GOLDEN GOPHER BASKETBALL

Gopher Basketball 1944-1945 Season

1944-1945 Schedule

Date Opponent W/L Score
12/02/1944 South Dakota W 50-28
12/04/1944 @ Iowa State L 41-42
12/09/1944 Iowa Seahawks L 32-38
12/16/1944 Great Lakes N.T.C. L 42-46
12/22/1944 @ Nebraska W 55-54
12/23/1944 @ Great Lakes N.T.C. L 44-63
12/30/1944 @ Marquette W 43-40
01/01/1945 Lawrence College W 45-30
01/06/1945 @ Iowa L 34-41
01/08/1945 Purdue W 49-44
01/12/1945 @ Northwestern L 33-52
01/13/1945 @ Wisconsin L 37-46
01/20/1945 Indiana L 46-48
01/27/1945 @ Purdue L 45-54
02/03/1945 @ Indiana W 56-48
02/10/1945 Illinois L 35-57
02/17/1945 Northwestern W 43-37
02/19/1945 @ Illinois L 48-49
02/27/1945 Iowa L 48-55
03/03/1945 Wisconsin W 54-50
03/05/1945 @ Iowa Seahawks L 30-49

1944-1945 Big Ten Standings

Team Conference Overall
W L PCT W L PCT
Iowa 11 1 .917 17 1 .944
Ohio State 10 2 .833 15 5 .750
Illinois 7 5 .583 13 7 .650
Purdue 6 6 .500 9 11 .450
Michigan 5 7 .417 12 7 .632
Minnesota 4 8 .333 8 13 .381
Wisconsin 4 8 .333 10 11 .476
Northwestern 4 8 .333 7 12 .368
Indiana 3 9 .250 10 11 .476
Chicago 0 0 .000 7 8 .467

Season notes:

Coached by Weston Mitchell (1st season). There were no polls until 1949.


1944-1945 National Invitation Tournament


Quarterfinals

Rhode Island 51, Tennessee 44
Bowling Green 60, Rensselaer Poly 45
DePaul 76, West Virginia 52
St. John's (NY) 34, Muhlenberg (PA) 33


NIT Final Four

Semifinals Finals
DePaul 97, Rhode Island 53
Bowling Green 57, St. John's (NY) 44
DePaul 71, Bowling Green 54


1944-1945 NCAA Tournament


First Round

Eastern Western
New York 59, Tufts (MA) 44
Ohio State 45, Kentucky 37
Arkansas 79, Oregon 76
Oklahoma A&M 62, Utah 37


Final Four

Semifinals Finals
New York 70, Ohio State 65 (OT)
Oklahoma A&M 68, Arkansas 41
Oklahoma A&M 49, New York 45

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