1941–42 NCAA men's basketball season

Men's collegiate basketball season August 2023 March 2026 1941 March 20 28, 1942 Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri Stanford Indians Stanford Indians (retroactive selection in 1944) West Virginia Mountaineers Stan Modzelewski, Rhode Island Rams (retroactive selection in 1944) The 1941–42 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1941, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1942 NCAA basketball tournament championship game on March 28, 1942, at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The Stanford Indians won their first NCAA national championship with a 53–38 victory over the Dartmouth Big Green. Season headlines The Metropolitan New York Conference did not compete during the season. Its members played as independents. Dartmouth and Kansas became the first teams to play in more than one NCAA tournament when they appeared in the 1942 tournament. In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Stanford as its national champion for the 1941–42 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 Stanford as its top-ranked team for the 1941–42 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 George Washington George Washington Colonials Independent Southern Conference Hardin–Simmons Hardin–Simmons Cowboys Non-major basketball program Border Conference Sewanee Sewanee Tigers Independent Non-major basketball program Washburn Washburn Ichabods Missouri Valley Conference Non-major basketball program West Texas State West Texas State Buffaloes Non-major basketball program Border 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 Kansas & Oklahoma None selected No TournamentBig Ten Conference Illinois None selected No TournamentBorder Conference West Texas State None selected No TournamentEastern Intercollegiate Basketball League Dartmouth None selected No TournamentMetropolitan New York Conference Did not play as conferenceMissouri Valley Conference Creighton & Oklahoma A&M None selected No TournamentMountain States (Skyline) Conference Colorado No TournamentNew England Conference Rhode Island State No TournamentPacific Coast Conference Oregon State (North); Stanford (South) No Tournament;Stanford defeated Oregon State in best-of-three conference championship playoff seriesSoutheastern Conference Kentucky None selected 1942 SEC men's basketball tournament Jefferson County Armory,(Louisville, Kentucky) KentuckySouthern Conference Duke None selected 1942 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament Thompson Gym(Raleigh, North Carolina) Duke2008–09 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 & Rice None selected No Tournament Conference standings Major independents A total of 65 college teams played as major independents. 1941 men LIU Blackbirds LIU (25–3) had the best winning percentage (.893) and 1941 Western Kentucky University Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Western Kentucky State (29–5) finished with the most wins.https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/independent/men/1942.html Sports Reference 1941-42 Men's Independent Season Summary August 2, 2024 Post-season tournaments NCAA tournament 1942 NCAA basketball tournament Semifinals & final National Semifinals National Final Dartmouth 47 Kentucky 28 Stanford 46 Colorado 35 Dartmouth 38 Stanford 53 National Invitation tournament 1942 National Invitation Tournament Semifinals & finals no Semifinals Finals Third place   West Virginia 51   Toledo 39   Creighton 36   Western Kentucky State 49   West Virginia 47   Western Kentucky State 45   Toledo 46   Creighton 48 Awards Consensus All-American teams 1942 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans + Consensus First Team Player Class Team Price Brookfield Senior West Texas State Bob Davies Senior Seton Hall Bob Kinney Senior Rice John Kotz Junior Wisconsin Andy Phillip Sophomore Illinois + Consensus Second Team Player Class Team Don Burness Senior Stanford Gus Doerner Senior Evansville Bob Doll Senior Colorado John Mandic Senior Oregon State Stan Modzelewski Senior Rhode Island State George Munroe Junior Dartmouth Major player of the year awards Helms Player of the Year: Stan Modzelewski, Rhode Island State Other major awards NIT/Haggerty Award (Top player in New York City metro area): Jim White, St. John's (retroactive selection in 1944) Coaching changes A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended. TeamFormerCoachInterimCoachNewCoachReasonAlabamaHank CrispPaul Burnum ArkansasGlen RoseEugene Lambert AuburnRalph JordanBob Evans Bowling GreenPaul LandisHarold AndersonBrownTippy DyeRip Engle BucknellMalcolm MusserJohn Sitarsky ButlerTony HinkleFrank Hedden CincinnatiClark BallardRobert Reuss The CitadelBen ClemonsBo Sherman ColumbiaPaul MooneyCliff Battles CornellBlair GullionSpeed Wilson DePaulBill WendtRay Meyer DukeEddie CameronGerry Gerard FloridaSam J. McAllisterSpurgeon Cherry George WashingtonBill ReinhartOtts Zahn Holy CrossMoose KrauseHop Riopel IdahoGuy WicksJames A. Brown IowaRollie WilliamsPops Harrison Kansas StateJack GardnerChili CochraneLafayetteRichard MadisonArthur R. Winters LehighMarty WestermanJames Gordon Loyola (Ill.)Lenny SachsJohn Connelly LSUHarry RabenhorstDale Morey MaineWilliam C. KenyonSamuel SezakMiami (ohio)Rip Van WinkleBlue Foster MinnesotaDave MacMillanCarl Nordley MontanaGeorge DahlbergClyde Carpenter & Ed Chinske Carpenter and Chinske were co-head coaches.North Carolina StateBob WarrenLeroy Jay NortheasternJames W. DunnFoxy Flumere Ole MissChuck JaskwhichEdwin Hale RiceBuster BrannonJoe Davis Saint Mary'sLouis ConlanJames Phelan San FranciscoForrest TwogoodJimmy Needles SMUF. C. BaccusJames Stewart TempleErnest MessikomerJosh Cody Messikomer left to serve in the United States Navy.TexasJack GrayBully Gilstrap Gray left to serve in the Second World War.Texas A&MMarty KarowManning Smith ToledoHarold AndersonBurl Friddle Anderson left to coach Bowling Green.TulaneClaude Simons Jr.Vernon Haynes TulsaTex RyonMike MilliganUSCJulie BescosErnie Holbrook Utah StateRobert BurnettD. D. Young VMIJimmy WalkerAllison Hubert Wichita MunicipalJack SterrettMelvin J. Binford West VirginiaDyke RaeseRudy Baric YaleKen LoefflerRed Rolfe References 2