1946–47 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team

The 1946–47 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 1946–47 NCAA college basketball season. Members of the Pacific Coast Conference, the Vandals were led by second-year head coach Guy Wicks and played their home games on campus at Memorial Gymnasium in Moscow, Idaho.

1946–47 Idaho Vandals men's basketball
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record4–24 (1–15 PCC)
Head coach
Assistant coachSteve Belko
MVPJohn Evans
Home arenaMemorial Gymnasium
1946–47 Pacific Coast Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
North
Oregon State †133 .813285  .848
Washington State115 .6882310  .697
Washington88 .500168  .667
Oregon79 .438189  .667
Idaho115 .063424  .143
South
UCLA93 .750187  .720
California84 .6672011  .645
Stanford57 .4171516  .484
USC210 .1671014  .417
† Conference playoff series winner
As of 1947
Rankings from AP Poll

The Vandals were defending Northern Division champions, but fell to 4–24 overall and 1–15 in conference play.

Alumnus Wicks returned to the university after serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II; his first season as head coach was 1941–42. Over the next four seasons, UI basketball was led by acting athletic director James "Babe" Brown, who was also the head football coach in 1945 and 1946.

Idaho's sole conference victory was over Oregon State, the eventual PCC champion.

Wicks resigned as head coach (basketball and baseball) that summer and went into administration at the university; Charles Finley, head coach at the New Mexico School of Mines, was hired as his successor for both sports.

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