1922 National Intercollegiate basketball tournament explained

The 1922 National Intercollegiate basketball tournament was the first national championship tournament ever held in intercollegiate basketball. Played in Indianapolis, Indiana, it attracted six teams, including five conference champions.[1]

Participants included Wabash College, Kalamazoo College, Grove City College (Pennsylvania), S.I.A.A. tournament runner-up[2] Mercer College (Georgia), Illinois Wesleyan and the University of Idaho.[1] The Western Conference and Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League declined invitations to participate.

The following conferences were represented: Pacific Coast Conference (Idaho), Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (Mercer), Western Pennsylvania League (Grove City), Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (Illinois Wesleyan), Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (Kalamazoo) and the Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association (Wabash).

Wabash won the championship game over Kalamazoo; Wabash finished with a season record of 21–3, winning all three tournament games in convincing fashion. They were coached by the legendary Robert E. "Pete" Vaughan, and their players were Clyde O Grater, Alonzo Goldsberry, Herbert Crane, Elmer G Roll, Lee N "Pete" Thorn, Ovid M Shelley, Maurice Chadwick, Carl Nurnberger, Paul Schanlaub, Donald Burdette, Reeve S Peare, Fred B Adam. These 12 were the Basketball "W" Men. Grater was the captain of the Wabash Little Giants with Adam being the captain-elect. The team averaged 15.08 field goals and 6.12 foul goals per game for the season. High point man was Goldsberry.[3] [4]

Bracket

March 9–11, 1922, in Indianapolis

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Notes and References

  1. News: Idaho to open in title games . Spokane Daily Chronicle . (Washington) . March 9, 1922 . 22.
  2. Web site: History of the Early S.I.A.A. Atlanta Basketball Tournament. Jon. Scott. 2015-12-14.
  3. Book: The Wabash Year Book. 1922. 1. 75, 82.
  4. Web site: Lee Norman "Pete" Thorn.
  5. Web site: 1922 National Intercollegiate Basketball Champions - Wabash College 1922 . 2019-04-04.
  6. News: Wesleyan and Wabash Fives to Open Tourney . Chicago Tribune . March 9, 1922 . 10 . 2010-04-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120302045927/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/358215622.html?dids=358215622:358215622&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Mar+09,+1922&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=WESLEYAN+AND+WABASH+FIVES+TO+OPEN+TOURNEY&pqatl=google . dead . March 2, 2012 .
  7. News: Wabash Wins Easily . New York Times . March 10, 1922 . 12 . 2010-04-12 .
  8. News: Wabash Takes Title . New York Times. March 12, 1922. 27 . 2010-04-12 .
  9. Web site: Kalamazoo College Basketball, Men's Basketball All-Time Scores . 2010-04-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100527183630/https://www.kzoo.edu/sports/mb/mbhistory/mball-time-scores.html . 2010-05-27 .
  10. Book: Wabash College Basketball 2008-09 Media Guide . 40 . 2010-04-12 .
  11. Alpha-Pi: Wabash College . The Caduceus of Kappa Sigma . Kappa Sigma Fraternity. XXXVII . April 1922 . 521 . 2010-04-12 .
  12. May 1922. The Phi Gamma Delta, Volume 44. The Phi Gamma Delta. Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity. XLIV. 663, 761. 2010-04-12.
  13. Web site: Wabash Hoops: The Wonder Fives; The Early Champions . 2010-04-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090226200403/https://www2.wabash.edu/blog/wabash_hoops_53_65/2006/12/ . 2009-02-26 .
  14. News: Tourney for Colleges . New York Times. January 24, 1922 . 12 . 2010-04-12 .

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