The Citadel Bulldogs basketball, 1920–1929

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The Citadel Bulldogs basketball teams represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. The program was established in 1900–01, and has continuously fielded a team since 1912–13. Their primary rivals are College of Charleston, Furman and VMI.

1919–20

1919–20 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Independent
Record	11–0
Head coach	C. F. Myers
Seasons← 1918–19 1920–21 →

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
January 17* no, no	Ashley Athletic Club	W 54–4	1–0	Charleston, SC
January 22* no, no	at South Carolina	W 19–8	2–0	Columbia, SC
* no, no	Furman	W 22–16	3–0
January 23* no, no	at Newberry	W 19–10	4–0	Newberry, SC
January 24* no, no	at Presbyterian	W 31–22	5–0	Clinton, SC
January 26* no, no	Camp Jackson	W 31–22	6–0	Charleston, SC
* no, no	Furman	W 19–16	7–0
January 31* no, no	College of Charleston	W 41–11	8–0	Charleston, SC
February 15* no, no	Camp Jackson	W 48–25	9–0	Charleston, SC
February 27* no, no	South Carolina	W 34–22	10–0	Charleston, SC
March 6* no, no	Trinity	W 36–25	11–0	Charleston, SC
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1920–21

1920–21 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	8–7 ( SIAA)
Head coach	C. F. Myers
Seasons← 1919–20 1921–22 →

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
January 16* no, no	College of Charleston	W 55–15	1–0	Charleston, SC
January 22* no, no	Newberry	W 32–17	2–0	Charleston, SC
January 24* no, no	at Virginia Tech	L 10–35	2–1	Blacksburg, VA
January 25* no, no	at Washington and Lee	L 15–29	2–2	Lexington, VA
January 26* no, no	at VMI	L 8–71	2–3	Lexington, VA
January 27* no, no	at Virginia	L 15–51	2–4	Charlottesville, VA
February 8* no, no	at South Carolina	L 13–22	2–5	Columbia, SC
February 9* no, no	at Furman	W 28–11	3–5	Greenville, SC
February 10* no, no	at Wofford	L 21–22	3–6	Spartanburg, SC
February 11* no, no	at Newberry	L 20–38	3–7	Newberry, SC
February 19* no, no	Clemson	W 28–26	4–7	Charleston, SC
February 21* no, no	Wofford	W 21–19	5–7	Charleston, SC
February 26* no, no	Presbyterian	W 21–11	6–7	Charleston, SC
March 5* no, no	Furman	W 31–21	7–7	Charleston, SC
March 12* no, no	South Carolina	W 27–15	8–7	Charleston, SC
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1921–22

1921–22 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	7–5 ( SIAA)
Head coach	C. F. Myers
Seasons← 1920–21 1922–23 →

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
January 21* no, no	Newberry	W 22–19	1–0	Charleston, SC
January 28* no, no	Clemson	W 29–8	2–0	Charleston, SC
February 4* no, no	Furman	W 36–31	3–0	Charleston, SC
February 10* no, no	Wofford	W 32–25	4–0	Charleston, SC
February 13* no, no	at South Carolina	L 17–18	4–1	Columbia, SC
February 14* no, no	at Clemson	L 19–20	4–2	Calhoun, SC
February 15* no, no	at Newberry	L 22–35	4–3	Newberry, SC
February 16* no, no	at Furman	L 20–30	4–4	Greenville, SC
February 17* no, no	at Wofford	W 28–27	5–4	Spartanburg, SC
February 21* no, no	College of Charleston	W 31–13	6–4	Charleston, SC
February 24* no, no	vs. Vanderbilt 1922 SIAA Men's Basketball Tournament	L 22–37	6–5	Atlanta, GA
March 4* no, no	South Carolina	W 29–16	7–5	Charleston, SC
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1922–23

1922–23 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	5–5 ( SIAA)
Head coach	C. F. Myers
Seasons← 1921–22 1923–24 →

