1920–21 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team

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The 1920–21 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1920–21 season. The team won its first eight games and its last eight games to finish tied with the Purdue Boilermakers and Wisconsin Badgers for the Western Conference Championship.[1][2] Arthur Karpus served as team captain.[3] On January 29, 1921, the team began a 14-game winning streak against the University of Chicago that continued through a January 6, 1922, victory over Michigan State University, which was at the time known as Michigan Agricultural college. This stood as the longest winning streak in school history until 1985.[4] The team was also involved in setting the longest road winning streaks at the time. It won on January 22, 1921, against Northwestern ending a 7-game road winning streak that had started on December 27, 1920, against the Louisville YMCA. Then on January 29, the team started another 7-game road winning streak against Chicago that lasted until a December 17, 1921, victory at Case. These two 7-game streaks stood as the school road winning streak record until 1985.[4]

ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record18–4 (8–4 Big Nine)
Headcoach
CaptainArthur Karpus
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1920–21 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball
Big Ten regular season co-champions
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record18–4 (8–4 Big Nine)
Head coach
CaptainArthur Karpus
Seasons
← 1919–20
1921–22 â†’
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1920–21 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Michigan8–4 .66718–4  .818
Wisconsin8–4 .66713–4  .765
Purdue8–4 .66713–7  .650
Minnesota7–5 .58310–5  .667
Illinois7–5 .58311–7  .611
Indiana6–5 .54515–6  .714
Iowa6–5 .5459–9  .500
Chicago6–6 .50014–6  .700
Ohio State2–10 .1674–13  .235
Northwestern1–11 .0832–12  .143
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Schedule

DateOpponentScoreResultLocation
December 10, 1920Kalamazoo College44–32WinWaterman Gymnasium, Ann Arbor, MI[5]
December 18, 1920Western State Normal44–32WinWaterman Gymnasium, Ann Arbor, MI
December 27, 1920Louisville YMCA32–18WinLouisville, KY
December 28, 1920Nashville28–16WinNashville, TN
December 29, 1920Jonesboro24–16WinJonesboro, TN
December 30, 1920Memphis YMCA14–11WinMemphis, TN
December 31, 1920Nashville28–11WinNashville, TN
January 1, 1921Vanderbilt21–7WinNashville, TN[6]
January 8, 1921Wisconsin27–24LossWaterman Gymnasium, Ann Arbor, MI[7]
January 10, 1921Indiana30–21LossWaterman Gymnasium, Ann Arbor, MI
January 15, 1921Ohio State22–10LossWaterman Gymnasium, Ann Arbor, MI[8]
January 21, 1921Iowa19–15WinWaterman Gymnasium, Ann Arbor, MI
January 22, 1921Northwestern30–15LossEvanston, IL
January 24, 1921Wisconsin25–17LossMadison, WI
January 29, 1921Chicago16–14WinBartlett Gymnasium, Chicago, IL[9]
January 31, 1921Purdue27–23WinLafayette, IN
February 5, 1921Michigan Agricultural37–24WinWaterman Gymnasium, Ann Arbor, MI
February 22, 1921Michigan Agricultural17–10WinLansing, MI[10]
February 26, 1921Illinois24–18WinWaterman Gymnasium, Ann Arbor, MI
February 28, 1921Purdue19–15WinWaterman Gymnasium, Ann Arbor, MI[11]
March 5, 1921Ohio State36–22WinColumbus, OH
March 7, 1921Illinois26–24WinKenney Gym, Urbana, IL

Players

  • R. Jerome Dunne, Chicago, Illinois - center and varsity letter winner
  • R. Gregory - aMa letter winner
  • Arthur Karpus, Grayling, Michigan - forward, captain, and varsity letter winner
  • Kenneth B. LeGalley - guard and varsity letter winner
  • George W. "Bill" Miller - forward and varsity letter winner
  • Robert S. Peare, Rockville, Indiana
  • Charles L. Pearman, Verona, New York - aMa letter winner
  • William J. Piper, Calumet, Michigan - aMa letter winner
  • Walter B. "Bud" Rea, Erie, Pennsylvania - guard and varsity letter winner
  • Rex G. Reason, Detroit, Michigan
  • Howard Elmer Rowse, Detroit, Michigan
  • Raymond W. Walmoth, Detroit, Michigan - aMa letter winner
  • Benjamin Weiss,[12] Newark, New Jersey - center and varsity letter winner
  • Robert C. Whitlock, Detroit, Michigan - forward and varsity letter winner
  • Frederick B. Wickham, Norwalk, Ohio - aMa letter winner
  • Jack G. Williams, Detroit, Michigan - guard and varsity letter winner
  • Lincoln B. Wilson, Chicago, Illinois - aMa letter winner
  • Bernard F. Zinn, Huntington, Indiana - aMa letter winner

Scoring statistics

PlayerGamesField goalsFree throwsPointsPoints per game[13]
Arthur Karpus1529801389.2
William Miller15440885.9
R. Jerome Dunne12240484.0
Walter B. Rea14190382.7
Robert Whitlock13181372.8
Benjamin Weiss789253.6
Jack Williams1680161.0
Kenneth LeGalley22042.0
Rex Reason21021.0
Wilford Wilson40000.0
Robert Peare30000.0
Howard Rowse10000.0
Charles Pearman10000.0
Incomplete Totals171539039623.3
  • The scoring statistics do not include six games of Southern tour.[13]

Coaching staff

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