1940–41 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team

The 1940–41 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 1940–41 NCAA college basketball season. Members of the Pacific Coast Conference, the Vandals were led by fifth-year head coach Forrest Twogood and played their home games on campus at Memorial Gymnasium in Moscow, Idaho.

1940–41 Idaho Vandals men's basketball
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record14–15 (4–12 PCC)
Head coach
Assistant coachWalter Price
Home arenaMemorial Gymnasium
Seasons
1940–41 Pacific Coast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
North
Washington State 13 3   .813 26 6   .813
Oregon State 9 7   .563 19 9   .679
Oregon 7 9   .438 18 18   .500
Washington 7 9   .438 12 13   .480
Idaho 4 12   .250 14 15   .483
South
Stanford 10 2   .833 21 5   .808
California 6 6   .500 15 12   .556
USC 6 6   .500 15 10   .600
UCLA 2 10   .167 6 20   .231
† Conference playoff series winner

The Vandals were 14–15 overall and 4–12 in conference play.[2][3]

This was Twogood's fifth and final year at Idaho; he coached baseball in the spring and then went to San Francisco for a year, served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, returned to USC in Los Angeles, and was the Trojans' head basketball coach for sixteen seasons (1950–66).

Idaho's athletic department underwent a major overhaul in March 1941 with the hiring of George Greene as athletic director, Francis Schmidt as football coach, and Guy Wicks as basketball and baseball coach.[4][5][6]

References

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  1. ^ "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  2. ^ "Washington, Oregon State win final division tilts". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 9, 1941. p. 16.
  3. ^ "Townsend wins scoring championship of Northern Division". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). March 10, 1941. p. 11.
  4. ^ "Greene and Wicks named to vacant University of Idaho athletic jobs". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). March 18, 1941. p. 11.
  5. ^ "George Greene named athletic director at 'U'". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. March 18, 1941. p. 8.
  6. ^ "Francis Schmidt, formerly of Ohio State, is chosen head football coach at Idaho". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. March 17, 1941. p. 6.
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