The 1918–19 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the
University of Michigan in intercollegiate
basketball during the 1918–19 season. The team compiled an overall record of 16–8 and finished in fourth place in the
Big Ten Conference with a 5–5 record against conference opponents.
Elmer Mitchell served as the coach, and John H. Emery was the team
captain
Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, e ...
.
[1919 Michiganensian, page 545.] Arthur Karpus
Arthur Joe Karpus (January 16, 1898 – March 15, 1983) was an American football, basketball and baseball player. He attended the University of Michigan from 1917 to 1923, winning a total of seven varsity letters, three in basketball, t ...
was the team's leading scorer with 188 points (61 field goals and 66 free throws) in 23 games for an average of 8.2 points per game. Karpus's 188 points stood as Michigan's single season scoring record until the 1936–37 season when
John Townsend scored 191 points.
[(Team scoring statistics do not include the December 31, 1918 game against the Pontiac Oaklands.)]
Schedule
Players
*
Abe Cohn - aMa letter winner (varsity letter winner in football)
*Elmer Cress
*John H. Emery - forward and varsity letter winner
*
Timothy Y. Hewlett - forward and varsity letter winner
*
Arthur Karpus
Arthur Joe Karpus (January 16, 1898 – March 15, 1983) was an American football, basketball and baseball player. He attended the University of Michigan from 1917 to 1923, winning a total of seven varsity letters, three in basketball, t ...
- forward and varsity letter winner
*Loring
*James I. McClintock - center and varsity letter winner
*Frank Novak - winner of an "R" letter as a reserve player
*
Ralph O. Rychener - guard and varsity letter winner
*Benjamin Weiss
[Benjamin Weiss, born February 26, 1898, in New York City. Educated in the Newark, New Jersey public schools. Graduated from Michigan in 1921. Engaged in private practice as an orthodontist. Died February 12, 1963, at Tucson, Arizona.] - aMa letter winner
*F. Wickham
*Jack L. Williams - guard and varsity letter winner
*Wilford C. Wilson - guard and varsity letter winner
Scoring statistics
Source:
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Coaching staff
* Elmer Mitchell - coach
*Harry W. Heffner - manager
* Philip Bartelme - graduate director
References
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The Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team is the intercollegiate men's basketball program representing the University of Michigan. The school competes in the Big Ten Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association ...
Michigan Wolverines basketball
The Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team is the intercollegiate men's basketball program representing the University of Michigan. The school competes in the Big Ten Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association ...