Charles Robert Anet (August 11, 1917 – July 25, 1981) was a college basketball

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who helped guide the

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to win the inaugural NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament championship in 1938–39. Aside from scoring 10 points in the 46–33 win over

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in the title game, Anet is most remembered for breaking the championship game trophy when he accidentally knocked it over while diving for a loose ball during play. The damaged trophy contributed to the

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's overall loss of $2,531 in the tournament—the only deficit that the event has ever posted.

Early life

A native of

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, Anet played basketball at Astoria High School. He was a two-time

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(OSAA) 4A All-Tournament team member (1934, 1935) while leading Astoria High to two state championships. Following his senior season, his high school coach, John Warren, was hired as the freshman basketball coach at the

. Warren recruited Anet and teammate

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to play college basketball at the school.

College

In Anet's three seasons playing for the

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, he was team captain twice, including his

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season when they won the national championship. He was the smallest player on an historically tall team and measured only in height but was described as having the biggest heart. Oregon went 74–22 during those three seasons and also won a

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championship in the same year as their national title run. By leading Oregon to its only national championship in men's basketball to date, Anet was named a consensus second team All-American. He later had his jersey (#20) retired, and was also inducted into the

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as well as the University of Oregon Sports Hall of Fame.

References

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