1943–44 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team

1943–44 Idaho Vandals men's basketball
1943–44 Idaho Vandals men's basketball
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	7–16 (5–11 PCC)
Head coach	James "Babe" Brown (2nd season);
Home arena	Memorial Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 1942–43 1944–45 →

1943–44 Pacific Coast Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
North
Washington	15	–	1	.938	26	–	6	.813
Oregon	11	–	5	.688	16	–	10	.615
Idaho	5	–	11	.313	7	–	16	.304
Oregon State	5	–	11	.313	8	–	16	.333
Washington State	4	–	12	.250	8	–	19	.296
South
California	4	–	0	1.000	7	–	3	.700
UCLA	3	–	3	.500	10	–	10	.500
USC	1	–	5	.167	8	–	12	.400

The 1943–44 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 1943–44 NCAA college basketball season. Members of the Pacific Coast Conference, the Vandals were led by second-year acting head coach James "Babe" Brown and played their home games on campus at Memorial Gymnasium in Moscow, Idaho.

The Vandals were 7–16 overall in the regular season and 5–11 in conference play.^[1]^[2] In Idaho's final game of the season, they handed visiting Washington their only conference loss.^[3]^[4] Idaho swept the four games with Palouse rival Washington State, but dropped all eight to the two Oregon schools.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Records set in N.D. circuit". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 6, 1944. p. 2.
^ "Huskies break 5 hoop records". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. March 6, 1944. p. 13.
^ Johnson, Bob (March 4, 1944). "Idaho springs great surprise with a win over Washington". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 9.
^ "Idaho noses by Washington Huskies, 55-53". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. March 4, 1944. p. 7.

External links

Sports Reference – Idaho Vandals: 1943–44 basketball season
Gem of the Mountains: 1944 University of Idaho yearbook – 1943–44 basketball season
Idaho Argonaut – student newspaper – 1944 editions

[redset-1] "Records set in N.D. circuit". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 6, 1944. p. 2.

[hbfhre-2] "Huskies break 5 hoop records". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. March 6, 1944. p. 13.

[ispgs-3] Johnson, Bob (March 4, 1944). "Idaho springs great surprise with a win over Washington". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 9.

[idnose-4] "Idaho noses by Washington Huskies, 55-53". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. March 4, 1944. p. 7.

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v t e Idaho Vandals men's basketball
Venues	Armory and Gymnasium (1905–1928) Memorial Gymnasium (1928–1976, 2020–21) Kibbie Dome / Cowan Spectrum (1976–2021) Idaho Central Credit Union Arena (2021–present)
Rivalries	Washington State
Culture & lore	Go, Vandals, Go
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25