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re: Does Alabama claim the 1930 college basketball championship?
Posted on 2/13/15 at 1:28 pm to Eric Nies Grind Time
Posted on 2/13/15 at 1:28 pm to Eric Nies Grind Time
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They converted it into half of a football national championship or 3 gymnastics championships.
this guy gets it ...
Posted on 2/13/15 at 1:45 pm to SummerOfGeorge
quote:Oddly enough, Sewanee was the only team in the top ten that Bama played that year.
Check out the conference standings that season
1 Alabama 10 0 1.000 20 0 1.000
2 Duke 9 1 .900 18 2 .900
2 Kentucky 9 1 .900 16 3 .842
4 Washington & Lee 9 2 .818 16 4 .800
5 Tennessee 7 2 .778 13 4 .765
6 Georgia 7 3 .700 17 6 .739
6 Tulane 7 3 .700 16 7 .696
8 Clemson 8 4 .667 16 9 .640
9 Sewanee 5 3 .625 9 11 .450
10 Maryland 8 5 .615 16 6 .727
11 North Carolina State 7 5 .583 11 6 .647
12 Mississippi 6 6 .500 6 7 .462
13 Louisiana State 6 7 .462 10 11 .476
14 Florida 2 3 .400 10 4 .714
15 Georgia Tech 5 8 .385 11 13 .458
16 North Carolina 4 7 .364 14 11 .560
17 Virginia Military Institute 2 6 .250 4 10 .286
18 Mississippi State 2 7 .222 5 8 .385
19 Virginia 2 8 .200 3 12 .200
20 Virginia Tech 2 10 .167 5 14 .263
21 Vanderbilt 1 9 .100 6 16 .273
22 Auburn 1 10 .091 1 10 .091
22 South Carolina 0 10 .000 6 10 .375
REC doing work.
This post was edited on 2/13/15 at 1:49 pm
Posted on 2/13/15 at 1:46 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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22 South Carolina 0 10 .000 6 10 .375
Nothing has changed I see.
Posted on 2/13/15 at 2:29 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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ANTHONY GRANT WON THE 1930 NATIONAL TITLE LIFETIME CONTRACT
- Bill Battle, next edition of The Battle Plan
First Alabama basketball coach to preside over the raising of a NC banner in Coleman.
This post was edited on 2/13/15 at 2:32 pm
Posted on 2/13/15 at 2:57 pm to BigBlue8Titles
Our best was 1976, the year Indiana went 32-0. They had no seeds back then, Alabama #6 UNC #5 Marqeutte #2 and Indiana #1 in the polls all played in Baton Rouge.
Bama crushed UNC by 15, I think Indiana and Marquette had byes, at that time there were only 48 teams in the tourney.
We played Indiana next, close game al the way, led by one point with 2 minutes left and had the ball behind by one with under 30 seconds left, lost 74-69 I think, had to foul twice at the end. No other team got within 9 ( Marquette ) but every other team lost by 15 plus including Michigan in the National title game. We was good.
Bama crushed UNC by 15, I think Indiana and Marquette had byes, at that time there were only 48 teams in the tourney.
We played Indiana next, close game al the way, led by one point with 2 minutes left and had the ball behind by one with under 30 seconds left, lost 74-69 I think, had to foul twice at the end. No other team got within 9 ( Marquette ) but every other team lost by 15 plus including Michigan in the National title game. We was good.
Posted on 2/13/15 at 3:06 pm to Tuscaloosa
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Does Alabama claim the 1930 college basketball championship?quote:
Well we do now, by god.
Alabama 1930 college basketball champions.
1930 Southern Conference Tournament Champions - Alabama Crimson Tide
Left to Right: James "Lindy" Hood, Ed Kimbrough, Stewart Aiken, Leo O'Neill, Earl Smith, Malcolm Laney, Walter Laney, Paul Munkasey, Fred Wambsgans and Milton Pullen (Mgr.)
Good site about the history of the early Southern Conference Atlanta Basketball Tournament. LINK
Posted on 2/13/15 at 3:08 pm to S.E.C. Crazy
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Our best was 1976, the year Indiana went 32-0. They had no seeds back then, Alabama #6 UNC #5 Marqeutte #2 and Indiana #1 in the polls all played in Baton Rouge.
Bama crushed UNC by 15, I think Indiana and Marquette had byes, at that time there were only 48 teams in the tourney.
We played Indiana next, close game al the way, led by one point with 2 minutes left and had the ball behind by one with under 30 seconds left, lost 74-69 I think, had to foul twice at the end. No other team got within 9 ( Marquette ) but every other team lost by 15 plus including Michigan in the National title game. We was good.
Yea, probably our best team ever. And of course we run into one of the best teams ever in the damned Sweet 16.
F'in Alabama basketball.
Posted on 2/13/15 at 3:19 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Indiana beat us at the end then coasted against Marquette, UCLA & Michigan to win the tournament.
Posted on 2/13/15 at 3:23 pm to jatebe
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Alabama 1930 college basketball champions.
Wow, nice article about the tournament and games. Never knew that Bill Werber played for Duke and was All-America. Ten years later in 1940, he would be a starter (3rd base I think) on the 1940 Cincinnati Reds World Series Champion and would be the last surviving member of that team as he lived to be 100 years old.
Posted on 2/14/15 at 2:30 am to BigBlue8Titles
Actually a 23 team conference. There was a tie for 22nd. If it were around today, do you think we could add 1 more school and ask for a 4 team playoff for a conference champion in football?
This post was edited on 2/14/15 at 2:31 am
Posted on 2/14/15 at 3:34 am to BigBlue8Titles
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Does Alabama claim the 1930 college basketball championship?
We need to get on this.
Posted on 2/14/15 at 5:10 am to BigBlue8Titles
What, another great thread found in the rant in less than a week?
Posted on 2/14/15 at 6:28 am to BigBlue8Titles
Keds & tank tops, no care.
Posted on 2/14/15 at 7:02 am to Salviati
quote:And LSU was still a very average, middle-of-the-road team...some things never change.
Oddly enough, Sewanee was the only team in the top ten that Bama played that year. REC doing work.
Posted on 2/14/15 at 7:14 am to SummerOfGeorge
quote:I was at the game and actually Alabama had the lead and the ball with center Leon Douglas in front of a fast break for an apparent easy lay up. He hesitated for Kent Benson to get to him in an attempt to score and foul Benson out, but got his shot broken up...should have won that game. Coach Knight stated at his presser after the game that Alabama was easily the best team they'd seen all year.
quote:Our best was 1976, the year Indiana went 32-0. They had no seeds back then, Alabama #6 UNC #5 Marqeutte #2 and Indiana #1 in the polls all played in Baton Rouge. Bama crushed UNC by 15, I think Indiana and Marquette had byes, at that time there were only 48 teams in the tourney. We played Indiana next, close game al the way, led by one point with 2 minutes left and had the ball behind by one with under 30 seconds left, lost 74-69 I think, had to foul twice at the end. No other team got within 9 ( Marquette ) but every other team lost by 15 plus including Michigan in the National title game. We was good. Yea, probably our best team ever. And of course we run into one of the best teams ever in the damned Sweet 16. F'in Alabama basketball.
Providence (Pitino coached with Billy Donovan draining 3s) robbed us in a Sweet Sixteen final later....Alabama has been very unfortunate at The Dance.
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