Texas tech athletics | record book | Men’s Basketball
1942-43 • Season Record: 13-10 (9-7 BC / 5th) Coach: Polk Robison D. 17 Lubbock Flyers.............................................. L.............34.... 35 D. 19 at South Plains AAF................................... W............41.... 27 D. 28 $ Arkansas....................................................... L.............38.... 43 D. 29 $ Oklahoma Zoomers.............................. L.............30.... 34 J. 5 Lubbock Flyers............................................. W............37.... 22 J. 7 at Kirkland Flyers......................................... W............35.... 32 J. 8 * at New Mexico.......................................... L.............28.... 35 J. 9 * at New Mexico......................................... W............37.... 29 J. 11 * Hardin-Simmons..................................... W............53.... 30 J. 12 * Hardin-Simmons..................................... W............54.... 33 J. 15 * at West Texas State................................. L.............61.... 78 J. 16 * at West Texas State................................. L.............43.... 50 F. 3 * New Mexico............................................... W............37.... 31 F. 4 * New Mexico............................................... W............32.... 30 F. 6 Lubbock Flyers............................................. W............62.... 50 F. 8 * at Hardin-Simmons............................... W............57.... 44 F. 9 * at Hardin-Simmons............................... W............40.... 32 F. 12 * West Texas State....................................... L.............49.... 52 F. 13 * West Texas State....................................... L.............47.... 53 F. 17 * at Arizona State-Tempe...................... W............46.... 41 F. 18 * at Arizona.................................................... W............47.... 35 F. 19 * West Texas State....................................... L.............40.... 44 F. 20 * West Texas State....................................... L.............46.... 53 * – Border Conference Game $ – All-College Tournament (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1943-44 • Season Record: 5-18 Coach: Polk Robison D. 11 Bergstrom AAF (TX)................................... L.............32.... 41 D. 17 Texas Christian.............................................. L.............34.... 49 D. 18 Texas Christian............................................. W............39.... 37 D. 27 $ vs. Oklahoma A&M................................. L.............31.... 66 D. 28 $ vs. Texas Christian.................................. W............38.... 37 D. 29 $ vs. Rice........................................................... L.............36.... 60 D. 30 at Oklahoma A&M...................................... L.............24.... 44 D. 31 Sheppard AAF (TX).................................... L.............37.... 47 J. 1 Sheppard AAF (TX).................................... L.............46.... 56 J. 22 at New Mexico.............................................. L.............44.... 56 J. 25 Lubbock AAF (TX)...................................... W............48.... 46 J. 27 South Plains AAF (TX)............................... L.............45.... 63 F. 3 at Fort Sumner (NM)................................. L.............39.... 53 F. 4 at New Mexico.............................................. L.............36.... 61 F. 5 at New Mexico.............................................. L.............30.... 39 F. 9 at Amarillo AFB (TX).................................. L.............42.... 53 F. 12 TT Engineers.................................................. L.............49.... 51 F. 15 Lubbock AAF (TX)...................................... W............58.... 56 F. 17 at South Plains AAF (TX)......................... L.............52.... 66 F. 19 TT Engineers.................................................. L.............40.... 51 F. 20 TT Engineers.................................................. L............ 40.... 54 F. 26 Lubbock AAF (TX)....................................... L.............49.... 51 F. 29 South Plains AAF (TX).............................. W............55.... 46 $ – All-College Tournament (Oklahoma City, Okla.) NOTE: Border Conference disbanded for the 1943-44 season. 1944-45 • Season Record: 10-14 Coach: Polk Robison D. 9 Lubbock AAF (TX)....................................... L.............46.... 75 D. 13 at SMU............................................................... L.............50.... 56 D. 14 at SMU............................................................... L.............36.... 57 D. 15 at Texas Christian......................................... L.............28.... 45 D. 16 at Texas Christian........................................ W............41.... 36 D. 27 $Oklahoma..................................................... L.............31.... 61 D. 28 $ Denver........................................................... L.............46.... 51 D. 29 $ Baylor............................................................. W............56.... 38 D. 30 at Norman Naval (OK).............................. L.............33.... 61 J. 5 Hardin-Simmons........................................ W............63.... 34 J. 6 Hardin-Simmons........................................ W............45.... 22 J. 22 at New Mexico.............................................. L.............39.... 47 J. 23 at New Mexico.............................................. L.............41.... 57 J. 30 at West Texas State..................................... L.............38.... 66 J. 31 at West Texas State..................................... L.............43.... 55 F. 7 at Lubbock AAF (TX)................................. L.............55.... 64 F. 10 New Mexico................................................... L.............39.... 42 F. 14 Texas Mines................................................... W............46.... 36
