1916–17 Washington State men's basketball team
American college basketball season
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The 1916–17 Washington State men's basketball team represented Washington State College in intercollegiate basketball during the 1916–17 season. The team finished the season with a 25–1 record[1] and was the champion of the Pacific Coast Conference. The team was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and was retroactively listed as the top team of the season by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.[2][3] Ivan Price and Roy Bohler (Fred's younger brother and captain of the team) were named to the All-Pacific Coast Conference team at the end of the season.[4]
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Northwest Conference
Northwest Conference
Record25–1 (8–1 PCC)
Headcoach
- Fred Bohler (9th season)
CaptainRoy Bohler
| 1916–17 Washington State men's basketball | |
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| Conference | Pacific Coast Conference Northwest Conference |
| Record | 25–1 (8–1 PCC) |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Roy Bohler |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 8 | – | 1 | .889 | 25 | – | 1 | .962 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 5 | – | 1 | .833 | 15 | – | 1 | .938 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon Agricultural | 7 | – | 6 | .538 | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 0 | – | 6 | .000 | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 0 | – | 8 | .000 | 0 | – | 11 | .000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schedule and results
| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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| Regular season | |||||||||||
| 12/26/1916* |
at Davenport HS | W 63–6 | 1–0 |
Davenport, WA | |||||||
| 12/27/1916* |
at Almira Athletic Club | W 72–13 | 2–0 |
Almira, WA | |||||||
| 12/28/1916* |
at Reardan Athletic Club | W 38–17 | 3–0 |
Reardan, WA | |||||||
| 12/29/1916* |
at Ritzville Athletic Club | W 48–14 | 4–0 |
Ritzville, WA | |||||||
| 12/30/1916* |
at Spokane Athletic Club | W 32–28 | 5–0 |
Spokane, WA | |||||||
| 1/5/1917* |
Whitworth | W 64–22 | 6–0 |
Pullman, WA | |||||||
| 1/11/1917 |
Washington | W 37–25 | 7–0 (1–0) |
Pullman, WA | |||||||
| 1/12/1917 |
Washington | W 41–24 | 8–0 (2–0) |
Pullman, WA | |||||||
| 1/19/1917 |
at Washington | W 31–24 | 9–0 (3–0) |
Seattle, WA | |||||||
| 1/20/1917 |
at Washington | W 26–14 | 10–0 (4–0) |
Seattle, WA | |||||||
| 1/22/1917* |
at Whitman | W 45–14 | 11–0 |
Walla Walla, WA | |||||||
| 1/23/1917* |
at Whitman | W 37–19 | 12–0 |
Walla Walla, WA | |||||||
| 1/26/1917* |
at Idaho | W 40–26 | 13–0 |
Moscow, ID | |||||||
| 1/27/1917* |
Idaho | W 58–26 | 14–0 |
Pullman, WA | |||||||
| 1/31/1917* |
at Willamette | W 35–18 | 15–0 |
Salem, OR | |||||||
| 2/2/1917 |
at California | L 20–28 | 15–1 (4–1) |
Berkeley, CA | |||||||
| 2/3/1917 |
at California | W 32–29 | 16–1 (5–1) |
Berkeley, CA | |||||||
| 2/5/1917 |
at Stanford | W 36–18 | 17–1 (6–1) |
Stanford, CA | |||||||
| 2/6/1917 |
at Stanford | W 23–15 | 18–1 (7–1) |
Stanford, CA | |||||||
| 2/9/1917 |
at Oregon State | W 28–17 | 19–1 (8–1) |
Men's Gymnasium Corvallis, OR | |||||||
| 2/10/1917* |
at Multnomah Athletic Club | W 28–11 | 20–1 |
Multnomah, OR | |||||||
| 2/15/1917* |
Montana | W 33–22 | 21–1 |
Pullman, WA | |||||||
| 2/23/1917* |
Whitman | W 44–19 | 22–1 |
Pullman, WA | |||||||
| 2/24/1917* |
Whitman | W 41–25 | 23–1 |
Pullman, WA | |||||||
| 2/28/1917* |
at Idaho | W 42–31 | 24–1 |
Moscow, ID | |||||||
| 3/1/1917* |
Idaho | W 53–10 | 25–1 |
Pullman, WA | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. | |||||||||||
Source[4]