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

1949–50 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball
1949–50 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball
National Catholic Invitation Tournament Finals vs. Siena, L 50–57
Conference	Metropolitan New York Conference
Record	8–19 (0–4 MTNY)
Head coach	Daniel Lynch (2nd season);
Assistant coach	Marty O'Donnell
Home arena	Butler Street Gymnasium; II Corps Artillery Armory
	Seasons ← 1948–49 1950–51 →

1949–50 Metropolitan New York Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
CCNY	6	–	0	1.000	24	–	5	.828
Fordham	3	–	2	.600	15	–	12	.556
Brooklyn	2	–	2	.500	24	–	5	.828
No. 9 St. John's	3	–	3	.500	24	–	5	.828
Manhattan	3	–	3	.500	14	–	11	.560
NYU	1	–	4	.200	8	–	11	.421
St. Francis (NY)	0	–	4	.000	8	–	18	.308


Rankings from AP Poll

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 at the helm 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.^[1]

Roster

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

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	12	Tom O'Connor (C)	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	—
F	23	Jack O'Connor	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—
F	15	Roy Reardon	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	—	Jr
G	5	Steve Ellsworth	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	—	Jr	St. Michael's High School
G	32	James Luisi (C)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	Jr	Benjamin Franklin High School	East Harlem, New York
G		Ray Rudzinski	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	—	So
	13	Martin Conway	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	So
		Bill Paterno	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—
G	14	Levi Bough	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	—
C	22	Dick Joyce	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—
G	21	Tom Quinn	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	—
C	42	Vin Karwoski	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—
	4	Frank Sainato	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	—	Fr
	11	Larry Sarcedote	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	Fr

Head coach

Daniel Lynch (St. Francis '38)

Assistant coach(es)

Marty O'Donnel

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
December 1, 1949*	vs. Alumni	W 64–57^[3]	1–0	Butler Campus Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY
Regular Season
December 2, 1948* 9:00 pm, WOR-TV	Loyola (Baltimore)	W 67–60^[4]	1–0	II Corps Artillery Armory Brooklyn, NY
December 7, 1949*	at Villanova	L 57–80^[5]	1–1	Palestra (3,000) Philadelphia, PA
December 9, 1949	Manhattan	L 57–71^[6]	1–2 (0–1)	II Corps Artillery Armory (2,000) Brooklyn, NY
December 14, 1949*	at Adelphi	W 90–62^[7]	2–2	Garden City, NY
December 16, 1949*	at LeMoyne	W 78–68^[8]	3–2	Coliseum Syracuse, NY
December 17, 1949*	at Siena	L 45–62^[9]	3–3	(5,500) Albany, NY
December 19, 1949*	at Niagara	L 58–65^[10]	3–4	Niagara Falls, NY
January 6, 1950 9:35 pm, WPIX	Fordham	L 51–56^[11]	3–5 (0–2)	II Corps Artillery Armory (1,198) Brooklyn, NY
January 11, 1950*	at Seton Hall	L 64–66^[12]	3–6	Setonia Gymnasium (1,600) South Orange, NJ
January 13, 1950* 9:00 pm, WPIX	National Autonomous University of Mexico	W 94–59^[13]	4–6	II Corps Artillery Armory Brooklyn, NY
January 26, 1950	at No. 5 St. John's	L 46–65^[14]	4–7 (0–3)	DeGray Gymnasium (800) Brooklyn, NY
January 28, 1950* 9:00 pm, WOR-TV	Boston College	L 77–81^[15]	4–8	II Corps Artillery Armory Brooklyn, NY
February 1, 1950*	at Kent State	L 70–78^[16]	4–9	(6,000) Cleveland, OH
February 2, 1950*	at Akron	L 50–58^[17]	4–10	Akron, OH
February 4, 1950*	at New Britain State Teachers College	W 59–54	5–10	New Britain, CT
February 8, 1950	No. 14 CCNY	L 46–68^[18]	5–11 (0–4)	II Corps Artillery Armory Brooklyn, NY
February 11, 1950*	at Scranton	L 52–56^[19]	5–12	Scranton, PA
February 13, 1950	at Nevada	L 62–70^[20]	5–13	(2,000) Reno, NV
February 15, 1950*	at Pepperdine	L 50–81^[21]	5–14	Los Angeles, CA
February 18, 1950*	vs. Santa Clara	L 64–76^[22]	5–15	Cow Palace San Francisco, CA
February 19, 1950*	at No. 12 San Francisco	L 42–73^[23]	5–16	Kezar Pavilion San Francisco, CA
February 24, 1950*	Hawaii	W 76–54^[24]	6–16	II Corps Artillery Armory (1,500) Brooklyn, NY
March 1, 1950*	at Iona	L 55–74^[25]	6–17	Westchester County Center White Plains, NY
March 3, 1950* 9:30 pm, WPIX	No. 17 Toledo	L 73–85^[26]	6–18	II Corps Artillery Armory Brooklyn, NY
National Catholic Invitation Tournament
March 29, 1950^[28]*	vs. Creighton First Round	W 67–66^[27]	7–18	Washington Avenue Armory Albany, NY
March 30, 1950*	vs. Iona Semifinals	W 62–61^[29]	8–18	Washington Avenue Armory Albany, NY
April 1, 1950*	at Siena Finals	L 50–57^[30]	8–19	Washington Avenue Armory Albany, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in 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.^[25] 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.^[31]^[32] 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.^[28]

