1901–02 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 1901–02 Minnesota Golden Gophers Basketball 1901–1902 University of Minnesota basketball team.png 280px Big Ten Conference Western 15–0 2–0 L. J. Cooke 5th UM Armory Helms Foundation National Champions The 1901–02 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota in intercollegiate basketball during the 1901–02 season. The team finished the season with a 15–0 recordMinnesota season-by-season results sports-reference.com Sports Reference LLC 2014 https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/minnesota/ April 25, 2014 and claimed the national intercollegiate championship as well as the overall amateur basketball championship of the United States..March 7, 1902 Say They Are 'Champs' — The 'U' Basket Ball Team — Have Won Sixteen Games and Lost None https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-minneapolis-journal-1901-1902-minnes/178642976/ The Minneapolis Journal The university [of Minnesota] basket-ball team, which has successfully concluded a very hard schedule, is out with the claim to the national championship. The team played sixteen games during the season and did not meet with a single defeat. Victories were won from Yale, champion of the east; Fon Du Lac, tied with Ravenswood for championship honors last year; Wisconsin, Nebraska, Iowa and Fargo college, as well as from a number of teams of less importance. 1902 The Gopher XVI https://conservancy.umn.edu/items/199a7cf3-652d-4497-b6a7-067ace658a86 Minneapolis The University of Minnesota Athletics — Basketball 144–147 Minnesota claims the amateur basket ball championship of the United States. [...] After this [Yale] game the title of national college champions was claimed for the team. [..] A month later the Company E team of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, was disposed of. This aggregation had held the national amateur championship for two years and had lost it the season before to Ravenswood by a single point. By this victory the title not only of college champions but the championship of all amateur teams of the country accrued to Minnesota. [...] Which Makes Us CHAMPIONS OF THE UNITED STATES The team was also later retroactively named national champions by the Helms Athletic Foundation and was retroactively listed as the top team of the season by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.NCAA Division I Mens Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions Rauzulu's Street 2004 http://www.rauzulusstreet.com/basketball/college/helmscollegechampionship.htm April 25, 2014 October 1, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181001213129/http://www.rauzulusstreet.com/basketball/college/helmscollegechampionship.htm deadESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game ESPN ESPN Books New York, NY 2009 532–34 978-0-345-51392-2 Starters Source2013–14 Minnesota Golden Gophers Men's Basketball Media Guide Yearly records University of Minnesota 2013 http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/minn/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2013-14/misc_non_event/2013_14_MBB_Media_Guide.pdf April 25, 2014 April 26, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140426232532/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/minn/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2013-14/misc_non_event/2013_14_MBB_Media_Guide.pdf dead William Deering – Forward Henry Holden – Forward George Tuck – Center M. A. Kiefer – Guard Roy Ireland – Guard Schedule no no no |- ! colspan="9" style="text-align: center; background:#800000"|Regular season 11/30/1901 yes Minnesota Alumni UM Armory Minneapolis, MN 44–11 1–0 12/7/1901 yes Minnesota Sophomores UM Armory Minneapolis, MN 13–8 2–0 12/7/1901 yes Minnesota Seniors UM Armory Minneapolis, MN 18–1 3–0 12/14/1901 yes South High School Minneapolis, MN 2–0 4–0 1/2/1902 yes 1901 men Yale Bulldogs Yale University Yale 32–23 5–0 1/11/1902 yes East High School 44–14 6–0 1/18/1902 yes Central High School 22–5 7–0 1/24/1902 yes yes 1901 men North Dakota State Bison North Dakota State University North Dakota State Fargo, ND 47–7 8–0 1/25/1902 yes yes Fargo High School Fargo, ND 50–4 9–0 1/25/1902 yes yes Fargo College Fargo, ND 28–21 10–0 2/1/1902 yes Fond du Lac College East 22–16 11–0 2/8/1902 yes 1901 men North Dakota State Bison North Dakota State University North Dakota State 60–9 12–0 2/15/1902 yes Nebraska 52–9 13–0 2/22/1902 Wisconsin UM Armory Minneapolis, MN 30–10 14–0 (1–0) 3/1/1902 1901 men Iowa Hawkeyes University of Iowa Iowa 49–10 15–0 (2–0) Source References Category:Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball seasons Minnesota Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament championship seasons Minnesota Golden Gophers Men's Basketball Team Minnesota Golden Gophers Men's Basketball Team