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The Longhorns were led by eighth-year head coach and former Longhorn basketball consensus first-team All-American Jack Gray. The team finished the season with a 26–2 overall record, for the highest win percentage in all of college basketball for the season, [ 1 ] and a 12–0 record in Southwest Conference play to win the SWC championship.
National Security Act of 1947; Long title: An Act to promote the national security by providing for a Secretary of Defense; for a National Military Establishment; for a Department of the Army, a Department of the Navy, a Department of the Air Force; and for the coordination of the activities of the National Military Establishment with other departments and agencies of the Government concerned ...
Clyde Clifton McNeely (June 22, 1919 – December 26, 2003) was an American basketball player and coach. [1] A 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) forward, [2] he played college basketball for the Texas Wesleyan Rams for three seasons and led the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) in scoring during his senior season in 1946–47.
Don Barksdale of UCLA was a 1947 consensus Second-Team All-American, becoming the first African-American to be named to the consensus all-America basketball team. [ 4 ] In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Kentucky as its national champion for the 1946–47 season.
The consensus 1947 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of three major All-American teams. [1] To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Helms Athletic Foundation , Converse , and True Magazine.
The 1947 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game was the finals of the 1947 NCAA basketball tournament and it determined the national champion for the 1946-47 NCAA men's basketball season. The game was played on March 25, 1947, at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
The 1947 NCAA basketball tournament involved eight schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 19, 1947, and ended with the championship game on March 25 in New York City. A total of 10 games were played, including a third place game in each region ...
This is a list of seasons completed by the Texas Longhorns men's college basketball team. [1] Seasons ... 1947–48: Jack Gray 20–5: 9–3: 2nd: NIT Quarterfinal: