The Citadel Bulldogs basketball, 1930–39

The Citadel Bulldogs basketball teams represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. The program was established in 1900–01, and has continuously fielded a team since 1912–13. Their primary rivals are College of Charleston, Furman and VMI.

1929–30

1929–30 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1929–30 record	10–11 ( SIAA)
Head coach	Benny Blatt

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State
January 1* no, no	at Parris Island Marines	L 41–45	0–1	Parris Island, SC
January 2* no, no	at Parris Island Marines	W 36–33	1–1	Parris Island, SC
January 3* no, no	at Augusta YMCA	W 38–29	2–1	Augusta, GA
January 4* no, no	at Atlanta YMCA	L 21–36	2–2	Atlanta, GA
January 6* no, no	at Fort Benning	L 41–63	2–3	Columbus, GA
January 7* no, no	at Fort Benning	L 36–58	2–4	Columbus, GA
January 8* no, no	at Mercer	L 35–53	2–5	Macon, GA
January 10* no, no	Erskine	L 21–32	2–6	Charleston, SC
January 11* no, no	Erskine	L 20–28	2–7	Charleston, SC
January 17* no, no	Wofford	W 38–18	3–7	Charleston, SC
January 18* no, no	South Carolina	W 31–27	4–7	Charleston, SC
January 25* no, no	Furman	L 20–43	4–8	Charleston, SC
January 31* no, no	Presbyterian	W 53–41	5–8	Charleston, SC
February 1* no, no	Presbyterian	W 38–20	6–8	Charleston, SC
February 12* no, no	at South Carolina	L 31–32	6–9	Columbia, SC
February 13* no, no	at Newberry	W 34–28	7–9	Newberry, SC
February 14* no, no	at Wofford	W 45–21	8–9	Spartanburg, SC
February 15* no, no	at Furman	L 25–52	8–10	Greenville, SC
February 17* no, no	at Clemson	L 35–38 OT	(8–11)	Clemson Field House  Calhoun, SC
February 21* no, no	Newberry	W 46–28	9–11	Charleston, SC
March 1* no, no	College of Charleston	W 50–44	10–11	Charleston, SC
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1930–31

1930–31 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1930–31 record	6–9 ( SIAA)
Head coach	Johnny Douglas

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State
January 9* no, no	Erskine	L 13–37	0–1	Charleston, SC
January 10* no, no	Erskine	L 23–26	0–2	Charleston, SC
January 16* no, no	Wofford	L 16–22	0–3	Charleston, SC
January 24* no, no	Furman	L 22–45	0–4	Charleston, SC
January 31* no, no	Newberry	W 49–35	1–4	Charleston, SC
February 7* no, no	College of Charleston	L 30–32	1–5	Charleston, SC
February 12* no, no	at South Carolina	W 22–19	2–5	Columbia, SC
February 13* no, no	at Newberry	W 33–26	3–5	Newberry, SC
February 14* no, no	at Wofford	W 32–28	4–5	Spartanburg, SC
February 16* no, no	at Furman	L 21–35	4–6	Greenville, SC
February 17* no, no	at Presbyterian	L 34–39	4–7	Clinton, SC
February 18* no, no	at Presbyterian	L 32–33	4–8	Clinton, SC
February 21* no, no	Davidson	W 22–21	5–8	Charleston, SC
February 27* no, no	College of Charleston	W 40–37	6–8	Charleston, SC
February 28* no, no	College of Charleston	L 26–30	6–9	Charleston, SC
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1931–32

1931–32 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1931–32 record	8–11 ( SIAA)
Head coach	Johnny Douglas

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State
January 6* no, no	at Jewish Alliance	W 42–23	1–0
January 7* no, no	at Stetson	L 29–39	1–1	DeLand, FL
January 8* no, no	at Stetson	L 24–29	1–2	DeLand, FL
January 9* no, no	at Rollins	W 45–22	2–2	Winter Park, FL
January 11* no, no	at Rollins	W 46–16	3–2	Winter Park, FL
January 12* no, no	at Sears	W 30–28	4–2
January 17* no, no	Wofford	W 24–20	5–2	Charleston, SC
January 24* no, no	Furman	L 24–26	5–3	Charleston, SC
January 29* no, no	Stetson	L 22–26	5–4	Charleston, SC
January 30* no, no	Newberry	L 26–32	5–5	Charleston, SC
February 6 no, no	South Carolina	L 17–25	5–6	Charleston, SC
February 12* no, no	at Newberry	L 27–29	5–7	Newberry, SC
February 13* no, no	at Wofford	L 14–22	5–8	Spartanburg, SC
February 15* no, no	at Clemson	L 12–17	5–9	Clemson Field House  Calhoun, SC
February 16* no, no	at Furman	L 11–23	5–10	Greenville, SC
February 17* no, no	at South Carolina	L 22–24	5–11	Columbia, SC
February 19* no, no	at Davidson	W 32–21	6–11	Charleston, SC
February 27* no, no	College of Charleston	W 31–25	7–11	Charleston, SC
March 4* no, no	College of Charleston	W 36–21	8–11	Charleston, SC
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1932–33

