1940–41 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team

The 1940–41 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 1940–41 NCAA college basketball season. Members of the Pacific Coast Conference, the Vandals were led by fifth-year head coach Forrest Twogood and played their home games on campus at Memorial Gymnasium in Moscow, Idaho.

1940–41 Idaho Vandals men's basketball
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
1940–41 record14–15 (4–12 PCC)
Head coachForrest Twogood (5th season)
Assistant coachWalter Price
Home arenaMemorial Gymnasium
1940–41 Pacific Coast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
North
Washington State133 .813  266  .813
Oregon State97 .563  199  .679
Oregon79 .438  1818  .500
Washington79 .438  1213  .480
Idaho412 .250  1415  .483
South
Stanford102 .833  215  .808
California66 .500  1512  .556
USC66 .500  1510  .600
UCLA210 .167  620  .231
† Conference playoff series winner
As of 1941[1]; Rankings from AP Poll

The Vandals were 14–15 overall and 4–12 in conference play.[2][3]

This was Twogood's fifth and final year at Idaho; he coached baseball in the spring and then went to San Francisco for a year, served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, returned to USC in Los Angeles, and was the Trojans' head basketball coach for sixteen seasons (1950–66).

Idaho's athletic department underwent a major overhaul in March 1941 with the hiring of George Greene as athletic director, Francis Schmidt as football coach, and Guy Wicks as basketball and baseball coach.[4][5][6]

References

  1. "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  2. "Washington, Oregon State win final division tilts". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 9, 1941. p. 16.
  3. "Townsend wins scoring championship of Northern Division". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). March 10, 1941. p. 11.
  4. "Greene and Wicks named to vacant University of Idaho athletic jobs". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). March 18, 1941. p. 11.
  5. "George Greene named athletic director at 'U'". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. March 18, 1941. p. 8.
  6. "Francis Schmidt, formerly of Ohio State, is chosen head football coach at Idaho". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. March 17, 1941. p. 6.
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