The 1966–67 The Citadel Bulldogs basketball team represented
The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina
The Citadel Military College of South Carolina (simply known as The Citadel) is a public senior military college in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Established in 1842, it is the third oldest of the six senior military colleges ...
in the
1966–67 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. The Bulldogs were led by seventh year head coach
Mel Thompson and played their home games at
The Citadel Armory. They played as a member of the
Southern Conference
The Southern Conference (SoCon) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) NCAA Division I, Division I. Southern Conference College football, football teams c ...
.
The Bulldogs struggled throughout the season, enduring a three-game losing streak and two separate four game losing streaks while only recording consecutive wins twice in the season en route to an 8–17 overall finish, and 6–7 in the SoCon.
The season was later chronicled by
Pat Conroy
Donald Patrick Conroy (October 26, 1945 – March 4, 2016) was an American author who wrote several acclaimed novels and memoirs; his books ''The Water Is Wide (book), The Water is Wide'', ''The Lords of Discipline'', ''The Prince of Tides (no ...
in his memoir
My Losing Season. Conroy was a senior point guard and team Captain for the Bulldogs in the 1966–67 season.
Schedule
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1967 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
References
The Citadel Bulldogs basketball seasons
Citadel
A citadel is the most fortified area of a town or city. It may be a castle, fortress, or fortified center. The term is a diminutive of ''city'', meaning "little city", because it is a smaller part of the city of which it is the defensive core.
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