1937–38 Temple Owls men's basketball team
American college basketball season
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The 1937â38 Temple Owls men's basketball team represented Temple University during the 1937â38 NCAA men's basketball season in the United States. The head coach was James Usilton, coaching in his 12th season with the Owls.[1] The Owls finished the season with a 23â2 record, going 9â1 in conference play to win the Eastern Intercollegiate Conference championship.
- James Usilton (12th season)
| 1937â38 Temple Owls men's basketball | |
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| Conference | Eastern Intercollegiate Conference |
| Record | 23â2 (9â1 EIC) |
| Head coach |
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| MVP | Don Shields |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Temple | 9 | â | 1 | .900 | 23 | â | 2 | .920 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn State | 6 | â | 4 | .600 | 13 | â | 5 | .722 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 5 | â | 5 | .500 | 9 | â | 12 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 5 | â | 5 | .500 | 7 | â | 11 | .389 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Carnegie Tech | 3 | â | 7 | .300 | 3 | â | 7 | .300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Virginia | 2 | â | 8 | .200 | 6 | â | 13 | .316 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Owls entered the inaugural National Invitation Tournament (NIT) and won the championship in three games. The team was hailed as national champions after their Invitation win.[2][3]
The team was later retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and was also retroactively listed as the top team of the season by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.[4][5]
Schedule and results
| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular season | |||||||||||
| 12/18/1937* |
St. John's (MD) | W 54â26 | 1â0 |
Mitten Hall Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
| 12/20/1937* |
Illinois | W 51â38 | 2â0 |
Philadelphia Arena Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
| 12/30/1937* |
Stanford | W 35â31 | 3â0 |
Convention Hall Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
| 1/7/1938* |
SMU | W 53â41 | 4â0 |
Philadelphia Arena Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
| 1/10/1938 |
vs. Georgetown | L 22â39 | 4â1 (0â1) |
Ritchie Coliseum College Park, MD | |||||||
| 1/12/1938* |
Muhlenberg | W 40â23 | 5â1 |
Philadelphia Arena Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
| 1/14/1938* |
at Manhattan | W 45â38 | 6â1 |
Manhattan, NY | |||||||
| 1/18/1938 |
at West Virginia | W 34â31 | 7â1 (1â1) |
WVU Fieldhouse Morgantown, WV | |||||||
| 1/20/1938 |
at Carnegie Mellon | W 39â37 | 8â1 (2â1) |
Pittsburgh, PA | |||||||
| 1/22/1938* |
at La Salle | W 37â22 | 9â1 |
Convention Hall Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
| 1/28/1938* |
Villanova | L 28â36 | 9â2 |
Convention Hall Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
| 2/4/1938 |
Penn State | W 49â25 | 10â2 (3â1) |
Philadelphia Arena Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
| 2/5/1938 |
West Virginia | W 51â32 | 11â2 (4â1) |
Mitten Hall Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
| 2/8/1938 |
at Penn State | W 49â39 | 12â2 (5â1) |
Rec Hall University Park, PA | |||||||
| 2/9/1938 |
at Pittsburgh | W 43â41 | 13â2 (6â1) |
Pitt Pavilion Pittsburgh, PA | |||||||
| 2/12/1938* |
NYU | W 42â34 | 14â2 |
Convention Hall Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
| 2/14/1938 |
Carnegie Mellon | W 48â39 | 15â2 (7â1) |
Mitten Hall Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
| 2/16/1938* |
at Navy | W 61â58 | 16â2 |
Annapolis, MD | |||||||
| 2/18/1938 |
Pittsburgh | W 46â34 | 17â2 (8â1) |
Philadelphia Arena Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
| 2/23/1938* |
Albright | W 46â25 | 18â2 |
Convention Hall Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
| 2/25/1938 |
Georgetown | W 51â34 | 19â2 (9â1) |
Philadelphia Arena Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
| 3/4/1938* |
Saint Joseph's Rivalry |
W 40â34 | 20â2 |
Convention Hall Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
| National Invitation Tournament | |||||||||||
| 3/9/1938* |
vs. Bradley NIT Quarterfinals |
W 53â40 | 21â2 |
Madison Square Garden New York, NY | |||||||
| 3/14/1938* |
vs. Oklahoma A&M NIT Semifinals |
W 56â44 | 22â2 |
Madison Square Garden New York, NY | |||||||
| 3/16/1938* |
vs. Colorado NIT Championship |
W 60â36 | 23â2 |
Madison Square Garden New York, NY | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. | |||||||||||