1941–42 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team

The 1941–42 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 1941–42 NCAA college basketball season. Members of the Pacific Coast Conference, the Vandals were led by first-year head coach Guy Wicks and played their home games on campus at Memorial Gymnasium in Moscow, Idaho.

1941–42 Idaho Vandals men's basketball
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
1941–42 record12–16 (3–13 PCC)
Head coach
Assistant coachJames "Babe" Brown
MVPRay Turner
Home arenaMemorial Gymnasium
1941–42 Pacific Coast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
North
Oregon State115 .688  189  .667
Washington106 .625  187  .720
Washington State97 .563  218  .724
Oregon79 .438  1215  .444
Idaho313 .188  1216  .429
South
Stanford111 .917  284  .875
USC75 .583  128  .600
California48 .333  1119  .367
UCLA210 .167  518  .217
† Conference playoff series winner
As of 1942[1]; Rankings from AP Poll

The Vandals were 12–16 overall and 3–13 in conference play.[2] Center Ray Turner set the Northern Division scoring record with 192 points in sixteen games (12.0 ppg).[2][3]

Alumnus Wicks had returned to Moscow after a decade in Pocatello at the UI-Southern Branch.[4] He entered the U.S. Navy in late 1942 during World War II,[5] and returned to coach in the 1946–47 season.[6] In the meanwhile , the basketball program was led by acting athletic director James "Babe" Brown, who coached the freshmen this season.[5]

References

  1. "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  2. "Oregon entrenches Idaho in cellar as Turner breaks record". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 4, 1942. p. 6.
  3. "Turner sets North Division scoring record". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. March 4, 1942. p. 7.
  4. "Coach Guy Wicks visits his new post at Moscow". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. April 18, 1941. p. 10.
  5. "Guy Wicks gets his Navy post". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). December 11, 1942. p. 13.
  6. "Wicks returns to Idaho courts after Navy service". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). (photo). November 19, 1946. p. 12.
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