1905–06 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team

The 1905–06 Kentucky State men's basketball team competed on behalf of the University of Kentucky during the 1905–06 season. They started their season and had winning record (3–2 in the first three fives games) for the first time in their history. Afterwards, however, they would lose 7 of 9 of the rest of their games to finish 5–9.

1905–06 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–9
Head coach
  • Unnamed (2nd season)
Home arenaState College Gymnasium
Seasons
1905–06 collegiate men's basketball independents standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Oregon Agricultural   10 0   1.000
Rhode Island A&M   5 0   1.000
Southwestern (Kan.)   6 0   1.000
Wabash   17 1   .944
Massachusetts Lowell   16 1   .941
Brigham Young   11 1   .917
Ohio State   9 1   .900
Dartmouth   16 2   .889
North Dakota   8 1   .889
Fordham   14 2   .875
Texas   7 1   .875
Baker   18 3   .857
Westminster (Pa.)   12 2   .857
Michigan State   11 2   .846
Auburn   5 1   .833
Bucknell   10 2   .833
Denison   10 2   .833
Montana State   5 1   .833
Williams   14 3   .824
Western Reserve   13 3   .813
Holy Cross   12 3   .800
Nebraska   12 3   .800
Virginia   8 2   .800
William & Mary   4 1   .800
Dayton   7 2   .778
Illinois State   6 2   .750
Syracuse   9 3   .750
Swarthmore   11 4   .733
Maine   10 4   .714
Springfield (Mass.)   10 4   .714
Allegheny   12 5   .706
Wooster   7 3   .700
Cincinnati   2 1   .667
Connecticut   6 3   .667
Grinnell   8 4   .667
Niagara   4 2   .667
Army   7 4   .636
Gettysburg   7 4   .636
Kansas   12 7   .632
Tulane   8 5   .615
Manhattan   6 4   .600
Mount Union   9 6   .600
Penn State   6 4   .600
Wesleyan (Conn.)   12 8   .600
Wyoming   3 2   .600
Canisius   10 7   .588
Washburn   10 7   .588
Idaho   4 3   .571
Lake Forest   9 7   .563
North Dakota Agricultural   5 4   .556
West Virginia   5 4   .556
Colorado   6 5   .545
Colgate   7 6   .538
Butler   1 1   .500
Colorado Agricultural   2 2   .500
Indiana State   6 6   .500
Lehigh   6 6   .500
Miami (Ohio)   3 3   .500
Nebraska Wesleyan   7 7   .500
New Mexico   2 2   .500
Wake Forest   3 3   .500
Washington State   5 5   .500
Akron   6 7   .462
Denver   6 7   .462
Bradley   4 5   .444
Delaware   3 4   .429
Temple   3 4   .429
Bloomsburg   2 3   .400
Trinity (N.C.)   2 3   .400
Kansas State   6 9   .400
Grove City   3 5   .375
Brown   4 7   .364
Kentucky   5 9   .357
Augustana (Ill.)   3 6   .333
Fairmount   2 4   .333
Wisconsin–Stevens Point   2 4   .333
Trinity (Conn.)   3 7   .300
Washington University   1 3   .250
Utah Agircultural   2 7   .222
CCNY   1 4   .200
Pittsburgh   2 9   .182
Georgia   0 2   .000
New Mexico A&M   0 1   .000
Oregon   0 5   .000

Roster

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1904–05 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
F Stanley Baer 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 128 lb (58 kg) Jr Unknown Louisville, Kentucky
G Don Branson
Jr Unknown Yosemite, Kentucky
G Arthur Donan
190 lb (86 kg) Jr Unknown Horse Cave, Kentucky
Joseph Hermann 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Unknown Newport, Kentucky
C Thomas Bryant 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
So Kentucky State College Prep School Nicholasville, Kentucky
G Maury Wilson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 148 lb (67 kg) So Louisville Male High School Louisville, Kentucky
G Richard Barbee 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 152 lb (69 kg) Fr Unknown Lexington, Kentucky
Head coach
  • Unnamed
Assistant coach(es)

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Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Regular Season
1/11/1906*
Kentucky University (now Transylvania) W Unrecorded  1–0
Kentucky University 
Lexington, KY
1/12/1906*
Miami (OH) L 10–15  1–1
State College Gymnasium 
Lexington, KY
1/19/1906*
Centre W 15–14  2–1
State College Gymnasium 
Lexington, KY
1/20/1906*
Georgetown College W 34–9  2–2
Georgetown College 
Georgetown, KY
1/26/1906*
Centre W 17–15  3–2
Central University 
Danville, KY
1/27/1906*
Cincinnati YMCA L 16–23  3–3
State College Gymnasium University 
Lexington, KY
2/3/1906*
Christ Church Cincinnati L 24–38  3–4
State College Gymnasium University 
Lexington, KY
2/9/1906*
Georgetown College L 22–28  3–5
State College Gymnasium University 
Lexington, KY
2/12/1906*
New Albany YMCA L 12–29  3–6
New Albany 
New Albany, IN
2/13/1906*
North Vernon W 34–14  4–6
North Vernon 
North Vernon, IN
2/14/1906*
Moores Hill W 32–11  5–6
Moores Hill 
Moores Hill, IN
2/15/1906*
Christ Church Cincinnati L 17–54  5–7
Christ Church Cincinnati 
Cincinnati, OH
2/16/1906*
Cincinnati L 9-38  5–8
Cincinnati 
Cincinnati, OH
2/17/1906*
Miami (OH) L 19–29  5–9
Miami (OH) 
Oxford, OH
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

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