[1] Hargis enrolled in the University of Texas at Austin in the early 1940s and played college basketball there.

In both 1942–43 and 1946–47, he led the Longhorns to the NCAA Final Four, where they would lose to eventual national champion Wyoming and win the third-place game over CCNY, respectively.

[3] After the 1943 season, Hargis enlisted in the United States military and fought in World War II for three years, then returned to Austin to finish college in 1947.

[4] After school, Hargis played for the Anderson Packers for three seasons, then split time between the Fort Wayne Pistons and Tri-Cities Blackhawks during his fourth and final year as a professional.

[5] In addition to moderate personal success, the Packers also won the NBL championship in Hargis' second year on the team.