American college basketball season
The 1921–22 Mercer Baptists men's basketball team represented Mercer University in the 1921–22 NCAA men's basketball season .[ 1] The team claimed an SIAA championship, and was runner-up to North Carolina in the 1922 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament .[ 2] Mercer pulled the upset of the tournament when they beat defending champion Kentucky 35 to 22.[ 3]
The Baptists were led by coach Josh Cody and featured players receiving All-Southern votes at each position: running guard George Harmon , forward Consuello Smith , and center Bob Gamble. At the other forward was Bubber Pope, and the other, standing guard was captain Smokey Harper. Harper was a veteran of World War I .
Bob Gamble hit a half-court buzzer beater to beat Georgia Tech.[ 4]
Schedule
Date time, TV
Opponent
Result
Record
Site (attendance) city, state
Schedule[ 5]
Regular season
*
Macon Volunteers
W 33–26
1–0
*
Camp Benning
L 20–24
1–1
*
Albany YMCA
W 30–18
2–1
*
Jacksonville YMCA
W 53–27
3–1
*
Waycross YMCA
W 38–18
4–1
*
Savannah YMCA
W 56–26
5–1
January 7, 1922
Georgia Tech
W 28–26
6–1
City Auditorium (2,000)Macon, GA
January 13, 1922
Auburn
W 31–7
7–1
City Auditorium Macon, GA
at Clemson
W 32–9
8–1
at Georgia Tech
L 35–44
8–2
Atlanta, GA
at Chattanooga
L 18–21
8–3
Chattanooga, TN
*
at Bryson
W 28–11
9–3
January 24
at Vanderbilt
L 17–18
9–4
Y Gym Nashville, TN
January 27
at Georgia
W 27–18
10–4
Moss Auditorium Athens, GA
January 28
Florida
W 27–26
11–4
February 2, 1922
at Auburn
W 28–26
12–4
Alumni Gymnasium Auburn, AL
Camp Benning
L 12–37
12–5
February 4
Chattanooga
W 31–26
13–5
February 11
Georgia
L 24–31
13–6
City Auditorium Macon, GA
Southern Conference tournament
Centre SIC tournament first round
W 32–17
14–6
Atlanta Memorial Auditorium Atlanta, GA
February 25, 1922 *
Kentucky SIC tournament second round
W 35–22
15–6
Atlanta Memorial Auditorium Atlanta, GA
Chattanooga SIC Tournament quarterfinals
W 25–18
16–6
Atlanta Memorial Auditorium Atlanta, GA
February 26, 1922
Georgia Tech SIC Tournament semifinals
W 29–14
17–6
Atlanta Memorial Auditorium Atlanta, GA
*
North Carolina SIC Tournament Championship
L 26–40
17–7
Atlanta Memorial Auditorium Atlanta, GA
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
References
Pre-SoCon Post-SoCon
Mercer (1922)
Chattanooga (1923)
Mercer (1924)
Mercer (1925)
Mississippi College (1926)
The Citadel (1927)
Mississippi College (1928)
Mississippi College (1929)
Louisiana-Lafayette (1930)
Centenary (1931)
Chattanooga and Mississippi College (1932)
? (1933)
Western Kentucky (1934)
Millsaps (1935)
Murray State (1936)
Western Kentucky (1937)
Western Kentucky (1938)
Western Kentucky (1939)
Western Kentucky (1940)
Western Kentucky (1941)
Western Kentucky (1942)