Eastern Intercollegiate Conference
- Not to be confused with the Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League, a predecessor of the Ivy League.
| Eastern Intercollegiate Conference (EIC) | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1932 |
| Dissolved | 1939 |
| Association | NCAA |
| Division | Division I |
| Members |
5 (1932-33 and 1934-35) 6 (1933-34; 1935-36 through 1938-39) |
| Sports fielded | College basketball |
| Locations | |
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The Eastern Intercollegiate Conference (EIC) was an athletic conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States. The conference sponsored men's college basketball and existed from 1932 to 1939, with teams in the District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.
The 1937-38 conference champion, Temple, went on to win the 1938 National Invitation Tournament.[1]
Although the Associated Press described the conference as "one of the best in the nation,"[2] its members agreed to disband it at the end of the 1938-39 season because geographical problems had made scheduling difficult.[2]
Membership
Over its seven seasons of existence, the conference's membership varied between five and six schools each season:[3]
- Carnegie Tech (1932-33 through 1938-39 seasons)
- Bucknell University (1933-1934 season)
- Georgetown University (1932-33 through 1938-39 seasons)
- Penn State (1935-36 through 1938-39 seasons)
- University of Pittsburgh (1932-33 through 1938-39 seasons)
- Temple University (1932-33 through 1938-39 seasons)
- West Virginia University (1932-33 through 1938-39 seasons)
Champions
Men's basketball
The conference championships were determined by the best regular season conference records except in the event of teams having identical conference records. In the case of such ties, the conference championship was decided by a one-game playoff championship game at the conclusion of the regular conference season. Conference championships were decided by this playoff game three times between 1935 and 1937. However, following the 1938-39 season, no playoff game was held despite identical records held by Carnegie Tech and Georgetown.
Pittsburgh dominated the conference results with four championships in the conference's seven seasons, winning the first two seasons by having the best regular-season record and winning championship playoff games in 1935 and 1937, but losing the 1936 championship playoff game.[3]
- 1933 Pittsburgh
- 1934 Pittsburgh
- 1935 Pittsburgh*
- 1936 Carnegie Tech*
- 1937 Pittsburgh*
- 1938 Temple
- 1939 Carnegie Tech/Georgetown (co-champions)
* Conference title decided by a playoff game
Records
Men's basketball
During the 1937-38 season, Carnegie Tech′s Melvin Cratsley set the league′s single-game scoring record in men's basketball with 34 points against West Virginia. He scored 12 field goals during the game, ten of them on tip-ins or by shooting from directly beneath the hoop and the other two on set shots from inside the free throw line.[1]
Season standings
Yearly standings
Each conference member played each other twice each season in a home-and-home schedule except for the 1933-34 season, when Bucknell, Carnegie Tech, and Pittsburgh did not play a complete 10-game home-and-home schedule for the season.
1932-33
| 1932-33[4] | Conference | Overall | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W-L | Pct. | GB | W-L | Pct. | |
| Pittsburgh | 7–1 | .875 | – | 17–5 | .773 |
| Temple | 5–3 | .625 | 2 | 15–6 | .714 |
| Carnegie Tech | 4–4 | .500 | 3 | 4–5 | .444 |
| Georgetown | 3–5 | .375 | 4 | 6–11 | .353 |
| West Virginia | 1–7 | .125 | 6 | 10–14 | .417 |
1933-34
| 1933-34[5] | Conference | Overall | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W-L | Pct. | GB | W-L | Pct. | |
| Pittsburgh | 8–0 | 1.000 | – | 18–4 | .818 |
| West Virginia | 7–3 | .700 | 2 | 14–5 | .737 |
| Georgetown | 5–5 | .500 | 4 | 12–11 | .522 |
| Temple | 5–5 | .500 | 4 | 9–12 | .429 |
| Carnegie Tech | 2–7 | .222 | 6½ | 1–8 | .111 |
| Bucknell | 0–7 | .000 | 7½ | 2–16 | .111 |
1934-35
| 1934-35[6] | Conference | Overall | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W-L | Pct. | GB | W-L | Pct. | |
| Pittsburgh | 6–2 | .750 | – | 18–6 | .750 |
| West Virginia | 6–2 | .750 | – | 16–6 | .727 |
| Temple | 5–3 | .625 | 1 | 17–7 | .708 |
| Carnegie Tech | 2–6 | .250 | 4 | 3–6 | .333 |
| Georgetown | 1–7 | .125 | 5 | 6–13 | .316 |
Conference playoff championship game, March 18, 1935 in Morgantown, West Virginia.
