1949–50 Tri-Cities Blackhawks season

The 1949–50 Tri-Cities Blackhawks season was the first season for the team in the National Basketball Association.

1949–50 Tri-Cities Blackhawks season
Head coachRoger Potter (1–6)
Red Auerbach (28–29)
ArenaWharton Field House
Results
Record29–35 (.453)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finishWest Division Semifinals
(eliminated 1–2)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
RadioWQUA

Roster
Roster listing
1949–50 Tri-Cities Blackhawks roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
G/F Berce, Gene 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Marquette
F/C 13 Chaney, John 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) LSU
SF 11 Eddleman, Dike 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 189 lb (86 kg) Illinois
F/C 12 Englund, Gene 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Wisconsin
G/F 18 Gibson, Dee 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Western Kentucky
G 8 Hassett, Billy 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Notre Dame
C 20 Henry, Bill 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Rice
PF 12 Kerris, Jack 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Loyola
PG 4 Kirk, Walt 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 173 lb (78 kg) Illinois
C 12 Mahnken, John 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Georgetown
PF 15 Nichols, Jack 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 222 lb (101 kg) Washington
F/C 9 Nostrand, George 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Wyoming
C 15 Otten, Don 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Bowling Green
F/C 20 Otten, Mac 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Bowling Green
SG Owens, Red 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Baylor
G/F 7 Perkins, Warren 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Tulane
F/C 96 Ray, Don 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Western Kentucky
G/F Schulz, Dick 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 192 lb (87 kg) Wisconsin
F/C 21 Todorovich, Mike 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Wyoming
G/F 8 Vance, Gene 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Illinois
G/F 6 Von Nieda, Whitey 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Penn State
G 17 Wier, Murray 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 155 lb (70 kg) Iowa
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Regular season

Season standings
Western Division W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Indianapolis Olympians3925.609–24–712–163–226–9
x-Anderson Packers3727.578222–912–183–025–12
x-Tri-Cities Blackhawks2935.4531020–136–203–220–17
x-Sheboygan Red Skins2240.3551717–145–220–415–20
Waterloo Hawks1943.3062016–152–221–613–22
Denver Nuggets1151.177289–161–251–108–27

Record vs. opponents
1949–50 NBA records
Team AND BAL BOS CHI DEN FWP IND MIN NYK PHI ROC SHE STL SYR TCB WAS WAT
Anderson —1–10–21–14–31–12–51–11–11–10–25–22–03–47–21–17–0
Baltimore 1–1—2–41–51–13–31–11–51–53–33–32–03–30–20–22–41–1
Boston 2–04–2—0–61–12–41–11–51–53–30–61–12–40–20–23–31–1
Chicago 1–15–16–0—2–02–41–12–42–44–22–42–05–10–21–13–32–0
Denver 3–41–11–10–2—0–20–70–20–20–20–23–40–21–60–70–22–5
Fort Wayne 1–13–34–24–22–0—1–12–44–24–23–32–05–10–22–02–41–1
Indianapolis 5–21–11–11–17–01–1—1–11–12–01–15–21–12–74–31–15–2
Minneapolis 1–15–15–14–22–04–21–1—5–14–23–31–15–11–12–06–02–0
New York 1–15–15–14–22–02–41–11–5—1–51–51–14–20–21–15–12–0
Philadelphia 1–13–33–32–42–02–40–22–41–5—1–52–02–40–21–12–42–0
Rochester 2–03–36–04–22–03–31–13–35–15–1—1–15–11–12–06–02–0
Sheboygan 2–50–21–10–24–30–22–51–11–10–21–1—0–21–63–42–04–3
St. Louis 0–23–34–21–52–01–51–11–52–44–21–52–0—1–12–00–61–1
Syracuse 4–32–02–02–06–12–07–21–12–02–01–16–11–1—6–11–16–1
Tri-Cities 2–72–02–01–17–00–23–40–21–11–10–24–30–21–6—1–14–3
Washington 1–14–23–33–32–04–21–10–61–54–20–60–26–01–11–1—1–1
Waterloo 0–71–11–10–25–21–12–50–20–20–20–23–41–11–63–41–1—

