1949–50 NCAA men's basketball season

1949–50 NCAA men's basketball season
Preseason AP No. 1None
NCAA Tournament1950
Tournament datesMarch 23 – 28, 1950
National ChampionshipMadison Square Garden
New York City, New York
NCAA ChampionsCCNY Beavers
Helms National ChampionsCCNY Beavers
Other championsCCNY Beavers (NIT)
Player of the Year
(Helms)		Paul Arizin, Villanova Wildcats

The 1949–50 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1949, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1950 NCAA basketball tournament championship game on March 28, 1950, at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York. The City College of New York Beavers won their first NCAA national championship with a 71–68 victory over the Bradley Braves.

Season headlines

Conference membership changes

School Former conference New conference
Brooklyn Bulldogs Metropolitan New York Conference Non-major basketball program
Bucknell Bison Middle Atlantic States Conference North Independent
Detroit Titans Independent Missouri Valley Conference
Gettysburg Bullets Middle Atlantic States Conference North Independent
Lafayette Leopards Middle Atlantic States Conference North Independent
Lehigh Engineers Middle Atlantic States Conference North Independent
Louisville Cardinals Ohio Valley Conference Independent
Muhlenberg Mules Middle Atlantic States Conference North Independent

Regular season

Conferences

Conference winners and tournaments

Conference Regular
season winner[3] 		Conference
player of the year 		Conference
tournament 		Tournament
venue (City) 		Tournament
winner
Big Seven Conference Kansas, Kansas State, & Nebraska None selected No Tournament
Big Ten Conference Ohio State None selected No Tournament
Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League Princeton None selected No Tournament
Metropolitan New York Conference CCNY No Tournament
Mid-American Conference Cincinnati None selected No Tournament
Missouri Valley Conference Bradley None selected No Tournament
Mountain States (Skyline) Conference BYU No Tournament
Ohio Valley Conference Western Kentucky State None selected 1950 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament Jefferson County Armory (Louisville, Kentucky) Eastern Kentucky State
Pacific Coast Conference Washington State (North); UCLA (South) No Tournament;
UCLA defeated Washington State in best-of-three conference championship playoff series
Southeastern Conference Kentucky None selected 1950 SEC men's basketball tournament Jefferson County Armory,
(Louisville, Kentucky)		 Kentucky
Southern Conference NC State None selected 1950 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament Duke Indoor Stadium
(Durham, North Carolina)		 NC State[4]
Southwest Conference Arkansas & Baylor None selected No Tournament
Western New York Little Three Conference Canisius, Niagara, & St. Bonaventure No Tournament
Yankee Conference Rhode Island State None selected No Tournament

