1917–18 Syracuse Orangemen basketball team
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American college basketball season
| 1917–18 Syracuse Orangemen men's basketball | |
|---|---|
| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 16–1 |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Joe Schwarzer |
| Home arena | Archbold Gymnasium |
Seasons | |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||
| Canisius | – | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||
| Creighton | – | – | 14 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||
| Miami (Ohio) | – | – | 10 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||
| Oregon Agricultural | – | – | 15 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rhode Island State | – | – | 3 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||
| Saint Mary's (Calif.) | – | – | 15 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||
| Santa Clara | – | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||
| Stevens Institute | – | – | 14 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||
| Utah State | – | – | 9 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||
| Wisconsin–Stevens Point | – | – | 14 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||
| Syracuse | – | – | 16 | – | 1 | .941 | ||||
| Union (N.Y.) | – | – | 14 | – | 1 | .933 | ||||
| Idaho | – | – | 12 | – | 1 | .923 | ||||
| Louisiana State | – | – | 12 | – | 1 | .923 | ||||
| Penn State | – | – | 12 | – | 1 | .923 | ||||
| Oklahoma | – | – | 11 | – | 1 | .917 | ||||
| Central (Ky.) | – | – | 10 | – | 1 | .909 | ||||
| Navy | – | – | 14 | – | 2 | .875 | ||||
| Virginia | – | – | 7 | – | 1 | .875 | ||||
| Geneva | – | – | 13 | – | 2 | .867 | ||||
| Georgia | – | – | 6 | – | 1 | .857 | ||||
| Washington & Jefferson | – | – | 10 | – | 2 | .833 | ||||
| Kentucky | – | – | 9 | – | 2 | .818 | ||||
| North Carolina State | – | – | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | ||||
| Springfield (Mass.) | – | – | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | ||||
| California | – | – | 8 | – | 2 | .800 | ||||
| Bucknell | – | – | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | ||||
| Tempe Normal | – | – | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | ||||
| Valparaiso | – | – | 7 | – | 2 | .778 | ||||
| Fordham | – | – | 10 | – | 3 | .769 | ||||
| Kalamazoo | – | – | 10 | – | 3 | .769 | ||||
| Boston | – | – | 6 | – | 2 | .750 | ||||
| Buffalo | – | – | 6 | – | 2 | .750 | ||||
| Franklin | – | – | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | ||||
| North Carolina | – | – | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | ||||
| North Central | – | – | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | ||||
| Tulane | – | – | 6 | – | 2 | .750 | ||||
| Virginia Tech | – | – | 15 | – | 5 | .750 | ||||
| Stanford | – | – | 11 | – | 4 | .733 | ||||
| Marietta | – | – | 8 | – | 3 | .727 | ||||
| Niagara | – | – | 8 | – | 3 | .727 | ||||
| Detroit | – | – | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | ||||
| St. Joseph's | – | – | 5 | – | 2 | .714 | ||||
| CCNY | – | – | 7 | – | 3 | .700 | ||||
| New Mexico A&M | – | – | 7 | – | 3 | .700 | ||||
| Akron | – | – | 9 | – | 4 | .692 | ||||
| Carleton | – | – | 9 | – | 4 | .692 | ||||
| Central Missouri | – | – | 9 | – | 4 | .692 | ||||
| Lafayette | – | – | 15 | – | 7 | .682 | ||||
| Army | – | – | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | ||||
| Trinity (N.C.) | – | – | 10 | – | 5 | .667 | ||||
| Vanderbilt | – | – | 6 | – | 3 | .667 | ||||
| Western State Normal | – | – | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | ||||
| Wyoming | – | – | 4 | – | 2 | .667 | ||||
| Grinnell | – | – | 7 | – | 4 | .636 | ||||
| Roanoke | – | – | 7 | – | 4 | .636 | ||||
| Brigham Young | – | – | 5 | – | 3 | .625 | ||||
| Rutgers | – | – | 5 | – | 3 | .625 | ||||
| Seton Hall | – | – | 8 | – | 5 | .615 | ||||
| South Carolina | – | – | 8 | – | 5 | .615 | ||||
| Southwestern (Kan.) | – | – | 8 | – | 5 | .615 | ||||
| Arizona | – | – | 3 | – | 2 | .600 | ||||
| Bowling Green State | – | – | 6 | – | 4 | .600 | ||||
| Clemson | – | – | 3 | – | 2 | .600 | ||||
| North Dakota Agricultural | – | – | 9 | – | 6 | .600 | ||||
| Davidson | – | – | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | ||||
| Denison | – | – | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | ||||
| Millsaps | – | – | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | ||||
| Swarthmore | – | – | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | ||||
| Georgetown | – | – | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | ||||
| SMU | – | – | 5 | – | 4 | .556 | ||||
| Utah | – | – | 5 | – | 4 | .556 | ||||
| Lehigh | – | – | 11 | – | 9 | .550 | ||||
| Mount Union | – | – | 7 | – | 6 | .538 | ||||
| Temple | – | – | 8 | – | 7 | .533 | ||||
| Wabash | – | – | 8 | – | 7 | .533 | ||||
| Duquesne | – | – | 4 | – | 4 | .500 | ||||
| Indiana State | – | – | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | ||||
