The 1901–02 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota in intercollegiate basketball during the 1901–02 season. The team finished the season with a 15–0 record[1] and were retroactively named national champions by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.[2][3]
| 1901–02 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball | |
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Helms Foundation National Champions Premo-Porretta National Champions | |
| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Record | 15–0 (2–0 Western) |
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| Home arena | UM Armory |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota†* | 2 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 15 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | – | – | 10 | – | 2 | .833 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 2 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 10 | – | 3 | .769 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 0 | – | 1 | .000 | 7 | – | 3 | .700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 0 | – | 2 | .000 | 4 | – | 4 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † Intramural play only, the conference did not have an official championship *Minnesota was named Premo-Porretta and Helms Foundation National Champions winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Starters
editSource[4]
- William Deering – Forward
- Henry Holden – Forward
- George Tuck – Center
- M. A. Kiefer – Guard
- Roy Ireland – Guard
Schedule
edit| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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| 11/30/1901* |
Minnesota Alumni | W 44–11 | 1–0 |
UM Armory Minneapolis, MN | |||||||
| 12/7/1901* |
Minnesota Sophomores | W 13–8 | 2–0 |
UM Armory Minneapolis, MN | |||||||
| 12/7/1901* |
Minnesota Seniors | W 18–1 | 3–0 |
UM Armory Minneapolis, MN | |||||||
| 12/14/1901* |
South High School | W 2–0 | 4–0 |
Minneapolis, MN | |||||||
| 1/2/1902* |
Yale | W 32–23 | 5–0 |
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| 1/11/1902* |
East High School | W 44–14 | 6–0 |
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| 1/18/1902* |
Central High School | W 22–5 | 7–0 |
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| 1/24/1902* |
at North Dakota State | W 47–7 | 8–0 |
Fargo, ND | |||||||
| 1/25/1902* |
at Fargo High School | W 50–4 | 9–0 |
Fargo, ND | |||||||
| 1/25/1902* |
at Fargo College | W 28–21 | 10–0 |
Fargo, ND | |||||||
| 2/1/1902* |
Fond du Lac College East | W 22–16 | 11–0 |
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| 2/8/1902* |
North Dakota State | W 60–9 | 12–0 |
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| 2/15/1902* |
Nebraska | W 52–9 | 13–0 |
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| 2/22/1902 |
Wisconsin | W 30–10 | 14–0 (1–0) |
UM Armory Minneapolis, MN | |||||||
| 3/1/1902 |
Iowa | W 49–10 | 15–0 (2–0) |
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*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
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Source[4]
References
edit- ^ "Minnesota season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
- ^ "NCAA Division I Mens Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions". Rauzulu's Street. 2004. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
- ^ ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. pp. 532–34. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
- ^ a b "2013–14 Minnesota Golden Gophers Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Yearly records. University of Minnesota. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 26, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2014.