season_1899-1900
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1900 Season
The 1900 MAC Aggie basketball team represented Massachusetts Agricultural College. There was no formal head coach. The team captain was E.F. McCobb. The team played its home games primarily in Drill Hall in Amherst, Massachusetts.
The season represented the first basketball season in the school's history. The game itself was invented eight years earlier, in nearby Springfield MA.1)
Note: There were just 125 total students at MAC at the time.2)
- Final Record: 1-3
- Postseason: none3)
Scoreboard
| Date | Opponent | MAC | Opp. | Record | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 10 | Northampton YMCA | 14 | 9 | 1-0 | First recorded game in school/program history. |
| Jan. 13 | at Ware Young Men's Union | 4 | 26 | 1-1 | |
| Jan. 17 | Williston Seminary | 4 | 21 | 1-2 | |
| ? | at Chicopee Parish House | ? | ? | 1-3 | UM records list this game without an exact date or final score, but the result was recorded as a loss. |
The games as mentioned in The Index yearbook:5)
Roster
Haven't found a single source with a comprehensive roster. Compiling this from different mentions I have found, primarily in Aggie Life.
| Dellea, John Martin6) | Alford, MA7) |
| McCobb, Edmond Franklin (C)8) | Milford, MA9) |
| Rice | ? |
| Chase | ? |
| Halligan | ? |
| Hall10) | ? |
| Morrill | ? |
| Chickering | ? |
Aggie Life mention, in their 12/20/1899 edition, of McCobb as both captain and manager.11)
3)
Unsure if any regional/national postseason play was even organized in this era.
4)
No team was organized in 1901.
10)
Unsure if Hall was a distinct person, or possibly a shortened version of Halligan. Halligan was mentioned in the 1/13/1900 game report from Aggie Life. Their 1/17/1900 game report mentions “Hall”.
season_1899-1900.txt · Last modified: by mikeuma