1933–34 NCAA men's basketball season

Men's collegiate basketball season August 2023 March 2026 1933 Wyoming (retroactive selection in 1943) Wesley Bennett, Westminster (Pa.) (retroactive selection in 1944) The 1933–34 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1933, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded in March 1934. Rule changes The "10-second" rule went into effect, requiring the team on offense to get the ball past the midcourt line within 10 seconds.Hoop Tactics "The Evolution of Basketball: A Chronological Look At The Major Refinements" Accessed 15 May 2021 A new substitution rule allowed each player to re-enter a game twice. Previously, each player could re-enter a game only once.orangehoops.org History of NCAA Basketball Rule Changes The number of referees increased from one to two.Schleyer, Claudia, "The Rules of Basketball: Boy How They've Changed!", Youth Hoops 101 Accessed 15 May 2021 July 2026 InternetArchiveBot Season headlines The Metropolitan New York Conference began play, with 10 original members. In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Wyoming as its national champion for the 1933–34 season.Jon Scott Nov 9, 2010 The truth behind the Helms Committee http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/helms.html 2015-12-14 In 2009, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Kentucky as its top-ranked team for the 1933–34 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 Brooklyn Brooklyn Bulldogs Non-major basketball program Metropolitan New York Conference Bucknell Bucknell Bison Independent Eastern Intercollegiate Conference City College CCNY Beavers Independent Metropolitan New York Conference Columbia Columbia Lions See note Metropolitan New York Conference Fordham Fordham Rams Independent Metropolitan New York Conference Harvard Harvard Crimson Independent Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League Long Island Long Island Blackbirds Independent Metropolitan New York Conference Manhattan Manhattan Jaspers Independent Metropolitan New York Conference New York NYU Violets Independent Metropolitan New York Conference Pratt Pratt Cannoneers Non-major basketball program Metropolitan New York Conference Saint Francis St. Francis (NY) Terriers Independent Metropolitan New York Conference Saint John's St. John's Redmen Independent Metropolitan New York Conference NOTE: Columbia joined the Metropolitan New York Conference while remaining a member of the Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League. It retained its membership in both until 1939. Regular season Conferences Conference winners and tournaments ConferenceRegular season winnerhttps://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 Texas Tech None selected No TournamentEastern Intercollegiate Basketball League Penn None selected No TournamentEastern Intercollegiate Conference Pittsburgh None selected No TournamentMetropolitan New York Conference NYU None selected No TournamentMissouri Valley Conference Butler None selected No TournamentPacific Coast Conference Washington (North);USC (South) No Tournament;Washington defeated USC in best-of-three conference championship playoff seriesRocky Mountain Athletic Conference Wyoming (Eastern); BYU (Western) No TournamentSoutheastern Conference Alabama None selected 1934 SEC men's basketball tournament Atlanta Athletic Club (Atlanta, Georgia) AlabamaSouthern Conference South Carolina None selected 1934 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament Thompson Gym(Raleigh, North Carolina) Washington and Lee2008–09 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 TCU None selected No Tournament Conference standings Major independents A total of 63 college teams played as major independents. 1933 DePaul University DePaul Blue Demons DePaul (17–0) was undefeated, and 1933 Western Kentucky University Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Western Kentucky State (28–8) finished with the most wins.https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/independent/men/1934.html Sports Reference 1933-34 Men's Independent Season Summary July 31, 2024 Awards Consensus All-American team 1934 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans + Consensus Team Player Class Team Norman Cottom Junior Purdue Claire Cribbs Junior Pittsburgh Moose Krause Senior Notre Dame Hal Lee Senior Washington Les Witte Senior Wyoming Major player of the year awards Helms Player of the Year: Wesley Bennett, Westminster (Pa.) (retroactive selection in 1944) Coaching changes A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended. TeamFormerCoachInterimCoachNewCoachReason Colorado Henry Iba Dutch Clark Iba left to coach Oklahoma A&M. Clark continued playing for the Detroit Lions while coaching Colorado. Colorado Agricultural Joe Ryan Saaly Salwachter Fordham Ed Kelleher Vincent Cavanaugh George Washington Ted O'Leary Jim Pixlee & Logan Wilson Lehigh Fay Bartlett Glenn Harmeson Loyola (Md.) Tony Comerford William Liston Oklahoma A&M Harold James Henry Iba Iba also became baseball coach and will take over athletic director duties. Princeton Fritz Crisler John Jefferies Crisler stayed to coach the football program. Saint Mary's (Calif.) Vince McNally Jim Underhill TCU Francis Schmidt Dutch Meyer Meyer also became head coach of the football program. Texas Ed Olle Marty Karow Texas Tech Dell Morgan Virgil Ballard Toledo David V. Connelly Harold Anderson VMI W. C. Raftery Frank Summers Wisconsin Walter Meanwell Harold E. Foster References 2