1949–50 Sheboygan Red Skins season

The 1949–50 NBA season was the only season for the Sheboygan Red Skins in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

1949–50 Sheboygan Red Skins season
Head coach	Ken Suesens
Arena	Sheboygan Municipal Auditorium and Armory
Results
Record	22–40 (.355)
Place	Division: 4th (Western)
Playoff finish	Division semifinals (eliminated 1–2)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Radio	WHBL

Roster

Sheboygan Red Skins 1949–50 roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Ht. Wt. From F/C 7 Brannum, Bob 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Michigan State G 5 Burmaster, Jack 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Illinois F/C 4 Chaney, John 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) LSU G/F 3 Cook, Bobby 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 155 lb (70 kg) Wisconsin G/F 8 Grate, Don 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Ohio State C 15 Jorgensen, Noble 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 228 lb (103 kg) Iowa G/F 9 Lautenbach, Walt 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Wisconsin F 8 Mazza, Matt 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Michigan State F/C 11 Morris, Max 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Northwestern G/F 8 Patrick, Stan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Illinois F 12 Phelan, Jack 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) DePaul C 14 Schoon, Milt 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Valparaiso G/F 4 Schulz, Dick 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 192 lb (87 kg) Wisconsin G/F 12 Selbo, Glen 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 196 lb (89 kg) Wisconsin G/F 6 Sobek, Chips 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Notre Dame G 5 Wagner, Danny 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Texas G 4 Wood, Bob 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Northern Illinois	Head coach Ken Suesens Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Western Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
x-Indianapolis Olympians	39	25	.609	–	24–7	12–16	3–2	26–9
x-Anderson Packers	37	27	.578	2	22–9	12–18	3–0	25–12
x-Tri-Cities Blackhawks	29	35	.453	10	20–13	6–20	3–2	20–17
x-Sheboygan Red Skins	22	40	.355	17	17–14	5–22	0–4	15–20
Waterloo Hawks	19	43	.306	20	16–15	2–22	1–6	13–22
Denver Nuggets	11	51	.177	28	9–16	1–25	1–10	8–27

Record vs. opponents

1949–50 NBA records
Team	AND	BAL	BOS	CHI	DEN	FWP	IND	MIN	NYK	PHI	ROC	SHE	STL	SYR	TCB	WAS	WAT
Anderson	—	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–3	1–1	2–5	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	5–2	2–0	3–4	7–2	1–1	7–0
Baltimore	1–1	—	2–4	1–5	1–1	3–3	1–1	1–5	1–5	3–3	3–3	2–0	3–3	0–2	0–2	2–4	1–1
Boston	2–0	4–2	—	0–6	1–1	2–4	1–1	1–5	1–5	3–3	0–6	1–1	2–4	0–2	0–2	3–3	1–1
Chicago	1–1	5–1	6–0	—	2–0	2–4	1–1	2–4	2–4	4–2	2–4	2–0	5–1	0–2	1–1	3–3	2–0
Denver	3–4	1–1	1–1	0–2	—	0–2	0–7	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–4	0–2	1–6	0–7	0–2	2–5
Fort Wayne	1–1	3–3	4–2	4–2	2–0	—	1–1	2–4	4–2	4–2	3–3	2–0	5–1	0–2	2–0	2–4	1–1
Indianapolis	5–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	7–0	1–1	—	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	5–2	1–1	2–7	4–3	1–1	5–2
Minneapolis	1–1	5–1	5–1	4–2	2–0	4–2	1–1	—	5–1	4–2	3–3	1–1	5–1	1–1	2–0	6–0	2–0
New York	1–1	5–1	5–1	4–2	2–0	2–4	1–1	1–5	—	1–5	1–5	1–1	4–2	0–2	1–1	5–1	2–0
Philadelphia	1–1	3–3	3–3	2–4	2–0	2–4	0–2	2–4	1–5	—	1–5	2–0	2–4	0–2	1–1	2–4	2–0
Rochester	2–0	3–3	6–0	4–2	2–0	3–3	1–1	3–3	5–1	5–1	—	1–1	5–1	1–1	2–0	6–0	2–0
Sheboygan	2–5	0–2	1–1	0–2	4–3	0–2	2–5	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	—	0–2	1–6	3–4	2–0	4–3
St. Louis	0–2	3–3	4–2	1–5	2–0	1–5	1–1	1–5	2–4	4–2	1–5	2–0	—	1–1	2–0	0–6	1–1
Syracuse	4–3	2–0	2–0	2–0	6–1	2–0	7–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	6–1	1–1	—	6–1	1–1	6–1
Tri-Cities	2–7	2–0	2–0	1–1	7–0	0–2	3–4	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	4–3	0–2	1–6	—	1–1	4–3
Washington	1–1	4–2	3–3	3–3	2–0	4–2	1–1	0–6	1–5	4–2	0–6	0–2	6–0	1–1	1–1	—	1–1
Waterloo	0–7	1–1	1–1	0–2	5–2	1–1	2–5	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–4	1–1	1–6	3–4	1–1	—

