1918–19 Navy Midshipmen men's basketball team

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1918–19 Navy Midshipmen men's basketball
Premo-Porretta National Champions
ConferenceIndependent
Head coach
Home arenaHalsey Field House
Seasons
1918–19 NCAA men's basketball independents standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Akron   14 0   1.000
The Citadel   9 0   1.000
Creighton   14 0   1.000
Louisiana State   1 0   1.000
Navy   16 0   1.000
Niagara   1 0   1.000
Oklahoma   12 0   1.000
Georgetown   9 1   .900
Rhode Island   7 1   .875
Idaho   13 2   .867
Penn State   11 2   .846
Bucknell   14 3   .824
Virginia Tech   18 4   .818
Syracuse   13 3   .813
Delaware   8 2   .800
New Mexico State   8 2   .800
Vanderbilt   8 2   .800
North Carolina State   11 3   .786
Utah   7 2   .778
Wyoming   7 2   .778
Clemson   3 1   .750
Saint Francis   9 3   .750
Michigan State Normal   10 4   .714
Colgate   13 6   .684
Arizona   6 3   .667
Indiana State   6 3   .667
Rutgers   6 3   .667
Tulane   6 3   .667
Utah State   6 3   .667
Louisville   7 4   .636
Brigham Young   5 3   .625
Tulsa   5 3   .625
Buffalo   8 5   .615
Lehigh   8 5   .615
WPI   8 5   .615
Auburn   4 3   .571
North Carolina   9 7   .563
Trinity   6 5   .545
Alabama   3 3   .500
Michigan State   9 9   .500
Pittsburgh   7 7   .500
West Virginia   8 8   .500
Arizona State   3 4   .429
Dayton   3 4   .429
Kentucky   6 8   .429
Bradley   6 9   .400
Duquesne   4 6   .400
Texas Christian   4 6   .400
Wake Forest   6 9   .400
Nevada   5 8   .385
Army   3 5   .375
South Carolina   4 7   .364
Manhattan   2 4   .333
Montana State   1 2   .333
New Mexico   2 4   .333
William & Mary   3 6   .333
Marshall   2 5   .286
Southern California   3 8   .273
Tennessee   2 6   .250
Notre Dame   2 10   .167
Wichita State   1 7   .125
Butler   1 9   .100
St. John's (NY)   0 7   .000
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1918–19 Navy Midshipmen men's basketball team represented the United States Naval Academy in intercollegiate basketball during the 1918–19 season. The team finished the season with a 16–0 record[1] and was retroactively named the 1918–19 national champion by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.[2] It was head coach Billy Lush's third season overall as head basketball coach at Navy, and his first season since returning to the position eight years after his initial stint as head coach.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Navy season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  2. ^ ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. p. 534. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.