1941–42 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team

The 1941–42 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 1941–42 NCAA college basketball season. Members of the Pacific Coast Conference, the Vandals were led by first-year head coach Guy Wicks and played their home games on campus at Memorial Gymnasium in Moscow, Idaho.

1941–42 Idaho Vandals men's basketball
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record12–16 (3–13 PCC)
Head coach
Assistant coachJames "Babe" Brown
MVPRay Turner
Home arenaMemorial Gymnasium
Seasons
1941–42 Pacific Coast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
North
Oregon State 11 5   .688 18 9   .667
Washington 10 6   .625 18 7   .720
Washington State 9 7   .563 21 8   .724
Oregon 7 9   .438 12 15   .444
Idaho 3 13   .188 12 16   .429
South
Stanford 11 1   .917 28 4   .875
USC 7 5   .583 12 8   .600
California 4 8   .333 11 19   .367
UCLA 2 10   .167 5 18   .217
† Conference playoff series winner

The Vandals were 12–16 overall and 3–13 in conference play.[2] Center Ray Turner set the Northern Division scoring record with 192 points in sixteen games (12.0 ppg).[2][3]

Alumnus Wicks had returned to Moscow after a decade in Pocatello at the UI-Southern Branch.[4] He entered the U.S. Navy in late 1942 during World War II,[5] and returned to coach in the 1946–47 season.[6] In the meanwhile , the basketball program was led by acting athletic director James "Babe" Brown, who coached the freshmen this season.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Oregon entrenches Idaho in cellar as Turner breaks record". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 4, 1942. p. 6.
  3. ^ "Turner sets North Division scoring record". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. March 4, 1942. p. 7.
  4. ^ "Coach Guy Wicks visits his new post at Moscow". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. April 18, 1941. p. 10.
  5. ^ a b "Guy Wicks gets his Navy post". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). December 11, 1942. p. 13.
  6. ^ "Wicks returns to Idaho courts after Navy service". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). (photo). November 19, 1946. p. 12.
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