1949–50 CCNY Beavers men's basketball team

1949–50 CCNY Beavers men's basketball
NCAA Tournament National Champions
NIT champions
National Championship Game,
W 71–68 vs. Bradley
ConferenceMetropolitan New York Conference
Record24–5 (6–0 MTNY)
Head coach
Assistant coachBobby Sand
1949–50 Metropolitan New York Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
CCNY 6 0   1.000 24 5   .828
Fordham 3 2   .600 15 12   .556
Brooklyn 2 2   .500 24 5   .828
No. 9 St. John's 3 3   .500 24 5   .828
Manhattan 3 3   .500 14 11   .560
NYU 1 4   .200 8 11   .421
St. Francis (NY) 0 4   .000 8 18   .308
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949–50 CCNY Beavers men's basketball team represented the City College of New York. The head coach was Nat Holman, who was one of the game's greatest innovators and playmakers. Unlike today, when colleges recruit players from all over the country, the 1949–50 CCNY team was composed of "kids from the sidewalks of New York City," who had been recruited by Holman's assistant coach Harold "Bobby" Sand from Public Schools Athletic League (PSAL) schools such as Taft, Clinton, Boys, Erasmus, and Franklin High Schools.