Conference standings

1949–50 Big Seven Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 14 Kansas State 8 – 4   .667 17 – 7   .708
Nebraska 8 – 4   .667 16 – 7   .696
No. 19 Kansas 8 – 4   .667 14 – 11   .560
Colorado 6 – 6   .500 14 – 8   .636
Oklahoma 6 – 6   .500 12 – 10   .545
Missouri 4 – 8   .333 14 – 10   .583
Iowa State 2 – 10   .167 6 – 17   .261
Rankings from AP Poll[5]
1949–50 Big Nine Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Ohio State 11 – 1   .917 22 – 4   .846
No. 16 Wisconsin 9 – 3   .750 17 – 5   .773
No. 20 Indiana 7 – 5   .583 17 – 5   .773
Illinois 7 – 5   .583 14 – 8   .636
Iowa 6 – 6   .500 15 – 7   .682
Minnesota 4 – 8   .333 13 – 9   .591
Michigan 4 – 8   .333 11 – 11   .500
Northwestern 3 – 9   .250 10 – 12   .455
Purdue 3 – 9   .250 9 – 13   .409
Rankings from AP Poll
1949–50 Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Princeton 11 – 1   .917 14 – 9   .609
Columbia 9 – 3   .750 21 – 7   .750
Cornell 7 – 5   .583 18 – 7   .720
Yale 7 – 5   .583 17 – 9   .654
Pennsylvania 4 – 8   .333 11 – 14   .440
Harvard 3 – 9   .250 9 – 15   .375
Dartmouth 1 – 11   .083 8 – 17   .320
Rankings from AP Poll
1949–50 Metropolitan New York Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
CCNY 6 – 0   1.000 24 – 5   .828
Fordham 3 – 2   .600 15 – 12   .556
Brooklyn 2 – 2   .500 24 – 5   .828
No. 9 St. John's 3 – 3   .500 24 – 5   .828
Manhattan 3 – 3   .500 14 – 11   .560
NYU 1 – 4   .200 8 – 11   .421
St. Francis (NY) 0 – 4   .000 8 – 18   .308
Rankings from AP Poll
1949–50 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Cincinnati 10 – 0   1.000 20 – 6   .769
Western Michigan 6 – 4   .600 12 – 10   .545
Butler 6 – 4   .600 12 – 12   .500
Ohio 3 – 7   .300 6 – 14   .300
Miami (Ohio) 3 – 7   .300 5 – 15   .250
Western Reserve 2 – 6   .250 7 – 17   .292
Rankings from AP Poll
1949–50 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 Bradley 11 – 1   .917 32 – 5   .865
Saint Louis 8 – 4   .667 17 – 9   .654
Detroit 7 – 5   .583 20 – 6   .769
Oklahoma A&M 7 – 5   .583 18 – 9   .667
Drake 5 – 7   .417 14 – 12   .538
Tulsa 3 – 9   .250 12 – 11   .522
Wichita Municipal 1 – 11   .083 7 – 17   .292
Rankings from AP Poll
1949–50 Mountain States Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
BYU 14 – 6   .700 22 – 12   .647
Wyoming 13 – 7   .650 25 – 11   .694
Denver 13 – 7   .650 18 – 13   .581
Utah State 10 – 10   .500 17 – 17   .500
Utah 8 – 12   .400 16 – 18   .471
Colorado State 2 – 18   .100 7 – 23   .233
Rankings from AP Poll
1949–50 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 8 Western Kentucky State –   – 25 – 6   .806
Eastern Kentucky State† –   – 16 – 6   .727
Marshall –   – 15 – 9   .625
Morehead State –   – 12 – 10   .545
Murray State –   – 18 – 13   .581
Evansville –   – 14 – 14   .500
Tennessee Tech –   – 9 – 12   .429
† Ohio Valley Conference Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll
1949–50 Pacific Coast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
North
No. 18 Washington State 11 – 5   .688 19 – 13   .594
Washington 8 – 8   .500 19 – 10   .655
Oregon State 8 – 8   .500 13 – 14   .481
Idaho 7 – 9   .438 15 – 17   .469
Oregon 6 – 10   .375 9 – 19   .321
South
No. 7 UCLA † 10 – 2   .833 24 – 7   .774
USC 7 – 5   .583 16 – 8   .667
California 4 – 8   .333 10 – 17   .370
Stanford 3 – 9   .250 11 – 14   .440
† Conference playoff series winner
As of 1950[6]
Rankings from AP Poll
1949–50 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 Kentucky † 11 – 2   .846 25 – 5   .833
Vanderbilt 11 – 3   .786 17 – 8   .680
Auburn 12 – 6   .667 17 – 7   .708
Tulane 8 – 4   .667 15 – 7   .682
Alabama 8 – 9   .471 9 – 12   .429
Georgia 6 – 7   .462 15 – 9   .625
Tennessee 5 – 6   .455 15 – 11   .577
Georgia Tech 7 – 9   .438 14 – 13   .519
LSU 5 – 8   .385 13 – 12   .520
Mississippi State 6 – 10   .375 7 – 11   .389
Florida 4 – 10   .286 9 – 14   .391
Ole Miss 4 – 13   .235 8 – 17   .320
† 1950 SEC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll[7]
1949–50 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 5 NC State † 12 – 2   .857 27 – 6   .818
William & Mary 12 – 4   .750 23 – 9   .719
George Washington 12 – 4   .750 17 – 8   .680
South Carolina 12 – 5   .706 13 – 9   .591
North Carolina 13 – 6   .684 17 – 12   .586
Virginia Tech 9 – 5   .643 16 – 9   .640
Wake Forest 11 – 8   .579 14 – 16   .467
Duke 9 – 7   .563 15 – 15   .500
Clemson 8 – 8   .500 10 – 10   .500
Davidson 6 – 12   .333 10 – 16   .385
Furman 4 – 8   .333 9 – 12   .429
Washington and Lee 4 – 9   .308 8 – 12   .400
Maryland 5 – 13   .278 7 – 18   .280
Richmond 4 – 13   .235 8 – 16   .333
The Citadel 2 – 10   .167 4 – 16   .200
VMI 2 – 11   .154 4 – 17   .190
† 1950 Southern Conference tournament winner
As of April 30, 1950
Rankings from AP Poll
1949–50 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Baylor 8 – 4   .667 14 – 13   .519
Arkansas 8 – 4   .667 12 – 12   .500
SMU 7 – 5   .583 10 – 13   .435
Texas 6 – 6   .500 13 – 11   .542
Texas A&M 6 – 6   .500 10 – 14   .417
TCU 5 – 7   .417 13 – 11   .542
Rice 2 – 10   .167 8 – 15   .348
Rankings from AP poll
1949–50 Western New York Little Three Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
St. Bonaventure 2 – 2   .500 17 – 5   .773
Niagara 2 – 2   .500 20 – 7   .741
Canisius 2 – 2   .500 17 – 8   .680
Rankings from AP Poll
1949–50 Yankee Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Rhode Island State 6 – 1   .857 18 – 8   .692
Connecticut 5 – 2   .714 17 – 8   .680
Vermont 2 – 3   .400 9 – 11   .450
Massachusetts 2 – 3   .400 8 – 11   .421
Maine 3 – 5   .375 13 – 6   .684
New Hampshire 1 – 5   .167 4 – 11   .267

Major independents

A total of 46 college teams played as major independents. Among major independents, Holy Cross (27–4) finished with both the best winning percentage (.871) and the most wins.[8][9]