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
January 13* no, no	South Carolina	L 17–22	0–1	Charleston, SC
January 26* no, no	Newberry	L 21–32	0–2	Charleston, SC
February 3* no, no	Presbyterian	W 37–18	1–2	Charleston, SC
February 5* no, no	at South Carolina	L 10–34	1–3	Columbia, SC
February 6* no, no	at Newberry	W 46–10	2–3	Newberry, SC
February 7* no, no	at Furman	L 23–31	2–4	Greenville, SC
February 8* no, no	at Spartanburg YMCA	L 18–40	2–5	Spartanburg, SC
February 9* no, no	at Presbyterian	W 20–19	3–5	Clinton, SC
February 17* no, no	Furman	W 34–25	4–5	Charleston, SC
February 24* no, no	College of Charleston	W 32–14	5–5	Charleston, SC
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1923–24

1923–24 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	2–8 ( SIAA)
Head coach	C. F. Myers
Seasons← 1922–23 1924–25 →

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
January 12* no, no	South Carolina	L 24–26	0–1	Charleston, SC
January 26* no, no	Newberry	L 13–20	0–2	Charleston, SC
February 2* no, no	Wofford	W 27–22	1–2	Charleston, SC
February 4* no, no	at South Carolina	L 18–26	1–3	Columbia, SC
February 5* no, no	at Newberry	L 16–35	1–4	Newberry, SC
February 6* no, no	at Presbyterian	L 23–32	1–5	Clinton, SC
February 7* no, no	at Wofford	W 27–13	2–5	Spartanburg, SC
February 8* no, no	at Furman	L 11–39	2–6	Greenville, SC
February 16* no, no	Presbyterian	L 10–19	2–7	Charleston, SC
February 23* no, no	Furman	L 16–28	2–8	Charleston, SC
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1924–25

1924–25 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	11–2 ( SIAA)
Head coach	C. F. Myers
Seasons← 1923–24 1925–26 →

With season sweeps of Clemson, Furman, and Wofford, a win in their only matchup with Presbyterian and a season split with South Carolina, the Bulldogs claim a South Carolina "state championship" for the 1924–25 season.

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
January 13* no, no	Standard Oil	W 46–18	1–0	Charleston, SC
January 24* no, no	South Carolina	W 46–18	2–0	Charleston, SC
January 31* no, no	Clemson	W 34–18	3–0	Charleston, SC
February 7* no, no	Furman	W 38–32	4–0	Charleston, SC
February 10* no, no	at South Carolina	L 29–32	4–1	Columbia, SC
February 11* no, no	at Wofford	W 27–25	5–1	Spartanburg, SC
February 12* no, no	at Furman	W 44–24	6–1	Greenville, SC
February 13* no, no	at Clemson	W 25–21	7–1	Riggs Field House Calhoun, SC
February 14* no, no	Presbyterian	W 52–30	8–1	Charleston, SC
February 21* no, no	Wofford	W 45–20	9–1	Charleston, SC
February 24* no, no	Ole Miss	W 30–26	10–1	Charleston, SC
1925 SIAA tournament
February 27 no, no	vs. Birmingham–Southern	W 42–24	11–1	Atlanta, GA
February 28 no, no	vs. Mercer	L 24–31	11–2	Atlanta, GA
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1925–26

1925–26 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	9–6 ( SIAA)
Head coach	Locke Brown
Seasons← 1924–25 1926–27 →

