1944–45_Arkansas_Razorbacks_men's_basketball_team

1944–45 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball
1944–45 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Final Four
Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	17–9 (9–3 SWC)
Head coach	Eugene Lambert (3rd season);
Home arena	Men's Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 1943–44 1945–46 →

1944–45 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team

American college basketball season

The 1944–45 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team represented the University of Arkansas in the 1944–45 college basketball season. The Razorbacks played their home games in the Men's Gymnasium in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It was former Razorback All-American Eugene Lambert's third season as head coach of the Hogs. The Razorbacks finished second in the Southwest Conference standings with a record of 9–3 and 17–9 overall.^[1]^[2]

Quick Facts Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball, NCAA tournament, Final Four ...

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Arkansas received a bid to the NCAA tournament, its second appearance in the tournament overall after not being able to participate the year before due to a serious car crash that killed a staff member, Everett Norris, and injured two starters, Deno Nichols and Ben Jones.^[3]^[4] Arkansas beat Oregon in the first round of the tournament to advance to its second Final Four in as many tournament appearances before losing to eventual champion Oklahoma A&M in the two clubs' fourth meeting of the season.

Center George Kok was named First Team All-SWC for the season.^[5]^[6]

Schedule and Results

Schedule retrieved from HogStats.com.^[8]

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Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
December 7, 1944*	at Kansas State Teachers College of Pittsburg	W 45–30	1–0	Pittsburg, Kansas
December 9, 1944*	Blytheville AAB	W 76–45	2–0	Men's Gymnasium Fayetteville, Arkansas
December 16, 1944*	vs. City College of New York	W 59–47	3–0	Madison Square Garden New York, New York
December 19, 1944*	at Westminster College	L 61–71	3–1	New Wilmington, Pennsylvania
December 27, 1944*	vs. Denver All College Tournament	W 50–36	4–1	Municipal Auditorium Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
December 28, 1944*	vs. Oklahoma All College Tournament	W 54–51	5–1	Municipal Auditorium Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
December 29, 1944*	vs. Oklahoma A&M All College Tournament	L 34–43	5–2	Municipal Auditorium Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
January 5, 1945	Baylor	W 94–28	6–2 (1–0)	Men's Gymnasium Fayetteville, Arkansas
January 6, 1945	Baylor	W 90–30	7–2 (2–0)	Men's Gymnasium Fayetteville, Arkansas
January 9, 1945*	Phillips 66ers	L 40–60	7–3 (2–0)	Men's Gymnasium Fayetteville, Arkansas
January 12, 1945*	vs. Oklahoma A&M	W 41–38	8–3 (2–0)	Little Rock, Arkansas
January 13, 1945*	vs. Oklahoma A&M	L 40–49	8–4 (2–0)	El Dorado, Arkansas
January 19, 1945	at Texas	L 40–49	8–5 (2–1)	Gregory Gymnasium Austin, Texas
January 20, 1945	at Texas	W 74–38	9–5 (3–1)	Gregory Gymnasium Austin, Texas
January 26, 1945	at Rice	L 46–57	9–6 (3–2)	Houston, Texas
January 27, 1945	at Rice	L 56–69	9–7 (3–3)	Houston, Texas
February 2, 1945	at TCU	W 37–33	10–7 (4–3)	TCU Fieldhouse Fort Worth, Texas
February 3, 1945	at TCU	W 60–35	11–7 (5–3)	TCU Fieldhouse Fort Worth, Texas
February 8, 1945*	Kansas State Teachers College of Pittsburg	W 76–45	12–7 (5–3)	Men's Gymnasium Fayetteville, Arkansas
February 16, 1945	at SMU	W 59–52	13–7 (6–3)	Perkins Gymnasium Dallas, Texas
February 17, 1945	at SMU	W 65–49	14–7 (7–3)	Perkins Gymnasium Dallas, Texas
February 23, 1945	Texas A&M	W 80–21	15–7 (8–3)	Men's Gymnasium Fayetteville, Arkansas
February 24, 1945	Texas A&M	W 87–36	16–7 (9–3)	Men's Gymnasium Fayetteville, Arkansas
February 28, 1945*	at Phillips 66ers	L 34–62	16–8 (9–3)	Bartlesville High School Bartlesville, Oklahoma
NCAA Tournament
March 23, 1945*	vs. Oregon Elite Eight	W 79–76	17–8 (9–3)	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
March 24, 1945*	vs. Oklahoma A&M Final Four	L 41–68	17–9 (9–3)	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

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"HogStats.com :: 1944-45 Arkansas Basketball Schedule". HogStats.com. Retrieved June 29, 2021.

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Arkansas 2020-21 Men's Basketball Media Guide (PDF). Fayetteville, Arkansas: University of Arkansas. 2020. p. 113. Retrieved June 29, 2021.

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1944–45_Arkansas_Razorbacks_men's_basketball_team

1944–45 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team

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Schedule and Results

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v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Rice	12	–	0	1.000	20	–	1	.952
Arkansas	9	–	3	.750	17	–	9	.654
SMU	7	–	5	.583	11	–	10	.524
TCU	7	–	5	.583	9	–	20	.310
Texas	5	–	7	.417	10	–	10	.500
Texas A&M	2	–	10	.167	3	–	18	.143
Baylor	0	–	12	.000	0	–	17	.000

Rankings from AP Poll