1949–50 Waterloo Hawks season

1949–50 Waterloo Hawks season
Head coach	Charley Shipp (8–27) Jack Smiley (11–16)
Arena	McElroy Auditorium
Results
Record	19–43 (.306)
Place	Division: 5th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

The 1949–50 Waterloo Hawks season was their first and only season in the newly formed National Basketball Association.

Roster

Waterloo Hawks 1949–50 roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Ht. Wt. From G/F 12 Boven, Don 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Western Michigan C 13 Boykoff, Harry 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) St. John's G/F Cloyd, Paul 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Wisconsin F/C 14 Gainer, Elmer 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) DePaul F/C 14 Gibson, Hoot 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 198 lb (90 kg) Creighton G/F 14 Hamilton, Dale 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Franklin (IN) G 4 Kubiak, Leo 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Bowling Green PF 7 Mehen, Dick 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Tennessee G Menke, Ken 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 168 lb (76 kg) Illinois C 10 Miksis, Al 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Western Illinois G 3 Ollrich, Gene 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Drake F 9 Orr, Johnny 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Beloit G/F 8 Patrick, Stan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Illinois SG 5 Payak, John 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 174 lb (79 kg) Bowling Green F 9 Phelan, Jack 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) DePaul C 11 Pritchard, John 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Drake G 6 See, Wayne 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Northern Arizona G/F 5 Shipp, Charley 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Catholic G/F 10 Smiley, Jack 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Illinois G/F 8 Stump, Gene 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) DePaul G/F 3 Tough, Bob 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) St. John's	Head coach Charley Shipp Jack Smiley Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Western Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
x-Indianapolis Olympians	39	25	.609	–	24–7	12–16	3–2	26–9
x-Anderson Packers	37	27	.578	2	22–9	12–18	3–0	25–12
x-Tri-Cities Blackhawks	29	35	.453	10	20–13	6–20	3–2	20–17
x-Sheboygan Red Skins	22	40	.355	17	17–14	5–22	0–4	15–20
Waterloo Hawks	19	43	.306	20	16–15	2–22	1–6	13–22
Denver Nuggets	11	51	.177	28	9–16	1–25	1–10	8–27

Record vs. opponents

1949–50 NBA records
Team	AND	BAL	BOS	CHI	DEN	FWP	IND	MIN	NYK	PHI	ROC	SHE	STL	SYR	TCB	WAS	WAT
Anderson	—	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–3	1–1	2–5	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	5–2	2–0	3–4	7–2	1–1	7–0
Baltimore	1–1	—	2–4	1–5	1–1	3–3	1–1	1–5	1–5	3–3	3–3	2–0	3–3	0–2	0–2	2–4	1–1
Boston	2–0	4–2	—	0–6	1–1	2–4	1–1	1–5	1–5	3–3	0–6	1–1	2–4	0–2	0–2	3–3	1–1
Chicago	1–1	5–1	6–0	—	2–0	2–4	1–1	2–4	2–4	4–2	2–4	2–0	5–1	0–2	1–1	3–3	2–0
Denver	3–4	1–1	1–1	0–2	—	0–2	0–7	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–4	0–2	1–6	0–7	0–2	2–5
Fort Wayne	1–1	3–3	4–2	4–2	2–0	—	1–1	2–4	4–2	4–2	3–3	2–0	5–1	0–2	2–0	2–4	1–1
Indianapolis	5–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	7–0	1–1	—	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	5–2	1–1	2–7	4–3	1–1	5–2
Minneapolis	1–1	5–1	5–1	4–2	2–0	4–2	1–1	—	5–1	4–2	3–3	1–1	5–1	1–1	2–0	6–0	2–0
New York	1–1	5–1	5–1	4–2	2–0	2–4	1–1	1–5	—	1–5	1–5	1–1	4–2	0–2	1–1	5–1	2–0
Philadelphia	1–1	3–3	3–3	2–4	2–0	2–4	0–2	2–4	1–5	—	1–5	2–0	2–4	0–2	1–1	2–4	2–0
Rochester	2–0	3–3	6–0	4–2	2–0	3–3	1–1	3–3	5–1	5–1	—	1–1	5–1	1–1	2–0	6–0	2–0
Sheboygan	2–5	0–2	1–1	0–2	4–3	0–2	2–5	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	—	0–2	1–6	3–4	2–0	4–3
St. Louis	0–2	3–3	4–2	1–5	2–0	1–5	1–1	1–5	2–4	4–2	1–5	2–0	—	1–1	2–0	0–6	1–1
Syracuse	4–3	2–0	2–0	2–0	6–1	2–0	7–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	6–1	1–1	—	6–1	1–1	6–1
Tri-Cities	2–7	2–0	2–0	1–1	7–0	0–2	3–4	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	4–3	0–2	1–6	—	1–1	4–3
Washington	1–1	4–2	3–3	3–3	2–0	4–2	1–1	0–6	1–5	4–2	0–6	0–2	6–0	1–1	1–1	—	1–1
Waterloo	0–7	1–1	1–1	0–2	5–2	1–1	2–5	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–4	1–1	1–6	3–4	1–1	—

