| 1950–51Connecticut Huskies men's basketball | |
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Yankee Conference regular season Champions | |
NCAA tournament, first round | |
| Conference | Yankee Conference |
| Record | 22–4 (6–1 YC) |
| Head coach |
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| Home arena | Hawley Armory |
Seasons | |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 6 | – | 1 | .857 | 22 | – | 4 | .846 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vermont | 4 | – | 1 | .800 | 14 | – | 6 | .700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island State | 5 | – | 2 | .714 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine | 2 | – | 5 | .286 | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Massachusetts | 1 | – | 3 | .250 | 6 | – | 15 | .286 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 0 | – | 6 | .000 | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The1950–51 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team represented theUniversity of Connecticut in the 1950–51 collegiate men's basketball season. The Huskies completed the season with a 22–4 overall record. The Huskies were members of theYankee Conference, where they ended the season with a 6–1 record. They were the Yankee Conference regular season champions and made it to the first round of the1951 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The Huskies played their home games at Hawley Armory inStorrs, Connecticut, and were led by fifth-year head coachHugh Greer.[1][2]
| Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| Regular Season | |||||||||||
| 11/30/1950* | American International | W 68–46 | 1–0 | Hawley Armory Storrs, CT | |||||||
| 12/2/1950* | Springfield | W 46–44 | 2–0 | Hawley Armory Storrs, CT | |||||||
| 12/6/1950* | at Tufts | W 68–59 | 3–0 | New York, NY | |||||||
| 12/9/1950* | at Brown | W 64–58 | 4–0 | Marvel Gymnasium Providence, RI | |||||||
| 12/13/1950* | Yale | W 71–65 | 5–0 | Hawley Armory Storrs, CT | |||||||
| 12/15/1950* | at R.P.I. | L 67–72 | 5–1 | Houston Field House Troy, NY | |||||||
| 12/16/1950* | at McGill | W 50–41 | 6–1 | Montreal, QC | |||||||
| 12/21/1950* | Colby | W 66–61 | 7–1 | Hawley Armory Storrs, CT | |||||||
| 12/23/1950* | Boston College | W 56–52 | 8–1 | Hawley Armory Storrs, CT | |||||||
| 12/26/1950* | at Buffalo | W 61–51 | 9–1 | Buffalo, NY | |||||||
| 1/5/1951 | Maine | W 68–52 | 10–1 (1–0) | Hawley Armory Storrs, CT | |||||||
| 1/6/1951 | Vermont | W 71–43 | 11–1 (2–0) | Hawley Armory Storrs, CT | |||||||
| 1/10/1951* | at Northeastern | W 75–55 | 12–1 | Matthews Arena Boston, MA | |||||||
| 1/13/1951 | Rhode Island | L 72–77 | 12–2 (2–1) | Hawley Armory Storrs, CT | |||||||
| 1/27/1951* | at Muhlenberg | W 52–44 | 13–2 | Allentown, PA | |||||||
| 1/30/1951* | at American International | W 66–55 | 14–2 | Springfield, MA | |||||||
| 2/3/1951* | at Springfield | W 54–49 | 15–2 | Springfield, MA | |||||||
| 2/7/1951* | Brown | L 58–60 | 15–3 | Hawley Armory Storrs, CT | |||||||
| 2/10/1951* | Wesleyan | W 74–51 | 16–3 | Hawley Armory Storrs, CT | |||||||
| 2/13/1951* | Temple | W 76–61 | 17–3 | Hawley Armory Storrs, CT | |||||||
| 2/16/1951* | at New Hampshire | W 85–54 | 18–3 (3–1) | Lundholm Gym Durham, NH | |||||||
| 2/17/1951 | at Maine | W 83–62 | 19–3 (4–1) | Memorial Gymnasium Orono, ME | |||||||
| 2/20/1951* | Boston University | W 74–59 | 20–3 | Hawley Armory Storrs, CT | |||||||
| 2/24/1951 | at Rhode Island | W 75–70 | 21–3 (5–1) | Rodman Hall Kingston, RI | |||||||
| 2/28/1951 | Massachusetts | W 92–50 | 22–3 (6–1) | Hawley Armory Storrs, CT | |||||||
| NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
| 3/20/1951* | vs. St. John's First Round | L 52–63 | 22–4 | Madison Square Garden New York, NY | |||||||
*Non-conference game.#Rankings fromAP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are inEastern Time. | |||||||||||