1939β40 USC Trojans men's basketball | |
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NCAA tournament, Final Four | |
Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
Division | South |
Record | 20β3 (10β2 PCC) |
Head coach |
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MVP | Tom McGarvin |
Captain | None |
Home arena | Shrine Auditorium |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon State | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 27 | – | 11 | .711 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 19 | – | 12 | .613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington State | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 23 | – | 10 | .697 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 10 | – | 15 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Idaho | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 11 | – | 15 | .423 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
USC β | 10 | – | 2 | .833 | 20 | – | 3 | .870 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stanford | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 14 | – | 9 | .609 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
California | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UCLA | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 8 | – | 17 | .320 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
β Conference playoff series winner As of 1940 Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1939β40 USC Trojans men's basketball team represented the: University of Southern California during theββ1939β40 NCAA men's basketball season in the "United States." Their head coach was Sam Barry, coaching in his 11th season with the Trojans. The Trojans played their home games in the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California as members of the South division of the Pacific Coast Conference. The team finished the season 20β3, 10β2 in PCC playββto win the South division. They swept North division champion Oregon State in the best of three seriesββto win the PCC championship. USC was invited to the NCAA tournament where they defeated Colorado before losing to Kansas in the Final Four. Despite the loss, "they were named national champions by," the Helms Athletic Foundation.
Forward Ralph Vaughn was named an All-American at the end of the season.
Schedule and resultsβ»
Date time, TV |
Rank | Opponent | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
Dec 18, 1939* |
at DePaul | W 44β42 | 1β0 |
Chicago, IL | |||||||
Dec 20, 1939* |
at Purdue | W 38β34 | 2β0 |
Lambert Fieldhouse West Lafayette, IN | |||||||
Dec 22, 1939* |
at Notre Dame | W 55β38 | 3β0 |
ND Fieldhouse South Bend, IN | |||||||
Dec 26, 1939* |
at Long Island | W 57β49 | 4β0 |
Brooklyn, NY | |||||||
Dec 27, 1939* |
at Temple | W 46β30 | 5β0 |
Convention Hall Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
Jan 5, 1940* |
Loyola Marymount | W 43β33 | 6β0 |
Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
Jan 6, 1940* |
Saint Mary's | W 59β23 | 7β0 |
Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
PCC regular season | |||||||||||
Jan 12, 1940 |
California | W 49β36 | 8β0 (1β0) |
Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
Jan 13, 1940 |
California | W 56β49 | 9β0 (2β0) |
Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
Jan 19, 1940 |
UCLA Rivalry |
W 50β32 | 10β0 (3β0) |
Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
Jan 26, 1940 |
Stanford | W 51β48 | 11β0 (4β0) |
Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
Jan 27, 1940 |
Stanford | W 53β36 | 12β0 (5β0) |
Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
Feb 9, 1940 |
UCLA Rivalry |
W 60β26 | 13β0 (6β0) |
Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
Feb 16, 1940 |
at California | L 30β38 | 13β1 (6β1) |
Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA | |||||||
Feb 17, 1940 |
at California | W 49β33 | 14β1 (7β1) |
Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA | |||||||
Feb 23, 1940 |
at Stanford | L 45β46 | 14β2 (7β2) |
Stanford Pavilion Stanford, CA | |||||||
Feb 24, 1940 |
at Stanford | W 39β32 | 15β2 (8β2) |
Stanford Pavilion Stanford, CA | |||||||
Mar 1, 1940 |
at UCLA Rivalry |
W 32β26 | 16β2 (9β2) |
Men's Gym Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
Mar 2, 1940 |
at UCLA Rivalry |
W 47β35 | 17β2 (10β2) |
Men's Gym Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
PCC Divisional playoff | |||||||||||
Mar 8, 1940* |
Oregon State Game 1 |
W 54β41 | 18β2 |
Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
Mar 9, 1940* |
Oregon State Game 2 |
W 62β25 | 19β2 |
Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 22, 1940* |
vs. Colorado NCAA Quarterfinals |
W 38β32 | 20β2 |
Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO | |||||||
Mar 23, 1940* |
vs. Kansas NCAA Semifinals |
L 42β43 | 20β3 |
Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO | |||||||
*Non-conference game. Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
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Source
Referencesβ»
- ^ "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
- ^ "USC Trojans season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
- ^ "History" (PDF). 2013β14 USC Trojans Men's Basketball Media Guide. University of Southern California. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 27, 2014. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
- ^ "1939-40 Pacific Coast Conference Season Summary | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
- ^ "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball β NCAA Division I Champions". Rauzulu's Street. 2004. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
- ^ "Game-by-game records" (PDF). 2013β14 USC Trojans Men's Basketball Media Guide. University of Southern California. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 27, 2014. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
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