Gopher Basketball 1948-1949 Season

GOLDEN GOPHER BASKETBALL

1948-1949 Schedule

Date Opponent W/L Score

12/04/1948 Western Illinois W 68-46

12/06/1948 @ Nebraska W 61-52

12/18/1948 @ DePaul W 67-50

12/21/1948 Navy W 47-40

12/22/1948 St. Mary's (CA) W 52-42

12/29/1948 Corn Bowl Tourn.
vs. Dartmouth W 64-52

12/30/1948 Corn Bowl Tourn.
vs. Drake W 50-26

01/01/1949 Colgate W 70-46

01/08/1949 Michigan W 45-31

01/10/1949 Wisconsin W 47-33

01/15/1949 @ Purdue W 67-52

01/17/1949 @ Iowa W 61-45

01/22/1949 Indiana W 35-28

01/29/1949 @ Illinois L 44-45

01/31/1949 Northwestern W 61-40

02/05/1949 @ Ohio State L 39-48

02/12/1949 Iowa W 54-49

02/19/1949 @ Michigan W 54-47

02/21/1949 @ Michigan State W 57-47

02/26/1949 Purdue W 58-48

03/05/1949 @ Wisconsin L 43-45

1948-1949 Big Ten Standings

Team Conference Overall

W L PCT W L PCT

Illinois 10 2 .833 21 4 .840

Minnesota 9 3 .750 18 3 .857

Michigan 7 5 .583 15 6 .714

Ohio State 6 6 .500 14 7 .667

Indiana 6 6 .500 14 8 .636

Purdue 6 6 .500 13 9 .591

Wisconsin 5 7 .417 12 10 .545

Iowa 3 9 .250 10 10 .500

Northwestern 2 10 .167 5 16 .238

Season notes:

Coached by O.B. Cowles (1st season). The Corn Bowl Tournament took place in Des Moines, Iowa.

1948-1949 Poll Results

Associated Press

1. Kentucky

2. Oklahoma A & M

3. St. Louis

4. Illinois

5. Western Kentucky

6. Minnesota

7. Bradley

8. San Francisco

9. Tulane

10. Bowling Green

11. Yale

12. Utah

13. North Carolina State

14. Villanova

15. UCLA

16. Loyola (IL)

17. Wyoming

18. Butler

19. Hamline

20. Ohio State

1948-1949 National Invitation Tournament

First Round
Bowling Green 77, St. John's (NY) 64 San Francisco 68, Manhattan 43	Bradley 89, New York 67 Loyola (IL) 62, City College of New York 47
Quarterfinals
Loyola (IL) 61, Kentucky 56 Bradley 95, Western Kentucky 86	San Francisco 64, Utah 63 Bowling Green 80, St. Louis 74
NIT Final Four
Semifinals	Finals
San Francisco 49, Bowling Green 39 Loyola (IL) 55, Bradley 50	San Francisco 48, Loyola (IL) 47

1948-1949 NCAA Tournament

First Round
Eastern	Western
Illinois 71, Yale 67 Kentucky 85, Villanova 72	Oklahoma A&M 40, Wyoming 39 Oregon State 56, Arkansas 38
Final Four
Semifinals	Finals
Kentucky 76, Illinois 47 Oklahoma A&M 55, Oregon State 30	Kentucky 46, Oklahoma A&M 36

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