1930–31 NCAA men's basketball season

Men's collegiate basketball season August 2023 March 2026 1930 Northwestern (retroactive selection in 1943) Bart Carlton, Ada Teachers College (retroactive selection in 1944) The 1930–31 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1930, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded in March 1931. Rule changes If the player with the ball is guarded closely and withholds the ball from play for five seconds, a "held ball" can be called.orangehoops.org History of NCAA Basketball Rule Changes Season headlines On February 20, 1931, St. John's and Carnegie Tech met in the first college basketball game ever filmed for a newsreel.http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/Rules.pdf Playing Rules History ncaa.org NCAA June 25, 2024 11 In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Northwestern as its national champion for the 1930–31 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 Northwestern as its top-ranked team for the 1930–31 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 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 Northwestern None selected No TournamentEastern Intercollegiate Basketball League Columbia None selected No TournamentMissouri Valley Conference Creighton & Oklahoma A&M 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);Utah (Western) No TournamentSouthern Conference Georgia None selected 1931 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament Municipal Auditorium(Atlanta, Georgia) Maryland2008–09 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 95 college teams played as major independents. Buffalo (15–0), 1930 Canterbury College (Indiana) Central Normal (19–0), and 1930 Pittsburg State University Pittsburg State Gorillas Pittsburg State (21–0) were undefeated and 1930 Northwest Missouri State University Northwest Missouri State Bearcats Northwest Missouri State (32–6) finished with the most wins.https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/independent/men/1931.html Sports Reference 1930-31 Men's Independent Season Summary July 31, 2024 Awards Consensus All-American team 1931 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans + Consensus Team Player Class Team Wes Fesler Senior Ohio State George Gregory Senior Columbia Joe Reiff Sophomore Northwestern Elwood Romney Sophomore Brigham Young John Wooden Junior Purdue Major player of the year awards Helms Player of the Year: Bart Carlton, Ada Teachers College (retroactive selection in 1944) Coaching changes A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended. TeamFormerCoachInterimCoachNewCoachReason Brown Rufus Bond Art Kahler Bond left to become freshman coach at Harvard. Canisius Luke Urban Russell Burt Clemson Josh Cody Joe Davis Cody left to coach at Vanderbilt. Connecticut Louis Alexander John Heldman Jr. Davidson William L. Younger Red Laird Georgetown John Colrick Fred Mesmer Georgia Herman Stegeman Rex Enright Indiana State Wally Marks J. Roy Goodland Marshall Johnny Stuart Tom Dandelet Michigan George Veenker Frank Cappon New Mexico Roy W. Johnson Tom Churchill Niagara William McCarthy John J. Gallagher North Carolina James N. Ashmore Bo Shepard Northern Colorado George E. Cooper John S. Davis Oklahoma A&M George E. Rody Harold James Rody left to coach at Tulane. Rider Clair Bee Paul Frank San Francisco Jimmy Needles Phil Morrissey Seton Hall Dan Steinberg Les Fries Texas Mysterious Walker Ed Olle Texas Tech W. L. Golightly Dell Morgan Tulane Claude Simons Sr. George E. Rody Vanderbilt Garland Morrow Josh Cody Virginia Tech C. D. Rhodes George S. Proctor Wake Forest R. S. Hayes Fred Emmerson References 2