1949–50 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team

1949–50 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball
National Catholic Invitation Tournament Finals vs. Siena, L 50–57
Conference	Metropolitan New York Conference
1949–50 record	9–19 (0–4 MTNY)
Head coach	Daniel Lynch (2nd year)
Assistant coach	Marty O'Donnell
Home arena	Butler Street Gymnasium II Corps Artillery Armory

The 1949–50 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team represented St. Francis College during the 1949–50 NCAA men's basketball season. The team was coached by Daniel Lynch, who was in his second year at the helm of the St. Francis Terriers. The team was a member of the Metropolitan New York Conference continuously since 1945, although the team first joined the conference in its inaugural year, 1933.

Last season the Terriers were the first team in the New York City area to have a basketball game televised, and this season the Terriers had six games televised on WPIX and WOR-TV from the II Corps Artillery Armory.^[1]

Roster

1949–50 St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Home town G 12 O'Connor, TomTom O'Connor (C) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) — F 23 O'Connor, JackJack O'Connor 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) — F 15 Reardon, RoyRoy Reardon 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) — Jr 5 Ellsworth, SteveSteve Ellsworth 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) — Jr G 32 Luisi, JamesJames Luisi 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) — Jr G Rudzinski, RayRay Rudzinski 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) — So 13 Conway, MartinMartin Conway 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) — So Paterno, BillBill Paterno 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) — 14 Bough, LeviLevi Bough 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) — C 22 Joyce, DickDick Joyce 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) — G 21 Quinn, TomTom Quinn 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) — C 42 Karwoski, VinVin Karwoski 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) — 4 Sainato, FrankFrank Sainato 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) — Fr 11 Sarcedote, LarryLarry Sarcedote 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) — Fr	Head coach Daniel Lynch (St. Francis '38) Assistant coach(es) Marty O'Donnel Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

Schedule and results

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Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Regular Season
December 1, 1949*	vs. Alumni	W 64–57[3]	1–0	Butler Campus Gymnasium  Brooklyn, NY
December 2, 1948* 9:00 pm, WOR-TV	Loyola (Baltimore)	W 67–60[4]	2–0	II Corps Artillery Armory  Brooklyn, NY
December 7, 1949*	at Villanova	L 57–80[5]	2–1	Palestra (3,000) Philadelphia, PA
December 9, 1949	Manhattan	L 57–71[6]	2–2 (0–1)	II Corps Artillery Armory (2,000) Brooklyn, NY
December 14, 1949*	at Adelphi	W 90–62[7]	3–2	Garden City, NY
December 16, 1949*	at LeMoyne	W 78–68[8]	4–2	Coliseum  Syracuse, NY
December 17, 1949*	at Siena	L 45–62[9]	4–3	(5,500) Albany, NY
December 19, 1949*	at Niagara	L 58–65[10]	4–4	Niagara Falls, NY
January 6, 1950 9:35 pm, WPIX	Fordham	L 51–56[11]	4–5 (0–2)	II Corps Artillery Armory (1,198) Brooklyn, NY
January 11, 1950*	at Seton Hall	L 64–66[12]	4–6	Setonia Gymnasium (1,600) South Orange, NJ
January 13, 1950* 9:00 pm, WPIX	National Autonomous University of Mexico	W 94–59[13]	5–6	II Corps Artillery Armory  Brooklyn, NY
January 26, 1950	at St. John's	L 46–65[14]	5–7 (0–3)	DeGray Gymnasium (800) Brooklyn, NY
January 28, 1950* 9:00 pm, WOR-TV	Boston College	L 77–81[15]	5–8	II Corps Artillery Armory  Brooklyn, NY
February 1, 1950*	at Kent State	L 70–78[16]	5–9	(6,000) Cleveland, OH
February 2, 1950*	at Akron	L 50–58[17]	5–10	Akron, OH
February , 1950*	New Britain State Teachers College	W 59–54	6–10
February 8, 1950	CCNY	L 46–68[18]	6–11 (0–4)	II Corps Artillery Armory  Brooklyn, NY
February 11, 1950*	at Scranton	L 52–56[19]	6–12
February , 1950	Nevada	L 62–70	6–13
February 15, 1950*	at Pepperdine	L 50–81[20]	6–14	Los Angeles, CA
February 18, 1950*	vs. Santa Clara	L 64–76[21]	6–15	Cow Palace  San Francisco, CA
February 19, 1950*	at San Francisco	L 42–73[22]	6–16	San Francisco, CA
February 24, 1950*	Hawaii	W 76–54[23]	7–16	II Corps Artillery Armory (1,500) Brooklyn, NY
March 1, 1950*	at Iona	L 55–74[24]	7–17	Westchester County Center  White Plains, NY
March 3, 1950* 9:30 pm, WPIX	Toledo	L 73–85[25]	7–18	II Corps Artillery Armory  Brooklyn, NY
National Catholic Invitation Tournament
March 15, 1950*	vs. Creighton First Round	W 67–66	8–18	Albany, NY
March 30, 1950*	vs. Iona Semifinals	W 62–61[26]	9–18	Albany, NY
April 1, 1950*	at Siena Finals	L 50–57[27]	9–19	Albany, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

National Catholic Invitation Tournament

Originally the tournament was to take place at Loyola College in Baltimore, MD from March 15th to March 22nd and feature sixteen teams.^[24] Yet, because of segregation and protest from St. Francis College about the unequal treatment of its black players, the tournament was moved to Albany, NY and featured eight teams.^[28]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals[26]				Final[27]
	St. Francis (NY)	67
	Creighton	66
					St. Francis (NY)	62
					Iona	61
	Iona
									St. Francis (NY)	93
									Siena	79
	Loras
					Siena	75			Third place
					Loras	55
	Siena								Loras	55
									Iona	52

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