1932–33 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1932–33 record	4–11 ( SIAA)
Head coach	Johnny Douglas

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State
January 3* no, no	at Parris Island Marines	W 31–26	1–0	Parris Island, SC
January 4* no, no	at Parris Island Marines	L 27–28	1–1	Parris Island, SC
January 14* no, no	Wofford	L 29–30	1–2	Charleston, SC
January 22* no, no	City League	L 14–36	1–3	Charleston, SC
January 28* no, no	Newberry	L 24–46	1–4	Charleston, SC
February 4* no, no	at Erskine	L 26–29	1–5	Charleston, SC
February 8* no, no	at South Carolina	L 36–57	1–6	Columbia, SC
February 9* no, no	at Newberry	L 30–37	1–7	Newberry, SC
February 10* no, no	at Erskine	L 30–33	1–8	Due West, SC
February 11* no, no	at Presbyterian	W 53–33	2–8	Clinton, SC
February 13* no, no	at Furman	L 30–33	2–9	Greenville, SC
February 14* no, no	at Wofford	L 24–33	2–10	Spartanburg, SC
February 18* no, no	Furman	L 19–28	2–11	Charleston, SC
February 24* no, no	College of Charleston	W 35–25	3–11	Charleston, SC
February 25* no, no	College of Charleston	W 38–21	4–11	Charleston, SC
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1933–34

1933–34 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1933–34 record	8–7 ( SIAA)
Head coach	Charlie Willard

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State
January 5* no, no	at Augusta YMCA	L 43–49	0–1	Augusta, GA
January 6* no, no	at Augusta YMCA	W 42–38	1–1	Augusta, GA
January 12* no, no	Wofford	L 15–26	1–2	Charleston, SC
January 13* no, no	Boston Celtics	L 34–42	1–3	Charleston, SC
January 20* no, no	College of Charleston	W 30–27	2–3	Charleston, SC
January 27* no, no	Newberry	W 44–25	3–3	Charleston, SC
February 3* no, no	Erskine	L 22–30	3–4	Charleston, SC
February 16* no, no	at Presbyterian	W 29–22	4–4	Clinton, SC
February 17* no, no	at Erskine	L 33–35	4–5	Due West, SC
February 19* no, no	at Furman	W 30–23	5–5	Greenville, SC
February 20* no, no	at Wofford	L 26–33	5–6	Spartanburg, SC
February 21* no, no	at Newberry	W 34–22	6–6	Newberry, SC
February 24* no, no	at Furman	W 30–22	7–6	Charleston, SC
March 2* no, no	College of Charleston	L 32–33	7–7	Charleston, SC
March 3* no, no	College of Charleston	W 35–32	8–7	Charleston, SC
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1934–35

1934–35 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1934–35 record	5–9 ( SIAA)
Head coach	Charlie Willard

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State
January 11* no, no	Presbyterian	W 26–24	1–0	Charleston, SC
January 12* no, no	South Carolina	L 17–33	1–1	Charleston, SC
January 18 no, no	Wofford	L 23–39	1–2	Charleston, SC
January 26* no, no	at Newberry	W 37–36	2–2	Newberry, SC
February 6* no, no	at Newberry	W 39–33	3–2	Newberry, SC
February 7* no, no	at Presbyterian	W 44–39	4–2	Clinton, SC
February 8* no, no	at Erskine	W 31–22	5–2	Due West, SC
February 9* no, no	at Furman	L 30–45	5–3	Greenville, SC
February 11* no, no	at Wofford	L 30–43	5–4	Spartanburg, SC
February 12* no, no	at South Carolina	L 25–54	5–5	Columbia, SC
February 15* no, no	Erskine	L 26–27	5–6	Charleston, SC
February 22* no, no	Furman	L 22–34	5–7	Charleston, SC
March 8* no, no	College of Charleston	L 18–43	5–8	Charleston, SC
March 9* no, no	College of Charleston	L 18–33	5–9	Charleston, SC
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1935–36

1935–36 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1935–36 record	7–5 ( SIAA)
Head coach	Rock Norman

