03/17/2025 - Episode Two - 1949-50 CCNY Basketball

In this special March Madness episode of The Sports Backroom, host Ty Coulter discusses the 1949-50 CCNY Basketball team and how they sat a top the college basketball world. Coulter also discusses the scandal around the team and the man who brought down the law: District Attorney Frank Hogan. Topics ranging from Hogan's first taste of sports corruption, how points shaving and fixing games became rampant in college basketball, and how far the scandel reached will also be discussed. Finally, Coulter will give his thoughts on the legacy of Hogan and the 1949-50 CCNY Basketball team and why they are in The Sports Backroom.

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Key Topics and Times

0:00 - Intro

1:29 - College Basketball in NYC in the 1940s

1:47 - Rise of CCNY

2:50 - District Attorney Frank Hogan

3:12 - Hogan and the 1946 NFL Championship Game

3:47 - Introduction of The Betting Spread

4:05 - CCNY's 1949-50 Season

4:36 - The NIT and The Game Against Kentucky

6:12 - NCAA Tournament

7:10 - Gambling in the Catskill Mountains

7:45 - Eddie Gard and Salvatorre Sollazzo

8:26 - Junis Kellogg

8:55 - CCNY Players Arrested

9:40 - The Scandal Impacts Mahattan

10:11 - The Scandal Goes National

10:52 - Final Arrest Numbers and Impact of the Scandal

11:27 - Retrospective on CCNY Basketball and Frank Hogan