Jump to content

1946–47 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Cbl62 (talk | contribs) at 15:14, 2 July 2018 (tweak). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

{{{year}}} [[{{{team}}} football]]
1946–47 Big Nine Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Wisconsin 9 3   .750 16 6   .727
Illinois 8 4   .667 14 6   .700
Indiana 8 4   .667 12 8   .600
Minnesota 7 5   .583 14 7   .667
Michigan 6 6   .500 12 8   .600
Iowa 5 7   .417 12 7   .632
Ohio State 5 7   .417 7 13   .350
Purdue 4 8   .333 9 11   .450
Northwestern 2 10   .167 7 13   .350

The 1946–47 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate basketball during the 1946–47 season. The team finished the season in 5th place in the Big Ten Conference with an overall record of 12–8 and 6–6 against conference opponents.[1]

Osborne Cowles was in his first year as the team's head coach. Mack Supronowicz was the team's leading scorer with 228 points in 20 games for an average of 11.4 points per game. Pete Elliott was the team captain.[1]

Statistical leaders

Player Pos. Yr G FG FT RB Pts PPG
Mack Supronowicz 20 93 52 228 11.4
Boyd McCaslin 20 70 38 178 8.9
Bob Harrison 20 62 31 155 7.8
Pete Elliott 20 32 26 90 4.5
Gerritt Wierda 18 22 18 62 3.4
William Mikulich 20 22 10 54 2.7
Totals 20 382 250 1012 50.6

References

  1. ^ a b "University of Michigan Basketball Record Book" (PDF). University of Michigan. p. 29.