Game log

1949–50 game log
#	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	November 1	at Rochester	75–108	Noble Jorgensen (16)	0–1
2	November 3	Boston	98–83	Brannum, Cook (16)	1–1
3	November 6	New York	99–93	Bobby Cook (19)	2–1
4	November 10	Rochester	97–87	Noble Jorgensen (25)	3–1
5	November 13	Indianapolis	104–101	Noble Jorgensen (19)	4–1
6	November 16	at Waterloo	76–73	Noble Jorgensen (21)	5–1
7	November 17	Waterloo	97–95	Noble Jorgensen (28)	6–1
8	November 20	Baltimore	92–97	Noble Jorgensen (35)	6–2
9	November 24	Tri-Cities	120–113	Noble Jorgensen (27)	7–2
10	November 26	at Indianapolis	59–85	Noble Jorgensen (13)	7–3
11	November 27	Anderson	91–111	Noble Jorgensen (20)	7–4
12	December 1	Chicago	78–80	Noble Jorgensen (17)	7–5
13	December 3	St. Louis	72–75	Bobby Cook (18)	7–6
14	December 5	at Anderson	81–88	Max Morris (16)	7–7
15	December 7	at Waterloo	67–77	Bobby Cook (22)	7–8
16	December 8	Syracuse	72–86	Max Morris (18)	7–9
17	December 10	vs Boston	78–83	Milt Schoon (24)	7–10
18	December 11	at Syracuse	72–89	Jack Burmaster (14)	7–11
19	December 15	Tri-Cities	89–74	Bobby Cook (25)	8–11
20	December 17	Anderson	110–91	Bobby Cook (27)	9–11
21	December 22	Syracuse	74–83	Max Morris (19)	9–12
22	December 25	at Denver	76–72	Max Morris (19)	10–12
23	December 29	Waterloo	94–92	Bob Brannum (31)	11–12
24	January 1	Indianapolis	75–89	Max Morris (13)	11–13
25	January 3	at Waterloo	73–69	Milt Schoon (17)	12–13
26	January 5	Minneapolis	85–82	Max Morris (23)	13–13
27	January 7	at Tri-Cities	86–98	Bobby Cook (18)	13–14
28	January 8	at Fort Wayne	69–83	Max Morris (13)	13–15
29	January 9	at Anderson	89–112	Bobby Cook (21)	13–16
30	January 10	at Indianapolis	77–107	Walt Lautenbach (15)	13–17
31	January 12	Denver	115–92	Bobby Cook (44)	14–17
32	January 14	Denver	80–94	Jack Burmaster (26)	14–18
33	January 15	Anderson	81–76	Bobby Cook (23)	15–18
34	January 16	vs Philadelphia	72–89	Jack Burmaster (16)	15–19
35	January 18	Fort Wayne	72–73	Max Morris (14)	15–20
36	January 21	at Washington	88–82	Bob Brannum (29)	16–20
37	January 22	vs Baltimore	69–76	Max Morris (19)	16–21
38	January 24	vs New York	68–101	Bobby Cook (14)	16–22
39	January 29	at Syracuse	70–85	Max Morris (14)	16–23
40	January 30	at Anderson	74–91	Bob Brannum (15)	16–24
41	February 2	Washington	68–65	Bobby Cook (15)	17–24
42	February 5	at Tri-Cities	71–86	Jack Burmaster (19)	17–25
43	February 8	at Syracuse	81–106	Chips Sobek (19)	17–26
44	February 9	Tri-Cities	104–82	Max Morris (30)	18–26
45	February 11	at Denver	78–108	Noble Jorgensen (17)	18–27
46	February 13	at Denver	67–79	Noble Jorgensen (15)	18–28
47	February 15	Philadelphia	61–66	Max Morris (13)	18–29
48	February 19	at St. Louis	65–72	Jack Burmaster (18)	18–30
49	February 21	at Indianapolis	83–78	Bob Brannum (19)	19–30
50	February 23	Waterloo	81–86	Bob Brannum (21)	19–31
51	February 25	at Tri-Cities	66–74	Brannum, Patrick (15)	19–32
52	February 26	Indianapolis	86–107	Max Morris (26)	19–33
53	March 2	Syracuse	95–85	Noble Jorgensen (18)	20–33
54	March 5	Indianapolis	87–92	Noble Jorgensen (21)	20–34
55	March 7	at Minneapolis	73–90	Noble Jorgensen (23)	20–35
56	March 9	Denver	115–92	Jack Burmaster (26)	21–35
57	March 10	Denver	141–104	Bob Brannum (41)	22–35
58	March 11	at Tri-Cities	79–97	Dick Schulz (16)	22–36
59	March 13	at Anderson	86–98	Brannum, Schoon, Sobek (14)	22–37
60	March 15	at Waterloo	69–87	Chips Sobek (15)	22–38
61	March 16	Syracuse	75–88	Noble Jorgensen (26)	22–39
62	March 18	at Chicago	63–66	Noble Jorgensen (17)	22–40

Playoffs

West Division Semifinals

(1) Indianapolis Olympians vs. (4) Sheboygan Red Skins: Olympians win series 2-1

• Game 1 @ Indianapolis (March 21): Indianapolis 86, Sheboygan 85
• Game 2 @ Sheboygan (March 23): Sheboygan 95, Indianapolis 85
• Game 3 @ Indianapolis (March 25): Indianapolis 91, Sheboygan 84

This was the first and only playoff meeting between the Olympians and Red Skins.