1950–51 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball | |
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Yankee Conference regular season Champions | |
NCAA tournament, first round | |
Conference | Yankee Conference |
Record | 22–4 (6–1 YC) |
Head coach |
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Home arena | Hawley Armory |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connecticut | 6 | – | 1 | .857 | 22 | – | 4 | .846 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vermont | 4 | – | 1 | .800 | 14 | – | 6 | .700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rhode Island State | 5 | – | 2 | .714 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maine | 2 | – | 5 | .286 | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Massachusetts | 1 | – | 3 | .250 | 6 | – | 15 | .286 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 0 | – | 6 | .000 | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1950–51 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1950–51 collegiate men's basketball season. The Huskies completed the season with a 22–4 overall record. The Huskies were members of the Yankee Conference, where they ended the season with a 6–1 record. They were the Yankee Conference regular season champions and made it to the first round of the 1951 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The Huskies played their home games at Hawley Armory in Storrs, Connecticut, and were led by fifth-year head coach Hugh Greer.[1][2]
Schedule
[edit]Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Regular Season | |||||||||||
11/30/1950* |
American International | W 68–46 | 1–0 |
Hawley Armory Storrs, CT | |||||||
12/2/1950* |
Springfield | W 46–44 | 2–0 |
Hawley Armory Storrs, CT | |||||||
12/6/1950* |
at Tufts | W 68–59 | 3–0 |
New York, NY | |||||||
12/9/1950* |
at Brown | W 64–58 | 4–0 |
Marvel Gymnasium Providence, RI | |||||||
12/13/1950* |
Yale | W 71–65 | 5–0 |
Hawley Armory Storrs, CT | |||||||
12/15/1950* |
at R.P.I. | L 67–72 | 5–1 |
Houston Field House Troy, NY | |||||||
12/16/1950* |
at McGill | W 50–41 | 6–1 |
Montreal, QC | |||||||
12/21/1950* |
Colby | W 66–61 | 7–1 |
Hawley Armory Storrs, CT | |||||||
12/23/1950* |
Boston College | W 56–52 | 8–1 |
Hawley Armory Storrs, CT | |||||||
12/26/1950* |
at Buffalo | W 61–51 | 9–1 |
Buffalo, NY | |||||||
1/5/1951 |
Maine | W 68–52 | 10–1 (1–0) |
Hawley Armory Storrs, CT | |||||||
1/6/1951 |
Vermont | W 71–43 | 11–1 (2–0) |
Hawley Armory Storrs, CT | |||||||
1/10/1951* |
at Northeastern | W 75–55 | 12–1 |
Matthews Arena Boston, MA | |||||||
1/13/1951 |
Rhode Island | L 72–77 | 12–2 (2–1) |
Hawley Armory Storrs, CT | |||||||
1/27/1951* |
at Muhlenberg | W 52–44 | 13–2 |
Allentown, PA | |||||||
1/30/1951* |
at American International | W 66–55 | 14–2 |
Springfield, MA | |||||||
2/3/1951* |
at Springfield | W 54–49 | 15–2 |
Springfield, MA | |||||||
2/7/1951* |
Brown | L 58–60 | 15–3 |
Hawley Armory Storrs, CT | |||||||
2/10/1951* |
Wesleyan | W 74–51 | 16–3 |
Hawley Armory Storrs, CT | |||||||
2/13/1951* |
Temple | W 76–61 | 17–3 |
Hawley Armory Storrs, CT | |||||||
2/16/1951* |
at New Hampshire | W 85–54 | 18–3 (3–1) |
Lundholm Gym Durham, NH | |||||||
2/17/1951 |
at Maine | W 83–62 | 19–3 (4–1) |
Memorial Gymnasium Orono, ME | |||||||
2/20/1951* |
Boston University | W 74–59 | 20–3 |
Hawley Armory Storrs, CT | |||||||
2/24/1951 |
at Rhode Island | W 75–70 | 21–3 (5–1) |
Rodman Hall Kingston, RI | |||||||
2/28/1951 |
Massachusetts | W 92–50 | 22–3 (6–1) |
Hawley Armory Storrs, CT | |||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
3/20/1951* |
vs. St. John's First Round |
L 52–63 | 22–4 |
Madison Square Garden New York, NY | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time. |
References
[edit]- ^ a b 2012 Connecticut Basketball History (PDF). UConn Huskies. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 6, 2015. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
- ^ Davis, Ken (September 30, 2010). The University of Connecticut Basketball Vault: The History of the Huskies. Atlanta, GA: Whitman LLC. ISBN 0794828035.
- ^ "Connecticut Men's Basketball Archive 1950-1951 Schedule". UConn Huskies. Archived from the original on July 6, 2016. Retrieved October 25, 2015.