1943–44 Army Cadets men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 1943–44 Army Cadets basketball Independent 15–0 Ed Kelleher 1st Dale Hall Ed Christl Gillis Field House Helms Foundation national championFraley Oscar United Press April 6, 1944 In Cage Selections Made By Helms Foundation Army Is Voted Top Quintet https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-enquirer-19431944-helms/137403002/ The Cincinnati Enquirer New York Cincinnati, Ohio December 25, 2023 Army was rated as the nation's No. 1 team despite the fact that Utah's Cinderella Kids won mythical national honors in postseason tournament play which was ruled out for the Cadets. The 1943–44 Army Cadets men's basketball team represented the United States Military Academy (known as "Army" for their sports teams) during the 1943–44 intercollegiate basketball season in the United States. The head coach was Ed Kelleher, coaching in his first season with the Cadets. The team finished the season with a 15–0 record, No. 1 ranking in the Converse-Dunkel Basketball Forecast,May 28, 1944 Converse-Dunkel Basketball Forecast — 1943–44 Final Rating https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-joseph-news-press-1944-converse-dunk/177782338/ St. Joseph News-Press Leading College Teams: 1. Army 76.9; 2. Utah 74.3; 3. Kentucky 73.5; [...] St. John's N.Y. 69.7 and was named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation. The Helms and NCAA Division I Tournament champions were the same except for 1939, 1940, 1944, and 1954 when Oregon, Indiana, Utah, and La Salle respectively won the tournament. The Cadets were later retroactively listed as the top team of the season by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.NCAA Division I Men's Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions Rauzulu's Street 2004 http://www.rauzulusstreet.com/basketball/college/helmscollegechampionship.htm May 15, 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 532 978-0-345-51392-2 Dale Hall was named a consensus All-American as well as the Sporting News National Player of the Year. Other players of note on the team included Doug Kenna '45, John Hennessey '44 (who served with the 70th Infantry Division in World War II and ultimately retired as a general officer), Robert Faas '44 (who flew in the Pacific theater as a P-47N pilot in the waning days of World War II), and Edward C. Christl '44, who was awarded a posthumous Distinguished Service Cross and for whom Army's Christl Arena is named.Noles Jim Undefeated: From Basketball to Battle - West Point's Perfect 1944 Season Casemate Publishers 2018 Philadelphia Schedule and results no no no |- !colspan=9 style="background:#000000; color:#D6C499;"| Regular season yes 1943 men Swarthmore Garnet Swarthmore 80–29 1–0 yes 1943 men Colgate Red Raiders Colgate 69–44 2–0 yes St. John's 49–36 3–0 yes 1943 men Columbia Lions Columbia 55–37 4–0 yes 1943 men Penn State Nittany Lions Wesleyan 49–38 5–0 yes 1943 men Coast Guard Bears United States Coast Guard Academy Coast Guard 55–37 6–0 yes 1943 men West Virginia Mountaineers West Virginia 58–31 7–0 yes 1943 men Rochester Yellowjackets Rochester 57–43 8–0 yes 1943 men Pittsburgh Panthers Pittsburgh 66–32 9–0 yes Hobart 69–36 10–0 yes 1943 men Penn Quakers Penn 55–38 11–0 yes 1943 men Villanova Wildcats Villanova 34–22 12–0 yes 1943 men NYU Violets NYU 46–36 13–0 yes 1943 men Maryland Terrapins Maryland 85–22 14–0 yes 1943 men Navy Midshipmen Navy 47–40 15–0 Source2013–14 Army Black Knights Men's Basketball Media Guide History & Records (p. 82) United States Military Academy 2009 http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/army/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2012-13/misc_non_event/2012_13_Records.pdf PDF May 12, 2014 May 17, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140517123547/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/army/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2012-13/misc_non_event/2012_13_Records.pdf deadArmy season-by-season results sports-reference.com Sports Reference LLC 2014 https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/army/ May 15, 2014 References Category:Army Black Knights men's basketball seasons Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament championship seasons Army Army Cadets Men's Basketball Team Army Cadets Men's Basketball Team