafayette, IN
February 5, 1921Michigan Agricultural37–24WinWaterman Gymnasium, Ann Arbor, MI
February 22, 1921Michigan Agricultural17–10WinLansing, MI[10]
February 26, 1921Illinois24–18WinWaterman Gymnasium, Ann Arbor, MI
February 28, 1921Purdue19–15WinWaterman Gymnasium, Ann Arbor, MI[11]
March 5, 1921Ohio State36–22WinColumbus, OH
March 7, 1921Illinois26–24WinKenney Gym, Urbana, IL

Players

Scoring statistics

PlayerGames Field goals Free throws Points Points per game[13]
Arthur Karpus1529801389.2
William Miller15440885.9
R. Jerome Dunne12240484.0
Walter B. Rea14190382.7
Robert Whitlock13181372.8
Benjamin Weiss789253.6
Jack Williams168016 1.0
Kenneth LeGalley22042.0
Rex Reason21021.0
Wilford Wilson40000.0
Robert Peare30000.0
Howard Rowse10000.0
Charles Pearman10000.0
Incomplete Totals1715390396 23.3

Coaching staff

References

  1. ↑ "Big Ten Basketball 2009–10 Media Guide". CBS Interactive. p. 54. Retrieved 2010-09-02.
  2. ↑ 2007–08 Men's Basketball Media Guide. University of Michigan. 2007. p. 10.
  3. ↑ "All-Time Accolades". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. pp. 9–10.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Through The Years". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. p. 7. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
  5. ↑ "Michigan Five Wins Opener: Kalamazoo College Beaten in Opening Game of Season by Score of 44 to 32". Detroit Free Press. December 11, 1920. p. 12.
  6. ↑ "U. of M. Makes Six-Day Trip: Basketeers Go South for the Holiday Court Tour, Playing Vanderbilt First. Eight Players to Be Taken Along, and All Games Played During Holidays". Detroit Free Press. December 21, 1920. p. 15.
  7. ↑ "Badgers Beat Michigan Five: Wisconsin Wins First Big Ten Basketball Game at Ann Arbor, 27 to 24". Detroit Free Press. January 9, 1921. p. 21.
  8. ↑ "Michigan Gets One Field Goal: Ohio State's Close Guarding Enables It to Win at Basketball, 22-10". Detroit Free Press. January 16, 1921. p. 21.
  9. ↑ "Michigan Puts Chicago Down: Maroons' Chances to Win Big Ten Basketball Title Set Back by 16-14 Defeat". Detroit Free Press. January 31, 1921. p. 10.
  10. ↑ "Aggies Fall Before U. of M.: Close Guarding Contest Goes to the Wolverines--Final Count is 17 to 10". Detroit Free Press. February 24, 1921. p. 12.
  11. ↑ "Michigan Five Climbs Again: Pulls Purdue Down, 19 to 15, Goes Into Triple Tie for Third Place". Detroit Free Press. March 1, 1921. p. 13.
  12. ↑ Benjamin Weiss, born February 26, 1898, in New York City. Educated in the Newark, New Jersey public schools. Graduated from Michigan in 1921. Engaged in private practice as an orthodontist. Died February 12, 1963, at Tucson, Arizona.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "University of Michigan Basketball Record Book" (PDF). University of Michigan. p. 23.(The scoring statistics do not include six games of Southern tour.)