1949–50 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 1949–50 St. Francis Terriers Basketball StFrancisBrooklynTerrierswordmark.png Metropolitan New York Conference MTNY 8–19 0–4 Daniel Lynch 2nd Marty O'Donnell Butler Street GymnasiumII Corps Artillery Armory National Catholic Invitation Tournament Finals vs. Siena L 50–57 The 1949–50 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team represented St. Francis College during the 1949–50 NCAA men's basketball season. The team was coached by Daniel Lynch, who was in his second year as head coach of the St. Francis Terriers. The team was a member of the Metropolitan New York Conference and played their home games at the Bulter Street Gymnasium in their Cobble Hill, Brooklyn campus and at the II Corps Artillery Armory in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Last season the Terriers were the first team in the New York City area to have a basketball game televised, and this season the Terriers had six games televised on WPIX and WOR-TV from the II Corps Artillery Armory.RADIO BOW LISTED FOR BRITTEN, PEARS http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1949/11/04/84581472.html?pageNumber=50 New York Times 27 July 2016 Roster white white #0038A8 #CE1126 1949 St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men yes Tom O'Connor 12 G 5 10 C Jack O'Connor 23 F 6 2 Roy Reardon 15 F 6 1 JR Steve Ellsworth 5 G 5 10 JR St. Michael's High School James Luisi 32 G 6 2 JR C y Benjamin Franklin High School East Harlem, New York Ray Rudzinski G 6 0 SO Martin Conway 13 6 3 SO Bill Paterno 6 2 Levi Bough 14 G 5 11 Dick Joyce 22 C 6 3 Tom Quinn 21 G 5 11 Vin Karwoski 42 C 6 5 Frank Sainato 4 5 8 FR Larry Sarcedote 11 6 2 FR Daniel Lynch (St. Francis '38) Marty O'Donnel Schedule and results NCAA 1949-50 Cumulative Stats http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB1/C/Men%27s%20Basketball_Men%27s_Division%20I_1950_599_St.%20Francis%20College%20%28New%20York%29.pdf NCAA.org 21 July 2016 yes no |- !colspan=12 style="background:#0038A8; border: 2px solid #CE1126;color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition December 1, 1949 yes yes no Alumni Butler Campus Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY 64–57St. Francis Defeats Alumni http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1949/12/01/84288725.html?pageNumber=47 New York Times 27 July 2016 1–0 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#0038A8; border: 2px solid #CE1126;color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular Season December 2, 1948 9:00 pm yes no 1949-50 Loyola University Maryland Loyola Greyhounds Loyola (Baltimore) II Corps Artillery Armory Brooklyn, NY WOR-TV 67–60St. Francis Triumphs http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1949/12/03/85657786.html?pageNumber=11 New York Times 27 July 2016 1–0 December 7, 1949 yes yes no 1949-50 Villanova University Villanova Wildcats Villanova Palestra Philadelphia, PA 3,000 57–803,000 at Palestra http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1949/12/08/84290421.html?pageNumber=50 New York Times 27 July 2016 1–1 December 9, 1949 no 1949-50 Manhattan College Manhattan Jaspers Manhattan II Corps Artillery Armory Brooklyn, NY 2,000 57–71MANHATTAN HALTS ST. FRANCIS, 71-57 http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1949/12/10/96487053.html?pageNumber=13 New York Times 27 July 2016 1–2 (0–1) December 14, 1949 yes yes no 1949-50 Adelphi University Adelphi Panthers Adelphi   Garden City, NY 90–62St. Francis Beats Adelphi http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1949/12/15/96489255.html?pageNumber=54 New York Times 27 July 2016 2–2 December 16, 1949 yes yes no 1948-49 LeMoyne College LeMoyne Dolphins LeMoyne Coliseum Syracuse, NY 78–68ST. FRANCIS VICTOR, 78-68 http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1949/12/17/86909739.html?pageNumber=20 New York Times 27 July 2016 3–2 December 17, 1949 yes yes no 