Ccny ccny womens basketball 2018 schedule, stats, team. The recently opened exhibit at the museum of the city of new york citygame. Ccny had won the 1950 ncaa mens division i basketball tournament and the 1950 national invitation tournament over bradley university. Robert hofstadter in 1961, arno penzias in 1978, and leon lederman in 1988. The history and culture of new york city basketball the. The city game, matthew goodman book on ccny basketball. Nevertheless, he became basketball coach at kansas in 1900, and lost his first game 488 to nebraska. There was one player in the tournament, however, who went down in history as one of the greatest basketball players of all time bob cousy of holy cross, who. I would soon be covering a story that made college basketball history in. Triumph, scandal, and a legendary basketball team, a book by new york timesbestselling author matthew goodman on the city college of new yorks greatest athletic achievement, publishes on tuesday, nov. Madison square garden is on 49th street and 8th avenue.
The conference was held at the city college of new york on saturday, september 21st, 2019 and featured short contributed talks by undergraduate students, poster sessions, two plenary talks, and a panel discussion on preparing for graduate school. The college basketball victory that seemed too good to be. The city game, matthew goodman book on ccny basketball feat. Albert einstein gave the first of his series of united states lectures at the city college of new york in 1921. The city college of new york was originally founded as the free academy of the city of new york in 1847 by wealthy businessman and president of the board of education, townsend harris, who would go on to establish diplomatic relations between the united states and japan. The nit is the most important championship tournament. Information sports medicine staff directory alumni varsity association athletics faculty mentoring program championship history composite schedule mission statement ncaa division. Scandal brings down a remarkable college basketball team in the. Information sports medicine staff directory alumni varsity association athletics faculty mentoring program championship history composite schedule mission. The college basketball victory that seemed too good to be trueand was. This is book about basketball, a team that beat all odds. But ccnys season of glory was followed by unimaginable disgrace. Almost 70 years after one of collegiate sports most historic moments comes an absorbing narrative of the event and its aftermath. In short, you do not need to be a basketball fan to love this book.
The high point of midcentury gotham sporting life came in the spring of 1950, when the city college of new york beavers basketball team, with a starting lineup consisting of three jews and two blacks, wiped the floor with the topranked kentucky wildcats en route to the nit championship in madison square garden. Goodmans book is at once a history of the ccny teams remarkable. We have posted the 2020 statistics and will continue to add to our history whenever we find new information. Bestselling author matthew goodman discusses his critically acclaimed new book, the city game. A brief history of college basketball an ncaa champion. Womens metropolitan basketball league 2nd place ccny team scoring record 99 points against nyu. In 1950, ccny accomplished one of the greatest feats in basketball history, winning the nit and the ncaa tournamentsone year later there was devastation.
Less than a year later, those kings of the garden were dethroned, not on the court, but in the courtroom, when seven stars on the double champions were named in a nationwide pointshaving. Cited by sports illustrated as one the twentyfive best literary sports books ever published. How the gamblers almost killed college basketball and more than a game, with phil jackson. None of them had stellar careers in the national basketball association, and there is a reason for that, too, the same reason none had ever been. The city game is a gripping history of one of college basketballs. Ccny ccny mens basketball 2018 schedule, stats, team. Mens basketball the city college of new york athletics. Goodmans insight into the meltingpot that was city college of new york, a topnotch and free educational mecca for immigrants, africanamericans and jews who were denied admission to the nations elite universities, is compelling and fascinating. The book is a wonderfully reported glimpse of city history, and the star is the city college basketball team, one of the most successful yet notorious. His many novels include the house of moses allstars, a new york times notable book, and sammy wong. Nikki mccraypenson was named the eight head coach in program history over. For the first time in history, and we hope the last, the 2020 regional, state, and federation tournaments were cancelled due to an outbreak of coronavirus. City college of new york ccny is the best basketball team in the city.