Game log
1949–50 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 29Denver93–85Billy Hassett (15)1–0
2November 1vs St. Louis51–72Dwight Eddleman (14)1–1
3November 3at Anderson87–110Don Otten (22)1–2
4November 5New York72–76Otten, Perkins (13)1–3
5November 9vs Anderson99–102 (3OT)Otten, Owens (19)1–4
6November 12Waterloo99–89Billy Hassett (15)2–4
7November 15at Rochester81–93Murray Wier (19)2–5
8November 17at Syracuse76–79Don Ray (16)2–6
9November 19Fort Wayne85–88Billy Hassett (17)2–7
10November 20at Waterloo62–75John Mahnken (15)2–8
11November 22Boston80–72Eddleman, Wier (19)3–8
12November 24at Sheboygan113–120Dwight Eddleman (23)3–9
13November 27Indianapolis104–88Red Owens (21)4–9
14November 29at Indianapolis76–92Eddleman, Mahnken, Perkins, Ray (11)4–10
15November 30St. Louis82–89Murray Wier (14)4–11
16December 1at Anderson72–81Mike Todorovich (17)4–12
17December 3Boston87–82Don Otten (22)5–12
18December 7Syracuse69–77Mike Todorovich (15)5–13
19December 11Denver98–66Don Otten (19)6–13
20December 13at Indianapolis63–84Mike Todorovich (20)6–14
21December 14Chicago73–68Don Otten (16)7–14
22December 15at Sheboygan74–89Dwight Eddleman (11)7–15
23December 18Anderson69–78Don Ray (15)7–16
24December 21Syracuse84–96Mahnken, Todorovich, Wier (12)7–17
25December 26Minneapolis76–78Dwight Eddleman (14)7–18
26December 28at Fort Wayne75–81 (OT)Mike Todorovich (16)7–19
27December 30at Denver85–83Mike Todorovich (16)8–19
28January 1Baltimore79–66Don Otten (15)9–19
29January 3at Indianapolis76–78Dwight Eddleman (18)9–20
30January 5at Syracuse73–82Mike Todorovich (17)9–21
31January 7Sheboygan98–86Dwight Eddleman (24)10–21
32January 11Anderson88–81Walt Kirk (19)11–21
33January 15Waterloo84–80Don Otten (24)12–21
34January 18Rochester65–70Don Otten (15)12–22
35January 19at Chicago68–83Mike Todorovich (16)12–23
36January 22Denver111–97Murray Wier (17)13–23
37January 23at Anderson99–96Dwight Eddleman (22)14–23
38January 25Washington62–65Don Otten (11)14–24
39January 28Indianapolis97–81Mike Todorovich (18)15–24
40January 29at Waterloo85–79Mike Todorovich (25)16–24
41January 31vs New York83–77Mike Todorovich (17)17–24
42February 1Syracuse91–83Walt Kirk (16)18–24
43February 3at Philadelphia72–83Mike Todorovich (15)18–25
44February 5Sheboygan86–71Mike Todorovich (22)19–25
45February 8Philadelphia99–94 (OT)Warren Perkins (16)20–25
46February 9at Sheboygan82–104Gene Englund (22)20–26
47February 12Indianapolis89–95Nichols, Todorovich (18)20–27
48February 15at Washington85–81Dwight Eddleman (27)21–27
49February 16at Syracuse74–105Dwight Eddleman (17)21–28
50February 18at Waterloo116–93Mike Todorovich (17)22–28
51February 19at Waterloo63–84Walt Kirk (13)22–29
52February 20Baltimore82–73Gene Vance (14)23–29
53February 22Anderson81–90Gene Englund (18)23–30
54February 25Sheboygan74–66Dwight Eddleman (20)24–30
55February 26at Minneapolis66–80Murray Wier (13)24–31
56February 27vs Denver110–75Dwight Eddleman (22)25–31
57March 1vs Denver97–80Todorovich, Wier (17)26–31
58March 3at Indianapolis96–83Dwight Eddleman (23)27–31
59March 5Denver91–80Jack Nichols (23)28–31
60March 6at Anderson77–88Gene Vance (13)28–32
61March 8Anderson67–82Dwight Eddleman (15)28–33
62March 11Sheboygan97–79Dwight Eddleman (19)29–33
63March 18Syracuse88–89 (OT)Jack Nichols (19)29–34
64March 19at Waterloo77–79Jack Nichols (22)29–35

Playoffs

West Division Semifinals
  • (2) Anderson Packers vs. (3) Tri-Cities Blackhawks: Packers win series 2-1
  • Game 1 @ Anderson: Anderson 89, Tri-Cities 77
  • Game 2 @ Tri-Cities: Tri-Cities 76, Anderson 75
  • Game 3 @ Anderson: Anderson 94, Tri-Cities 71

References
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