1940–41 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team

1940–41 La Salle Explorers men's basketball
1940–41 La Salle Explorers men's basketball
Conference	Independent
Record	11–8
Head coach	Leonard Tanseer (8th season);
Captains	Gene Gillen; John Brnich;
Home arena	Wister Hall
	Seasons ← 1939–40 1941–42 →

The 1940–41 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team represented La Salle University during the 1940–41 NCAA men's basketball season. The head coach was Leonard Tanseer, coaching the explorers in his eighth season. The team finished with an overall record of 11–8.^[1]

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
Dec 1, 1940	Loyola (MD)	W 53–44	1–0	Wister Hall Philadelphia, PA
Dec. 3, 1940	at Wyomissing P.I.	W 54–41	2–0
Dec 5, 1940	Morris–Harvey	W 34–28	3–0	Wister Hall Philadelphia, PA
Dec. 17, 1940	Washington College	W 51–22	4–0	Wister Hall Philadelphia, PA
Dec. 24, 1940	Rice	L 45–51	4–1	Wister Hall Philadelphia, PA
Jan. 3, 1941	Santa Clara	W 41–37	5–1	Wister Hall Philadelphia, PA
Jan. 8, 1941	Davis-Elkins	W 44–43	6–1	Wister Hall Philadelphia, PA
Jan. 12, 1941	Moravian	W 48–22	7–1	Wister Hall Philadelphia, PA
Jan. 17, 1941	Temple	L 22–27	7–2	Wister Hall Philadelphia, PA
Jan. 26, 1941	at Akron	W 43–37	8–2	Buffalo, NY
Jan. 28, 1941	at Scranton	L 45–47	8–3	Scranton, PA
Feb. 4, 1941	West Chester	W 43–31	9–3	Wister Hall Philadelphia, PA
Feb. 12, 1941	Manhattan	L 44–53	9–4	Wister Hall Philadelphia, PA
Feb. 14, 1941	Saint Joseph's	L 40–48	9–5	Wister Hall Philadelphia, PA
Feb. 20, 1941	Long Island	L 41–42	9–6	Wister Hall Philadelphia, PA
Feb. 24, 1941	at Muhlenberg	L 49–51	9–7	Allentown, PA
Feb. 26, 1941	LSC Faculty	W 50–35	10–7	Wister Hall Philadelphia, PA
Feb. 28, 1941	Alumni	W 43–36	11–7	Wister Hall Philadelphia, PA
Mar. 2, 1941	Toledo	L 43–56	11–8	Wister Hall Philadelphia, PA
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

^ "1940–41 La Salle Explorers men's basketball results". College-Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
^ "2016–17 La Salle Explorers Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved September 25, 2019.

[1] "1940–41 La Salle Explorers men's basketball results". College-Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved September 26, 2019.

[2] "2016–17 La Salle Explorers Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved September 25, 2019.

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v t e La Salle Explorers men's basketball
Venues	Wister Hall (19??–1955) Palestra (1955–1989) Civic Center (1989–1996) First Union Spectrum (1996–1998) Tom Gola Arena (1998–present) TruMark Financial Center (facilities)
Culture & lore	"Fight On, Explorers" City 6 Philadelphia Big 5 (Robert V. Geasey Trophy) Gambling scandal Rape scandal
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics