# 1920–21 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team

The 1920–21 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1920–21 season. The team won its first eight games and its last eight games to finish tied with the Purdue Boilermakers and Wisconsin Badgers for the Western Conference Championship. Arthur Karpus served as team captain. On January 29, 1921, the team began a 14-game winning streak against the University of Chicago that continued through a January 6, 1922, victory over Michigan State University, which was at the time known as Michigan Agricultural college. This stood as the longest winning streak in school history until 1985. The team was also involved in setting the longest road winning streaks at the time. It won on January 22, 1921, against Northwestern ending a 7-game road winning streak that had started on December 27, 1920, against the Louisville YMCA. Then on January 29, the team started another 7-game road winning streak against Chicago that lasted until a December 17, 1921, victory at Case. These two 7-game streaks stood as the school road winning streak record until 1985.

## Schedule

| Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Location |
| December 10, 1920 | Kalamazoo College | 44–32 | Win | Waterman Gymnasium, Ann Arbor, MI |
| December 18, 1920 | Western State Normal | 44–32 | Win | Waterman Gymnasium, Ann Arbor, MI |
| December 27, 1920 | Louisville YMCA | 32–18 | Win | Louisville, KY |
| December 28, 1920 | Nashville | 28–16 | Win | Nashville, TN |
| December 29, 1920 | Jonesboro | 24–16 | Win | Jonesboro, TN |
| December 30, 1920 | Memphis YMCA | 14–11 | Win | Memphis, TN |
| December 31, 1920 | Nashville | 28–11 | Win | Nashville, TN |
| January 1, 1921 | Vanderbilt | 21–7 | Win | Nashville, TN |
| January 8, 1921 | Wisconsin | 27–24 | Loss | Waterman Gymnasium, Ann Arbor, MI |
| January 10, 1921 | Indiana | 30–21 | Loss | Waterman Gymnasium, Ann Arbor, MI |
| January 15, 1921 | Ohio State | 22–10 | Loss | Waterman Gymnasium, Ann Arbor, MI |
| January 21, 1921 | Iowa | 19–15 | Win | Waterman Gymnasium, Ann Arbor, MI |
| January 22, 1921 | Northwestern | 30–15 | Loss | Evanston, IL |
| January 24, 1921 | Wisconsin | 25–17 | Loss | Madison, WI |
| January 29, 1921 | Chicago | 16–14 | Win | Bartlett Gymnasium, Chicago, IL |
| January 31, 1921 | Purdue | 27–23 | Win | Lafayette, IN |
| February 5, 1921 | Michigan Agricultural | 37–24 | Win | Waterman Gymnasium, Ann Arbor, MI |
| February 22, 1921 | Michigan Agricultural | 17–10 | Win | Lansing, MI |
| February 26, 1921 | Illinois | 24–18 | Win | Waterman Gymnasium, Ann Arbor, MI |
| February 28, 1921 | Purdue | 19–15 | Win | Waterman Gymnasium, Ann Arbor, MI |
| March 5, 1921 | Ohio State | 36–22 | Win | Columbus, OH |
| March 7, 1921 | Illinois | 26–24 | Win | Kenney Gym, Urbana, IL |

## Players

* R. Jerome Dunne, Chicago, Illinois - center and varsity letter winner
* R. Gregory - aMa letter winner
* Arthur Karpus, Grayling, Michigan - forward, captain, and varsity letter winner
* Kenneth B. LeGalley - guard and varsity letter winner
* George W. "Bill" Miller - forward and varsity letter winner
* Robert S. Peare, Rockville, Indiana
* Charles L. Pearman, Verona, New York - aMa letter winner
* William J. Piper, Calumet, Michigan - aMa letter winner
* Walter B. "Bud" Rea, Erie, Pennsylvania - guard and varsity letter winner
* Rex G. Reason, Detroit, Michigan
* Howard Elmer Rowse, Detroit, Michigan
* Raymond W. Walmoth, Detroit, Michigan - aMa letter winner
* Benjamin Weiss, Newark, New Jersey - center and varsity letter winner
* Robert C. Whitlock, Detroit, Michigan - forward and varsity letter winner
* Frederick B. Wickham, Norwalk, Ohio - aMa letter winner
* Jack G. Williams, Detroit, Michigan - guard and varsity letter winner
* Lincoln B. Wilson, Chicago, Illinois - aMa letter winner
* Bernard F. Zinn, Huntington, Indiana - aMa letter winner

## Scoring statistics

| Player | Games | Field goals | Free throws | Points | Points per game |
| Arthur Karpus | 15 | 29 | 80 | 138 | 9.2 |
| William Miller | 15 | 44 | 0 | 88 | 5.9 |
| R. Jerome Dunne | 12 | 24 | 0 | 48 | 4.0 |
| Walter B. Rea | 14 | 19 | 0 | 38 | 2.7 |
| Robert Whitlock | 13 | 18 | 1 | 37 | 2.8 |
| Benjamin Weiss | 7 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 3.6 |
| Jack Williams | 16 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 1.0 |
| Kenneth LeGalley | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2.0 |
| Rex Reason | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 |
| Wilford Wilson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Robert Peare | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Howard Rowse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Charles Pearman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Incomplete Totals | 17 | 153 | 90 | 396 | 23.3 |
* The scoring statistics do not include six games of Southern tour.

## Coaching staff

* E. J. Mather - coach
* Boyd H. Logan - manager