The men's basketball team played eight games in late 1916 and early 1917, losing the first seven, finishing with a record of 2–6.
There was not yet an established nickname for teams for the college, and the school colors were the original orange and blue.
Herbert “Sweeney” Swigart served as team captain with Gilbert Roberts as manager.
Miley (right guard) Jerosky (right guard), Louis Bechtle (left forward), James Tidd (right forward), Elmslie Thomas (center), Charles Molien and Omar Kear.
[1] Games were held in various locations, such as the atrium of the original Administration Building (known as Cartwright Hall since 2006), in the basement of the original heating plant, and in the local Congregational Church gymnasium, as a permanent gymnasium was not built on campus until 1925.