1943–44 Army Cadets men's basketball team
1943–44 Army Cadets men's basketball | |
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Helms Foundation National Champions | |
Conference | Independent |
1943–44 record | 15–0 |
Head coach | Ed Kelleher (1st year) |
MVP | Dale Hall |
Captain | Ed Christl |
Home arena | Gillis Field House |
The 1943–44 Army Cadets men's basketball team represented the United States Military Academy (known as "Army" for their sports teams) during the 1943–44 intercollegiate basketball season in the United States. The head coach was Ed Kelleher, coaching in his first season with the Cadets. The team finished the season with a 15–0 record[1] and were named national champions by the Helms Athletic Foundation.[2] The Helms and NCAA Division I Tournament champions were the same except for 1939, 1940, 1944, and 1954 when Oregon, Indiana, Utah, and La Salle respectively won the tournament.
Dale Hall was named a consensus All-American as well as the Sporting News National Player of the Year.
Schedule and results
Date | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site | ||||||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
* | Swarthmore | W 80–29 | 1–0 | ||||||||
* | Colgate | W 69–44 | 2–0 | ||||||||
* | St. John's | W 49–36 | 3–0 | ||||||||
* | Columbia | W 55–37 | 4–0 | ||||||||
* | Wesleyan | W 49–38 | 5–0 | ||||||||
* | Coast Guard | W 55–37 | 6–0 | ||||||||
* | West Virginia | W 58–31 | 7–0 | ||||||||
* | Rochester | W 57–43 | 8–0 | ||||||||
* | Pittsburgh | W 66–32 | 9–0 | ||||||||
* | Hobart | W 69–36 | 10–0 | ||||||||
* | Penn | W 55–38 | 11–0 | ||||||||
* | Villanova | W 34–22 | 12–0 | ||||||||
* | NYU | W 46–36 | 13–0 | ||||||||
* | Maryland | W 85–22 | 14–0 | ||||||||
* | Navy | W 47–40 | 15–0 | ||||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. |
Source[3]
References
- ↑ "Army season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
- ↑ "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions". Rauzulu's Street. 2004. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
- ↑ "2013–14 Army Black Knights Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). History & Records (p. 82). United States Military Academy. 2009. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
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