1961–62 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team
Appearance
1961–62 Sweet Sixteen | |
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Conference | Independent |
Record | 21–5 |
Head coach | |
Home arena | Omaha Civic Auditorium |
The 1961–62 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team represented
1962 National Champion, Cincinnati Bearcats. The Bluejays defeated Texas Tech in the Midwest Region Third Place game.[1]
Before the season started, Red appeared before the Quarterback Club in Omaha and with his first words stated that Creighton was going to a post season tournament. A majority of the people felt that McManus had a fatal case of over-optimism. The previous year's 8-17 record was far from good. McManus worked tirelessly to turn Creighton into a basketball power. He utilized sharp recruiting and tough coaching to put the Bluejays back on the road to fame. The hard work paid off. Sophomore Paul Silas would blossom into a force in the middle, leading the nation in rebounding for the 1961–62 and 1962-63 seasons.[2]
Roster
Number | Name | Position | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown |
21 | Herb Millard | Senior | ||||
22 | Santos Jimenez | |||||
23 | Pete McManamon | |||||
24 | Chuck Officer | Guard | 6-2 | 175 | Junior | Moline, Illinois |
25 | Harry Forehand | |||||
31 | John Callaghan | |||||
32 | Tom Dowling | |||||
33 | Larry Wagner | |||||
35 | Paul Silas | Center | 6-7 | 220 | Sophomore | Oakland, California |
41 | Carl Silvestrini | |||||
42 | Jim Swassing | |||||
43 | Bob Eickholt | |||||
45 | Jim Bakos | Sophomore | East Chicago, Indiana | |||
52 | Mike Lynch |
Schedule
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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Regular Season | ||||||||
12/01/1961 |
Colorado College | W 85-51 | 1–0 |
Omaha Civic Auditorium (-) Omaha, Nebraska | ||||
12/09/1961 |
Notre Dame | W 73-71 | 2–0 |
Omaha Civic Auditorium (-) Omaha, Nebraska | ||||
12/12/1961 |
at Illinois | L 61-70 | 2-1 |
Huff Hall (-) Champaign, Illinois | ||||
12/14/1961 |
Denver | W 60-59 | 3–1 |
Omaha Civic Auditorium (-) Omaha, Nebraska | ||||
12/16/1961 |
at Northwestern | L 56-59 | 3-2 |
McGaw Memorial Hall (-)
Evanston, Illinois | ||||
12/18/1961 |
Gonzaga | W 82-77 | 4–2 |
Omaha Civic Auditorium (-) Omaha, Nebraska | ||||
12/19/1961 |
at South Dakota | W 85-59 | 5–2 |
(-) Vermillion, South Dakota | ||||
12/20/1961 |
UCLA | W 74-72 | 6–2 |
Omaha Civic Auditorium (-) Omaha, Nebraska | ||||
12/21/1961 |
Rice | W 91-57 | 7–2 |
Omaha Civic Auditorium (-) Omaha, Nebraska | ||||
12/29/1961 |
Princeton | W 63-54 | 8-2 |
Omaha Civic Auditorium (-) Omaha, Nebraska | ||||
1/02/1962 |
South Dakota | W 84-58 | 9-2 |
Omaha Civic Auditorium (-) Omaha, Nebraska | ||||
1/06/1962 |
Wabash | W 96-62 | 10-2 |
Omaha Civic Auditorium (-) Omaha, Nebraska | ||||
1/13/1962 |
at St. John's | L 52-72 | 10–3 |
Jamaica, New York
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1/15/1962 |
at Seton Hall | L 80-86 | 10–4 |
Walsh Gymnasium (-) South Orange, New Jersey | ||||
1/27/1962 |
at Nevada
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W 76-69 | 11–4 |
(-) Reno, Nevada | ||||
2/03/1962 |
at Iowa | W 68-67 | 12-4 |
Iowa Fieldhouse (-)
Iowa City, Iowa | ||||
2/05/1962 |
at Marquette | W 79-72 OT | 13–4 |
(-) Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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2/10/1962 |
at Notre Dame | W 74-71 | 14–4 |
Notre Dame Fieldhouse (-) South Bend, Indiana | ||||
2/12/1962 |
at St. Ambrose | W 93-63 | 15-4 |
(-) Davenport, Iowa | ||||
2/16/1962 |
at Air Force | W 61-60 | 16-4 |
(-) Colorado Springs, Colorado | ||||
2/19/1962 |
Centenary | W 77-70 | 17–4 |
Omaha Civic Auditorium (-) Omaha, Nebraska | ||||
2/26/1962 |
North Dakota State | W 84-54 | 18–4 |
Omaha Civic Auditorium (-) Omaha, Nebraska | ||||
3/03/1962 |
North Dakota
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W 90-54 | 19-4 |
Omaha Civic Auditorium (-) Omaha, Nebraska | ||||
1962 NCAA Tournament
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03/12/1962 |
vs. Memphis State Midwest Region Quarterfinals |
W 87-83 | 20-4 |
Dallas, Texas
| ||||
03/16/1962 |
vs. No. 2 Cincinnati Midwest Region Semifinals |
L 46-66 | 20-5 |
Ahearn Field House (-) Manhattan, Kansas | ||||
03/17/1962 |
vs. Texas Tech Midwest Region Third-place game |
W 63-61 | 21-5 |
Ahearn Field House (-) Manhattan, Kansas |
References
- ^ "Go Creighton". Creighton Athletic Department. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
- ^ The Bluejay. Creighton University. 1962.
- ^ "Number 24: Chuck Officer". White & Blue Review. Retrieved March 9, 2013.