The 1946–47 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1946–47 collegiate men's basketball season. The Huskies completed the season with a 16–2 overall record. The Huskies were members of the Yankee Conference, where they ended the season with a 6–1 record. The Huskies played their home games at Hawley Armory in Storrs, Connecticut, and were led by second-year head coach Blair Gullion and first-year head coach Hugh Greer.[1][2]
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Conference | Yankee Conference |
Record | 16–2 (6–1 YC) |
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Assistant coach | Hugh Greer |
Home arena | Hawley Armory |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vermont | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 19 | – | 3 | .864 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connecticut | 6 | – | 1 | .857 | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rhode Island State | 4 | – | 1 | .800 | 17 | – | 3 | .850 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maine | 2 | – | 4 | .333 | 9 | – | 8 | .529 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Massachusetts | 0 | – | 2 | .000 | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 0 | – | 5 | .000 | 6 | – | 11 | .353 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schedule
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New York University | L 41–67 | 0–1 |
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Brown | W 65–44 | 1–1 |
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Wesleyan | W 53–34 | 2–1 |
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Northeastern | W 81–42 | 3–1 |
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Maine | W 51–38 | 4–1 (1–0) |
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Rhode Island | L 57–75 | 4–2 (1–1) |
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Massachusetts | W 73–37 | 5–2 (2–1) |
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Coast Guard | W 61–29 | 6–2 |
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New Hampshire | W 68–38 | 7–2 (3–1) |
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Maine | W 88–39 | 8–2 (4–1) |
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Northeastern | W 77–31 | 9–2 |
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Army | W 41–39 | 10–2 |
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Coast Guard | W 74–39 | 11–2 |
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Yale | W 47–39 | 12–2 |
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Brown | W 72–41 | 13–2 |
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New Hampshire | W 94–45 | 14–2 (5–1) |
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Rhode Island | W 83–75 | 15–2 (6–1) |
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Providence | W 88–46 | 16–2 |
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*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time. |
Schedule Source:[1]
References
edit- ^ a b 2012 Connecticut Basketball History (PDF). UConn Huskies. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 6, 2015. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
- ^ Davis, Ken (September 30, 2010). The University of Connecticut Basketball Vault: The History of the Huskies. Atlanta, GA: Whitman LLC. ISBN 978-0794828035.