The 1920-21 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1920-21 season. The team won its first eight games and its last eight games to finish tied with the Purdue Boilermakers and Wisconsin Badgers for the Western Conference Championship. Arthur Karpus served as team captain. On January 29, 1921, the team began a 14-game winning streak against the University of Chicago that continued through a January 6, 1922, victory over Michigan State University, which was at the time known as Michigan Agricultural college. This stood as the longest winning streak in school history until 1985. The team was also involved in setting the longest road winning streaks at the time. It won on January 22, 1921, against Northwestern ending a 7-game road winning streak that had started on December 27, 1920, against the Louisville YMCA. Then on January 29, the team started another 7-game road winning streak against Chicago that lasted until a December 17, 1921, victory at Case. These two 7-game streaks stood as the school road winning streak record until 1985.
Video 1920-21 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
Schedule
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Players
- R. Jerome Dunne, Chicago, Illinois - center and varsity letter winner
- R. Gregory - aMa letter winner
- Arthur Karpus, Grayling, Michigan - forward, captain, and varsity letter winner
- Kenneth B. LeGalley - guard and varsity letter winner
- George W. "Bill" Miller - forward and varsity letter winner
- Robert S. Peare, Rockville, Indiana
- Charles L. Pearman, Verona, New York - aMa letter winner
- William J. Piper, Calumet, Michigan - aMa letter winner
- Walter B. "Bud" Rea, Erie, Pennsylvania - guard and varsity letter winner
- Rex G. Reason, Detroit, Michigan
- Howard Elmer Rowse, Detroit, Michigan
- Raymond W. Walmoth, Detroit, Michigan - aMa letter winner
- Benjamin Weiss, Newark, New Jersey - center and varsity letter winner
- Robert C. Whitlock, Detroit, Michigan - forward and varsity letter winner
- Frederick B. Wickham, Norwalk, Ohio - aMa letter winner
- Jack G. Williams, Detroit, Michigan - guard and varsity letter winner
- Lincoln B. Wilson, Chicago, Illinois - aMa letter winner
- Bernard F. Zinn, Huntington, Indiana - aMa letter winner
Scoring statistics
- The scoring statistics do not include six games of Southern tour.
Coaching staff
- E. J. Mather - coach
- Boyd H. Logan - manager
References
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