| Montana | – | – | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | ||||
| Nevada | – | – | 3 | – | 3 | .500 | ||||
| St. John's (N.Y.) | – | – | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | ||||
| Texas Christian | – | – | 4 | – | 4 | .500 | ||||
| VMI | – | – | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | ||||
| Millikin | – | – | 10 | – | 11 | .476 | ||||
| DePauw | – | – | 7 | – | 8 | .467 | ||||
| Catholic | – | – | 5 | – | 6 | .455 | ||||
| Delaware | – | – | 5 | – | 6 | .455 | ||||
| Washington and Lee | – | – | 5 | – | 6 | .455 | ||||
| Bradley | – | – | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | ||||
| Colgate | – | – | 9 | – | 12 | .429 | ||||
| Louisville | – | – | 3 | – | 4 | .429 | ||||
| Manhattan | – | – | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | ||||
| Northern Colorado | – | – | 3 | – | 4 | .429 | ||||
| Gettysburg | – | – | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | ||||
| Auburn | – | – | 2 | – | 3 | .400 | ||||
| Beloit | – | – | 4 | – | 6 | .400 | ||||
| Marquette | – | – | 4 | – | 6 | .400 | ||||
| Michigan State | – | – | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | ||||
| Washington State | – | – | 7 | – | 12 | .368 | ||||
| Pittsburgh | – | – | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | ||||
| William & Mary | – | – | 6 | – | 11 | .353 | ||||
| Dayton | – | – | 2 | – | 4 | .333 | ||||
| Notre Dame | – | – | 2 | – | 4 | .333 | ||||
| Ohio | – | – | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | ||||
| Richmond | – | – | 3 | – | 6 | .333 | ||||
| Toledo | – | – | 2 | – | 4 | .333 | ||||
| Washington | – | – | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | ||||
| Wooster | – | – | 4 | – | 9 | .308 | ||||
| Alabama | – | – | 2 | – | 5 | .286 | ||||
| Oregon | – | – | 3 | – | 8 | .273 | ||||
| Cincinnati | – | – | 2 | – | 6 | .250 | ||||
| Montana State | – | – | 2 | – | 6 | .250 | ||||
| Tennessee | – | – | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | ||||
| Wake Forest | – | – | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | ||||
| West Virginia | – | – | 4 | – | 13 | .235 | ||||
| Fairmount | – | – | 3 | – | 10 | .231 | ||||
| Grove City | – | – | 2 | – | 7 | .222 | ||||
| Saint Louis | – | – | 3 | – | 12 | .200 | ||||
| Washburn | – | – | 2 | – | 9 | .182 | ||||
| Tulsa | – | – | 1 | – | 5 | .167 | ||||
| Connecticut | – | – | 1 | – | 6 | .143 | ||||
| New York University | – | – | 1 | – | 10 | .091 | ||||
| Butler | – | – | 0 | – | 6 | .000 | ||||
| The Citadel | – | – | 0 | – | 1 | .000 | ||||
| Muhlenberg | – | – | 0 | – | 7 | .000 | ||||
| Southern California | – | – | 0 | – | 2 | .000 | ||||
The 1917–18 Syracuse Orangemen basketball team represented Syracuse University in intercollegiate basketball during the 1917–18 season. The team finished the season with a 16–1 record[1] and was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.[2] [3] Joe Schwarzer was retroactively named a 1918 NCAA All-American for his play this season.
Schedule and results
[edit ]| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular season | |||||||||||
| 12/18/1917* |
Alfred | W 36–13 | 1–0 |
Archbold Gymnasium Syracuse, NY | |||||||
| 1/4/1918* |
Yale | W 34–15 | 2–0 |
Archbold Gymnasium Syracuse, NY | |||||||
| 1/11/1918* |
at Buffalo | W 30–17 | 3–0 |
Rochester, NY | |||||||
| 1/12/1918* |
at Rochester | W 26–24 | 4–0 |
Rochester, NY | |||||||
| 1/19/1918* |
Princeton | W 27–13 | 5–0 |
Archbold Gymnasium Syracuse, NY | |||||||
| 1/25/1918* |
at Penn | W 27–24 | 6–0 |
Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
| 1/26/1918* |
at RPI | W 33–18 | 7–0 |
Rochester, NY | |||||||
| 1/31/1918* |
Penn State | W 34–24 | 8–0 |
Archbold Gymnasium Syracuse, NY | |||||||
| 2/6/1918* |
at Colgate | W 29–25 | 9–0 |
Hamilton, NY | |||||||
| 2/7/1918* |
at Williams | W 19–16 | 10–0 |
Williamstown, MA | |||||||
| 2/8/1918* |
at Yale | W 23–15 | 11–0 |
New Haven, CT | |||||||
| 2/9/1918* |
at NYU | W 30–15 | 12–0 |
New York, NY | |||||||
| 2/19/1918* |
West Virginia | W 21–18 | 13–0 |
Archbold Gymnasium Syracuse, NY | |||||||
| 2/22/1918* |
NYU | W 37–10 | 14–0 |
Archbold Gymnasium Syracuse, NY | |||||||
| 3/1/1918* |
Colgate | W 27–18 | 15–0 |
Archbold Gymnasium Syracuse, NY | |||||||
| 3/9/1918* |
Dartmouth | W 27–11 | 16–0 |
Archbold Gymnasium Syracuse, NY | |||||||
| 3/15/1918* |
Penn | L 16–17 | 16–1 |
Archbold Gymnasium Syracuse, NY | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
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Source[4]
References
[edit ]- ^ "Syracuse season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
- ^ "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions". Rauzulu's Street. 2004. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
- ^ ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. p. 534. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
- ^ "2013–14 Syracuse Orange Men's Basketball Media Guide". Game by Game Scores (page 122). Syracuse University. 2012. Archived from the original on February 9, 2014. Retrieved May 14, 2014.