1921–22 Mercer Baptists men's basketball team

American college basketball season

1921–22 Mercer Bears men's basketball

SIAA Champion
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	17–7 (11–5 SIAA)
Head coach	Josh Cody
Captain	Smokey Harper
Seasons ← 1920–21 1922–23 →

The 1921–22 Mercer Baptists men's basketball team represented Mercer University in the 1921–22 NCAA men's basketball season.^[1] The team claimed an SIAA championship, and was runner-up to North Carolina in the 1922 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament.^[2] Mercer pulled the upset of the tournament when they beat defending champion Kentucky 35 to 22.^[3]

The Baptists were led by coach Josh Cody and featured players receiving All-Southern votes at each position: running guard George Harmon, forward Consuello Smith, and center Bob Gamble. At the other forward was Bubber Pope, and the other, standing guard was captain Smokey Harper. Harper was a veteran of World War I.

Bob Gamble hit a half-court buzzer beater to beat Georgia Tech.^[4]

Schedule

Schedule^[5]
Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
*	Macon Volunteers	W 33–26	1–0
*	Camp Benning	L 20–24	1–1
*	Albany YMCA	W 30–18	2–1
*	Jacksonville YMCA	W 53–27	3–1
*	Waycross YMCA	W 38–18	4–1
*	Savannah YMCA	W 56–26	5–1
January 7, 1922	Georgia Tech	W 28–26	6–1	City Auditorium (2,000) Macon, GA
January 13, 1922	Auburn	W 31–7	7–1	City Auditorium Macon, GA
	at Clemson	W 32–9	8–1
	at Georgia Tech	L 35–44	8–2	Atlanta, GA
	at Chattanooga	L 18–21	8–3	Chattanooga, TN
*	at Bryson	W 28–11	9–3
January 24	at Vanderbilt	L 17–18	9–4	Y Gym Nashville, TN
January 27	at Georgia	W 27–18	10–4	Moss Auditorium Athens, GA
January 28	Florida	W 27–26	11–4
February 2, 1922	at Auburn	W 28–26	12–4	Alumni Gymnasium Auburn, AL
	Camp Benning	L 12–37	12–5
February 4	Chattanooga	W 31–26	13–5
February 11	Georgia	L 24–31	13–6	City Auditorium Macon, GA
Southern Conference tournament
	Centre SIC tournament first round	W 32–17	14–6	Atlanta Memorial Auditorium Atlanta, GA
February 25, 1922*	Kentucky SIC tournament second round	W 35–22	15–6	Atlanta Memorial Auditorium Atlanta, GA
	Chattanooga SIC Tournament quarterfinals	W 25–18	16–6	Atlanta Memorial Auditorium Atlanta, GA
February 26, 1922	Georgia Tech SIC Tournament semifinals	W 29–14	17–6	Atlanta Memorial Auditorium Atlanta, GA
*	North Carolina SIC Tournament Championship	L 26–40	17–7	Atlanta Memorial Auditorium Atlanta, GA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

^ "2018 19 Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF).
^ All Pages: The Mercer Cluster. (Macon, Ga.) 1920-current, March 03, 1922 « Georgia Historic Newspapers
^ "Kentucky vs. Mercer (February 25, 1922)".
^ https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn91046080/1922-01-13/ed-1/seq-1/
^ "2014-15 Mercer Men's Basketball Media Guide by Andrew Stabell - Issuu".

Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association basketball champions

Pre-SoCon

Central (1910)
Central (1911)
Mississippi A&M (1912)
Mississippi A&M (1913)
Mississippi A&M (1914)
LSU (1915)
Mississippi A&M (1916)
Georgia & LSU (1917)
LSU (1918)
Centre (1919)
Vanderbilt (1920)
Kentucky (1921)

Post-SoCon

Mercer (1922)
Chattanooga (1923)
Mercer (1924)
Mercer (1925)
Mississippi College (1926)
The Citadel (1927)
Mississippi College (1928)
Mississippi College (1929)
Louisiana-Lafayette (1930)
Centenary (1931)
Chattanooga and Mississippi College (1932)
? (1933)
Western Kentucky (1934)
Millsaps (1935)
Murray State (1936)
Western Kentucky (1937)
Western Kentucky (1938)
Western Kentucky (1939)
Western Kentucky (1940)
Western Kentucky (1941)
Western Kentucky (1942)

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