1946–47 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

1946–47 UCLA Bruins men's basketball
1946–47 UCLA Bruins men's basketball
PCC Southern Division
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
	South
Record	18–7 (9–3 PCC)
Head coach	Wilbur Johns (8th season);
Assistant coach	Bill Putnam
Home arena	Men's Gym
	Seasons ← 1945–46 1947–48 →

1946–47 Pacific Coast Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
North
Oregon State †	13	–	3	.813	28	–	5	.848
Washington State	11	–	5	.688	23	–	10	.697
Washington	8	–	8	.500	16	–	8	.667
Oregon	7	–	9	.438	18	–	9	.667
Idaho	1	–	15	.063	4	–	24	.143
South
UCLA	9	–	3	.750	18	–	7	.720
California	8	–	4	.667	20	–	11	.645
Stanford	5	–	7	.417	15	–	16	.484
USC	2	–	10	.167	10	–	14	.417

† Conference playoff series winner

The 1946–47 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1946–47 NCAA men's basketball season and were members of the Pacific Coast Conference. The Bruins were led by eighth year head coach Wilbur Johns. They finished the regular season with a record of 18–7 and won the PCC southern division with a record of 9–3.

Previous season

The Bruins finished the regular season with a record of 8–16 and where third in the PCC southern division with a record of 5–7.

Roster

1946–47 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	17	Bob Arnold	—	—
C	11	Don Barksdale	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)		Berkeley, California
F	55	Eldon Bennet	—	—
F	56	Guy Buccola	—	—	So
		Hicks	—	—
		Kalb	—	—
		Marv Lee	—	—
G	10	Dave Minor	—	—
G	78	Ron Pearson	—	—	So
G	4	Richard Perry (C)	—	—
G	3	Bill Rankin	—	—	Jr
	13	Doug Sale	—	—
F	6	John Stanich	—	—		Sacramento, California
F	12	Dick West	—	—	Jr

Head coach

Wilbur Johns (UCLA)

Assistant coach(es)

Bill Putnam

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
December 6, 1946*	UC Santa Barbara	W 32–18	1–0	Men's Gym Los Angeles
December 7, 1946*	San Francisco	W 43–30	2–0	Men's Gym Los Angeles, CA
December 13, 1946*	Redlands	W 81–46	3–0	Men's Gym Los Angeles, CA
December 14, 1946*	Santa Clara	L 49–54	3–1	Men's Gym Los Angeles, CA
December 20, 1946*	Los Angeles Police	W 83–18	4–1	Men's Gym Los Angeles, CA
December 26, 1946*	vs. Wyoming	W 54–41	5–1	Buffalo, NY
December 28, 1946*	at St. Joseph's	W 50–48	6–1	Philadelphia, PA
December 30, 1946*	at NYU	L 49–66	6–2	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
January 2, 1947	at Purdue	W 59–53	7–2	Lambert Fieldhouse West Lafayette, IN
January 10, 1947	Stanford	L 33–38	7–3 (0–1)	Men's Gym Los Angeles, CA
January 11, 1947	Stanford	W 48–40	8–3 (1–1)	Men's Gym Los Angeles, CA
January 17, 1947	at USC	W 60–49	9–3 (2–1)	Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles, CA
January 18, 1947	USC	W 61–46	10–3 (3–1)	Men's Gym Los Angeles, CA
January 24, 1947	at California	W 52–45	11–3 (4–1)	Men's Gym Berkeley, CA
January 25, 1947	at California	L 46–62	11–4 (4–2)	Men's Gym Berkeley, CA
February 7, 1947	Carroll's Shamrocks	W 69–59	12–4	Men's Gym Los Angeles, CA
February 10, 1947	20th Century Fox	W 66–58	13–4	Men's Gym Los Angeles, CA
February 14, 1947	California	W 85–52	14–4 (5–2)	Men's Gym Los Angeles, CA
February 15, 1947	California	W 72–59	15–4 (6–2)	Men's Gym Los Angeles, CA
February 21, 1947	at Stanford	W 56–39	16–4 (7–2)	Stanford Pavilion Stanford, CA
February 22, 1947	at Stanford	L 53–68	16–5 (7–3)	Men's Gym Los Angeles, CA
February 28, 1947	at USC	W 71–66	17–6 (8–4)	Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles, CA
March 1, 1947	USC	W 66–54	18–5 (9–3)	Men's Gym Los Angeles, CA
Conference Championship
March 7, 1947	at Oregon State PCC Championship play-offs	L 52–69	18–6	Men's Gymnasium Corvallis, OR
March 8, 1947	at Oregon State PCC Championship play-offs	L 46–63	18–7	Men Gymnasium Corvallis, OR
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Source^[1]

References

^ "Season by Season Records" (PDF). UCLA Athletics.

[1] "Season by Season Records" (PDF). UCLA Athletics.

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