# 1944–45 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team

The 1944–45 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team represented the University of Arkansas in the 1944–45 college basketball season. The Razorbacks played their home games in the Men's Gymnasium in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It was former Razorback All-American Eugene Lambert's third season as head coach of the Hogs. The Razorbacks finished second in the Southwest Conference standings with a record of 9–3 and 17–9 overall.
Arkansas received a bid to the NCAA tournament, its second appearance in the tournament overall after not being able to participate the year before due to a serious car crash that killed a staff member, Everett Norris, and injured two starters, Deno Nichols and Ben Jones. Arkansas beat Oregon in the first round of the tournament to advance to its second Final Four in as many tournament appearances before losing to eventual champion Oklahoma A&M in the two clubs' fourth meeting of the season.
Center George Kok was named First Team All-SWC for the season.

## Roster

Roster retrieved from HogStats.com.

## Schedule and Results

Schedule retrieved from HogStats.com.
| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| December 7, 1944* | at Kansas State Teachers College of Pittsburg | W 45–30 | 1–0 | Pittsburg, Kansas |
| December 9, 1944* | Blytheville AAB | W 76–45 | 2–0 | Men's Gymnasium Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| December 16, 1944* | vs. City College of New York | W 59–47 | 3–0 | Madison Square Garden New York, New York |
| December 19, 1944* | at Westminster College | L 61–71 | 3–1 | New Wilmington, Pennsylvania |
| December 27, 1944* | vs. Denver All College Tournament | W 50–36 | 4–1 | Municipal Auditorium Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| December 28, 1944* | vs. Oklahoma All College Tournament | W 54–51 | 5–1 | Municipal Auditorium Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| December 29, 1944* | vs. Oklahoma A&M All College Tournament | L 34–43 | 5–2 | Municipal Auditorium Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| January 5, 1945 | Baylor | W 94–28 | 6–2 (1–0) | Men's Gymnasium Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| January 6, 1945 | Baylor | W 90–30 | 7–2 (2–0) | Men's Gymnasium Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| January 9, 1945* | Phillips 66ers | L 40–60 | 7–3 (2–0) | Men's Gymnasium Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| January 12, 1945* | vs. Oklahoma A&M | W 41–38 | 8–3 (2–0) | Little Rock, Arkansas |
| January 13, 1945* | vs. Oklahoma A&M | L 40–49 | 8–4 (2–0) | El Dorado, Arkansas |
| January 19, 1945 | at Texas | L 40–49 | 8–5 (2–1) | Gregory Gymnasium Austin, Texas |
| January 20, 1945 | at Texas | W 74–38 | 9–5 (3–1) | Gregory Gymnasium Austin, Texas |
| January 26, 1945 | at Rice | L 46–57 | 9–6 (3–2) | Houston, Texas |
| January 27, 1945 | at Rice | L 56–69 | 9–7 (3–3) | Houston, Texas |
| February 2, 1945 | at TCU | W 37–33 | 10–7 (4–3) | TCU Fieldhouse Fort Worth, Texas |
| February 3, 1945 | at TCU | W 60–35 | 11–7 (5–3) | TCU Fieldhouse Fort Worth, Texas |
| February 8, 1945* | Kansas State Teachers College of Pittsburg | W 76–45 | 12–7 (5–3) | Men's Gymnasium Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| February 16, 1945 | at SMU | W 59–52 | 13–7 (6–3) | Perkins Gymnasium Dallas, Texas |
| February 17, 1945 | at SMU | W 65–49 | 14–7 (7–3) | Perkins Gymnasium Dallas, Texas |
| February 23, 1945 | Texas A&M | W 80–21 | 15–7 (8–3) | Men's Gymnasium Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| February 24, 1945 | Texas A&M | W 87–36 | 16–7 (9–3) | Men's Gymnasium Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| February 28, 1945* | at Phillips 66ers | L 34–62 | 16–8 (9–3) | Bartlesville High School Bartlesville, Oklahoma |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| March 23, 1945* | vs. Oregon Elite Eight | W 79–76 | 17–8 (9–3) | Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri |
| March 24, 1945* | vs. Oklahoma A&M Final Four | L 41–68 | 17–9 (9–3) | Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||