The 1923–24 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the
University of Michigan in intercollegiate
basketball during the 1923–24 season. The team compiled a record of 10–7, and 6–5 against
Big Ten Conference opponents. Michigan finished fifth in the Big Ten. Ohio State won the Big ten championship with a record of 10–1, the only loss being a 39–29 game against Michigan.
E. J. Mather
Edwin J. Mather (June 4, 1887 – August 26, 1928) was an American football and basketball player and coach. He was selected as an All-Western football player while playing for Lake Forest University in 1909 and went on to a coaching career at Ka ...
was in his sixth year as the team's coach, and
George Haggarty
George Sylvester Haggarty (December 14, 1902 – April 26, 1971) was an American basketball and baseball player, track athlete, golfer, horse racing advocate, and attorney. As a student at the University of Michigan, he was a member of the Michi ...
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 ...
and leading scorer.
[1925 Michiganensian, pages 232-233.][
]
Schedule
Players
*Edward W. Chambers, Niles, Michigan - forward and varsity letter winner
*Royal F. Cherry, Grand Rapids, Michigan - guard and varsity letter winner
*Richard F. Doyle, Galesburg, Michigan - center and varsity letter winner
*Douglas R. Ginn, Detroit, Michigan - aMa letter winner
*Bruce Robert Gregory -
*George Haggarty
George Sylvester Haggarty (December 14, 1902 – April 26, 1971) was an American basketball and baseball player, track athlete, golfer, horse racing advocate, and attorney. As a student at the University of Michigan, he was a member of the Michi ...
,, Ypsilanti, Michigan - team captain, forward and varsity letter winner
*Raymond E. Hutzel, Ann Abor, Michigan - forward and varsity letter winner
*Carl C. Kressbach, Monroe, Michigan - aMa letter winner
*Franklin C. Kuenzel, Grand Rapids, Michigan - aMa letter winner
*Walter A. Kuenzel, Grand Rapids, Michigan - forward and varsity letter winner
*Joseph M. Landre, Binghamton, New York - guard and varsity letter winner
*Edward D. Line, Detroit, Michigan -
*Nathan Rasnick, Newark, New Jersey - aMa letter winner
*Rex G. Reason, Detroit, Michigan - forward and varsity letter winner
Scoring statistics
Coaching staff
*E. J. Mather
Edwin J. Mather (June 4, 1887 – August 26, 1928) was an American football and basketball player and coach. He was selected as an All-Western football player while playing for Lake Forest University in 1909 and went on to a coaching career at Ka ...
- coach
*Justin S. Compton - manager
*Fielding H. Yost
Fielding Harris Yost (; April 30, 1871 – August 20, 1946) was an American football player, coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at: Ohio Wesleyan University, the University of Nebraska, the University ...
- athletic director
References
Michigan
Michigan Wolverines men's basketball seasons
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 ...
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 ...
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