1949–50 Bradley Braves men's basketball team

The 1949–50 Bradley Braves men's basketball team represented Bradley University in college basketball during the 1949–50 season. The team finished the season with a 32–5 record^[1] and were national runners-up to the City College of New York (CCNY) in both the 1950 NCAA tournament and 1950 National Invitation Tournament. Early on in the NCAA Tournament's days, which began in 1939, teams were allowed to participate in both it and the NIT. The 1949–50 college basketball season is noteworthy in that it is the only year in which a team won both tournaments (CCNY), and the losing team of both championships happened to be Bradley. Coincidentally enough, a year later, several of Bradley's players from this season's team would be instigated as individuals involved in what would later be known as the CCNY point-shaving scandal due to the biggest noise coming from the scandal at the time involving CCNY despite the fact that seven different universities had players involved in the scandal at the time, including Bradley.

1949–50 Bradley Braves men's basketball
NCAA Tournament Runner-up NIT Runner-up Missouri Valley Conference champions
National Championship Game, L 68-71 vs. CCNY
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 1
Record	32–5 (11–1 MVC)
Head coach	Forddy Anderson (2nd season)
Captain	Billy Mann
Home arena	Robertson Memorial Field House
Seasons ← 1948–49 1950–51 →

1949–50 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 Bradley	11	–	1		.917			32	–	5		.865
Saint Louis	8	–	4		.667			17	–	9		.654
Detroit	7	–	5		.583			20	–	6		.769
Oklahoma A&M	7	–	5		.583			18	–	9		.667
Drake	5	–	7		.417			14	–	12		.538
Tulsa	3	–	9		.250			12	–	11		.522
Wichita Municipal	1	–	11		.083			7	–	17		.292
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
12/6/1949*		Houston	W 73–57	1–0	Robertson Memorial Field House  Peoria, IL
12/8/1949*		Iowa State	W 56–48	2–0	Robertson Memorial Field House  Peoria, IL
12/12/1949*		Nebraska	W 64–54	3–0	Robertson Memorial Field House  Peoria, IL
12/15/1949*		TCU	W 85–49	4–0	Robertson Memorial Field House  Peoria, IL
12/17/1949*		Purdue	L 65–71	4–1	Robertson Memorial Field House  Peoria, IL
12/19/1949*		Georgia Tech	W 84–60	5–1	Robertson Memorial Field House  Peoria, IL
12/21/1949*		Washington State	W 67–59	6–1	Robertson Memorial Field House  Peoria, IL
12/23/1949*		Fresno State	W 83–51	7–1	Robertson Memorial Field House  Peoria, IL
12/27/1949*		DePaul	W 68–65	8–1	Robertson Memorial Field House  Peoria, IL
12/29/1949*		at Tulane Sugar Bowl Tournament	W 72–46	9–1	Devlin Fieldhouse  New Orleans, LA
12/30/1949*		vs. Kentucky Sugar Bowl Tournament Championship	L 66–71	9–2	Devlin Fieldhouse  New Orleans, LA
1/2/1950*		Ohio State	W 65–46	10–2	Robertson Memorial Field House  Peoria, IL
1/7/1950	No. 3	at Drake	W 72–57	11–2 (1–0)	Drake Fieldhouse  Des Moines, IA
1/9/1950*	No. 3	Georgetown College	W 79–39	12–2	Robertson Memorial Field House  Peoria, IL
1/12/1950*	No. 6	at Manhattan	W 89–67	13–2	Manhattan, NY
1/14/1950*	No. 6	at Saint Joseph's	W 64–60	14–2	Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse  Philadelphia, PA
1/16/1950	No. 6	Detroit	W 71–50	15–2 (2–0)	Robertson Memorial Field House  Peoria, IL
1/21/1950	No. 4	at Detroit	L 54–67	15–3 (2–1)	Detroit, MI
1/26/1950	No. 6	Tulsa	W 64–45	16–3 (3–1)	Robertson Memorial Field House  Peoria, IL
1/28/1950	No. 6	at Saint Louis	W 54–45	17–3 (4–1)	Kiel Auditorium  St. Louis, MO
2/4/1950*	No. 3	Pittsburgh	W 84–48	18–3	Robertson Memorial Field House  Peoria, IL
2/6/1950	No. 3	Wichita State	W 61–49	19–3 (5–1)	Robertson Memorial Field House  Peoria, IL
2/9/1950*	No. 2	Hawaii	W 77–53	20–3	Robertson Memorial Field House  Peoria, IL
2/11/1950*	No. 2	at DePaul	W 67–56	21–3	Chicago, IL
2/13/1950	No. 2	Oklahoma State	W 59–46	22–3 (6–1)	Robertson Memorial Field House  Peoria, IL
2/18/1950	No. 2	at Wichita State	W 68–56	23–3 (7–1)	Wichita, KS
2/20/1950	No. 2	No. 18 Saint Louis	W 52–45	24–3 (8–1)	Robertson Memorial Field House  Peoria, IL
2/25/1950	No. 1	at Oklahoma State	W 42–35	25–3 (9–1)	Gallagher-Iba Arena  Stillwater, OK
2/27/1950	No. 1	at Tulsa	W 57–56	26–3 (10–1)	Expo Square Pavilion  Tulsa, OK
3/4/1950	No. 1	Drake	W 92–63	27–3 (11–1)	Robertson Memorial Field House  Peoria, IL
1950 National Invitation Tournament
3/13/1950*	No. 1	vs. Syracuse NIT Quarterfinals	W 78–66	28–3	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
3/16/1950*	No. 1	vs. No. 9 St. John's NIT Semifinals	W 83–72	29–3	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
3/18/1950*	No. 1	vs. CCNY NIT Championship	L 61–69	29–4	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
1950 NCAA Tournament
3/20/1950*	No. 1	vs. No. 19 Kansas NCAA First Round	W 59–57	30–4	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
3/24/1950*	No. 1	vs. No. 7 UCLA NCAA Quarterfinals	W 73–59	31–4	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
3/25/1950*	No. 1	vs. Baylor NCAA Final Four	W 68–66	32–4	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
3/28/1950*	No. 1	vs. CCNY NCAA National Championship	L 68–71	32–5	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source^[2]

Rankings

Main article: 1949–50 NCAA men's basketball rankings