Ccnys victory was voted the most exciting event in the history of college basketball at madison square garden. Not recorded in the book was the decision by ccny to drop out of big time basketball as it. Books include your teams biggest games and greatest players and offer optional personalization on the cover. When basketball was jewish reveals, as no previous book has, the evolving role of jews in basketball and illuminates their contributions to american jewish history as well as basketball history. The legendary team is the 1950 city college of new york ccny squad. He invented basketball for fun, as a simple physical education activity not something to be serious about. The online bookstore is proven to offer students substantial savings and to give faculty an intuitive shoppingcart interface, with more options and support services. In becoming the only team in history to win the nit and ncaa championships in a single year, the beavers carried a colleges and a citys. The book centers on the city college of new york ccny basketball team that became the only team to win the ncaa and nit championships in the same year in 1950, and one year later was scandalized by a point shaving scandal. Basketball in new york explores new yorks cultural basketball history and the stories of players, coaches, and moments in schoolyards, playgrounds, gyms, and packed arenas. On the surface this is a piece of new york city college basketball history.
In march 1950, 70 years ago this month, city college made college basketball history by winning both the nit and ncaa championships. Ccnys star players became ensnared in a web of illegal pointshaving incidents, which cast shadows of guilt upon both new york and all college basketball teams, nearly destroyed the players. The city game shines light on one of basketball s darkest moments the 50 city college of new york beavers were the only team to win the nit and the ncaa tournaments. The official mens basketball page for the the city college of new york beavers. None of the players on the city college team went on to fame after 1950. Our basketball team history book enables you retrace the history of any n.
While our physical spaces remain closed, the ccny libraries team is working remotely to make library resources and services available online. Goodmans book is at once a history of the ccny teams remarkable championship season and the less remarkable one after that as well as a. James naismith introduced the game of basketball to 19 students at the international ymca training school in springfield, massachusetts, as a indoor leisure activity to provide calisthenics and exercise during the long new england winter months when it was to cold to go outside to play football, baseball or lacrosse. From barns, peach baskets and sepiatinged photos to 70,000seat stadiums, plexiglass backboards and highdefinition online streams, basketball has evolved apace over nearly 127 years. Sometimes ill be watching a game on tv, like today, and ill have a little flashback, says warner, a.
Triumph, scandal, and a legendary basketball team, a book by new york timesbestselling author matthew goodman on the city college of new york s greatest athletic achievement, publishes on tuesday, nov. The book is a wonderfully reported glimpse of city history, and the star is the city college basketball team, one of the most successful yet notorious athletic squads ever. In march of 1950, city college, a new york citybred team coached by hall of famer nat holman, captured the citys imagination when they completed the only grand slam in college basketball history. This is a great book for anybody interested in the history of basketball. Three of its alumni went on to become nobel laureates in physics. New york, march 14, 1950 more vividly and eloquently than words, the figures tell the story of the worst defeat ever pinned on any wildcat basketball team since the court sport. This is book about basketball, a team that beat all odds, but it is also a book 4. Rosen is an analyst for and a devotee of the triangle offense. The ccny point shaving scandal of 195051 was a college basketball point shaving gambling scandal that involved seven schools in all, with four in greater new york and three in the midwest. Ccnys new virtual bookstore, is now available and equipped to supply all course book selections for all summer sessions as well as for the fall semester. College online bookstore the city college of new york. It doesnt need a coach you dont coach basketball, you just play it. Cc riders they were oblivious to the history they were making, naive about their remarkable accomplishment.
The ccny point shaving scandal of 195051 was a college basketball point shaving gambling. Triumph, scandal, and a legendary basketball team, with clyde haberman, ccny 1966. Triumph, scandal, and a legendary basketball team by matthew goodman. Basketball from the garden to the playgrounds axthelm, pete, telander, rick on. Jay neugeborens 1966 novel big man is based on what happens to an. They are joined by former city college basketball cocaptain, ron nadell, ccny 51 and former sports editor of the campus, mort sheinman ccny 54. However, most of the key players in the scandal were players of the 194950 ccny beavers mens basketball team.
The 194950 ccny beavers mens basketball team represented the city college of new york. The city game shines light on one of basketballs darkest moments the 50 city college of new york beavers were the only team to. The unranked city college team five street kids from the city of new. The city college of new york has had a long and distinguished history in physics. Scandal brings down a remarkable college basketball team. Despite the constant talk about the need to pay college athletes, academic infractions, and even improper benefits, there has never been a college basketball scandal quite to the scale of the one that happened 64 years ago in new york city. The official 20192020 mens basketball roster for the the city college of new york beavers.