1939–40 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team

1939–40 La Salle Explorers men's basketball
1939–40 La Salle Explorers men's basketball
Conference	Independent
Record	12–8
Head coach	Leonard Tanseer (7th season);
Captain	Tom Carroll
Home arena	Wister Hall
	Seasons ← 1938–39 1940–41 →

The 1939–40 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team represented La Salle University during the 1939–40 NCAA men's basketball season. The head coach was Leonard Tanseer, coaching the explorers in his seventh season. The team finished with an overall record of 12–8.^[1]

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
Dec 4, 1939	Wyomissing P.I.	W 53–44	1–0	Wister Hall Philadelphia, PA
Dec. 6, 1939	Millersville	W 35–27	2–0	Wister Hall Philadelphia, PA
Dec 8, 1939	Loyola (MD)	W 34–31	3–0	Wister Hall Philadelphia, PA
Dec. 10, 1939	Scranton	W 41–23	4–0	Wister Hall Philadelphia, PA
Dec. 12, 1939	at West Chester	W 37–21	5–0	West Chester, PA
Dec. 14, 1939	Washington College	W 46–33	6–0	Wister Hall Philadelphia, PA
Dec. 18, 1939	Oklahoma A&M	L 16–33	6–1	Wister Hall Philadelphia, PA
Dec. 22, 1939	Davis-Elkins	W 35–32	7–1	Wister Hall Philadelphia, PA
Dec. 25, 1939	Santa Clara	L 29–54	7–2	Wister Hall Philadelphia, PA
Dec. 28, 1939	Akron	W 33–30	8–2	Wister Hall Philadelphia, PA
Jan. 5, 1939	Butler	L 37–46	8–3	Wister Hall Philadelphia, PA
Jan. 17, 1940	Temple	L 37–39	8–4	Wister Hall Philadelphia, PA
Jan. 27, 1940	St. Francis (NY)	W 35–32	9–4	Wister Hall Philadelphia, PA
Feb. 3, 1940	Tulsa	L 36–46	9–5	Wister Hall Philadelphia, PA
Feb. 6, 1940	at West Chester	L 27–30	9–6	West Chester, PA
Feb. 10, 1940	Duquesne	L 23–27 ^ot	9–7	Wister Hall Philadelphia, PA
Feb. 16, 1940	Saint Joseph's	L 28–33	9–8	Wister Hall Philadelphia, PA
Feb. 19, 1940	P.M.C.	W 50–31	10–8	Wister Hall Philadelphia, PA
Feb. 25, 1940	Catholic	W 40–29	11–8	Wister Hall Philadelphia, PA
Feb. 28, 1940	Long Island	W 46–33	12–8	Wister Hall Philadelphia, PA
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

^ "1939–40 La Salle Explorers men's basketball results". College-Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
^ "2016-17 La Salle Explorers Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved September 25, 2019.

[1] "1939–40 La Salle Explorers men's basketball results". College-Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved September 26, 2019.

[2] "2016-17 La Salle Explorers Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved September 25, 2019.

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v t e La Salle Explorers men's basketball
Venues	Wister Hall (19??–1955) Palestra (1955–1989) Civic Center (1989–1996) First Union Spectrum (1996–1998) Tom Gola Arena (1998–present) TruMark Financial Center (facilities)
Culture & lore	"Fight On, Explorers" City 6 Philadelphia Big 5 (Robert V. Geasey Trophy) Gambling scandal Rape scandal
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics