American college basketball season
The 1946–47 CCNY Beavers men's basketball team represented the City College of New York as a member of the Metropolitan New York Conference during the 1946–47 NCAA men's basketball season. The head coach was Nat Holman, who was one of the game's greatest innovators and playmakers. Unlike today, when colleges recruit players from all over the country, the 1946–47 CCNY team was composed of "kids from the sidewalks of New York City," who had been recruited by Holman's assistant coach Harold "Bobby" Sand from Public Schools Athletic League (PSAL) schools such as Taft, Clinton, Boys, Erasmus, and Franklin High Schools.
Roster
| 1946–47 CCNY Beavers men's basketball team
|
| Players |
Coaches
|
| Pos. |
# |
Name |
Height |
Weight |
Year |
Previous school |
Hometown
|
| SF
|
|
Irwin Dambrot
|
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
175 lb (79 kg)
|
Fr |
William Howard Taft HS
|
|
| PG
|
|
Mike Wittlin
|
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
—
|
Fr
|
|
| C
|
|
Joe Galiber
|
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
—
|
Fr
|
|
|
- Head coach
- Assistant coach(es)
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- (W) Walk-on
|
Schedule and results
Date
time, TV
|
Opponent
|
Result
|
Record
|
Site
city, state
|
| Regular Season
|
| NCAA tournament
|
Mar 20, 1947*
|
vs. Wisconsin
East Regional Semifinal / National Quarterfinal – Elite Eight
|
W 70–56
|
17–4
|
Madison Square Garden
New York, New York
|
Mar 22, 1947*
|
vs. Holy Cross
East Regional Final / National Semifinal – Final Four
|
L 45–60[1]
|
17–5
|
Madison Square Garden
New York, New York
|
Mar 25, 1947*
|
vs. Texas
National consolation game
|
L 50–54[2]
|
17–6
|
Madison Square Garden
New York, New York
|
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.. |
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