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State
January 11* no, no	Erskine	W 31–29	1–0	Charleston, SC
January 18* no, no	Wofford	L 34–42	1–1	Charleston, SC
January 25* no, no	Newberry	W 46–33	2–1	Charleston, SC
January 31* no, no	College of Charleston	W 31–28	3–1	Charleston, SC
February 1* no, no	Presbyterian	W 42–31	4–1	Charleston, SC
February 8* no, no	at Furman	L 33–40	4–2	Greenville, SC
February 10* no, no	at Wofford	L 39–40	4–3	Spartanburg, SC
February 11* no, no	at South Carolina	L 18–54	4–4	Columbia, SC
February 17* no, no	at Newberry	W 46–38	5–4	Newberry, SC
February 18* no, no	at Presbyterian	W 27–24	6–4	Clinton, SC
February 19* no, no	at Erskine	L 29–35	6–5	Due West, SC
February 22* no, no	Furman	W 32–30	7–5	Charleston, SC
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1936–37

1936–37 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1936–37 record	7–12 (0–7 SoCon)

1936–37 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Washington and Lee †	11	–	1		.917			17	–	4		.810
North Carolina	14	–	3		.824			18	–	5		.783
Wake Forest	9	–	4		.692			15	–	6		.714
North Carolina State	14	–	7		.667			15	–	9		.625
Duke	11	–	6		.647			15	–	8		.652
South Carolina	7	–	4		.636			13	–	7		.650
Richmond	5	–	4		.556			13	–	7		.650
Virginia	6	–	7		.462			9	–	10		.474
Furman	3	–	4		.429			8	–	7		.533
Davidson	5	–	8		.385			13	–	10		.565
Maryland	5	–	8		.385			8	–	12		.400
Virginia Tech	4	–	9		.308			6	–	11		.353
VMI	5	–	11		.313			6	–	11		.353
Clemson	2	–	7		.222			6	–	15		.286
The Citadel	0	–	5		.000			7	–	12		.368
William & Mary	0	–	13		.000			0	–	18		.000
† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1937; Rankings from AP Poll

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State
January 9* no, no	Erskine	W 26–15	1–0	Charleston, SC
January 15 no, no	Furman	L 26–28	1–1 (0–1)	Charleston, SC
January 16* no, no	Wofford	L 23–39	1–2	Charleston, SC
January 23* no, no	College of Charleston	L	1–3	Charleston, SC
January 30* no, no	Newberry	W 44–22	2–3	Charleston, SC
February 1* no, no	at Presbyterian	W 27–16	3–3	Clinton, SC
February 2* no, no	at Erskine	L 23–24	3–4	Due West, SC
February 3* no, no	at Newberry	L 31–34	3–5	Newberry, SC
February 6* no, no	Davidson	L 37–46	3–6 (0–2)	Charleston, SC
February 12 no, no	at Clemson	L 38–44	3–7 (0–3)	Clemson Field House  Calhoun, SC
February 13* no, no	at Wofford	W 39–24	4–7	Spartanburg, SC
February 15 no, no	at Davidson	L 34–46	4–8 (0–3)	Alumni Gymnasium  Davidson, NC
February 16 no, no	at Furman	L 28–44	4–9 (0–4)	Greenville, SC
February 19 no, no	at Wake Forest	L 18–42	4–10 (0–5)	Wake Forest, NC
February 20* no, no	College of Charleston	W 41–35	5–10	Charleston, SC
February 22* no, no	at College of Charleston	W 32–27	6–10	Charleston, SC
February 26* no, no	Presbyterian	W 31–30	7–10	Charleston, SC
February 27 no, no	South Carolina	L 27–48	7–11 (0–6)	Charleston, SC
March 1 no, no	at South Carolina	L 32–24	7–12 (0–7)	Columbia, SC
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1937–38

1937–38 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1937–38 record	13–5 (7–3 SoCon)
Head coach	Rock Norman

1937–38 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
North Carolina	13	–	3		.813			16	–	5		.762
North Carolina State	10	–	3		.769			13	–	6		.684
The Citadel	7	–	3		.700			13	–	5		.722
Clemson	9	–	4		.692			16	–	7		.696
Duke †	9	–	5		.643			15	–	9		.625
Richmond	7	–	4		.636			15	–	5		.750
Maryland	6	–	4		.600			15	–	9		.625
Washington and Lee	6	–	5		.545			12	–	9		.571
Wake Forest	7	–	8		.467			7	–	12		.368
Virginia Tech	4	–	5		.444			6	–	8		.429
Davidson	4	–	11		.267			10	–	12		.455
Furman	2	–	6		.250			6	–	13		.316
VMI	2	–	7		.222			4	–	11		.267
South Carolina	2	–	12		.143			3	–	21		.125
William & Mary	0	–	8		.000			2	–	10		.167
† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1938; Rankings from AP Poll

