1927–28 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 1927–28 Pittsburgh Panthers Basketball 1927-28 nationChampteam.jpg 300px Independent 21–0 Doc Carlson 6th Sykes Reed Pitt Pavilion Veteran Athletes of Philadelphia national championsHelms Foundation national champions 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.Pittsburgh Panthers season-by-season results sports-reference.com Sports Reference LLC 2014 https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/pittsburgh/ June 3, 2014 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."https://documenting.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3A1929e49702/viewer#page/133/mode/1up The 1929 Owl Athletics — Varsity Basketball — National Champions WM. Niles Anderson 1929 XXIII Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania The Junior Class of the University of Pittsburgh 126 January 23, 2023 They were universally recognized as national champions, having hung up the best collegiate record in the country. The team was awarded the 'U. S. Senator Boies Penrose Memorial Trophy' for the national championship by the Veteran Athletes of Philadelphia.Associated Press February 5, 1929 Pittsburgh Gets National Title — Sport Trophies Are Awarded at Annual Meeting of Veteran Athletes https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-wichita-eagle-1927-1928-1929-univers/172226178/ The Wichita Eagle Philadelphia Wichita, Kansas The Pittsburgh basketball team, fresh from a victory over Temple, was there to receive the [U. S. Senator Boies Penrose Memorial Trophy], emblematic of the 1927-28 American basketball championship. 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.2013–14 Pittsburgh Panthers Men's Basketball Media Guide All-Time Scores (p. 171) University of Pittsburgh 2013 http://issuu.com/greghotchkiss/docs/2013-14_pitt_mbb_media_guide June 3, 2014 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 in 1943 and was retroactively listed as the season's top team by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll in 1995 (the Panthers received retroactive recognition as the Helms national champion for the 1929–30 season as well).NCAA Division I Men's Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions Rauzulu's Street 2004 http://www.rauzulusstreet.com/basketball/college/helmscollegechampionship.htm June 3, 2014 October 1, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181001213129/http://www.rauzulusstreet.com/basketball/college/helmscollegechampionship.htm deadESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game ESPN ESPN Books New York, NY 2009 539 978-0-345-51392-2 Schedule and results no no no |- !colspan=9 style="background:#091C44; color:#CEC499;" | Regular season 12/15/1927 yes yes Michigan Yost Field House Ann Arbor, MI 49–39 1–0 12/16/1927 yes yes 1927 men Chicago Maroons Chicago Chicago, IL 36–26 2–0 12/17/1927 yes yes 1927 men Northwestern Wildcats Northwestern Old Patten Gymnasium Evanston, IL 39–34 3–0 12/19/1927 yes yes 1927 men Iowa Hawkeyes Iowa Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA 44–40 OT 4–0 12/23/1927 yes 1927 men Dartmouth Big Green Dartmouth Pitt Pavilion Pittsburgh, PA 64–33 5–0 12/31/1927 yes 1927 men Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State Pitt Pavilion Pittsburgh, PA 50–32 6–0 1/6/1928 yes 1927 men Syracuse Orangemen Syracuse Pitt Pavilion Pittsburgh, PA 45–24 7–0 1/13/1928 yes Carnegie Tech Pitt Pavilion Pittsburgh, PA 67–38 8–0 1/18/1928 yes 1927 men West Virginia Mountaineers West Virginia Pitt Pavilion Pittsburgh, PA 51–26 9–0 2/3/1928 yes yes 1927 men Colgate Red Raiders Colgate Hamilton, NY 48–37 10–0 2/4/1928 yes yes 1927 men Army Cadets Army West Point, NY 42–36 11–0 2/8/1928 yes yes Carnegie Tech Pittsburgh, PA 50–28 12–0 2/10/1928 yes 1927 men Penn State Nittany Lions Penn State Pitt Pavilion Pittsburgh, PA 48–25 13–0 2/15/1928 yes 1927 men Allegheny Gators Allegheny Pitt Pavilion Pittsburgh, PA 56–32 14–0 2/18/1928 yes 1927 men Notre Dame Fighting Irish Notre Dame Pitt Pavilion Pittsburgh, PA 24–22 15–0 2/22/1928 yes yes Carnegie Tech Pittsburgh, PA 59–38 16–0 2/25/1928 yes 1927 men Washington & Jefferson Presidents Washington & Jefferson Pitt Pavilion Pittsburgh, PA 44–33 17–0 2/28/1928 yes Grove City Pitt Pavilion Pittsburgh, PA 54–27 18–0 3/2/1928 yes yes West Virginia Morgantown, WV 45–42 19–0 3/5/1928 yes yes Washington & Jefferson Washington, PA 33–32 20–0 3/10/1928 yes yes Penn State PSU Armory University Park, PA 45–28 21–0 Source References Category:Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball seasons Pittsburgh Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament championship seasons Pittsburgh Panthers Men's Basketball Team Pittsburgh Panthers Men's Basketball Team Category:1920s in Pittsburgh