1927–28 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team
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Conference | Independent |
Record | 21–0 |
Head coach |
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Captain | Sykes Reed |
Home arena | Pitt Pavilion |
The 1927–28 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team represented the University of Pittsburgh during the 1927–28 NCAA men's basketball season in the United States. The head coach was Doc Carlson, coaching in his sixth season with the Panthers. The team finished the season with a 21–0 record.[1]
The 1929 edition of The Owl yearbook notes that the team was "universally recognized as national champions, having hung up the best collegiate record in the country."[2]
It is the only undefeated team in Pitt's history, and that season they were one of only two teams to finish with an unblemished record.[3] Chuck Hyatt and Sykes Reed were named consensus All-Americans at the end of the season.
The team was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll (the Panthers would receive retroactive recognition as the Helms national champion for the 1929–30 season as well).[4][5]
Schedule and results
[edit]Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
12/15/1927* |
at Michigan | W 49–39 | 1–0 |
Yost Field House Ann Arbor, MI | |||||||
12/16/1927* |
at Chicago | W 36–26 | 2–0 |
Chicago, IL | |||||||
12/17/1927* |
at Northwestern | W 39–34 | 3–0 |
Old Patten Gymnasium Evanston, IL | |||||||
12/19/1927* |
at Iowa | W 44–40 OT | 4–0 |
Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA | |||||||
12/23/1927* |
Dartmouth | W 64–33 | 5–0 |
Pitt Pavilion Pittsburgh, PA | |||||||
12/31/1927* |
Ohio State | W 50–32 | 6–0 |
Pitt Pavilion Pittsburgh, PA | |||||||
1/6/1928* |
Syracuse | W 45–24 | 7–0 |
Pitt Pavilion Pittsburgh, PA | |||||||
1/13/1928* |
Carnegie Tech | W 67–38 | 8–0 |
Pitt Pavilion Pittsburgh, PA | |||||||
1/18/1928* |
West Virginia | W 51–26 | 9–0 |
Pitt Pavilion Pittsburgh, PA | |||||||
2/3/1928* |
at Colgate | W 48–37 | 10–0 |
Hamilton, NY | |||||||
2/4/1928* |
at Army | W 42–36 | 11–0 |
West Point, NY | |||||||
2/8/1928* |
at Carnegie Tech | W 50–28 | 12–0 |
Pittsburgh, PA | |||||||
2/10/1928* |
Penn State | W 48–25 | 13–0 |
Pitt Pavilion Pittsburgh, PA | |||||||
2/15/1928* |
Allegheny | W 56–32 | 14–0 |
Pitt Pavilion Pittsburgh, PA | |||||||
2/18/1928* |
Notre Dame | W 24–22 | 15–0 |
Pitt Pavilion Pittsburgh, PA | |||||||
2/22/1928* |
at Carnegie Tech | W 59–38 | 16–0 |
Pittsburgh, PA | |||||||
2/25/1928* |
Washington & Jefferson | W 44–33 | 17–0 |
Pitt Pavilion Pittsburgh, PA | |||||||
2/28/1928* |
Grove City | W 54–27 | 18–0 |
Pitt Pavilion Pittsburgh, PA | |||||||
3/2/1928* |
at West Virginia | W 45–42 | 19–0 |
Morgantown, WV | |||||||
3/5/1928* |
at Washington & Jefferson | W 33–32 | 20–0 |
Washington, PA | |||||||
3/10/1928* |
at Penn State | W 45–28 | 21–0 |
PSU Armory University Park, PA | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
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Source[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Pittsburgh Panthers season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
- ^ Anderson, WM. Niles, ed. (1929). "Athletics — Varsity Basketball — National Champions". The 1929 Owl. Vol. XXIII. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: The Junior Class of the University of Pittsburgh. p. 126. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
They were universally recognized as national champions, having hung up the best collegiate record in the country.
- ^ a b "2013–14 Pittsburgh Panthers Men's Basketball Media Guide". All-Time Scores (p. 171). University of Pittsburgh. 2013. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
- ^ "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions". Rauzulu's Street. 2004. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
- ^ ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. p. 539. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.