1949–50 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team

1949–50 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball
National Catholic Invitation Tournament Finals vs. Siena, L 50–57
ConferenceMetropolitan New York Conference
Record8–19 (0–4 MTNY)
Head coach
Assistant coachMarty O'Donnell
Home arenaButler Street Gymnasium
II Corps Artillery Armory
Seasons
1949–50 Metropolitan New York Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
CCNY 6 – 0   1.000 24 – 5   .828
Fordham 3 – 2   .600 15 – 12   .556
Brooklyn 2 – 2   .500 24 – 5   .828
No. 9 St. John's 3 – 3   .500 24 – 5   .828
Manhattan 3 – 3   .500 14 – 11   .560
NYU 1 – 4   .200 8 – 11   .421
St. Francis (NY) 0 – 4   .000 8 – 18   .308
Rankings from AP Poll


The 1949–50 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team represented St. Francis College during the 1949–50 NCAA men's basketball season. The team was coached by Daniel Lynch, who was in his second year at the helm of the St. Francis Terriers. The team was a member of the Metropolitan New York Conference and played their home games at the Bulter Street Gymnasium in their Cobble Hill, Brooklyn campus and at the II Corps Artillery Armory in Park Slope, Brooklyn.

Last season the Terriers were the first team in the New York City area to have a basketball game televised, and this season the Terriers had six games televised on WPIX and WOR-TV from the II Corps Artillery Armory.[1]

Roster

1949–50 St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 12 Tom O'Connor (C) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
—
F 23 Jack O'Connor 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
—
F 15 Roy Reardon 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
—
 Jr
G 5 Steve Ellsworth 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
—
 Jr St. Michael's High School
G 32 James Luisi (C) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
—
 Jr Benjamin Franklin High School East Harlem, New York
G Ray Rudzinski 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
—
 So
13 Martin Conway 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
—
 So
Bill Paterno 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
—
G 14 Levi Bough 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
—
C 22 Dick Joyce 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
—
G 21 Tom Quinn 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
—
C 42 Vin Karwoski 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
—
4 Frank Sainato 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
—
 Fr
11 Larry Sarcedote 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
—
 Fr
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Marty O'Donnel

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Schedule and results

[2]

Date
time, TV 		Opponent Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
December 1, 1949*
 vs. Alumni W 64–57[3]  1–0
 Butler Campus Gymnasium 
Brooklyn, NY
Regular Season
December 2, 1948*
9:00 pm, WOR-TV 		Loyola (Baltimore) W 67–60[4]  1–0
 II Corps Artillery Armory 
Brooklyn, NY
December 7, 1949*
 at Villanova L 57–80[5]  1–1
 Palestra (3,000)
Philadelphia, PA
December 9, 1949
 Manhattan L 57–71[6]  1–2 (0–1)
 II Corps Artillery Armory (2,000)
Brooklyn, NY
December 14, 1949*
 at Adelphi W 90–62[7]  2–2
   
Garden City, NY
December 16, 1949*
 at LeMoyne W 78–68[8]  3–2
 Coliseum 
Syracuse, NY
December 17, 1949*
 at Siena L 45–62[9]  3–3
   (5,500)
Albany, NY
December 19, 1949*
 at Niagara L 58–65[10]  3–4
   
Niagara Falls, NY
January 6, 1950
9:35 pm, WPIX 		Fordham L 51–56[11]  3–5 (0–2)
 II Corps Artillery Armory (1,198)
Brooklyn, NY
January 11, 1950*
 at Seton Hall L 64–66[12]  3–6
 Setonia Gymnasium (1,600)
South Orange, NJ
January 13, 1950*
9:00 pm, WPIX 		National Autonomous University of Mexico W 94–59[13]  4–6
 II Corps Artillery Armory 
Brooklyn, NY
January 26, 1950
 at No. 5 St. John's L 46–65[14]  4–7 (0–3)
 DeGray Gymnasium (800)
Brooklyn, NY
January 28, 1950*
9:00 pm, WOR-TV 		Boston College L 77–81[15]  4–8
 II Corps Artillery Armory 
Brooklyn, NY
February 1, 1950*
 at Kent State L 70–78[16]  4–9
   (6,000)
Cleveland, OH
February 2, 1950*
 at Akron L 50–58[17]  4–10
   
Akron, OH
February 4, 1950*
 at New Britain State Teachers College W 59–54  5–10
   
New Britain, CT
February 8, 1950
 No. 14 CCNY L 46–68[18]  5–11 (0–4)
 II Corps Artillery Armory 
Brooklyn, NY
February 11, 1950*
 at Scranton L 52–56[19]  5–12
   
Scranton, PA
February 13, 1950
 at Nevada L 62–70[20]  5–13
   (2,000)
Reno, NV
February 15, 1950*
 at Pepperdine L 50–81[21]  5–14
   
Los Angeles, CA
February 18, 1950*
 vs. Santa Clara L 64–76[22]  5–15
 Cow Palace 
San Francisco, CA
February 19, 1950*
 at No. 12 San Francisco L 42–73[23]  5–16
 Kezar Pavilion 
San Francisco, CA
February 24, 1950*
 Hawaii W 76–54[24]  6–16
 II Corps Artillery Armory (1,500)
Brooklyn, NY
March 1, 1950*
 at Iona L 55–74[25]  6–17
 Westchester County Center 
White Plains, NY
March 3, 1950*
9:30 pm, WPIX 		No. 17 Toledo L 73–85[26]  6–18
 II Corps Artillery Armory 
Brooklyn, NY
National Catholic Invitation Tournament
March 29, 1950[28]*
 vs. Creighton
First Round 		W 67–66[27]  7–18
 Washington Avenue Armory 
Albany, NY
March 30, 1950*
 vs. Iona
Semifinals 		W 62–61[29]  8–18
 Washington Avenue Armory 
Albany, NY
April 1, 1950*
 at Siena
Finals 		L 50–57[30]  8–19
 Washington Avenue Armory 
Albany, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

National Catholic Invitation Tournament

Originally the tournament was to take place at Loyola College in Baltimore, MD from March 15 to March 22 and feature sixteen teams.[25] Yet, because of segregation and protest from St. Francis College about the unequal treatment of its black players, the tournament was moved to Albany, NY and featured eight teams.[31][32] Creighton was favored to win the tournament, although they had a 13–13 record going into the tournament the Bluejays had the toughest schedule of the eight competing teams.[28]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finals[29]Final[30]
 
          
 
 
 
 
St. Francis (NY)67
 
 
 
Creighton66
 
St. Francis (NY)62
 
 
 
Iona61
 
Iona 71
 
 
 
 Saint Michael's 55
 
St. Francis (NY)50
 
 
 
Siena57
 
Loras59
 
 
 
 Saint Francis (PA) 58
 
Siena75
 
 
 
Loras55 Third place
 
Siena86
 
 
 
 Providence 49
 
Loras55
 
 
Iona52
 

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