1929–30 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team

1929–30 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball
ConferenceIndependent
Record13–12
Head coach
CaptainFred Mesmer (2nd year)
Home arenaTech Gymnasium
Seasons

The 1929–30 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University during the 1929–30 NCAA college basketball season. Bill Dudack coached it in his first and only season as head coach.[1] Georgetown was an independent and, after playing its first two games at Clendenen Gymnasium on the campus of American University in Washington, D.C. – its home court the previous season – played its home games at Tech Gymnasium on the campus of Washington, D.C.'s McKinley Technical High School in Washington, D.C., the first Georgetown team to use Tech Gymnasium as its home court.[2] It played one home game later in the season at Brookland Gymnasium on the campus of The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.

Season recap

Bill Dudack, seen as a Georgetown forward in 1920, graduated in 1921 and returned to Georgetown to coach the 1929–30 team.

Bill Dudack was a 1921 Georgetown graduate who had played for four years on the varsity basketball team, beginning with the 1917-18 season and had lettered for the 1918-19, 1919-20, and 1920-21 teams. He had also been captain of the 1919-1920 team. He had served as an assistant to head coach to Elmer Ripley during Ripley's two very successful seasons as the Hoyas' head coach in 1927-28 and 1928-29. Dudack inherited a team stocked with veterans Ripley had recruited, leading to hopes that Ripley's success would continue under Dudack.[1]

Senior guard and second-year team captain Fred Mesmer was an important defensive presence for the team during the season and led the Hoyas in scoring for the second straight year, averaging 9.2 points per game. He averaged 8.5 points per game over his collegiate career.[3]

Senior center Don Dutton scored a career-high 20 points against Johns Hopkins on January 22, 1930, and averaged 8.0 points per game through 16 games before being declared academically ineligible for the rest of the year after mid-term examinations. He focused on his studies and graduated on time in the spring of 1930.[4]

Despite the team's veteran talent and the winning tradition the school hoped Ripley had established during the previous two years, the 1929-30 Hoyas only managed a 13-12 record. Georgetown did not rehire Dudack for the following season.[1]

Roster

Sources[3][4][5][6]

Georgetown players did not wear numbers on their jerseys this season. The first numbered jerseys in Georgetown men's basketball history would not appear until the 1933-34 season.[7]

Less than two years after graduating after the end of this season, senior guard Fred Mesmer would become Georgetown's head coach for the 1931-32 season and coach the Hoyas for seven seasons.[1]

Name Height Weight (lbs.) Position Class Hometown Previous Team(s)
Chris Callan N/A N/A G Sr. Washington, DC, U.S. St. John's College HS
Paul Dillon N/A N/A F Jr. N/A N/A
Johnny Dunn N/A N/A G Sr. Milwaukee, WI, U.S. Marquette University HS
Don Dutton 6'2" N/A C Sr. Syracuse, NY, U.S. Christian Brothers Academy
Jim Leavey N/A N/A C Jr. N/A N/A
Maurice McCarthy N/A N/A G Sr. Stamford, CT, U.S. N/A
Harold "Reds" Meenan N/A N/A F Sr. New York, NY, U.S. Loyola School
Fred Mesmer 5'8" N/A G Sr. Syracuse, NY, U.S. Christian Brothers Academy
Walter Morris N/A N/A C Jr. N/A N/A
Bill Shea N/A N/A F Jr. New York, NY, U.S. New York University
Russell White N/A N/A F Jr. Orange, NJ, U.S. Seton Hall Preparatory School

1929–30 schedule and results

Sources[8][9][10][11]

It was common practice at this time for colleges and universities to include non-collegiate opponents in their schedules, with the games recognized as part of their official record for the season, and the games played against the Brooklyn Knights of Columbus, the Columbus Knights of Columbus, and the Crescent Athletic Club therefore counted as part of Georgetown's won-loss record for 1929-30. It was not until 1952, after the completion of the 1951-52 season, that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) ruled that colleges and universities could no longer count games played against non-collegiate opponents in their annual won-loss records.[12]

