1920–21 Penn Quakers men's basketball team

1920–21 Penn Quakers men's basketball
1920–21 Penn Quakers men's basketball
EIBL Champions; Helms Foundation National Champions
Conference	Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League
Record	21–2 (9–1 EIBL)
Head coach	Edward McNichol (1st season);
Captain	Dan McNichol
	Seasons ← 1919–20 1921–22 →

1920–21 Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Penn	9	–	1	.900	21	–	2	.913
Dartmouth	7	–	3	.700	13	–	9	.591
Cornell	6	–	4	.600	12	–	10	.545
Princeton	4	–	6	.400	14	–	9	.609
Columbia	3	–	7	.300	7	–	9	.438
Yale	1	–	9	.100	9	–	17	.346

The 1920–21 Penn Quakers men's basketball team represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 1920–21 NCAA men's basketball season in the United States. The head coach was Edward McNichol, coaching in his first season with the Quakers. The team finished the season with a 21–2 record^[1] and was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation.^[2] This was Penn's second consecutive Helms national championship, the previous year's 21–1 team having later been recognized as the Helms (and Premo-Porretta Power Poll)^[3] national champion as well.^[1]

Senior Dan McNichol, Edward's younger brother, was named a consensus All-American at the end of the season.

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
12/4/1920*	Ursinus	W 42–12	1–0	Philadelphia, PA
12/8/1920*	Temple	W 24–19	2–0	Philadelphia, PA
12/11/1920*	Muhlenberg	W 36–14	3–0	Philadelphia, PA
12/14/1920*	Drexel Battle of 33rd Street	W 28–10	4–0	Philadelphia, PA
1/8/1921*	Syracuse	W 14–8	5–0	Philadelphia, PA
1/15/1921	Columbia	W 22–16	6–0 (1–0)	Philadelphia, PA
1/19/1921*	Catholic	W 19–17	7–0	Philadelphia, PA
1/22/1921	Dartmouth	W 26–18	8–0 (2–0)	Philadelphia, PA
1/29/1921*	Lafayette	W 37–12	9–0	Philadelphia, PA
2/2/1921*	NYU	W 24–11	10–0	Philadelphia, PA
2/5/1921*	Lehigh	W 19–10	11–0	Philadelphia, PA
2/7/1921*	VMI	W 40–15	12–0	Philadelphia, PA
2/12/1921	Cornell	L 19–20	12–1 (2–1)	Philadelphia, PA
2/16/1921	Columbia	W 19–18	13–1 (3–1)	Philadelphia, PA
2/19/1921	Cornell	W 22–20	14–1 (4–1)	Philadelphia, PA
2/22/1921	Yale	W 29–11	15–1 (5–1)	Philadelphia, PA
2/26/1921*	Delaware	W 44–13	16–1	Philadelphia, PA
3/2/1921*	Swarthmore	W 29–17	17–1	Philadelphia, PA
3/5/1921	Yale	W 48–13	18–1 (6–1)	Philadelphia, PA
3/9/1921*	Penn State	L 19–21	18–2	Philadelphia, PA
3/12/1921	Princeton Rivalry	W 33–22	19–2 (7–1)	Philadelphia, PA
3/16/1921	Dartmouth	W 31–16	20–2 (8–1)	Philadelphia, PA
3/19/1921	Princeton Rivalry	W 27–20	21–2 (9–1)	Philadelphia, PA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Pennsylvania Quakers season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
^ "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions". Rauzulu's Street. 2004. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
^ ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. p. 535. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
^ "2008–09 Penn Quakers Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Yearly Results (p. 121). University of Pennsylvania. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 19, 2014. Retrieved May 19, 2014.

[SR-1] "Pennsylvania Quakers season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved May 19, 2014.

[2] "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions". Rauzulu's Street. 2004. Retrieved May 19, 2014.

[3] ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. p. 535. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.

[MGUIDE-4] "2008–09 Penn Quakers Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Yearly Results (p. 121). University of Pennsylvania. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 19, 2014. Retrieved May 19, 2014.

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v t e Penn Quakers men's basketball
Venues	The Palestra (1927–present)
Rivalries	Drexel Princeton
Culture & lore	"Fight on, Pennsylvania!" City 6 Penn Pep Band Philadelphia Big 5 Big 5 Classic Robert V. Geasey Trophy
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1896–97 1897–98 1898–1902 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics