1944–45 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team

1944–45 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball
1944–45 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball
Conference	Independent
Record	4–9
Head coach	Albert D. Riopel (3rd season);
Captain	Robert Hogarty
Home arena	N/A
	Seasons ← 1943–44 1945–46 →

The 1944–45 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team represented The College of the Holy Cross during the 1944–45 NCAA men's basketball season. The head coach was Albert Riopel, coaching the crusaders in his third season. The team finished with an overall record of 4–9.^[1]

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
12/09/1944*	at Temple	L 38–54	0–1	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA
12/16/1944*	at Cushing Hospital	L 41–57	0–2	Ashburnham, MA
12/23/1944*	vs. DePauw	W 41–35	1–2	Boston Garden Boston, MA
1/06/1945*	at Brown	L 62–77	1–3	Marvel Gymnasium Providence, RI
1/13/1945*	at St. Francis	W 57–51	2–3	Medford, MA
1/20/1945*	at Yale	L 51–59	2–4	Payne Whitney Gymnasium New Haven, CT
1/25/1945*	vs. Valparaiso	L 51–64	2–5	Boston Garden Boston, MA
1/27/1945*	at Harvard	W 61–36	3–5	Malkin Athletic Center Boston, MA
1/31/1945*	Worcester Tech	W 64–47	4–5	Worcester, MA
2/03/1945*	at Dartmouth	L 46–59	4–6	Alumni Gym Hanover, NH
2/08/1945*	vs. St. Francis	L 48–52	4–7	Boston Garden Boston, MA
2/10/1945*	at Trinity	L 54–55 ^ot	4–8	Hartford, CT
2/17/1945*	at Rensselaer	L 45–73	4–9	Troy, NY
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

^ "1944–45 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball results". College-Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
^ "Holy Cross Crusaders All-Time results" (PDF). goholycross.com. Retrieved October 7, 2018.

[1] "1944–45 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball results". College-Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved October 7, 2018.

[2] "Holy Cross Crusaders All-Time results" (PDF). goholycross.com. Retrieved October 7, 2018.

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v t e Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball
Venues	Hart Center (1975–present)
Rivalries	Boston University
Culture & lore	The Crusader "Chu! Chu! Rah! Rah!" Crusader Pep Band
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–34 1934–35 1935–39 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 championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics