1921–22 Mercer Baptists men's basketball team
1921–22 Mercer Bears men's basketball | |
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SIAA Champion | |
Conference | Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
Record | 17–7 (11–5 SIAA) |
Head coach | |
Captain | Smokey Harper |
The 1921–22 Mercer Baptists men's basketball team represented Mercer University in the 1921–22 NCAA men's basketball season.[1] The team claimed an SIAA championship, and was runner-up to North Carolina in the 1922 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament.[2] Mercer pulled the upset of the tournament when they beat defending champion Kentucky 35 to 22.[3]
The Baptists were led by coach Josh Cody and featured players receiving All-Southern votes at each position: running guard George Harmon, forward Consuello Smith, and center Bob Gamble. At the other forward was Bubber Pope, and the other, standing guard was captain Smokey Harper. Harper was a veteran of World War I.
Bob Gamble hit a half-court buzzer beater to beat Georgia Tech.[4]
Schedule
[edit]Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | |||||||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
* | Macon Volunteers | W 33–26 | 1–0 | | |||||||
* | Camp Benning | L 20–24 | 1–1 | | |||||||
* | Albany YMCA | W 30–18 | 2–1 | | |||||||
* | Jacksonville YMCA | W 53–27 | 3–1 | | |||||||
* | Waycross YMCA | W 38–18 | 4–1 | | |||||||
* | Savannah YMCA | W 56–26 | 5–1 | | |||||||
January 7, 1922 | Georgia Tech | W 28–26 | 6–1 | City Auditorium (2,000) Macon, GA | |||||||
January 13, 1922 | Auburn | W 31–7 | 7–1 | City Auditorium Macon, GA | |||||||
at Clemson | W 32–9 | 8–1 | | ||||||||
at Georgia Tech | L 35–44 | 8–2 | Atlanta, GA | ||||||||
at Chattanooga | L 18–21 | 8–3 | Chattanooga, TN | ||||||||
* | at Bryson | W 28–11 | 9–3 | | |||||||
January 24 | at Vanderbilt | L 17–18 | 9–4 | Y Gym Nashville, TN | |||||||
January 27 | at Georgia | W 27–18 | 10–4 | Moss Auditorium Athens, GA | |||||||
January 28 | Florida | W 27–26 | 11–4 | | |||||||
February 2, 1922 | at Auburn | W 28–26 | 12–4 | Alumni Gymnasium Auburn, AL | |||||||
Camp Benning | L 12–37 | 12–5 | | ||||||||
February 4 | Chattanooga | W 31–26 | 13–5 | | |||||||
February 11 | Georgia | L 24–31 | 13–6 | City Auditorium Macon, GA | |||||||
Southern Conference tournament | |||||||||||
Centre SIC tournament first round | W 32–17 | 14–6 | Atlanta Memorial Auditorium Atlanta, GA | ||||||||
February 25, 1922* | Kentucky SIC tournament second round | W 35–22 | 15–6 | Atlanta Memorial Auditorium Atlanta, GA | |||||||
Chattanooga SIC Tournament quarterfinals | W 25–18 | 16–6 | Atlanta Memorial Auditorium Atlanta, GA | ||||||||
February 26, 1922 | Georgia Tech SIC Tournament semifinals | W 29–14 | 17–6 | Atlanta Memorial Auditorium Atlanta, GA | |||||||
* | North Carolina SIC Tournament Championship | L 26–40 | 17–7 | Atlanta Memorial Auditorium Atlanta, GA | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. |
References
[edit]- ^ "2018 19 Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF).
- ^ All Pages: The Mercer Cluster. (Macon, Ga.) 1920-current, March 03, 1922 « Georgia Historic Newspapers
- ^ "Kentucky vs. Mercer (February 25, 1922)".
- ^ "The Mercer Cluster. (Macon, Ga.) 1920-current, January 13, 1922, Image 1 « Georgia Historic Newspapers". gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
- ^ "2014-15 Mercer Men's Basketball Media Guide by Andrew Stabell - Issuu".