1928–29 Montana State Bobcats men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 1928–29 Montana State Bobcats Basketball Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Western RMAC 36–2 11–1 Schubert R. Dyche 1st RMAC ChampionsHelms Foundation National Champions The 1928–29 Montana State Bobcats men's basketball team represented Montana State University during the 1928–29 NCAA men's basketball season in the United States. The head coach was Schubert R. Dyche, coaching in his first season with the Bobcats. The team finished the season with a 36–2 recordMontana State season-by-season results sports-reference.com Sports Reference LLC 2014 https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/montana-state/ May 27, 2014 and were the champions of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. The team was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and was 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 27, 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 540 978-0-345-51392-2 They defeated Amateur Athletic Union champion Cook's Painters in a best-of-three series.Bobcats Athletic Traditions The Golden Bobcats Montana State University http://www.msubobcats.com/sports/2012/7/26/GEN_0726122140.aspx?tab=traditions May 27, 2014 This team was later nicknamed the "Golden Bobcats" and is now a prominent part of the lore for the men's basketball program at Montana State University.Last of 'Golden Bobcats' dies Billings Gazette TheBillingsGazette.com April 25, 2007 http://billingsgazette.com/sports/last-of-golden-bobcats-dies/article_d4710080-3c42-532b-a60d-8dd7c17dcf1f.html May 27, 2014 This Montana State squad is considered one of the best college teams in the first half of the 20th century.Golden Bobcat National Championship Team Hall of Fame Montana State University http://msubobcats.com/hof.aspx?hof=107&path=&kiosk= May 27, 2014 The 1928–29 season was a culmination of the entire decade in which the school revolutionized a fast break offense coupled with high-pressure defense, something that no other teams had ever done. Players John "Cat" Thompson and Frank Ward were named consensus All-Americans at the end of the season, and Thompson was later inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. References Category:Montana State Bobcats men's basketball seasons Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament championship seasons Montana State Montana State Bobcats Men's Basketball Team Montana State Bobcats Men's Basketball Team