1949–50 Bradley Braves men's basketball team

1949–50 Bradley Braves men's basketball
1949–50 Bradley Braves men's basketball
NCAA Tournament Runner-up; NIT Runner-up; Missouri Valley Conference champions
National Championship Game, ; L 68-71 vs. CCNY
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 1
Record	32–5 (11–1 MVC)
Head coach	Forddy Anderson (2nd season);
Captain	Billy Mann
Home arena	Robertson Memorial Field House
	Seasons ← 1948–49 1950–51 →

1949–50 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Bradley	11	–	1	.917	32	–	5	.865
Saint Louis	8	–	4	.667	17	–	9	.654
Detroit	7	–	5	.583	20	–	6	.769
Oklahoma A&M	7	–	5	.583	18	–	9	.667
Drake	5	–	7	.417	14	–	12	.538
Tulsa	3	–	9	.250	12	–	11	.522
Wichita Municipal	1	–	11	.083	7	–	17	.292

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949–50 Bradley Braves men's basketball team represented Bradley University in college basketball during the 1949–50 season. The team finished the season with a 32–5 record^[1] and were national runners-up to the City College of New York (CCNY) in both the 1950 NCAA tournament and 1950 National Invitation Tournament. Early on in the NCAA Tournament's days, which began in 1939, teams were allowed to participate in both it and the NIT. The 1949–50 college basketball season is noteworthy in that it is the only year in which a team won both tournaments (CCNY), and the losing team of both championships happened to be Bradley. Coincidentally enough, a year later, several of Bradley's players from this season's team would be instigated as individuals involved in what would later be known as the CCNY point-shaving scandal due to the biggest noise coming from the scandal at the time involving CCNY despite the fact that seven different universities had players involved in the scandal at the time, including Bradley.

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
12/6/1949*		Houston	W 73–57	1–0	Robertson Memorial Field House Peoria, IL
12/8/1949*		Iowa State	W 56–48	2–0	Robertson Memorial Field House Peoria, IL
12/12/1949*		Nebraska	W 64–54	3–0	Robertson Memorial Field House Peoria, IL
12/15/1949*		TCU	W 85–49	4–0	Robertson Memorial Field House Peoria, IL
12/17/1949*		Purdue	L 65–71	4–1	Robertson Memorial Field House Peoria, IL
12/19/1949*		Georgia Tech	W 84–60	5–1	Robertson Memorial Field House Peoria, IL
12/21/1949*		Washington State	W 67–59	6–1	Robertson Memorial Field House Peoria, IL
12/23/1949*		Fresno State	W 83–51	7–1	Robertson Memorial Field House Peoria, IL
12/27/1949*		DePaul	W 68–65	8–1	Robertson Memorial Field House Peoria, IL
12/29/1949*		at Tulane Sugar Bowl Tournament	W 72–46	9–1	Devlin Fieldhouse New Orleans, LA
12/30/1949*		vs. Kentucky Sugar Bowl Tournament Championship	L 66–71	9–2	Devlin Fieldhouse New Orleans, LA
1/2/1950*		Ohio State	W 65–46	10–2	Robertson Memorial Field House Peoria, IL
1/7/1950	No. 3	at Drake	W 72–57	11–2 (1–0)	Drake Fieldhouse Des Moines, IA
1/9/1950*	No. 3	Georgetown College	W 79–39	12–2	Robertson Memorial Field House Peoria, IL
1/12/1950*	No. 6	at Manhattan	W 89–67	13–2	Manhattan, NY
1/14/1950*	No. 6	at Saint Joseph's	W 64–60	14–2	Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse Philadelphia, PA
1/16/1950	No. 6	Detroit	W 71–50	15–2 (2–0)	Robertson Memorial Field House Peoria, IL
1/21/1950	No. 4	at Detroit	L 54–67	15–3 (2–1)	Detroit, MI
1/26/1950	No. 6	Tulsa	W 64–45	16–3 (3–1)	Robertson Memorial Field House Peoria, IL
1/28/1950	No. 6	at Saint Louis	W 54–45	17–3 (4–1)	Kiel Auditorium St. Louis, MO
2/4/1950*	No. 3	Pittsburgh	W 84–48	18–3	Robertson Memorial Field House Peoria, IL
2/6/1950	No. 3	Wichita State	W 61–49	19–3 (5–1)	Robertson Memorial Field House Peoria, IL
2/9/1950*	No. 2	Hawaii	W 77–53	20–3	Robertson Memorial Field House Peoria, IL
2/11/1950*	No. 2	at DePaul	W 67–56	21–3	Chicago, IL
2/13/1950	No. 2	Oklahoma State	W 59–46	22–3 (6–1)	Robertson Memorial Field House Peoria, IL
2/18/1950	No. 2	at Wichita State	W 68–56	23–3 (7–1)	Wichita, KS
2/20/1950	No. 2	No. 18 Saint Louis	W 52–45	24–3 (8–1)	Robertson Memorial Field House Peoria, IL
2/25/1950	No. 1	at Oklahoma State	W 42–35	25–3 (9–1)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
2/27/1950	No. 1	at Tulsa	W 57–56	26–3 (10–1)	Expo Square Pavilion Tulsa, OK
3/4/1950	No. 1	Drake	W 92–63	27–3 (11–1)	Robertson Memorial Field House Peoria, IL
1950 National Invitation Tournament
3/13/1950*	No. 1	vs. Syracuse NIT Quarterfinals	W 78–66	28–3	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
3/16/1950*	No. 1	vs. No. 9 St. John's NIT Semifinals	W 83–72	29–3	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
3/18/1950*	No. 1	vs. CCNY NIT Championship	L 61–69	29–4	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
1950 NCAA Tournament
3/20/1950*	No. 1	vs. No. 19 Kansas NCAA First Round	W 59–57	30–4	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
3/24/1950*	No. 1	vs. No. 7 UCLA NCAA Quarterfinals	W 73–59	31–4	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
3/25/1950*	No. 1	vs. Baylor NCAA Final Four	W 68–66	32–4	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
3/28/1950*	No. 1	vs. CCNY NCAA National Championship	L 68–71	32–5	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source^[2]

Rankings

References

^ "Bradley season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
^ "2005–06 Bradley Braves Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Yearly records (page 161). Bradley University. 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 12, 2014. Retrieved May 8, 2014.

[1] "Bradley season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved May 8, 2014.

[MGUIDE-2] "2005–06 Bradley Braves Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Yearly records (page 161). Bradley University. 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 12, 2014. Retrieved May 8, 2014.

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v t e Bradley Braves men's basketball
Venues	Peoria YMCA (1902–1909) Hewitt Gymnasium (1909–1925) Peoria Armory (1925–1941) Woodruff High School Gymnasium (1941–1943) Peoria Armory (1945–1949) Robertson Memorial Field House (1949–1982) Carver Arena (1982–present)
Rivalries	Illinois State
Culture & lore	Longest game in Division I history Point-shaving scandal Gambling scandal
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 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 Final Four appearances in italics