Game log

1949–50 Game log
#	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	November 2	New York	60–68	Harry Boykoff (15)	0–1
2	November 6	Boston	80–66	Stan Patrick (14)	1–1
3	November 9	Denver	80–65	Leo Kubiak (20)	2–1
4	November 10	at Fort Wayne	59–89	Charley Shipp (15)	2–2
5	November 12	at Tri-Cities	89–99	Leo Kubiak (17)	2–3
6	November 13	Anderson	69–81	Don Boven (16)	2–4
7	November 16	Sheboygan	73–76	Harry Boykoff (28)	2–5
8	November 17	at Sheboygan	95–97	Don Boven (26)	2–6
9	November 19	at Indianapolis	74–106	Dick Mehen (24)	2–7
10	November 20	Tri-Cities	75–62	Stan Patrick (21)	3–7
11	November 23	Rochester	71–90	Harry Boykoff (20)	3–8
12	November 26	at Rochester	95–120	Dick Mehen (23)	3–9
13	November 27	at Syracuse	62–80	Dick Mehen (14)	3–10
14	November 28	at Anderson	87–101	Dick Mehen (21)	3–11
15	November 30	Fort Wayne	95–71	Dick Mehen (30)	4–11
16	December 2	at Denver	63–74	Harry Boykoff (18)	4–12
17	December 4	at Denver	76–86	Dick Mehen (22)	4–13
18	December 7	Sheboygan	77–67	Don Boven (16)	5–13
19	December 10	Anderson	83–87 (OT)	Stan Patrick (15)	5–14
20	December 14	Philadelphia	70–73	Don Boven (15)	5–15
21	December 16	vs Baltimore	77–75	Dick Mehen (26)	6–15
22	December 17	vs Philadelphia	72–81	Dick Mehen (17)	6–16
23	December 20	Syracuse	70–95	Dick Mehen (17)	6–17
24	December 21	vs Chicago	70–78	Harry Boykoff (21)	6–18
25	December 22	at Anderson	84–101	Dick Mehen (17)	6–19
26	December 25	Indianapolis	97–93	Don Boven (17)	7–19
27	December 28	Chicago	80–87	Dick Mehen (19)	7–20
28	December 29	at Sheboygan	92–94	Dick Mehen (20)	7–21
29	December 31	Minneapolis	68–86	Leo Kubiak (18)	7–22
30	January 1	at St. Louis	79–91	Harry Boykoff (15)	7–23
31	January 3	Sheboygan	69–73	Leo Kubiak (17)	7–24
32	January 5	vs New York	70–82	Hoot Gibson (16)	7–25
33	January 7	at Washington	83–101	Boven, Mehen (18)	7–26
34	January 8	at Syracuse	68–84	Don Boven (12)	7–27
35	January 10	Syracuse	86–84 (OT)	Harry Boykoff (26)	8–27
36	January 12	at Anderson	69–80	Harry Boykoff (16)	8–28
37	January 13	at Indianapolis	64–80	Dick Mehen (18)	8–29
38	January 15	at Tri-Cities	80–84	Leo Kubiak (16)	8–30
39	January 18	St. Louis	80–69	Gene Stump (14)	9–30
40	January 19	vs Indianapolis	87–104	Dick Mehen (18)	9–31
41	January 21	Denver	88–84	John Payak (19)	10–31
42	January 24	at Indianapolis	69–107	Boykoff, Kubiak (14)	10–32
43	January 25	Denver	104–83	John Payak (21)	11–32
44	January 29	Tri-Cities	79–85	Don Boven (18)	11–33
45	February 1	Anderson	73–86	Dick Mehen (19)	11–34
46	February 3	at Syracuse	79–103	Dick Mehen (21)	11–35
47	February 4	vs Boston	82–100	Dick Mehen (27)	11–36
48	February 8	Washington	77–70	Leo Kubiak (17)	12–36
49	February 12	at Syracuse	98–102	Leo Kubiak (27)	12–37
50	February 13	at Anderson	80–93	Don Boven (14)	12–38
51	February 15	Indianapolis	76–74	Dick Mehen (18)	13–38
52	February 17	at Minneapolis	74–80	John Payak (15)	13–39
53	February 18	Tri-Cities	93–116	Jack Smiley (27)	13–40
54	February 19	Tri-Cities	84–63	Jack Smiley (22)	14–40
55	February 22	Baltimore	77–84	Dick Mehen (17)	14–41
56	February 23	at Sheboygan	86–81	Leo Kubiak (17)	15–41
57	February 26	at Denver	100–76	Harry Boykoff (19)	16–41
58	March 1	Syracuse	72–93	Harry Boykoff (17)	16–42
59	March 8	Denver	97–68	Leo Kubiak (15)	17–42
60	March 12	at Indianapolis	89–90	Harry Boykoff (24)	17–43
61	March 15	Sheboygan	87–69	Don Boven (16)	18–43
62	March 19	Tri-Cities	79–77	Harry Boykoff (22)	19–43