1919–20 Penn Quakers men's basketball team

1919–20 Penn Quakers men's basketball
EIBL champions
Helms Foundation national champions
Premo-Porretta national champions
ConferenceEastern Intercollegiate Basketball League
Record21–1 (10–0 EIBL)
Head coach
CaptainHubert Peck
Seasons
1919–20 Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Penn 10 – 0   1.000 22 – 1   .957
Princeton 6 – 4   .600 16 – 6   .727
Yale 6 – 4   .600 16 – 9   .640
Cornell 4 – 6   .400 14 – 6   .700
Columbia 3 – 7   .300 4 – 10   .286
Dartmouth 1 – 9   .100 5 – 20   .200

The 1919–20 Penn Quakers men's basketball team represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 1919–20 NCAA men's basketball season in the United States. The head coach was Lon Jourdet, coaching in his sixth season with the Quakers. The team finished the season with a 21–1 record[1] and was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.[2][3]

Penn defeated the University of Chicago two games to zero in a best-of-three tournament at the end of the season to determine the national champion.[4] Senior Hubert Peck was named a consensus All-American for the second time in his career (he was also selected in 1918).

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Regular season
12/6/1919*
 Ursinus W 46–13  1–0
  
Philadelphia, PA
12/13/1919*
 Muhlenberg W 34–6  2–0
  
Philadelphia, PA
12/29/1919*
 at Navy W 30–17  3–0
  
Annapolis, MD
1/10/1920*
 Lehigh W 36–23  4–0
  
Philadelphia, PA
1/17/1920*
 Lafayette W 36–10  5–0
  
Philadelphia, PA
1/22/1920*
 Washington & Jefferson W 44–16  6–0
  
Philadelphia, PA
1/24/1920*
 Swarthmore W 29–25  7–0
  
Philadelphia, PA
1/28/1920
 at Princeton
Rivalry 		W 27–21  8–0 (1–0)
 University Gymnasium 
Princeton, NJ
1/31/1920
 Yale W 32–16  9–0 (2–0)
  
Philadelphia, PA
2/4/1920*
 Penn State W 21–18  10–0
  
Philadelphia, PA
2/12/1920
 at Columbia W 37–18  11–0 (3–0)
 University Heights Gymnasium 
Manhattan, NY
2/14/1920
 at Dartmouth W 41–14  12–0 (4–0)
 Alumni Gym 
Hanover, NH
2/18/1920*
 Delaware W 27–21  13–0
  
Philadelphia, PA
2/21/1920
 Cornell W 23–13  14–0 (5–0)
  
Philadelphia, PA
2/25/1920
 Columbia W 32–10  15–0 (6–0)
  
Philadelphia, PA
2/28/1920
 Dartmouth W 45–10  16–0 (7–0)
  
Philadelphia, PA
3/5/1920
 at Cornell W 20–15  17–0 (8–0)
 Barton Hall 
Ithaca, NY
3/10/1920
 at Yale W 44–16  18–0 (9–0)
  
New Haven, CT
3/13/1920
 Princeton
Rivalry 		W 26–23 4OT 19–0 (10–0)
  
Philadelphia, PA
3/22/1920*
 at Chicago L 24–28  19–1
  
Chicago, IL
3/25/1920*
 Chicago W 29–18  20–1
  
Philadelphia, PA
3/27/1920*
 vs. Chicago
Rivalry 		W 23–21  21–1
 University Gymnasium 
Princeton, NJ
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source[4]

References

  1. ^ "Pennsylvania Quakers season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
  2. ^ "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions". Rauzulu's Street. 2004. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
  3. ^ ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. p. 535. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
  4. ^ a b "2008–09 Penn Quakers Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Yearly Results (p. 121). University of Pennsylvania. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 19, 2014. Retrieved May 19, 2014.