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State
January 7 no, no	Furman	W 37–17	1–0 (1–0)	Charleston, SC
January 8 no, no	South Carolina	W 31–21	2–0 (2–0)	Charleston, SC
January 14* no, no	Erskine	W 28–24	3–0	Charleston, SC
January 22* no, no	Wofford	L 31–33	3–1	Charleston, SC
January 29* no, no	Presbyterian	W 37–18	4–1	Charleston, SC
January 30* no, no	Newberry	W 45–31	5–1	Charleston, SC
February 4 no, no	at Davidson	W 33–29	6–1 (3–0)	Alumni Gymnasium  Davidson, NC
February 5 no, no	at Wake Forest	L 33–45	6–2 (3–1)	Wake Forest, NC
February 7 no, no	at NC State	L 29–43	6–3 (3–2)	Thompson Gym  Raleigh, NC
February 12 no, no	Clemson	W 28–26	7–3 (4–2)	Charleston, SC
February 15 no, no	at South Carolina	W 37–27	8–3 (5–2)	Columbia, SC
February 16* no, no	at Wofford	W 39–35	9–3	Spartanburg, SC
February 17 no, no	at Furman	W 46–36	10–3 (6–2)	Greenville, SC
February 19 no, no	Davidson	W 28–26	11–3 (7–2)	Charleston, SC
February 25 no, no	at Clemson	L 35–47	11–4 (7–3)	Clemson Field House  Calhoun, SC
February 26* no, no	at Newberry	W 58–45	12–4	Newberry, SC
February 28* no, no	at Presbyterian	W 44–30	13–4	Clinton, SC
1938 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
March 3 no, no	vs. Maryland	L 43–45	13–5	Thompson Gym  Raleigh, NC
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1938–39

1938–39 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1938–39 record	13–5 (7–4 SoCon)
Head coach	Rock Norman
Home arena	Thompson Hall

1938–39 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Wake Forest	15	–	3		.833			18	–	6		.750
Maryland	8	–	3		.727			15	–	9		.625
Washington and Lee	8	–	3		.727			13	–	9		.591
The Citadel	7	–	3		.700			14	–	5		.737
Davidson	9	–	7		.563			19	–	10		.655
North Carolina	8	–	7		.533			10	–	11		.476
North Carolina State	7	–	6		.538			10	–	7		.588
Duke	8	–	8		.500			10	–	12		.455
Clemson †	6	–	6		.500			16	–	8		.667
VMI	6	–	6		.500			7	–	10		.412
Richmond	5	–	5		.500			10	–	10		.500
William & Mary	4	–	9		.308			8	–	13		.381
South Carolina	2	–	8		.200			5	–	18		.217
Virginia Tech	2	–	10		.167			3	–	14		.176
Furman	0	–	10		.000			6	–	16		.273
† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1939; Rankings from AP Poll

With season sweeps of South Carolina, Furman, Wofford, and Presbyterian, a win in their only matchup with Newberry and a season split with Clemson, the Bulldogs claim a South Carolina "state championship" for the 1938–39 season.

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State
December 14 no, no	at Duke	L 37–49	0–1 (0–1)	Card Gymnasium  Durham, SC
December 16 no, no	at Richmond	W 39–24	1–1 (1–1)	Millhiser Gymnasium  Richmond, VA
December 17 no, no	at [[{{{school}}}|George Washington]]	L 35–46	1–2 (1–2)	Washington, D.C.
December 19* no, no	at [[{{{school}}}|Catholic University]]	W 48–37	2–2	Washington, D.C.
January 6 no, no	Furman	W 32–28	3–2 (2–2)	Thompson Hall  Charleston, SC
January 13 no, no	South Carolina	W 40–37	4–2 (3–2)	Thompson Hall  Charleston, SC
January 21* no, no	Wofford	W 44–32	5–2	Thompson Hall  Charleston, SC
February 3* no, no	at Presbtyerian	W 39–37	6–2	Clinton, SC
February 4 no, no	at Davidson	L 32–46	6–3 (3–3)	Alumni Gymnasium  Davidson, NC
February 12 no, no	Clemson	W 42–38	7–3 (4–3)	Thompson Hall  Charleston, SC
February 14 no, no	at South Carolina	W 50–38	8–3 (5–3)	Columbia, SC
February 15* no, no	at Wofford	W 31–23	9–3	Spartanburg, SC
February 16 no, no	at Furman	W 56–34	10–3 (6–3)	Greenville, SC
February 18 no, no	Davidson	W 45–30	11–3 (7–3)	Thompson Hall  Charleston, SC
February 20 no, no	at Clemson	L 36–51	11–4 (7–4)	Clemson Field House  Calhoun, SC
February 21* no, no	at Newberry	W 49–48	12–4	Newberry, SC
February 25* no, no	at Presbyterian	W 55–39	13–4	Clinton, SC
1939 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
March 2 no, no	vs. NC State	L 38–40	13–5	Thompson Gym  Raleigh, NC
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.