Men's Basketball Yearly Results (1945-50)

1945-46
9-12
Head Coach: William Bussenius

Date		Opponent	USF-Opp
	W	Fort Mason Army	37-17
	W	San Francisco Marine Corps	36-30
	W	San Bruno N.C.	56-39
	W	Treasure Island Navy	56-30
	W	Coast Guard A.S.	51-32
	W	Alameda Naval A.S.	45-39
	W	San Bruno N.C.	40-36
J-3	L	vs. Fleet City #	43-60
	L	Hamilton Field ATC	34-40
J-15	L	Santa Clara $	35-46
J-19	L	Saint Mary’s Pre-Flight	34-43
J-25	L	at California	32-38
	W	San Francisco AC	46-36
F-2	W	at Stanford	49-39
F-5	L	Saint Mary’s (OT) $	38-42
F-6	L	Olympic Club $	49-37
F-8	L	at Santa Clara (OT) %	40-44
F-14	L	Saint Mary’s $	34-36
F-22	L	at Nevada	38-49
F-23	L	at Nevada	36-61
F-29	L	Stanford	29-33

 
#    Oakland Auditorium; Oakland, Calif.
$    Kezar Pavilion; San Francisco, Calif.
%   Civic Auditorium; San Jose, Calif.
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1946-47
13-14
Head Coach: Pete Newell

Date		Opponent	USF-Opp
D-6	L	at USC	41-57
D-9	L	at UCLA	30-43
D-13	W	at Utah	39-37
D-14	L	vs. Utah State #	35-44
D-16	W	at Colorado	34-30
D-17	W	at Regis	41-32
D-18	L	at Denver	43-54
D-20	L	vs. BYU $	36-45
D-21	W	vs. Colorado State $	45-22
D-31	W	California	34-31
J-3	W	San Francisco A.C.	39-29
J-9	L	San Jose State	34-44
J-10	W	Saint Mary’s	45-37
J-14	W	Olympic Club	51-50
J-17	L	San Jose State	25-45
J-21	L	Borlo Athletic Club	30-40
J-23	L	at Santa Clara %	31-40
	L	Sacramento Senators	40-45
J-25	W	at Loyola (Los Angeles)	48-40
J-26	L	at Carroll Shamrocks	33-37
J-31	L	at Stanford	36-38
F-4	W	Saint Mary’s	39-38
F-7	W	San Francisco State	35-34
F-12	W	Santa Clara	43-35
F-14	W	Nevada	47-35
F-15	L	at Nevada	31-53
F-25	L	Santa Clara	37-45

 
#    Salt Lake City, Utah
$    Nevada Invitational; Reno, Nev.
%   Civic Auditorium; San Jose, Calif.
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1947-48
13-11
Head Coach: Pete Newell

Date		Opponent	USF-Opp
D-5	L	California #	44-55
D-6	W	San Jose State	42-36
D-12	W	vs. Utah State $	55-54
D-14	W	at Utah	38-37
D-16	L	at Creighton	29-31
D-18	L	at Bradley	43-50
D-22	L	at Regis (OT)	48-52
D-26	L	Kansas #	43-47
D-27	W	Oregon State #	44-42
J-2	L	Arkansas #	58-74
J-3	L	Oregon #	46-48
J-9	W	Santa Clara #	52-42
J-10	W	Loyola (Los Angeles)	48-45
J-15	W	Olympic Club	56-45
J-16	L	at Sacramento Senators	50-51
J-30	W	Saint Mary’s %	51-46
J-31	L	at Stanford	42-46
F-6	W	at Loyola (Los Angeles)	62-41
F-7	L	at USC	41-52
F-13	W	at Nevada	45-37
F-14	W	at Nevada	55-40
F-19	W	at Santa Clara	51-31
F-21	L	Saint Mary’s %	46-49
F-24	W	San Jose State	50-32

 
#    Cow Palace; San Francisco, Calif.
$    Salt Lake City, Utah
%   Kezar Pavilion; San Francisco, Calif.
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1948-49
25-5
NIT Champions
Final Ranking: 8^th AP
Head Coach: Pete Newell

Date		Opponent	USF-Opp
N-26	W	National Guard	54-38
N-30	W	YMI #	52-47
D-2	W	San Jose State	66-49
D-7	W	at California	49-47
D-10	W	Kansas State $	57-55
D-11	L	UCLA $	57-61
D-23	W	North Carolina State $	54-47
D-29	W	at La Salle	51-45
D-30	W	at City College of New York %	54-51
J-1	W	at Bradley	60-58
J-3	W	Santa Clara $	57-47
J-7	W	at Nevada	61-55
J-8	W	at Nevada	52-50
J-14	W	Loyola (Los Angeles)	40-39
J-15	W	at Santa Clara	49-43
J-22	L	(6) at Stanford (17)	55-65
J-23	W	(6) Stewart’s Chevrolet #	37-34
J-29	W	(9) Arizona $	56-49
F-1	W	(10) Saint Mary’s $	47-38
F-5	L	(10) USC $	39-41
F-6	W	(10) City College of New York $	48-32
F-11	L	(9) Bradley $	52-54
F-12	W	(9) at San Jose State	50-43
F-18	W	(8) at Oregon	62-58
F-19	L	(8) at Oregon	51-56
F-24	W	(8) Saint Mary’s #	38-34

National Invitation Tournament – New York City

M-12	W	(8) vs. Manhattan	68-43
M-14	W	(8) vs. Utah	66-63
M-17	W	(8) vs. Bowling Green	49-39
M-19	W	(8) vs. Loyola-Chicago	48-47

 
#    Kezar Pavilion; San Francisco, Calif.
$    Cow Palace; San Francisco, Calif.
%   Madison Square Garden; New York City
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1949-50
19-7
NIT Participants
Final Ranking: 12^th AP
Head Coach: Pete Newell

Date		Opponent	USF-Opp
D-1	L	San Jose State #	38-43
D-8	W	Nevada #	70-57
D-13	W	Olympic Club #	80-24
D-17	W	UCLA $	53-50
D-22	L	vs. St. John’s %	44-60
D-26	L	vs. Long Island %	48-56
D-29	W	at La Salle	46-44
D-31	W	at Niagara	52-48
J-3	L	at North Carolina State	44-69
J-10	W	Santa Clara #	50-36
J-14	W	Loyola (Los Angeles) $	62-50
J-20	W	Stanford #	54-39
J-21	W	Saint Mary’s #	64-37
J-29	W	USC #	55-41
J-28	L	California $	44-56
F-1	W	at John Carroll	66-53
F-4	W	at DePaul	53-51
F-7	W	(15) at Xavier	57-47
F-11	W	(15) YMI #	74-52
F-13	L	(15) at Santa Clara	43-51
F-18	W	(12) St. Francis $	73-42
F-21	W	(11) San Jose State $	55-44
F-28	W	(13) Saint Mary’s #	49-35
M-3	W	(13) at Loyola (Los Angeles)	59-43
M-4	W	(13) at Loyola (Los Angeles)	61-60

National Invitation Tournament – New York City

M-11

L

(12) vs. City College of New York

46-65

 
#    Kezar Pavilion; San Francisco, Calif.
$    Cow Palace; San Francisco, Calif.
%   Madison Square Garden; New York City
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