1914–15 NCAA men's basketball season

Men's collegiate basketball season August 2023 March 2026 1914 Illinois (retroactive selection in 1943) Ernest Houghton, Union (NY) (retroactive selection in 1944) The 1914–15 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1914, progressed through the regular season, and concluded in March 1915. Season headlines The Southwest Conference began play, with five original members. In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Illinois as its national champion for the 1914–15 season.Jon Scott Nov 9, 2010 The truth behind the Helms Committee http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/helms.html 13 May 2021 In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Illinois as its top-ranked team for the 1914–15 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 Baylor Baylor Bears Independent Southwest Conference Colorado College Colorado College Tigers No major basketball program Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Rice Rice Owls No major basketball program Southwest Conference Southwestern Southwestern (Tex.) Pirates No major basketball program Southwest Conference Texas Texas Longhorns Independent Southwest Conference Texas A&M Texas A&M Aggies Independent Southwest Conference Regular season Conferences Conference winners 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 14 February 2009Conference Player of the YearConference TournamentTournament Venue (City)Tournament WinnerEastern Intercollegiate Basketball League Yale None selected No TournamentMissouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association Kansas None selected No TournamentRocky Mountain Athletic Conference Denver No TournamentSouthwest Conference Texas None selected No TournamentWestern Conference Illinois None selected No Tournament Conference standings Independents A total of 124 college teams played as major independents. Among independents that played at least 10 games, 1914 University of Virginia Virginia Cavaliers Virginia (17–0) was undefeated, and Virginia, 1914 Washington State University Washington State Cougars Washington State (17–6), and 1914 Fordham University Fordham Rams Fordham (17–15) finished with the most wins.https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/independent/men/1915.html Sports Reference 1914-15 Men's Independent Season Summary July 27, 2024 Awards Helms College Basketball All-Americans 1915 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans The practice of selecting a Consensus All-American Team did not begin until the 1928–29 season. The Helms Athletic Foundation later retroactively selected a list of All-Americans for the 1914–15 season.The Association for Professional Basketball Research "NCAA All-American Teams, 1919–20 to 1998–99" Player Team W. P. Arnold Yale Leslie Brown Cornell Ernest Houghton Union (NY) Charlie Lee Columbia George Levis Wisconsin Elmer Oliphant Purdue Tony Savage Washington Ralph Sproull Kansas Wellington Strickley Virginia Ray Woods Illinois Major player of the year awards Helms Player of the Year: Ernest Houghton, Union (NY) (retroactive selection in 1944) Coaching changes A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended. TeamFormerCoachInterimCoachNewCoachReason Akron Frank Haggerty Fred Sefton Alabama D. V. Graves Griff Harsh Graves left to coach at Texas A&M Clemson John W. Erwin Audley H. Ward Connecticut No coach John F. Donahue After the season, Donahue became Connecticut's first coach. Dayton Al Mahrt Alfred McCray George Washington Nathan Dougherty George Colliflower Idaho John G. Griffith Charles M. Rademacher Griffith left to coach Oklahoma A&M Indiana Arthur Berndt Allan Williford Iowa State Homer C. Hubbard H. H. Walters Kent State Alexandr Whyte Donald Ulrich Kentucky Alpha Brumage Jim Park Lehigh S. E. Muthart Harry Haring Miami (OH) Howard Flack Chester J. Roberts Navy Albert Cohan James Colliflower NC State H. S. Tucker Chuck Sandborn Nebraska Ewald Stiehm Sam Waugh Niagara A. V. Barnett Tom Tracey North Dakota State Howard Wood Paul J. Davis Oklahoma A&M Paul J. Davis John G. Griffith Rutgers George Davison Frank Hill Hill was also the coach of Seton Hall and St. Benedict's Prep School. Saint Mary's (Calif.) Fred Broderick Frank Boek South Carolina L. W. Hill Charles C. Farrell Stanford H. W. Maloney E. C. Behrens TCU Fred Cahoon Ewing Y. Freeland Texas L. Theo Bellmont Roy Henderson Texas A&M F. D. Steger D. V. Graves Trinity (N.C.) Nobel Clay Bob Doak Tulane Edwin Sweetland Clark Shaughnessy Tulsa Forest Rees Francis Schmidt Wyoming Ralph Thacker John Corbett References 2