1943–44 Utah Utes men's basketball team

Utah Utes men's basketball
1943–44 Utah Utes men's basketball
Mountain States Conference (Big Seven) Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Champions
Conference	Mountain States Conference
1943–44 record	22–4 ( Big Seven)
Head coach	Vadal Peterson
« 1942–43	1944–45 »

The Utes captured the Mountain States Conference championship and its only national championship. The Arkansas Razorbacks team was victimized by an auto accident. Prior to the NCAA tournament, two of Arkansas’ starters were injured when their station wagon broke down after returning from a scrimmage in Fort Smith, Arkansas. While attempting to fix a flat tire, Deno Nichols and Ben Jones were injured when another car rammed into the back of the station wagon. Both players were injured. The severity of the accident caused Arkansas to withdraw from the upcoming NCAA tournament and the Utes were tapped as a replacement.^[1]

Postseason

National Invitation Tournament

Utah competed in the 1944 National Invitation Tournament and lost its quarterfinal match.

Quarterfinal
- Kentucky 46, Utah 38

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NCAA Tournament

In need of a replacement, the NCAA committee turned to Utah, despite the fact that the Utes had 4 losses and had just lost their first-round game in the NIT tournament. Utah had one player, Lyman Condie, a medical student, who midway through the season quit the team to pursue medical school. Additionally, all of Utah's players were raised within 30 miles of the Utah campus. These players included Arnie Ferrin, Fred Sheffield, and Wat Misaka, who was of Japanese descent.^[1]

West
- Utah 45, Missouri 35
Final Four
- Utah 40, Iowa State 31
Championship
- Utah 42, Dartmouth 40 (OT)

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Awards and honors

Arnie Ferrin, NCAA Men's MOP Award^[4]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 http://www.mylosingseason.com/2007/01/sailors-ferrin-mikan-and-great-santini.html
↑ http://www.nit.org/history/nit-postseason-results-1940s.html
↑ http://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1944
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[2] ttp://www.nit.org/history/nit-postseason-results-1940s.html

[3] ttp://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1944

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NCAA national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

1943–44 Utah Utes men's basketball team

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