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1927–28 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team

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1927–28 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball
Helms Foundation National Champions
Premo-Porretta National Champions
ConferenceIndependent
Record21–0
Head coach
CaptainSykes Reed
Home arenaPitt Pavilion
Seasons

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

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
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.

Source[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Pittsburgh Panthers season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b "2013–14 Pittsburgh Panthers Men's Basketball Media Guide". All-Time Scores (p. 171). University of Pittsburgh. 2013. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
  4. ^ "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions". Rauzulu's Street. 2004. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
  5. ^ 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.