F. 15 Texas Mines................................................... W............49.... 32 F. 19 at Hardin-Simmons................................... W............52.... 40 F. 20 at Hardin-Simmons................................... W............53.... 14 F. 23 West Texas State.......................................... L.............51.... 61 F. 24 West Texas State......................................... W............48.... 43 M. 1 at Roswell AAF (NM)............................W (OT).......47.... 46 $ – All-College Tournament (Oklahoma City, Okla.) NOTE: Border Conference disbanded for the 1944-45 season. 1945-46 • Season Record: 12-9 (5-3 BC / 3rd) Coach: Polk Robison D. 6 Eastern New Mexico................................ W............75.... 32 D. 7 Eastern New Mexico................................ W............63.... 37 D. 12 at SMU............................................................... L.............27.... 50 D. 13 at SMU............................................................... L.............43.... 57 D. 14 at Texas Christian......................................... L.............42.... 46 D. 15 at Texas Christian......................................... L.............43.... 53 D. 21 Frank Phillips................................................. W............53.... 40 J. 5 * New Mexico............................................... W............63.... 55 J. 8 * at West Texas State................................. L.............43.... 48 J. 12 at Abilene Christian.................................. W............61.... 32 J. 28 at Clovis AAF (NM)..................................... W............49.... 48 F. 2 * West Texas State....................................... L.............44.... 45 F. 5 * West Texas State...................................... W............48.... 40 F. 8 * New Mexico................................................ L.............45.... 47 F. 9 * New Mexico............................................... W............55.... 48 F. 11 * Hardin-Simmons..................................... W............53.... 31 F. 12 * Hardin-Simmons..................................... W............71.... 42 F. 25 Clovis AAF (NM).......................................... W............67.... 24 F. 28 # vs. Texas Mines......................................... W............52.... 39 M. 1 # vs. Arizona.................................................... L.............31.... 61 M. 2 # vs. New Mexico........................................ L.............44.... 49 * – Border Conference Game # – Border Conference Tournament (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1946-47 • Season Record: 10-12 (8-8 BC / T5th) Coach: Berl Huffman D. 3 at Oklahoma A&M...................................... L.............33.... 39 D. 4 at Oklahoma.................................................. L.............37.... 60 D. 9 McMurry.......................................................... W............62.... 56 D. 13 * Arizona........................................................... L.............47.... 69 D. 16 * at Arizona State-Flagstaff................... L.............36.... 51 D. 20 $ vs. Sam Houston State........................ W............55.... 45 D. 21 $ vs. North Texas State............................. L.............46.... 59 D. 22 $ vs. Texas A&M............................................ L.............46.... 51 J. 9 * Arizona State-Flagstaff........................ W............44.... 42 J. 10 * Arizona State-Tempe............................. L.............52.... 53 J. 14 * Arizona State-Tempe............................. L.............39.... 45 J. 30 * Hardin-Simmons..................................... W............53.... 42 J. 31 * Hardin Simmons...................................... L.............47.... 44 F. 4 * West Texas State....................................... L.............36.... 41 F. 5 * West Texas State...................................... W............57.... 41 F. 7 * Texas Mines................................................ W............74.... 44 F. 13 * Texas Mines................................................. L.............40.... 57 F. 14 * at New Mexico A&M........................W (OT).......57.... 54 F. 15 * at New Mexico.......................................... L.............49.... 51 F. 21 * Arizona.......................................................... W............61.... 49 F. 27 * New Mexico A&M................................... W............72.... 31 F. 28 * New Mexico............................................... W............44.... 40 * – Border Conference Game $ – Houston Intercollegiate (Houston, Texas) 1947-48 • Season Record: 16-12 (10-6 BC / 2nd) Coach: Polk Robison D. 2 * Hardin-Simmons..................................... W............51.... 35 D. 5 at Texas Christian........................................ W............66.... 44 D. 6 at Texas Christian......................................... L.............46.... 48 D. 8 % vs. Texas....................................................... L.............42.... 51 D. 9 at Rice................................................................. L.............43.... 50 D. 17 * New Mexico............................................... W............62.... 46 D. 18 * New Mexico A&M................................... W............53.... 40 NA McMurry..................................................................... W............60.... 49 D. 29 $ vs. North Texas.......................................... L.............46.... 59 D. 30 $ vs. Texas Christian................................... L.............48.... 50 D. 31 $ vs. Hardin-Simmons............................. W............77.... 58 J. 7 Hardin College ............................................ W............60.... 33