Date
time, TV 		Opponent Result Record Site
city, state
Regular Season
Sat., Dec. 7, 1929
no, no 		Gettysburg L 26–33  0-1
 Clendenen Gymnasium 
Washington, DC
Sat., Dec. 14, 1929
no, no 		Baltimore W 39–32  1-1
 Clendenen Gymnasium 
Washington, DC
Fri., Dec. 27, 1929
no, no 		at Columbus Knights of Columbus W 38–30  2-1
 Columbus Gymnasium 
New York, NY
Sat., Dec. 28, 1929
no, no 		at Crescent Athletic Club L 24–38  2-2
 Crescent Gymnasium 
New York, NY
Mon., Dec. 30, 1929
no, no 		at Manhattan W 32–27  3-2
 Manhattan Gymnasium 
New York, NY
Wed., Jan. 1, 1930
no, no 		vs. New York University
Yale Quadrangular Invitational Tournament 		W 31–27  4-2
 Yale Armory 
New Haven, CT
Thu., Jan. 2, 1930
no, no 		at Yale
Yale Quadrangular Invitational Tournament 		L 23–26  4-3
 Yale Armory 
New Haven, CT
Tue., Jan. 7, 1930
no, no 		Wake Forest W 35–20  5-3
 Tech Gymnasium 
Washington, DC
Fri., Jan. 10, 1930
no, no 		at West Virginia L 27-34  5-4
 WVU Field House 
Morgantown, WV
Sat., Jan. 11, 1930
no, no 		at Pittsburgh L 26–43  5-5
 Trees Gymnasium 
Pittsburgh, PA
Wed., Jan. 15, 1930
no, no 		Washington (Md.) W 37–32  6-5
 Tech Gymnasium 
Washington, DC
Fri., Jan. 17, 1930
no, no 		at Temple L 24–37  6-6
 Mitten Hall 
Philadelphia, PA
Sat., Jan. 18, 1930
no, no 		at New York University L 27–35  6-7
 University Heights Gymnasium 
New York, NY
Wed., Jan. 22, 1930
no, no 		Johns Hopkins W 48-27  7-7
 Tech Gymnasium 
Washington, DC
Sat., Jan. 25, 1930
no, no 		Mount St. Mary's W 35-20  8-7
 Tech Gymnasium 
Washington, DC
Mon., Feb. 3, 1930
no, no 		West Virginia W 34–31  9-7
 Tech Gymnasium 
Washington, DC
Wed., Feb. 5, 1930
no, no 		New York University L 20–26  9-8
 Tech Gymnasium 
Washington, DC
Tue., Feb. 11, 1930
no, no 		Loyola Chicago W 34–23  10-8
 Brookland Gymnasium 
Washington, DC
Fri., Feb. 14, 1930
no, no 		at Canisius W 29–26  11-8
 Elmwood Hall 
Buffalo, NY
Sat., Feb. 15, 1930
no, no 		at Syracuse L 18–40  11-9
 Archbold Gymnasium 
Syracuse, NY
Wed., Feb. 19, 1930
no, no 		at Navy L 29–37  11-10
 Dahlgren Hall 
Annapolis, MD
Sat., Feb. 22, 1930
no, no 		Brooklyn Knights of Columbus W 43–27  12-10
 Tech Gymnasium 
Washington, DC
Fri., Feb. 28, 1930
no, no 		Western Maryland W 35–32  13-10
 Tech Gymnasium 
Washington, DC
Sat., Mar. 1, 1930
no, no 		at Johns Hopkins cancelled N/A 
Baltimore, MD
Thu., Mar. 6, 1930
no, no 		at New York Athletic Club cancelled N/A 
New York, NY
Fri., Mar. 7, 1930
no, no 		at Columbia L 17–45  13-11
 University Gymnasium 
New York, NY
Sat., Mar. 8, 1930
no, no 		at Fordham L 29–30  13-12
 Rose Hill Gymnasium 
Bronx, NY
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

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  4. ^ a b The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Top 100: 85. Don Dutton
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