CCNY Beavers basketball — program history

The CCNY Beavers compete in the CUNY and hold an all-time record of 1355–1405 (.491 winning percentage) across 48 recorded seasons dating back to 1905-06. The program has won 1 NCAA national championship (1950) and reached 1 Final Four.

National championships

1950

Season-by-season results

SeasonRecordConferenceCoachAP peak
1952-5310-61-5 (Metro NY)David Polansky
1951-528-111-5 (Metro NY)Nat Holman
1950-5112-72-2 (Metro NY)Nat HolmanAP #6
1949-5024-56-0 (Metro NY)Nat HolmanAP #7
1948-4917-83-2 (Metro NY)Nat Holman
1947-4818-34-1 (Metro NY)Nat Holman
1946-4717-64-1 (Metro NY)Nat Holman
1945-4614-44-1 (Metro NY)Nat Holman
1944-4512-4IndNat Holman
1943-446-11IndNat Holman
1942-438-102-5 (Metro NY)Nat Holman
1941-4216-3IndNat Holman
1940-4117-5IndNat Holman
1939-408-8IndNat Holman
1938-3911-611-6 (Metro NY)Nat Holman
1937-3813-34-2 (Metro NY)Nat Holman
1936-3710-63-3 (Metro NY)Nat Holman
1935-3610-43-3 (Metro NY)Nat Holman
1934-3510-6IndNat Holman
1933-3414-14-1 (Metro NY)Nat Holman
1932-3313-1IndNat Holman
1931-3216-1IndNat Holman
1930-3112-4IndNat Holman
1929-3011-3IndNat Holman
1928-299-5IndNat Holman
1927-2811-4IndNat Holman
1926-279-3IndNat Holman
1925-269-5IndNat Holman
1924-2512-2IndNat Holman
1923-2412-1IndNat Holman
1922-2312-1IndNat Holman
1921-2210-2IndNat Holman
1920-2111-4IndNat Holman
1919-2013-3IndNat Holman
1918-198-4IndJoseph Deering
1917-187-3IndJoseph Deering
1916-1715-3IndJoseph Deering
1915-167-6IndLeonard Palmer
1914-155-7IndLeonard Palmer
1913-146-5IndLeonard Palmer
1912-136-6IndLeonard Palmer
1911-129-2IndLeonard Palmer
1910-117-2IndLeonard Palmer
1909-106-4IndLeonard Palmer
1908-098-3IndLeonard Palmer
1907-089-2IndLeonard Palmer
1906-078-1IndLeonard Palmer
1905-061-4Ind

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