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J. 9 * Arizona.......................................................... W............65.... 38 J. 14 * at Arizona..................................................... L.............37.... 61 J. 15 * at Arizona State-Tempe....................... L.............41.... 53 J. 16 * at Arizona State-Flagstaff................... L.............43.... 47 F. 6 * Texas Mines................................................ W............54.... 41 F. 9 * at Hardin-Simmons............................... W............53.... 32 F. 12 * Arizona State-Tempe............................. L.............53.... 55 F. 13 * Arizona State-Flagstaff........................ W............57.... 43 F. 18 * at New Mexico.......................................... L.............43.... 50 F. 19 * at New Mexico A&M............................. W............53.... 39 F. 20 * at Texas Mines............................................ L.............55.... 56 F. 24 * West Texas State...................................... W............46.... 38 F. 26 * Hardin-Simmons..................................... W............51.... 41 M. 1 # vs. West Texas State............................... W............67.... 46 M. 5 # vs. Abilene Christian............................. W............70.... 47 M. 6 # at Texas Wesleyan................................... L.............52.... 54 * – Border Conference Game % –Houston, Texas $ – All-Collegiate Tournament (Fort Worth, Texas) # – NAIB Regional Tournament (Fort Worth, Texas) 1948-49 • Season Record: 21-9 (11-5 BC / 2nd) Coach: Polk Robison N. 30 McMurry.......................................................... W............63.... 39 D. 3 at SMU............................................................... L.............45.... 57 D. 4 at SMU.............................................................. W............60.... 58 D. 7 at Rice................................................................ W............46.... 39 D. 14 * Arizona State-Flagstaff........................ W............56.... 39 D. 17 * Arizona State-Tempe............................ W............51.... 47 D. 22 Marshall College......................................... W............65.... 54 NA North Texas............................................................... W............68.... 51 D. 27 at Oklahoma A&M...................................... L.............26.... 47 D. 28 at SMU.............................................................. W............55.... 52 D. 29 at Colorado A&M......................................... L.............58.... 59 J. 6 * at Texas Mines............................................ L.............53.... 57 J. 7 * at New Mexico A&M............................. W............46.... 26 J. 8 * at New Mexico......................................... W............58.... 50 J. 11 * Texas Mines................................................ W............57.... 39 J. 14 * at West Texas State................................ W............53.... 39 J. 28 * Hardin-Simmons..................................... W............42.... 40 J. 30 * at Arizona State-Flagstaff................... L.............47.... 57 F. 1 * at Arizona State-Tempe....................... L.............47.... 60 F. 2 * at Arizona..................................................... L.............25.... 49 F. 10 * Arizona.......................................................... W............60.... 58 F. 15 * New Mexico A&M................................... W............63.... 47 F. 18 * New Mexico............................................... W............53.... 51 F. 23 * West Texas State...................................... W............70.... 61 F. 26 * at Hardin-Simmons................................ L.............60.... 65 M. 3 % vs. Abilene Christian........................... W............71.... 51 M. 5 % vs. East Texas State............................... W............63.... 45 M. 8 # vs. Western Montana........................... W............79.... 43 M. 9 # vs. North Dakota..................................... W............62.... 57 M. 10 # vs. Hamline (quarterfinals)................. L.............56.... 80 * – Border Conference Game % – NAIB Regional Tournament (Fort Worth, Texas) # – National Association of Intercollegiate Basketball Championship Tournament (Kansas City, Mo.) 1949-50 • Season Record: 14-12 (8-8 BC / 5th) Coach: Polk Robison NA McMurry..................................................................... W............73.... 46 D. 6 at Rice................................................................. L.............45.... 57 D. 7 at Trinity............................................................ L.............53.... 65 D. 8 at Baylor............................................................ L.............37.... 58 D. 9 at Howard Payne........................................ W............60.... 59 D. 13 at Wayland Baptist..................................... W............58.... 50 D. 19 at Checker Cab............................................ W............62.... 43 D. 21 Austin College.............................................. W............69.... 57 D. 28 at Checker Cab............................................. L.............55.... 61 D. 29 at Wayland Baptist..................................... W............54.... 33 J. 5 * at Texas Western...................................... W............59.... 58 J. 6 * at New Mexico A&M.............................. L.............54.... 58 J. 7 * at New Mexico......................................... W............48.... 44 J. 10 * West Texas State....................................... L.............43.... 60 J. 13 * New Mexico............................................... W............59.... 55 J. 17 * at Hardin-Simmons................................ L.............44.... 49 F. 7 * Arizona State-Flagstaff........................ W............64.... 51 F. 10 * Arizona State-Tempe............................ W............62.... 53