1949-50 Siena College Siena Saints Siena   Albany, NY 5,500 45–62SIENA DOWNS ST. FRANCIS http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1949/12/18/93339163.html?pageNumber=160 New York Times 27 July 2016 3–3 December 19, 1949 yes yes no 1949-50 Niagara University Niagara Purple Eagles Niagara   Niagara Falls, NY 58–65Niagara Streak at Eight http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1949/12/20/96489860.html?pageNumber=39 New York Times 27 July 2016 3–4 January 6, 1950 9:35 pm no 1949-50 Fordham University Fordham Rams Fordham II Corps Artillery Armory Brooklyn, NY 1,198 WPIX 51–56FORDHAM DEFEATS ST. FRANCIS, 56-51 http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/01/07/87131088.html?pageNumber=22 New York Times 27 July 2016 3–5 (0–2) January 11, 1950 yes yes no 1948-49 Seton Hall University Seton Hall Pirates Seton Hall Setonia Gymnasium South Orange, NJ 1,600 64–66SETON HALL VICTOR, 66-64 http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/01/12/84811818.html?pageNumber=35 New York Times 27 July 2016 3–6 January 13, 1950 9:00 pm yes no National Autonomous University of Mexico II Corps Artillery Armory Brooklyn, NY WPIX 94–59ST. FRANCIS WINS, 94-59 http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/01/14/89706428.html?pageNumber=21 New York Times 27 July 2016 4–6 January 26, 1950 yes no 1949-50 St. John's University (New York City) St. John's Red Storm St. John's 5 DeGray Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY 800 46–65ST. JOHN'S DEFEATS ST. FRANCIS, 65-46 http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/01/27/87017210.html?pageNumber=37 New York Times 27 July 2016 4–7 (0–3) January 28, 1950 9:00 pm yes no 1949-50 Boston College Boston College Eagles Boston College II Corps Artillery Armory Brooklyn, NY WOR-TV 77–81ST. FRANCIS BEATEN, 81-77 http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/01/29/91102043.html?pageNumber=123 New York Times 27 July 2016 4–8 February 1, 1950 yes yes no 1949-50 Kent State University Kent State Golden Flashes Kent State   Cleveland, OH 6,000 70–78St. Francis Loses http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/02/02/121629302.html?pageNumber=35 New York Times 27 July 2016 4–9 February 2, 1950 yes yes no 1949-50 University of Akron Akron Zips Akron   Akron, OH 50–58ST. FRANCIS LOSES, 58-50 http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/02/03/82084432.html?pageNumber=32 New York Times 27 July 2016 4–10 February 4, 1950 yes yes no 1949-50 Central Connecticut State University Central Connecticut Blue Devils New Britain State Teachers College   New Britain, CT 59–54 5–10 February 8, 1950 no CCNY 14 II Corps Artillery Armory Brooklyn, NY 46–68CITY COLLEGE WINS, 68-46 http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/02/09/97889187.html?pageNumber=47 New York Times 27 July 2016 5–11 (0–4) February 11, 1950 yes yes no 1949-50 University of Scranton Scranton Royals Scranton   Scranton, PA 52–56College and School Scores http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/02/12/87018818.html?pageNumber=139 New York Times 28 July 2016 5–12 February 13, 1950 yes no 1949-50 University of Nevada, Reno Nevada Wolf Pack Nevada   Reno, NV 2,000 62–70Nevada Refs Too Much For Touring Terrier Five https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/53864806/?terms=St.%2BFrancis%2BCollege Brooklyn Daily Eagle 19 December 2019 5–13 February 15, 1950 yes yes no 1949-50 Pepperdine University Pepperdine Waves Pepperdine   Los Angeles, CA 50–81St. Francis Loses, 81-50 http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/02/16/89722359.html?pageNumber=39 New York Times 27 July 2016 5–14 February 18, 1950 yes yes no 1949-50 Santa Clara University Santa Clara Broncos Santa Clara Cow Palace San Francisco, CA 64–76St. Francis Five Bows, 76-64 http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/02/19/113140795.html?pageNumber=167 New York Times 27 July 2016 5–15 February 19, 