1922–23 Southern Branch Cubs men's basketball team

American college basketball season

1922–23 Southern Branch Cubs men's basketball
SCIAC champion
Conference	Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record	12–4 (9–1 SCIAC)
Head coach	Caddy Works (2nd season)
Seasons ← 1921–22 1923–24 →

The 1922–23 Southern Branch Cubs men's basketball team represented the Southern Branch of the University of California during the 1922–23 NCAA men's basketball season and were members of the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The cubs were led by second year head coach Pierce "Caddy" Works and played in the women's gym.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] They finished the regular season with a record of 12–4 and were conference champions with a record of 9–1.

Previous season

The 1921–22 Southern Branch Cubs finished with an official record of 9–1 and won the conference championship under first year coach Caddy Works.

1922–23 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Year
G	Corroll Beeson (C)	—	—
G	Horace Bresee	—	—
F	Cyril Eaton	—	—
F	Silas Gibbs	—	—
C	Willard Goertz	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Fr
F	Clarence Hoppenyan	—	—
F	Wilbur Johns	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	130 lb (59 kg)	So
G	Max Rogers	—	—
G/F	Howard Rossell	—	—

Caddy Works

Roster
Last update: 30 January 2018

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
January 12, 1923	at Caltech	W 40–15	1–0 (1–0)	Pasadena YMCA Pasadena, CA
January 19, 1923	Redlands	W 34–21	2–0 (2–0)	Women's Gym Los Angeles, CA
January 27, 1923	Occidental	W 33–11	3–0 (3–0)	Franklin High School Gymnasium^[5] Los Angeles, CA
January 29, 1923*	California	L 15–47	3–1	Women's Gym Los Angeles, CA
January 29, 1923*	California (Under 145 pounds)^{[note 1]}	W 39–32	4–1	Women's Gym Los Angeles, CA
February 3, 1923	Whittier	W 40–11	5–1 (4–0)	Women's Gym Los Angeles, CA
February 10, 1923	at Pomona	W 27–18	6–1 (5–0)	Claremont, CA
February 14, 1923	Caltech	W 42–13	7–1 (6–0)	Women's Gym Los Angeles, CA
February 17, 1923	at Redlands	L 24–26	7–2 (6–1)	Redlands, CA
February 19, 1923*	Arizona	W 43–30	8–2	Women's Gym Los Angeles, CA
February 20, 1923*	Arizona	L 22–33	8–3	Women's Gym Los Angeles, CA
February 24, 1923	Occidental	W 61–12	9–3 (7–1)	Women's Gym Los Angeles, CA
February 25, 1923*	at Arizona	W 43–30	10–3	Tucson, AZ
February 26, 1923*	at Arizona	L 22–32	10–4	Tucson, AZ
March 3, 1923	Pomona	W 38–27	11–4 (8–1)	Women's Gym Los Angeles, CA
March 8, 1923	at Whittier	W 37–27	12–4 (9–1)	Whittier, CA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Source^[9]^[10]

^ This game was an under-145 pound match. It is not listed as a varsity match in either school's record books but still claimed by UCLA as a victory that season. ^[6]^[7]^[8]

^ "Bullodgs Drop Fast Contest to Local Pelota Pushers by Short End of 34 to 21 Score". Cub Californian. January 23, 1923.
^ "Cubs and Arizona Mix Talent in Casaba Setto". Cub Californian. February 16, 1923.
^ "Cub Basket Artists to Meet Pomona Five in Return Game in Home Gym Saturday Night". Cub Californian. March 2, 1923.
^ "Heavy Berkeley Outfit Will be Matched Against Speedy Cub Quintet on Home Courts". Cub Californian. January 26, 1923.
^ "Bruins Forge Ahead in Race". Los Angeles Times. January 28, 1923. ProQuest 161309910.
^ "145-pound Cal-CUB Game". p. 303.
^ "Series Records vs. 2017-18 Opponents" (PDF). calbears.com. Cal Althetics.
^ "UCLA versus Pac-12 Opponents" (PDF). uclabruins.com. UCLA Athletics.
^ "Season by Season Records" (PDF). UCLA Athletics.
^ "Arizona to play Cubs". Los Angeles Times. February 19, 1923. ProQuest 161314141.