Although not considered a major independent during the season,[8] San Jose State (21–7) played as an independent[8] and was ranked No. 15 in the season's final AP Poll.[2]

1949–50 NCAA men's basketball independents standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Holy Cross –   – 27 – 4   .871
No. 11 Villanova –   – 25 – 4   .862
No. 10 La Salle –   – 21 – 4   .840
No. 13 LIU –   – 20 – 5   .800
No. 6 Duquesne –   – 23 – 6   .793
Toledo –   – 22 – 6   .786
Dayton –   – 24 – 8   .750
Lafayette –   – 18 – 6   .750
Muhlenberg –   – 17 – 6   .739
Washington University –   – 17 – 6   .739
No. 12 San Francisco –   – 19 – 7   .731
Navy –   – 14 – 7   .667
Syracuse –   – 18 – 9   .667
Louisville –   – 21 – 11   .656
Valparaiso –   – 15 – 8   .652
Akron –   – 16 – 9   .640
Santa Clara –   – 14 – 8   .636
Bowling Green State –   – 19 – 11   .633
Notre Dame –   – 15 – 9   .625
Miami (Fla.) –   – 14 – 9   .609
Temple –   – 14 – 10   .583
Loyola (Ill.) –   – 17 – 13   .567
Penn State –   – 13 – 10   .565
Colgate –   – 10 – 8   .556
Boston College –   – 11 – 9   .550
West Virginia –   – 13 – 11   .542
Army –   – 9 – 8   .529
Creighton –   – 13 – 13   .500
Georgetown –   – 12 – 12   .500
Gettysburg –   – 12 – 12   .500
DePaul –   – 12 – 13   .480
Virginia –   – 12 – 13   .480
Rutgers –   – 13 – 15   .464
John Carroll –   – 9 – 11   .450
Baldwin Wallace –   – 11 – 14   .440
Brown –   – 11 – 14   .440
Xavier –   – 12 – 16   .429
Seton Hall –   – 11 – 15   .423
St. Joseph's –   – 10 – 15   .400
Loyola (Calif.) –   – 9 – 17   .346
Wayne –   – 7 – 15   .318
Marquette –   – 6 – 17   .261
Bucknell –   – 5 – 16   .238
Lehigh –   – 4 – 14   .222
Pittsburgh –   – 4 – 14   .222
Saint Mary's –   – 3 – 22   .120
Rankings from AP Poll

Informal championships

Conference Regular
season winner[10] 		Conference
player of the year 		Conference
tournament 		Tournament
venue (City) 		Tournament
winner
Middle Three Conference Lafayatte & Rutgers None selected No Tournament

NOTE: Despite its name, the Middle Three Conference was an informal scheduling alliance rather than a true conference, and its members played as independents. In 1949–50, Lafayatte and Rutgers finished tied for the best record in games played between the three members.[11]

Statistical leaders

Post-season tournaments

NCAA tournament

Main articles: 1950 NCAA basketball tournament and 1950 NCAA Basketball Championship Game

Semifinals & finals

National semifinals National Finals
    
CCNY 78
NC State 73
CCNY 71
Bradley 68
Baylor 66
Bradley 68 Third place
NC State 53
Baylor 41

National Invitation tournament

Main article: 1950 National Invitation Tournament

Semifinals & finals

Semifinals Finals
    
St. John's 72
Bradley 82
Bradley 61
CCNY 69
Duquesne 52
CCNY 62 Third place
St. John's 69
Duquesne 67

Awards

Consensus All-American teams

Main article: 1950 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
Consensus First Team
Player Position Class Team
Paul Arizin F Senior Villanova
Bob Cousy G Senior Holy Cross
Dick Schnittker F Senior Ohio State
Bill Sharman G Senior Southern California
Paul Unruh F Senior Bradley


Consensus Second Team
Player Position Class Team
Chuck Cooper F Senior Duquesne
Don Lofgran F/C Senior San Francisco
Kevin O'Shea G Senior Notre Dame
Don Rehfeldt F Senior Wisconsin
Sherman White C Junior Long Island

Major player of the year awards

Other major awards

Coaching changes

A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.

Team Former
Coach 		Interim
Coach 		New
Coach 		Reason
Dartmouth Elmer A. Lampe Doggie Julian
Northwestern Dutch Lonborg Harold Olsen
USC Sam Barry Forrest Twogood
Washington & Lee Conn Davis Scotty Hamilton

References

  1. ^ a b "Playing Rules History" (PDF). ncaa.org. NCAA. p. 11. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "1949-50 Men's College Basketball AP Polls". Sports Reference. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  3. ^ "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. Retrieved February 14, 2009.
  4. ^ 2008–09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide – Postseason Section, Southern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-09
  5. ^ sports-reference.com 1949-50 Big Seven Conference Season Summary
  6. ^ "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  7. ^ sports-reference.com 1949-50 Southeastern Conference Season Summary
  8. ^ a b c "1949-50 Men's Independent Season Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  9. ^ "1949-50 Men's Middle Three Conference Season Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  10. ^ "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. Retrieved February 14, 2009.
  11. ^ 1949-50 Men's Middle Three Conference Season Summary @ sports-reference.com
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.