Pittsburgh 35, West Virginia 22[7]
1935-36
| 1935-36[8] | Conference | Overall | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W-L | Pct. | GB | W-L | Pct. | |
| Carnegie Tech | 7–3 | .700 | – | 8–3 | .727 |
| Pittsburgh | 7–3 | .700 | – | 18–9 | .667 |
| Temple | 6–4 | .600 | 1 | 18–6 | .750 |
| West Virginia | 6–4 | .600 | 1 | 16–8 | .667 |
| Georgetown | 4–6 | .400 | 3 | 7–11 | .389 |
| Penn State | 0–10 | .000 | 7 | 6–11 | .353 |
Conference playoff championship game, March 14, 1936 at Pitt Stadium Pavilion, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Carnegie Tech 32, Pittsburgh 27[9]
1936-37
| 1936-37[10] | Conference | Overall | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W-L | Pct. | GB | W-L | Pct. | |
| Temple | 7–3 | .700 | – | 17–6 | .739 |
| Pittsburgh | 7–3 | .700 | – | 14–7 | .667 |
| Penn State | 6–4 | .600 | 1 | 10–7 | .588 |
| Carnegie Tech | 4–6 | .400 | 3 | 9–11 | .450 |
| Georgetown | 3–7 | .300 | 4 | 9–8 | .529 |
| West Virginia | 3–7 | .300 | 4 | 9–14 | .391 |
Conference playoff championship game, March 22, 1937 at Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Pittsburgh 35, Temple 29[7]
1937-38
| 1937-38[11] | Conference | Overall | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W-L | Pct. | GB | W-L | Pct. | |
| Temple | 9–1 | .900 | – | 23–2 | .920 |
| Penn State | 6–4 | .600 | 3 | 13–5 | .722 |
| Pittsburgh | 5–5 | .500 | 4 | 9–12 | .429 |
| Georgetown | 5–5 | .500 | 4 | 7–11 | .389 |
| Carnegie Tech | 3–7 | .300 | 6 | 3–7 | .300 |
| West Virginia | 2–8 | .200 | 7 | 6–13 | .316 |
1938-39
| 1938-39[12] | Conference | Overall | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W-L | Pct. | GB | W-L | Pct. | |
| Carnegie Tech | 6–4 | .600 | – | 12–7 | .632 |
| Georgetown | 6–4 | .600 | – | 13–9 | .591 |
| Penn State | 5–5 | .500 | 1 | 13–10 | .565 |
| Pittsburgh | 5–5 | .500 | 1 | 10–8 | .556 |
| West Virginia | 4–6 | .400 | 2 | 10–9 | .526 |
| Temple | 4–6 | .400 | 2 | 10–12 | .455 |
No conference championship playoff game was held, so Carnegie Tech and Georgetown finished as co-champions.
References
- 1 2 College Hoopedia: 1937-38
- 1 2 College Hoopedia: 1938-39
- 1 2 sports-reference.com Eastern Intercollegiate Conference
- ↑ http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/eic/1933.html sports-reference.com 1932-33 Eastern Intercollegiate Conference Season Summary - Retrieved on January 11, 2014.
- ↑ http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/eic/1934.html sports-reference.com 1933-34 Eastern Intercollegiate Conference Season Summary - Retrieved on January 11, 2014.
- ↑ http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/eic/1935.html sports-reference.com 1934-35 Eastern Intercollegiate Conference Season Summary - Retrieved on January 11, 2014.
- 1 2 Hotchkiss, Greg, ed. (2013). 2013-14 Pitt Men's Basketball Media Guide. University of Pittsburgh Athletic Media Relations Office. pp. 172–173. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
- ↑ http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/eic/1936.html sports-reference.com 1935-36 Eastern Intercollegiate Conference Season Summary - Retrieved on January 11, 2014.
- ↑ Biederman, Lester (March 17, 1936). "Tartan FIve Whips Panthers to Annex Eastern Intercollegiate Court Crown!". The Pittsburgh Press. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
- ↑ http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/eic/1937.html sports-reference.com 1936-37 Eastern Intercollegiate Conference Season Summary - Retrieved on January 11, 2014.
- ↑ http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/eic/1938.html sports-reference.com 1937-38 Eastern Intercollegiate Conference Season Summary - Retrieved on January 11, 2014.
- ↑ http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/eic/1939.html sports-reference.com 1938-39 Eastern Intercollegiate Conference Season Summary - Retrieved on January 11, 2014.