1950 yes yes no 1949-50 University of San Francisco San Francisco Dons San Francisco 12 Kezar Pavilion San Francisco, CA 42–73St. Francis Five Bows, 73-42 http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/02/20/89726679.html?pageNumber=38 New York Times 27 July 2016 5–16 February 24, 1950 yes no 1949-50 University of Hawaii at Manoa Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Hawaii II Corps Artillery Armory Brooklyn, NY 1,500 76–54ST. FRANCIS WINS, 76-54 http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/02/25/113144593.html?pageNumber=13 New York Times 27 July 2016 6–16 March 1, 1950 yes yes no 1949-50 Iona College Iona Gaels Iona Westchester County Center White Plains, NY 55–74IONA DOWNS ST. FRANCIS http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/03/02/87287433.html?pageNumber=42 New York Times 27 July 2016 6–17 March 3, 1950 9:30 pm yes no 1949-50 University of Toledo Toledo Rockets Toledo 17 II Corps Artillery Armory Brooklyn, NY WPIX 73–85ST. FRANCIS BOWS, 85-73 http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/03/04/86414107.html?pageNumber=13 New York Times 27 July 2016 6–18 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#0038A8; border: 2px solid #CE1126;color:#FFFFFF;"| National Catholic Invitation Tournament March 29, 1950Terrier Five Draws Creighton in NCI Play https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/52892314/?terms=St.%2BFrancis%2BCollege Brooklyn Daily Eagle 19 December 2019 yes yes no 1949-50 Creighton University Creighton Bluejays Creighton Washington Avenue Armory Albany, NY First Round 67–66Terrier Put Bight on Creighton Five https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/52893274/?terms=St.%2BFrancis%2BCollege Brooklyn Daily Eagle 19 December 2019 7–18 March 30, 1950 yes yes no 1949-50 Iona College Iona Gaels Iona Washington Avenue Armory Albany, NY Semifinals 62–61ST. FRANCIS WINS, 62-61 http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/03/31/94252297.html?action=click&contentCollection=Archives&module=ArticleEndCTA&region=ArchiveBody&pgtype=article&pageNumber=48 New York Times 27 July 2016 8–18 April 1, 1950 yes yes no 1949-50 Siena College Siena Saints Siena Washington Avenue Armory Albany, NY Finals 50–57SIENA STOPS ST. FRANCIS http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/04/02/96215038.html?action=click&contentCollection=Archives&module=ArticleEndCTA&region=ArchiveBody&pgtype=article&pageNumber=153 New York Times 27 July 2016 8–19 |- AP Poll Eastern Time National Catholic Invitation Tournament Originally the tournament was to take place at Loyola College in Baltimore, MD from March 15 to March 22 and feature sixteen teams. Yet, because of segregation and protest from St. Francis College about the unequal treatment of its black players, the tournament was moved to Albany, NY and featured eight teams.NEGRO BAN CAUSES SHIFT http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/03/09/84649008.html?pageNumber=36 New York Times 27 July 2016Siena's First National Basketball Championship https://blog.timesunion.com/chuckmiller/sienas-first-national-basketball-championship/1187/ timesunion.com 20 December 2019July 2026 InternetArchiveBot Creighton was favored to win the tournament, although they had a 13–13 record going into the tournament the Bluejays had the toughest schedule of the eight competing teams.Terrier Five Draws Creighton in NCI Play https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/52892314/?terms=St.%2BFrancis%2BCollege Brooklyn Daily Eagle 19 December 2019 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final 3rd place St. Francis (NY) 67 Creighton 66 Iona 71 Saint Michael's 55 Loras 59 Saint Francis (PA) 58 Siena 86 Providence 49 St. Francis (NY) 62 Iona 61 Siena 75 Loras 55 St. Francis (NY) 50 Siena 57 Loras 55 Iona 52 References Category:St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's basketball seasons St. Francis Saint Francis Saint Francis