1913–14 NCAA men's basketball season

Men's collegiate basketball season August 2023 March 2026 1913 Wisconsin (retroactive selection in 1943) Gil Halstead, Cornell (retroactive selection in 1944) The 1913–14 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1913, progressed through the regular season, and concluded in March 1914. Rule changes Baskets with open bottoms that allow the ball to fall through become mandatory. Previously, baskets had closed bottoms, requiring the pulling of a rope to release the ball after a field goal or successful free throw. The switch to open-bottomed baskets increased the tempo of play and scoring.Schleyer, Claudia, "The Rules of Basketball: Boy How They've Changed!", Youth Hoops 101 Accessed 15 May 2021 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/Rules.pdf Playing Rules History ncaa.org NCAA June 25, 2024 2, 6 Season headlines In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Wisconsin as its national champion for the 1913–14 season.Jon Scott Nov 9, 2010 The truth behind the Helms Committee http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/helms.html 13 May 2021 In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Wisconsin as its top-ranked team for the 1913–14 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 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 14 February 2009Conference Player of the YearConference TournamentTournament Venue (City)Tournament WinnerEastern Intercollegiate Basketball League Columbia & Cornell None selected No TournamentMissouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association Nebraska (North) & Kansas (South) None selected No TournamentRocky Mountain Athletic Conference Colorado No TournamentWestern Conference Wisconsin None selected No Tournament Conference standings Independents A total of 124 college teams played as major independents. Among independents that played at least 10 games, Navy (10–0), 1913 Syracuse University Syracuse Orange Syracuse (12–0), and Texas (11–0) were undefeated, and 1913 Fordham University Fordham Rams Fordham (20–8) finished with the most wins.https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/independent/men/1914.html Sports Reference 1913-14 Men's Independent Season Summary July 26, 2024 Awards Helms College Basketball All-Americans 1914 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans The practice of selecting a Consensus All-American Team did not begin until the 1928–29 season. The Helms Athletic Foundation later retroactively selected a list of All-Americans for the 1913–14 season.The Association for Professional Basketball Research "NCAA All-American Teams, 1919–20 to 1998–99" Player Team Lewis Castle Syracuse Gil Halstead Cornell Carl Harper Wisconsin Ernest Houghton Union (NY) Walter Lunden Cornell Daniel Meenan Columbia Nelson Norgren Chicago Elmer Oliphant Purdue Everett Southwick CCNY Eugene Van Gent Wisconsin Major player of the year awards Helms Player of the Year: Gil Halstead, Cornell (retroactive selection in 1944) Coaching changes A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended. TeamFormerCoachInterimCoachNewCoachReason Arizona Raymond L. Quigley Pop McKale Tempe Normal G. W. Henry George Schaeffler Army Joseph Stilwell Jacob L. Devers Baylor Norman C. Paine Charles Mosley Bucknell Dwite Shaffner Gorge Cockill Cincinnati Russ Easton George Little The Citadel Darl Buse Hans Kangster Dartmouth C. A. Reed P. W. Loudon Dayton Harry Solimano Al Mahrt Denver Hiram Wilson Charles Wingender Drake John L. Griffin Ry Whisman Duquesne Alexander Hogarty Eugene McGuigan Fairmount Willis Bates Harry Buck Fordham Clement Risacher Alcott Neary George Washington George Schlosser Nathan Dougherty Georgetown James Colliflower John O'Reilly After three years as a part-time coach, Colliflower departed after the season to devote himself full-time to his business interests. Georgetown hired O'Reilly as a full-time coach for the following season.http://www.hoyabasketball.com/coaches/bb-coach.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Head Coaches 2014-01-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20170527235527/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/coaches/bb-coach.htm 2017-05-27 dead Kansas State Guy Lowman Carl J. Merner Miami (OH) A. D. Browne Howard Flack Missouri Osmond F. Field Eugene Van Gent Montana W. H. Mustaine Jerry Nissen Navy Laurence Wild Albert Cohan NC State Jack Hegarty H. S. Tucker North Carolina Nathaniel Cartmell Charles Doak North Dakota Fred V. Archer Thomas Andrew Gill Northwestern Dennis Grady Fred J. Murphy Penn Arthur Kiefaber Lon Jourdet Rutgers Dave Armstrong George Davidson Saint Mary's (Calif.) Otto Rittler Fred Broderick South Carolina John Blackburn L. W. Hill St. John's Claude Allen Joseph O'Shea Tulane Carl Henson Edwin Sweetland Tulsa Harvey L. Allen Forest Rees Utah Fred Bennion Nelson Norgren Utah State Clayton Teetzel Joseph Jensen VMI W. C. Raffery Frank Gorton Yale Haskell Noyes Robert G. Stowe References 2