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
January 9* no, no	College of Charleston	W 29–20	1–0	Charleston, SC
January 16* no, no	South Carolina	W 42–24	2–0	Charleston, SC
January 30* no, no	Presbyterian	W 36–29	3–0	Charleston, SC
February 6* no, no	Furman	W 36–29	4–0	Charleston, SC
February 11* no, no	at South Carolina	L 20–28	4–1	Columbia, SC
February 12* no, no	at Clemson	W 26–23	5–1	Calhoun, SC
February 13* no, no	at Oglethorpe	W 30–22	6–1	Atlanta, GA
February 15* no, no	at Chattanooga	L 30–36	6–2	Chattanooga, TN
February 16* no, no	at Mercer	L 32–35	6–3	Macon, GA
February 22* no, no	Wofford	L 28–33	6–4	Charleston, SC
February 27* no, no	at Davidson	W 39–37	7–4	Alumni Gymnasium Davidson, NC
March 1* no, no	at Furman	L 22–32	7–5	Greenville, SC
1926 SIAA tournament
March 4 no, no	vs. Newberry	W 37–19	8–5	Greenville, SC
March 5 no, no	vs. Furman	W 36–26	9–5	Greenville, SC
March 6 no, no	vs. Mississippi College	L 23–41	9–6	Greenville, SC
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1926–27

Main article: 1926–27 The Citadel Bulldogs basketball team

1927–28

1927–28 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	13–5 ( SIAA)
Head coach	Benny Blatt
Seasons← 1926–27 1928–29 →

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
January 6* no, no	Parris Island Marines	W 51–44	1–0	Charleston, SC
January 14* no, no	South Carolina	W 47–28	2–0	Charleston, SC
January 19* no, no	at Savannah Athletic Club	W 47–31	3–0	Savannah, GA
January 20* no, no	at Mercer	L 29–38	3–1	Macon, GA
January 21* no, no	at Mercer	L 15–33	3–2	Macon, GA
January 27* no, no	Oglethorpe	W 53–36	4–2	Charleston, SC
January 28* no, no	Furman	W 42–41	5–2	Charleston, SC
February 4* no, no	at Presbyterian	W 53–30	6–2	Charleston, SC
February 10* no, no	Newberry	W 48–23	7–2	Charleston, SC
February 11* no, no	Davidson	W 39–30	8–2	Charleston, SC
February 13 no, no	at South Carolina	L 26–32	8–3	Columbia, SC
February 14* no, no	at Wofford	W 39–27	9–3	Spartanburg, SC
February 15* no, no	at Furman	L 22–59	9–4	Greenville, SC
February 16* no, no	at Newberry	W 27–25	10–4	Newberry, SC
February 17* no, no	at Presbyterian	W 56–48	11–4	Clinton, SC
February 21* no, no	Wofford	W 69–32	12–4	Charleston, SC
February 24* no, no	College of Charleston	W 47–34	13–4	Charleston, SC
1928 SIAA tournament
March 1 no, no	vs. Birmingham–Southern	L 34–35	13–5	Chattanooga, TN
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1928–29

1928–29 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	12–4 ( SIAA)
Head coach	Benny Blatt
Seasons← 1927–28 1929–30 →

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
January 5* no, no	Erskine	W 40–36	1–0	Charleston, SC
January 12* no, no	South Carolina	W 47–36	2–0	Charleston, SC
January 14* no, no	Clemson	W 40–37	3–0	Charleston, SC
January 25* no, no	Mercer	L 35–41	3–1	Charleston, SC
January 26* no, no	Mercer	L 29–52	3–2	Charleston, SC
February 2* no, no	Presbyterian	W 41–30	4–2	Charleston, SC
February 8* no, no	Newberry	W 42–27	5–2	Charleston, SC
February 9* no, no	College of Charleston	W 26–15	6–2	Charleston, SC
February 13* no, no	at South Carolina	W 51–40	7–2	Columbia, SC
February 14* no, no	at Newberry	W 35–28	8–2	Newberry, SC
February 15* no, no	at Presbyterian	W 51–31	9–2	Clinton, SC
February 16* no, no	at Clemson	L 33–35	9–3	Riggs Field House Calhoun, SC
February 18* no, no	at Furman	L 24–37	9–4	Greenville, SC
February 19* no, no	at Wofford	W 32–18	10–4	Spartanburg, SC
February 21* no, no	at Wofford	W 38–15	11–4	Charleston, SC
February 22* no, no	Furman	W 54–38	12–4	Charleston, SC
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

2014-15 The Citadel Basketball Fact Back (PDF). The Citadel. pp. 72–74. Retrieved January 3, 2015.

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