The 1946–47 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 1946–47 NCAA college basketball season. Members of the Pacific Coast Conference, the Vandals were led by second-year head coach Guy Wicks and played their home games on campus at Memorial Gymnasium in Moscow, Idaho.
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| Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
| Record | 4–24 (1–15 PCC) |
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| Assistant coach | Steve Belko |
| MVP | John Evans |
| Home arena | Memorial Gymnasium |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State † | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 28 | – | 5 | .848 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 23 | – | 10 | .697 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 16 | – | 8 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 18 | – | 9 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 1 | – | 15 | .063 | 4 | – | 24 | .143 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| UCLA | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 18 | – | 7 | .720 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 20 | – | 11 | .645 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | 15 | – | 16 | .484 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC | 2 | – | 10 | .167 | 10 | – | 14 | .417 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † Conference playoff series winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Vandals were defending Northern Division champions, but fell to 4–24 overall and 1–15 in conference play.[1][2]
Alumnus Wicks returned to the university after serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II; his first season as head coach was 1941–42. Over the next four seasons, UI basketball was led by acting athletic director James "Babe" Brown, who was also the head football coach in 1945 and 1946.
Idaho's sole conference victory was over Oregon State,[3][4] the eventual PCC champion.[5][6]
Wicks resigned as head coach (basketball and baseball) that summer and went into administration at the university; Charles Finley, head coach at the New Mexico School of Mines, was hired as his successor for both sports.[7][8][9]
References
edit- ^ "Northern Division final standings". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 2, 1947. p. 22.
- ^ "Final standings". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. March 3, 1947. p. 13.
- ^ "Vandals upset Beavers 57-46 for league win". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. February 22, 1947. p. 8.
- ^ "Lowly Vandals dump Beavers 57-46". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. February 22, 1947. p. 6.
- ^ Strite, Dick (March 9, 1947). "Oregon State Beavers win Coast conference title as Bruins fall, 63-46". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 22.
- ^ "Western playoff next for O.S.C." Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. March 10, 1947. p. 15.
- ^ "Finley new University of Idaho head basketball, baseball coach". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). July 31, 1947. p. 8.
- ^ "Coaching posts to Chuck Finley". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). July 31, 1947. p. 15.
- ^ "Basketball-baseball coach hired at U.I." Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). United Press. July 30, 1947. p. 12.
External links
edit- Sports Reference – Idaho Vandals: 1946–47 basketball season
- Gem of the Mountains: 1947 University of Idaho yearbook – 1946–47 basketball season
- Idaho Argonaut – student newspaper – 1947 editions