1949-50 College Basketball Season Summary

National Champion: City College of New York

Final Four: Baylor, Bradley, CCNY and NC State

Consensus Player of the Year: Paul Arizin

AP First #1: St. John's (NY)

AP Final #1: Bradley

Conference Summary

Conference Summary Table
Rk	Conference	Schls	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	AP	NCAA	FF	Regular Season Champ	Tournament Champ
1	Ohio Valley Conference	1	25	6	.806	14.22	4.87	1	0	0	Western Kentucky	Eastern Kentucky
2	Big Seven Conference	7	93	70	.571	7.93	6.14	2	0	0	Kansas, Kansas State, Nebraska
3	Big Ten Conference	10	132	92	.589	7.19	5.15	3	1	0	Ohio State
4	Metropolitan New York Conference	6	91	62	.595	4.31	3.83	1	1	1	City College of New York
5	Western New York Little Three Conference	3	54	20	.730	3.76	4.45	0	0	0	Canisius, Niagara, St. Bonaventure
6	Mountain States Athletic Conference	6	105	94	.528	2.87	2.87	0	1	0	Brigham Young
7	Missouri Valley Conference	7	120	69	.635	2.56	1.91	1	1	1	Bradley
8	Yankee Conference	1	18	8	.692	0.28	0.43	0	0	0	Rhode Island
9	Pacific Coast Conference	9	136	119	.533	0.19	1.58	2	1	0	UCLA (South)
10	Independent	43	607	455	.572	-0.07	1.44	7	1	0
11	Ivy Group	7	98	78	.557	-2.05	-1.23	0	0	0	Princeton
12	Southeastern Conference	12	164	126	.566	-3.63	-3.38	1	0	0	Kentucky	Kentucky
13	Southwest Conference	7	80	89	.473	-5.42	-1.82	0	1	1	Arkansas, Baylor
14	Mid-American Conference	6	62	74	.456	-5.82	-1.63	0	0	0	Cincinnati
15	Middle Three Conference	3	35	35	.500	-8.57	-3.74	0	0	0	Lafayette, Rutgers
16	Southern Conference	16	202	201	.501	-12.96	-10.79	1	1	1	North Carolina State	North Carolina State

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Conf	1/5	1/10	1/17	1/24	1/31	2/7	2/14	2/21	2/28	Final
Bradley	MVC	3	6	4	6	3	2	2	1	1	1
Ohio State	Big Ten	-	15	11	13	7	4	3	3	2	2
Kentucky	SEC	2	2	5	4	6	7	5	5	4	3
Holy Cross	Ind	6	5	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	4
North Carolina State	Southern	7	9	12	10	9	8	8	9	8	5
Duquesne	Ind	8	8	6	2	2	3	7	4	5	6
UCLA	PCC	9	10	9	11	13	12	10	7	6	7
Western Kentucky	OVC	-	14	14	17	14	11	9	8	7	8
St. John's (NY)	Metro NY	1	1	2	5	5	4	4	6	10	9
La Salle	Ind	18	13	10	7	8	9	11	12	9	10
Villanova	Ind	13	17	18	19	-	-	15	-	11	11
San Francisco	Ind	-	-	-	-	-	15	12	11	13	12
Long Island University	Ind	4	3	3	3	4	6	6	10	14	13
Kansas State	Big 7	20	-	13	12	11	10	14	13	12	14
Arizona	BIAA	-	-	-	-	-	18	17	19	15	15
Wisconsin	Big Ten	15	-	-	15	17	-	-	-	-	16
San Jose State	Ind	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	19	17
Washington State	PCC	-	-	-	-	-	17	16	-	-	18
Kansas	Big 7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19
Indiana	Big Ten	5	4	8	9	12	16	-	17	-	20
School	Conf	1/5	1/10	1/17	1/24	1/31	2/7	2/14	2/21	2/28	Final
Bowling Green State	Ind	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cincinnati	MAC	-	12	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
City College of New York	Metro NY	14	7	7	8	10	14	13	20	-	-
Illinois	Big Ten	16	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Louisville	Ind	-	-	19	-	15	13	-	-	-	-
Minnesota	Big Ten	10	11	16	18	-	-	-	-	-	-
Missouri	Big 7	12	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nebraska	Big 7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-
Notre Dame	Ind	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-
Oklahoma	Big 7	17	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oklahoma State	MVC	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	-
Saint Louis	MVC	11	-	-	-	-	19	18	15	-	-
Siena	Ind	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Southern California	PCC	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	16	-	-
Tennessee	SEC	-	-	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Toledo	Ind	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	17	-
Tulane	SEC	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vanderbilt	SEC	-	-	-	-	18	-	20	-	20	-
Washington	PCC	-	20	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wyoming	MSAC	-	-	-	14	20	-	-	-	18	-

Statistical coverage for seasons prior to 1992-93 is mostly complete, however there are a small number of unknown player records.

1949-50 Season Pages

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