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1926–27 California Golden Bears Men's Basketball Team
The 1926–27 California Golden Bears men's basketball team represented the University of California, Berkeley in college basketball, intercollegiate basketball during the 1926–27 season. The team finished the season with a 17–0 record and was retroactively named the national champion by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll. It was head coach Nibs Price's third season coaching the team. References {{DEFAULTSORT:1926-27 California Golden Bears Men's Basketball Team California Golden Bears men's basketball seasons NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament championship seasons 1926–27 Pacific Coast Conference men's basketball season, California 1926 in sports in California, California Golden Bears Men's Basketball Team 1927 in sports in California, California Golden Bears Men's Basketball Team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nibs Price
Clarence Merle "Nibs" Price (April 26, 1889 – January 13, 1968) was a basketball and American football coach. After coaching at San Diego High School, he served as the head football coach at the University of California, Berkeley from 1926 to 1930, compiling the a record of 27–17–3, and the head men's basketball coach at Berkeley from 1924 to 1954, tallying a mark of 453–294. He led the 1946 basketball team to the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, Final Four. Succeeding Andy Smith (American football), Andy Smith as Cal's football coach, Price guided the California Golden Bears football, Golden Bears to the 1929 Rose Bowl, a game infamous for Roy Riegels's wrong-way run. His 1926–27 California Golden Bears men's basketball team, 1926–27 basketball team finished the season with a 17–0 record and was retroactively named the national champion by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll. Price died on January 13, 1968, at the age of 77 in Oakland, California. Head coachin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
