1937–38 Temple Owls men's basketball team
1937–38 Temple Owls men's basketball | |
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EIC Champions National Invitation Tournament Champions Helms Foundation National Champions Premo-Porretta National Champions | |
Conference | Eastern Intercollegiate Conference |
1937–38 record | 23–2 (9–1 EIC) |
Head coach | James Usilton (12th year) |
MVP | Don Shields |
1937–38 Eastern Intercollegiate Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Temple | 9 | – | 1 | .900 | 23 | – | 2 | .920 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn State | 6 | – | 4 | .600 | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh | 5 | – | 5 | .500 | 9 | – | 12 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgetown | 5 | – | 5 | .500 | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Carnegie Mellon | 3 | – | 7 | .300 | 3 | – | 7 | .300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Virginia | 2 | – | 8 | .200 | 6 | – | 13 | .316 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1937–38 Temple Owls men's basketball team represented Temple University during the 1937–38 NCAA men's basketball season in the United States. The head coach was James Usilton, coaching in his 12th season with the Owls. The team finished the season with a 23–2 record[1] and was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.[2][3] They won the Eastern Intercollegiate Conference title with a 9–1 record, and the Owls also won the first-ever National Invitation Tournament (NIT) by winning all three games in the tournament.[4] Additionally, this Temple squad reached the finals of the 1936 Olympic Trials.[4]
Schedule and results
Date Time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site City, State | ||||||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
12/18/1937* |
St. John's (MD) | W 54–26 | 1–0 |
Mitten Hall Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
12/20/1937* |
Illinois | W 51–38 | 2–0 |
Philadelphia Arena Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
12/30/1937* |
Stanford | W 35–31 | 3–0 |
Convention Hall Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
1/7/1938* |
SMU | W 53–41 | 4–0 |
Philadelphia Arena Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
1/10/1938 |
vs. Georgetown | L 22–39 | 4–1 (0–1) |
Ritchie Coliseum College Park, MD | |||||||
1/12/1938* |
Muhlenberg | W 40–23 | 5–1 |
Philadelphia Arena Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
1/14/1938* |
at Manhattan | W 45–38 | 6–1 |
Manhattan, NY | |||||||
1/18/1938 |
at West Virginia | W 34–31 | 7–1 (1–1) |
WVU Fieldhouse Morgantown, WV | |||||||
1/20/1938 |
at Carnegie Mellon | W 39–37 | 8–1 (2–1) |
Pittsburgh, PA | |||||||
1/22/1938* |
at La Salle | W 37–22 | 9–1 |
Convention Hall Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
1/28/1938* |
Villanova | L 28–36 | 9–2 |
Convention Hall Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
2/4/1938 |
Penn State | W 49–25 | 10–2 (3–1) |
Philadelphia Arena Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
2/5/1938 |
West Virginia | W 51–32 | 11–2 (4–1) |
Mitten Hall Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
2/8/1938 |
at Penn State | W 49–39 | 12–2 (5–1) |
Rec Hall University Park, PA | |||||||
2/9/1938 |
at Pittsburgh | W 43–41 | 13–2 (6–1) |
Pitt Pavilion Pittsburgh, PA | |||||||
2/12/1938* |
NYU | W 42–34 | 14–2 |
Convention Hall Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
2/14/1938 |
Carnegie Mellon | W 48–39 | 15–2 (7–1) |
Mitten Hall Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
2/16/1938* |
at Navy | W 61–58 | 16–2 |
Annapolis, MD | |||||||
2/18/1938 |
Pittsburgh | W 46–34 | 17–2 (8–1) |
Philadelphia Arena Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
2/23/1938* |
Albright | W 46–25 | 18–2 |
Convention Hall Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
2/25/1938 |
Georgetown | W 51–34 | 19–2 (9–1) |
Philadelphia Arena Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
3/4/1938* |
Saint Joseph's Rivalry |
W 40–34 | 20–2 |
Convention Hall Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
National Invitation Tournament | |||||||||||
3/9/1938* |
vs. Bradley NIT Quarterfinals |
W 53–40 | 21–2 |
Madison Square Garden New York, NY | |||||||
3/14/1938* |
vs. Oklahoma A&M NIT Semifinals |
W 56–44 | 22–2 |
Madison Square Garden New York, NY | |||||||
3/16/1938* |
vs. Colorado NIT Championship |
W 60–36 | 23–2 |
Madison Square Garden New York, NY | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. |
Source[5]
References
- ↑ "Temple Owls season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
- ↑ "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions". Rauzulu's Street. 2004. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
- ↑ ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. p. 546. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
- 1 2 "Hall of Fame – James Usilton, Sr.". OwlSports.com. Temple University. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
- ↑ "History and Records (p. 96)" (PDF). 2013–14 Temple Owls Men's Basketball Media Guide. Temple University. 2013. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
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