1949–50 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team

The 1949–50 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team represented St. Francis College during the 1949–50 NCAA men's basketball season. The team was coached by Daniel Lynch, who was in his second year at the helm of the St. Francis Terriers. The team was a member of the Metropolitan New York Conference and played their home games at the Bulter Street Gymnasium in their Cobble Hill, Brooklyn campus and at the II Corps Artillery Armory in Park Slope, Brooklyn.

1949–50 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball
National Catholic Invitation Tournament Finals vs. Siena, L 50–57
Conference	Metropolitan New York Conference
1949–50 record	8–19 (0–4 MTNY)
Head coach	Daniel Lynch (2nd season)
Assistant coach	Marty O'Donnell
Home arena	Butler Street Gymnasium II Corps Artillery Armory

1949–50 Metropolitan New York Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
CCNY	6	–	0		1.000			24	–	5		.828
Fordham	3	–	2		.600			15	–	12		.556
Brooklyn	2	–	2		.500			24	–	5		.828
St. John's	3	–	3		.500			24	–	5		.828
Manhattan	3	–	3		.500			14	–	11		.560
NYU	1	–	4		.200			8	–	11		.421
St. Francis (NY)	0	–	4		.000			8	–	18		.308
Rankings from AP Poll

Last season the Terriers were the first team in the New York City area to have a basketball game televised, and this season the Terriers had six games televised on WPIX and WOR-TV from the II Corps Artillery Armory.[1]

Roster

1949–50 St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 12 Tom O'Connor (C) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) — F 23 Jack O'Connor 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) — F 15 Roy Reardon 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) — Jr G 5 Steve Ellsworth 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) — Jr St. Michael's High School G 32 James Luisi (C) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) — Jr Benjamin Franklin High School East Harlem, New York G Ray Rudzinski 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) — So 13 Martin Conway 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) — So Bill Paterno 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) — G 14 Levi Bough 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) — C 22 Dick Joyce 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) — G 21 Tom Quinn 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) — C 42 Vin Karwoski 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) — 4 Frank Sainato 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) — Fr 11 Larry Sarcedote 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) — Fr	Head coach Daniel Lynch (St. Francis '38) Assistant coach(es) Marty O'Donnel Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
December 1, 1949*	vs. Alumni	W 64–57[3]	1–0	Butler Campus Gymnasium  Brooklyn, NY
Regular Season
December 2, 1948* 9:00 pm, WOR-TV	Loyola (Baltimore)	W 67–60[4]	1–0	II Corps Artillery Armory  Brooklyn, NY
December 7, 1949*	at Villanova	L 57–80[5]	1–1	Palestra (3,000) Philadelphia, PA
December 9, 1949	Manhattan	L 57–71[6]	1–2 (0–1)	II Corps Artillery Armory (2,000) Brooklyn, NY
December 14, 1949*	at Adelphi	W 90–62[7]	2–2	Garden City, NY
December 16, 1949*	at LeMoyne	W 78–68[8]	3–2	Coliseum  Syracuse, NY
December 17, 1949*	at Siena	L 45–62[9]	3–3	(5,500) Albany, NY
December 19, 1949*	at Niagara	L 58–65[10]	3–4	Niagara Falls, NY
January 6, 1950 9:35 pm, WPIX	Fordham	L 51–56[11]	3–5 (0–2)	II Corps Artillery Armory (1,198) Brooklyn, NY
January 11, 1950*	at Seton Hall	L 64–66[12]	3–6	Setonia Gymnasium (1,600) South Orange, NJ
January 13, 1950* 9:00 pm, WPIX	National Autonomous University of Mexico	W 94–59[13]	4–6	II Corps Artillery Armory  Brooklyn, NY
January 26, 1950	at No. 5 St. John's	L 46–65[14]	4–7 (0–3)	DeGray Gymnasium (800) Brooklyn, NY
January 28, 1950* 9:00 pm, WOR-TV	Boston College	L 77–81[15]	4–8	II Corps Artillery Armory  Brooklyn, NY
February 1, 1950*	at Kent State	L 70–78[16]	4–9	(6,000) Cleveland, OH
February 2, 1950*	at Akron	L 50–58[17]	4–10	Akron, OH
February 4, 1950*	at New Britain State Teachers College	W 59–54	5–10	New Britain, CT
February 8, 1950	No. 14 CCNY	L 46–68[18]	5–11 (0–4)	II Corps Artillery Armory  Brooklyn, NY
February 11, 1950*	at Scranton	L 52–56[19]	5–12	Scranton, PA
February 13, 1950	at Nevada	L 62–70[20]	5–13	(2,000) Reno, NV
February 15, 1950*	at Pepperdine	L 50–81[21]	5–14	Los Angeles, CA
February 18, 1950*	vs. Santa Clara	L 64–76[22]	5–15	Cow Palace  San Francisco, CA
February 19, 1950*	at No. 12 San Francisco	L 42–73[23]	5–16	Kezar Pavilion  San Francisco, CA
February 24, 1950*	Hawaii	W 76–54[24]	6–16	II Corps Artillery Armory (1,500) Brooklyn, NY
March 1, 1950*	at Iona	L 55–74[25]	6–17	Westchester County Center  White Plains, NY
March 3, 1950* 9:30 pm, WPIX	No. 17 Toledo	L 73–85[26]	6–18	II Corps Artillery Armory  Brooklyn, NY
National Catholic Invitation Tournament
March 29, 1950[27]*	vs. Creighton First Round	W 67–66[28]	7–18	Washington Avenue Armory  Albany, NY
March 30, 1950*	vs. Iona Semifinals	W 62–61[29]	8–18	Washington Avenue Armory  Albany, NY
April 1, 1950*	at Siena Finals	L 50–57[30]	8–19	Washington Avenue Armory  Albany, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

National Catholic Invitation Tournament

Originally the tournament was to take place at Loyola College in Baltimore, MD from March 15 to March 22 and feature sixteen teams.[25] Yet, because of segregation and protest from St. Francis College about the unequal treatment of its black players, the tournament was moved to Albany, NY and featured eight teams.[31][32] Creighton was favored to win the tournament, although they had a 13-13 record going into the tournament the Bluejays had the toughest schedule of the eight competing teams.[27]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals[29]				Final[30]
	St. Francis (NY)	67
	Creighton	66
					St. Francis (NY)	62
					Iona	61
	Iona	71
	Saint Michael's	55
									St. Francis (NY)	50
									Siena	57
	Loras	59
	Saint Francis (PA)	58
					Siena	75
					Loras	55			Third place
	Siena	86
	Providence	49
									Loras	55
									Iona	52

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