1945–46 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 basketball 1945–46 1942–43 1946–47 Georgetown Hoyas Georgetown Hoyas logo.svg Independent 11–9 Ken Engles 1st Brookland Gymnasium The 1945–46 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University during the 1945–46 NCAA college basketball season. Ken Engles coached it in his only season as head coach. It played its home games on the campus of The Catholic University of America at Brookland Gymnasium in Washington, D.C., the only Georgetown team to play home games there with the exception of the 1946–47 team, which played four games there the following season.The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Home Courts Season recap Georgetown had made its only post-season tournament appearance thus far in the 1942–43 season, when it advanced to the final of the 1943 NCAA Tournament. However, the school had suspended all of its athletic programs later in 1943 for the duration of World War II, prompting head coach Elmer Ripley to leave to coach at Columbia and ending the collegiate careers of many of its players, while other Georgetown players who retained eligibility transferred to other schools to continue their collegiate basketball careers or entered military service, planning to return to Georgetown and resume college basketball there after the war.http://www.hoyabasketball.com/coaches/bb-coach.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Head Coaches 2014-01-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20170527235527/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/coaches/bb-coach.htm 2017-05-27 dead http://www.hoyabasketball.com/history/hist13.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Believe It...Or Not 2014-01-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20131105043201/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/history/hist13.htm 2013-11-05 dead Georgetown had no basketball program during the 1943–44 and 1944-45 seasons. After World War II ended in August 1945, the school resumed athletic competition and began to put together a varsity mens basketball team for the 1945–46 season. Ripley had left Columbia after coaching there for two years but had committed to coach Notre Dame in 1945–46, and those Georgetown players from the 1942–43 team retaining eligibility to play had either transferred elsewhere or had not yet returned to Georgetown from military service. As result of all of this, the team Georgetown fielded for the season was unusual. With Ripley unavailable, senior forward Ken Engles – an older player who had played on the 1940–41http://www.hoyabasketball.com/players/roster-40s.htm#1941 The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Rosters 1940-41 to 1949-1950 2014-01-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20140102212530/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/players/roster-40s.htm#1941 2014-01-02 dead and 1941–42http://www.hoyabasketball.com/players/roster-40s.htm#1942 The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Rosters 1940-41 to 1949-1950 2014-01-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20140102212530/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/players/roster-40s.htm#1942 2014-01-02 dead teams before leaving school after the United States entered World War II – had returned this season for his third and final year of eligibility, and he was pressed into service as head coach, becoming the only player-coach in Georgetown men's basketball history. Aside from Engles, none of the players had prior varsity experience, and only one of them – freshman forward Ed Benigni – played on the team the following season when Ripley returned to coach Georgetown.http://www.hoyabasketball.com/players/roster-40s.htm#1946 The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Rosters 1940-41 to 1949-1950 2014-01-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20140102212530/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/players/roster-40s.htm#1946 2014-01-02 dead http://www.hoyabasketball.com/players/roster-40s.htm#1947 The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Rosters 1940-41 to 1949-1950 2014-01-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20140102212530/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/players/roster-40s.htm#1947 2014-01-02 dead The virtually all-walk-on 1945–46 team played an abbreviated schedule, finishing with a record of 11–9 and having no postseason play. Roster SourcesThe Georgetown Basketball History Project: Player Directory: Jersey Numbers From the 1943–44 season through the 1946-47 season, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) suspended its freshman ineligibility rule.http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/t_okeefe.