KANSAS — The Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) continues a series to highlight "All-Time" teams from each of our fourteen full-member institutions. By "All-Time," we mean historic teams from each institution, nominated by each athletic department. How each team symbolizes being "historic" for their institution can run the gamut from:
- Championship teams (either at the KCAC or NAIA level)
- Teams with non-championship significance to the KCAC or NAIA
- Teams with particular significance to the institution
- Teams that broke records or hit major statistical landmarks
- Teams that broke a cultural barrier
- And more! We're giving institutions the autonomy to decide what they think makes a team historic or "all-time."
OTTAWA UNIVERSITY "ALL-TIME" TEAM: 1937-38 MEN'S BASKETBALL
Significance to Institution
- First Ottawa athletic program to qualify for postseason play.
Significance to KCAC/NAIA:
- First KCAC team to qualify for the NAIB Men's Basketball National Tournament (would become the NAIA National Tournament).
- Tournament only included teams from the Midwest; teams from the East and West Coasts would be added a year later.
- KCAC Conference Champions for the 1937-38 season.
- Was the first conference championship in a stretch where they won three consecutive conference titles (1937-38, 1938-39, and 1939-40 seasons).
Significant Stats/Records Accomplished by Team:
- Coached by Dick Godlove, who still ranks No. 6 all-time in men's basketball coaching victories at Ottawa University.
Photo courtesy of the Ottawa University Athletic Department.
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