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals^[29]		Final^[30]



St. Francis (NY)	67

Creighton	66
		St. Francis (NY)	62

		Iona	61
Iona	71

Saint Michael's	55
				St. Francis (NY)	50

				Siena	57
Loras	59

Saint Francis (PA)	58
		Siena	75

		Loras	55	Third place
Siena	86

Providence	49
				Loras	55

				Iona	52

References

^ "RADIO BOW LISTED FOR BRITTEN, PEARS". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
^ "NCAA 1949-50 Cumulative Stats" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
^ "St. Francis Defeats Alumni". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
^ "St. Francis Triumphs". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
^ "3,000 at Palestra". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
^ "MANHATTAN HALTS ST. FRANCIS, 71-57". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
^ "St. Francis Beats Adelphi". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
^ "ST. FRANCIS VICTOR, 78-68". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
^ "SIENA DOWNS ST. FRANCIS". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
^ "Niagara Streak at Eight". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
^ "FORDHAM DEFEATS ST. FRANCIS, 56-51". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
^ "SETON HALL VICTOR, 66-64". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
^ "ST. FRANCIS WINS, 94-59". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
^ "ST. JOHN'S DEFEATS ST. FRANCIS, 65-46". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
^ "ST. FRANCIS BEATEN, 81-77". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
^ "St. Francis Loses". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
^ "ST. FRANCIS LOSES, 58-50". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
^ "CITY COLLEGE WINS, 68-46". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
^ "College and School Scores". New York Times. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
^ "Nevada Refs Too Much For Touring Terrier Five". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
^ "St. Francis Loses, 81-50". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
^ "St. Francis Five Bows, 76-64". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
^ "St. Francis Five Bows, 73-42". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
^ "ST. FRANCIS WINS, 76-54". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "IONA DOWNS ST. FRANCIS". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
^ "ST. FRANCIS BOWS, 85-73". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
^ "Terrier Put Bight on Creighton Five". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Terrier Five Draws Creighton in NCI Play". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "ST. FRANCIS WINS, 62-61". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "SIENA STOPS ST. FRANCIS". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
^ "NEGRO BAN CAUSES SHIFT". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
^ "Siena's First National Basketball Championship". timesunion.com. Retrieved December 20, 2019.

[1] "RADIO BOW LISTED FOR BRITTEN, PEARS". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.

[2] "NCAA 1949-50 Cumulative Stats" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved July 21, 2016.

[3] "St. Francis Defeats Alumni". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.

[4] "St. Francis Triumphs". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.

[5] "3,000 at Palestra". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.

[6] "MANHATTAN HALTS ST. FRANCIS, 71-57". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.

[7] "St. Francis Beats Adelphi". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.

[8] "ST. FRANCIS VICTOR, 78-68". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.

[9] "SIENA DOWNS ST. FRANCIS". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.

[10] "Niagara Streak at Eight". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.

[11] "FORDHAM DEFEATS ST. FRANCIS, 56-51". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.

[12] "SETON HALL VICTOR, 66-64". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.

[13] "ST. FRANCIS WINS, 94-59". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.

[14] "ST. JOHN'S DEFEATS ST. FRANCIS, 65-46". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.

[15] "ST. FRANCIS BEATEN, 81-77". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.

[16] "St. Francis Loses". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.

[17] "ST. FRANCIS LOSES, 58-50". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.

[18] "CITY COLLEGE WINS, 68-46". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.

[19] "College and School Scores". New York Times. Retrieved July 28, 2016.

[20] "Nevada Refs Too Much For Touring Terrier Five". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Retrieved December 19, 2019.

[21] "St. Francis Loses, 81-50". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.

[22] "St. Francis Five Bows, 76-64". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.

[23] "St. Francis Five Bows, 73-42". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.

[24] "ST. FRANCIS WINS, 76-54". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.

[Iona_Accepts_NCIT_Bid-25] "IONA DOWNS ST. FRANCIS". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.

[26] "ST. FRANCIS BOWS, 85-73". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.

[27] "Terrier Put Bight on Creighton Five". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Retrieved December 19, 2019.

[Brooklyn_Daily_Eagle-28] "Terrier Five Draws Creighton in NCI Play". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Retrieved December 19, 2019.

[Semifinals-29] "ST. FRANCIS WINS, 62-61". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.

[Finals-30] "SIENA STOPS ST. FRANCIS". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.

[31] "NEGRO BAN CAUSES SHIFT". New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2016.

[32] "Siena's First National Basketball Championship". timesunion.com. Retrieved December 20, 2019.

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