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Tom O'Keefe 2014-01-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924031611/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/t_okeefe.htm 2015-09-24 dead Georgetown had no athletic programs during the 1943–44 and 1944-45 seasons, so this was the first Georgetown varsity team to include freshman. Some players appeared in only one or a handful of games in this unusual season, leading to the large size of the roster. #NameHeightWeight (lbs.)PositionClassHometownPrevious Team(s)17Ken Engles6'2"N/AFSr.Staten Island, NY, U.S.Port Richmond HS21George Benigni6'3"N/AFFr.Chicago, IL, U.S.Notre Dame UniversityN/AFrank Aires5'10"N/AGSo.New York, NY, U.S.Chaminade HSN/APeter Baker6'1"N/AGJr.Passaic, NJ, U.S.Passaic HSN/AArt BartolozziN/AN/AGSo.N/AN/AN/AGene BeauchampN/AN/AN/ASo.N/AN/AN/ABrooke "Tony" BeyerN/AN/AGJr.Washington, DC, U.S.Georgetown Preparatory SchoolN/AJoe DalyN/AN/AGJr.New York, NY, U.S.Fordham Preparatory SchoolN/AJim DavisN/AN/AN/AJr.N/AN/AN/AEd DrysgulaN/AN/AFSo.Hartford, CT, U.S.St. Thomas High SchoolN/APaul DurkinN/AN/AFSo.Washington, DC, U.S.St. John's College HSN/ATom GallaN/AN/AGuardFr.Bridgeport, CT, U.S.N/AN/AChuck HaganN/AN/AGuardSr.N/AN/AN/ADick HenningN/AN/AGuardSo.N/AN/AN/AJohn "Red" McGuinessN/AN/AGuardSr.Newark, NJ, U.S.N/AN/AFrank McNamara6'4"N/AForwardFr.Washington, DC, U.S.Gonzaga College HSN/AJustin MoloneyN/AN/AForwardN/AN/AN/AN/APhil O'HaraN/AN/AGuardSo.N/AN/AN/AErvin OrnsteinN/AN/AGuardSo.Washington, DC, U.S.N/AN/AChris Pavich6'4"N/AForwardJr.Peoria, IL, U.S.N/AN/AHerb SaturnN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/ATony SchaeferN/AN/AN/ASo.N/AN/AN/AOtto StewartN/AN/AGuardSo.N/AN/AN/AEd WallaceN/AN/AN/ASo.N/AN/AN/ATom WolfeN/AN/AForwardSo.Nashville, TN, U.S.N/A 1945–46 schedule and results SourcesThe Georgetown Basketball History Project: 1940s SeasonsJuly 2026 InternetArchiveBot http://www.hoyabasketball.com/opponents.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Records vs. All Opponents 2014-01-04 2013-11-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20131103211101/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/opponents.htm dead sports-reference.com 1945-46 Georgetown Hoyas Schedule and Results2012-2013 Georgetown Men's Basketball Media Guide, p. 60. It was common practice at this time for colleges and universities to include non-collegiate opponents in their schedules, with the games recognized as part of their official record for the season, and the games played against United States Army teams from Fort George G. Meade and the United States Army War College and a United States Navy team from Naval Annex Anacostia therefore counted as part of Georgetowns won-loss record for 1945–46. It was not until 1952, after the completion of the 1951–52 season, that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) ruled that colleges and universities could no longer count games played against non-collegiate opponents in their annual won-loss records.http://www.hoyabasketball.com/records/opponents-nc.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Non-Collegiate Opponents 2014-01-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20170212123107/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/records/opponents-nc.htm 2017-02-12 dead no no no no no |- !colspan=9 style="background:#002147; color:#8D817B;"| Regular Season Wed., Nov. 28, 1945 no l yes no Villanova Villanova Field House Villanova, PA no 37–40 0-1 Sat., Dec. 1, 1945 no w yes no Loyola Maryland Alumni Gymnasium Baltimore, MD no 57–46 1-1 Wed., Dec. 12, 1945 no l yes no Fort Meade Camp Meade Gymnasium Fort George G. Meade, MD no 27–39 1-2 Sat., Dec. 15, 1945 no w no Army War College Brookland Gymnasium Washington, DC no 48–25 2-2 Sat., Jan. 5, 1946 no l yes no Scranton Watres Armory Scranton, PA no 46–54 2-3 Mon., Jan. 7, 1946 no l no George Washington Brookland Gymnasium Washington, DC no 43–45 2-4 Wed., Jan. 9, 1946 no w yes no Naval Annex Annex Gymnasium Naval Annex Anacostia, DC no 47–25 3-4 Sat., Jan. 12, 1946 no w no Scranton Brookland Gymnasium Washington, DC no 32–29 4-4 Tue., Jan. 15, 1946 no l no Fort Meade Brookland Gymnasium Washington, DC no 41–51 4-5 Sat., Jan. 19, 1946 no l no Loyola Maryland Brookland Gymnasium Washington, DC no 41–48 4-6 Tue., Jan. 22, 1946 no l no Army War College Brookland Gymnasium Washington, DC no 47–50 4-7 Wed., Feb. 6, 1946 no w yes no Catholic Brookland Gymnasium Washington, DC no 36–27 5-7 Fri., Feb. 8, 1946 no w yes no Gallaudet Gallaudet Gymnasium Washington, DC no 49–32 6-7 Tue., Feb. 12, 1946 no l yes no George Washington Riverside Stadium Washington, DC no 36–54 6-8 Sat., Feb. 16, 1946 no l no La Salle Brookland Gymnasium Washington, DC no 53–55 6-9 Wed., Feb. 20, 1946 no w no American Brookland Gymnasium Washington, DC no 65–48 7-9 Wed., Feb. 27, 1946 no w no Naval Annex Brookland Gymnasium Washington, DC no 50–31 8-9 Fri., Mar. 1, 1946 no w yes no American Clendenen Gymnasium Washington, DC no 53–52 9-9 Thu., Mar. 7, 1946 no w no Catholic Brookland Gymnasium Washington, DC no 49–31 10-9 Sat., Mar. 9, 1946 no w yes no La Salle Philadelphia Convention Hall Philadelphia, PA no 54–37 11-9 no no References Category:Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball seasons Georgetown Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team