1937–38 NCAA men's basketball season

Men's collegiate basketball season August 2023 March 2026 1937 1938 NIT program.jpg Souvenir program from the inaugural NIT showcasing the "National Championship Trophy" won by Temple. Temple (retroactive selection in 1943) Temple Hank Luisetti, Stanford (retroactive selection in 1944) The 1937–38 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1937, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded in March 1938. Rule changes After a field goal, the opposing team receives possession of the ball. Previously, a jump ball at center court had taken place after every field goal.orangehoops.org History of NCAA Basketball Rule Changes Season headlines The New England Conference played its first season at the major-program level. The Northern California Conference began play. Hank Luisetti of Stanford became the first player to score 50 or more points in one game when he scored 50 in a win over Duquesne on January 1, 1938.http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/Rules.pdf Playing Rules History ncaa.org NCAA June 25, 2024 13 The Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association founded the National Invitation Tournament (NIT), which was played for the first time in 1938. A field of six teams participated, with the Temple Owls winning the first NIT championship. Although the NCAA tournament began play the following season, the NIT, playing its games at Madison Square Garden and easily accessible to the New York City media, was considered the more glamorous and prestigious of the two tournaments until at least the mid-1950s Anonymous, "How the NCAA Overtook Its Rival, the NIT," Sport History Weekly, March 24, 2019 Accessed May 4, 2021 In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Temple as its national champion for the 1937–38 season.Jon Scott Nov 9, 2010 The truth behind the Helms Committee http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/helms.html 2015-12-14 In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Temple as its top-ranked team for the 1937–38 season.ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game ESPN ESPN Books New York, NY 2009 526, 529–587 978-0-345-51392-2 Conference membership changes SchoolFormer conferenceNew conference Colorado College Colorado College Tigers Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Non-major basketball program Northeastern Northeastern Huskies Non-major basketball program New England Conference Pacific Pacific Tigers Non-major basketball program Northern California Conference Saint Louis Saint Louis Billikens Independent Missouri Valley Conference Saint Mary's Saint Mary's (Calif.) Gaels Independent Northern California Conference San Francisco San Francisco Dons Independent Northern California Conference San Jose State San Jose State Spartans Non-major basketball program Northern California Conference Santa Clara Santa Clara Broncos Independent Northern California Conference Virginia Virginia Cavaliers Southern Conference Independent Regular season Conferences Conference winners and tournaments ConferenceRegular season winnerhttp://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2009/Standings.pdf 2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section 2009 NCAA 2009-02-14Conference player of the yearConference tournamentTournament venue (City)Tournament winnerBig Six Conference Kansas None selected No TournamentBig Ten Conference Purdue None selected No TournamentBorder Conference New Mexico State None selected No TournamentEastern Intercollegiate Basketball League Dartmouth None selected No TournamentEastern Intercollegiate Conference Temple None selected No TournamentMetropolitan New York Conference NYU None selected No TournamentMissouri Valley Conference Oklahoma A&M None selected No TournamentNew England Conference Rhode Island State No TournamentNorthern California Conference San Jose State & Santa Clara No TournamentPacific Coast Conference Oregon (North); Stanford (South) No Tournament;Stanford defeated Oregon in best-of-three conference championship playoff seriesRocky Mountain Athletic Conference Colorado & Utah No TournamentSoutheastern Conference Georgia Tech None selected 1938 SEC men's basketball tournament Huey Long Field House (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) Georgia TechSouthern Conference North Carolina None selected 1938 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament Thompson Gym(Raleigh, North Carolina) Duke2008–09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide – Postseason Section https://web.archive.org/web/20110930163611/http://www.soconsports.com/fls/4000/socon/files/0809mbkguide/standingsandresults.pdf?SPSID=35819&SPID=1798&DB_OEM_ID=4000 September 30, 2011 , Southern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-09Southwest Conference Arkansas None selected No Tournament Conference standings Major independents A total of 46 college teams played as major independents. 1937 St. Bonaventure University St. Bonaventure Bonnies St. Bonaventure (9–0) was undefeated, and 1937 Western Kentucky University Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Western Kentucky State (30–3) finished with the most wins.https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/independent/men/1938.html Sports Reference 1937-38 Men's Independent Season Summary August 1, 2024 Post-season tournaments National Invitation Tournament 1938 National Invitation Tournament Semifinals & finals no Semifinals Finals Third place   Oklahoma A&M 55   Temple 56   Colorado 48   NYU 47   Temple 60   Colorado 36   Oklahoma A&M 37   NYU 24 Awards Consensus All-American team 1938 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans + Consensus Team Player Class Team Meyer Bloom Senior Temple Hank Luisetti Senior Stanford John Moir Senior Notre Dame Paul Nowak Senior Notre Dame Fred Pralle Senior Kansas Jewell Young Senior Purdue Major player of the year awards Helms Player of the Year: Hank Luisetti, Stanford (retroactive selection in 1944) Other major awards NIT/Haggerty Award (Top player in New York City metro area): Bernie Fliegel, CCNY Coaching changes A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended. TeamFormerCoachInterimCoachNewCoachReason Brown Art Kahler George E. Allen BYU Fred Dixon Edwin R. Kimball Cornell Bo Rowland Blair Gullion Fordham Vincent Cavanaugh Ed Kelleher Georgia Rex Enright Elmer A. Lampe Georgetown Fred Mesmer Elmer Ripley Mesmer stepped aside after seven seasons to allow Ripley to return for a second stint as head coach. Indiana Everett Dean Branch McCracken Dean left to coach at Stanford. Indiana State Wally Marks Glenn M. Curtis Lafayette Mike Michalske Richard Madison Miami (Ohio) John Mauer Weeb Ewbank Mauer left to coach at Tennessee. Michigan Franklin Cappon Bennie Oosterbaan Cappon left to coach at Princeton. Ohio Butch Grover Dutch Trautwein Oklahoma Hugh McDermott Bruce Drake Ole Miss George Bohler Frank Johnson Princeton Ken Fairman Franklin Cappon Rice Jimmy Kitts Buster Brannon Saint Louis Ed Davidson Jack Sterrett Saint Mary's Harlan Dykes Jack Otten SMU James W. St. Clair F. C. Baccus Stanford John Bunn Everett Dean Tennessee Blair Gullion John Mauer Gullion left to coach Cornell. Tulane Ray G. Dauber Claude Simons Jr. VMI Albert Elmore Jimmy Walker West Virginia Marshall Glenn Dyke Raese References 2