1928–29 NCAA men's basketball season

Men's collegiate basketball season August 2023 March 2026 1928 1929 Butler basketball national championship trophy.pdf The Veteran Athletes of Philadelphia deemed the Butler Bulldogs the season's national champions. Montana State (retroactive selection in 1943) John "Cat" Thompson, Montana State (retroactive selection in 1944) The 1928–29 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1928, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded in March 1929. Rule changes The charging foul by the player dribbling the ball was introduced.orangehoops.org History of NCAA Basketball Rule Changes Season headlines The Big Six Conference and the Missouri Valley Conference began play. Both had formed when the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MVIAA) split into the two new conferences in May 1928, with the Big Six Conference officially retaining the MVIAA's name and the Missouri Valley Conference retaining its staff. Both claimed the MVIAA's founding date (1907) and its history from 1907 to 1928 as their own, and both claimed to be a continuation of the original conference. The practice of naming an annual Consensus All-American Team began.http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/Rules.pdf Playing Rules History ncaa.org NCAA June 25, 2024 11 The Veteran Athletes of Philadelphia deemed Butler the mythical national champion of the 1928–29 season and awarded the Bulldogs the Veteran Athletes of Philadelphia Trophy.Woods David March 11, 2019 90 years ago, young coach, major league pitcher brought Butler a national basketball title https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/butler/2019/03/11/tony-hinkle-oral-hildebrand-led-1929-butler-bulldogs-national-title/3064997002/ The Indianapolis Star [In 1929] the Veteran Athletes of Philadelphia recognized Butler as national champion. [...] Butler also had a 1924 national championship by winning the AAU tournament at Kansas City, MissouriButler University 1930 The Drift Butler Yearbooks Indianapolis, Indiana 169, 174 https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/buyearbooks/17 3 July 2026 In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Montana State as its national champion for the 1928–29 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 Montana State as its top-ranked team for the 1928–29 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 Drake Drake Bulldogs Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association Missouri Valley Conference Duke Duke Blue Devils Independent Southern Conference Grinnell Grinnell Pioneers Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association Missouri Valley Conference Iowa State Iowa State Cyclones Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association Big Six Conference Kansas Kansas Jayhawks Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association Big Six Conference Kansas State Kansas State Wildcats Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association Big Six Conference Missouri Missouri Tigers Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association Big Six Conference Nebraska Nebraska Cornhuskers Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association Big Six Conference Oklahoma Oklahoma Sooners Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association Big Six Conference Oklahoma A&M Oklahoma A&M Aggies Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association Missouri Valley Conference Washington Washington University in St. Louis Bears Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association Missouri Valley Conference 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 Oklahoma None selected No TournamentBig Ten Conference Michigan & Wisconsin None selected No TournamentEastern Intercollegiate Basketball League Penn None selected No TournamentMissouri Valley Conference Washington University None selected No TournamentPacific Coast Conference Washington (North);California (South) No Tournament;California defeated Washington in best-of-three conference championship playoff seriesRocky Mountain Athletic Conference Colorado (Eastern);Montana State (Western) No TournamentSouthern Conference Washington and Lee None selected 1929 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament Municipal Auditorium(Atlanta, Georgia) NC State2008–09 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 Independents A total of 91 college teams played as major independents. 1928 Loyola University Chicago Loyola Ramblers Loyola of Illinois (16–0) was undefeated, and 1928 St. John's University St. John's Red Storm St. John's (23–2) finished with the most wins.https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/independent/men/1929.html Sports Reference 1928-29 Men's Independent Season Summary July 30, 2024 Awards Consensus All-American team 1929 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans + Consensus Team Player Class Team Tom Churchill Junior Oklahoma Vern Corbin Senior California Charley Hyatt Junior Pittsburgh Stretch Murphy Junior Purdue Joe Schaaf Senior Pennsylvania Cat Thompson Junior Montana State Major player of the year awards Helms Player of the Year: John "Cat" Thompson, Montana State (retroactive selection in 1944) Coaching changes A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended. TeamFormerCoachInterimCoachNewCoachReason Arkansas Francis Schmidt Charles Bassett Tigers George Bohler Hal Lee Brown Tuss McLaughry Rufus Bond Dayton George Fitzgerald Bill Belanich DePaul Eddie Anderson Jim Kelly Detroit Gus Dorais Louis Conroy George Washington Harry W. Crum Joe Mitchell Georgetown Elmer Ripley Bill Dudack Ripley left to coach at Yale. His assistant Dudack replaced him. Iowa Sam Barry Rollie Williams Barry left to coach at USC. Lafayette M. A. Miller Herbert A. Lorenz Loyola (Md.) Tony Comerford John Menton Manhattan James Houlihan Neil Cohalan Marquette Frank Murray Cord Lipe New Mexico A&M Ted Coffman Jerry Hines Oklahoma State John Maulbetsch George E. Rody Saint Mary's (C.A.) Louis Conlan Vince McNally TCU Marty Bell Francis Schmidt Texas A&M Charles Bassett John B. Reid Bassett left to coach at Arkansas. USC Leo Calland Sam Barry Valparaiso Earl Scott Jake Christiansen Vanderbilt Johnny Floyd Garland Morrow Villanova John Cashman George Jacobs Virginia Henry Lannigan Roy Randall Virginia Tech I. E. Randall R. S. Warren References 2