1910–11 NCAA men's basketball season

Men's collegiate basketball season

1910–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Helms National ChampionsSt. John's (retroactive selection in 1943)
Player of the Year
(Helms)
Ted Kiendl, Columbia (retroactive selection in 1944)

The 1910–11 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1910, progressed through the regular season, and concluded in March 1911.

Season headlines

  • The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (IAAUS) renamed itself the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in 1910 prior to the 1910–11 basketball season.
  • After a two-season hiatus and a reorganization, the Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League resumed conference play, with five members.
  • The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference began play, with four original members.
  • In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected St. John's as its national champion for the 1910–11 season.[1]
  • In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected St. John's as its national champion for the 1910–11 season.[2]

Conference membership changes

School Former Conference New Conference
Colorado Silver and Gold Independent Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
Colorado Agricultural Aggies Independent Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
Colorado Mines Orediggers No major basketball program Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
Columbia Lions Independent Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League
Cornell Big Red Independent Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League
Denver Pioneers No major basketball program Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
Penn Quakers Independent Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League
Princeton Tigers Independent Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League
Yale Bulldogs Independent Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League

NOTE: Although Colorado College joined the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference for the 1910–11 season, it did not field its first major-level basketball team until the 1913–14 season.

Regular season

Conference winners

Conference Regular
Season Winner[3]
Conference
Player of the Year
Conference
Tournament
Tournament
Venue (City)
Tournament
Winner
Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League Columbia None selected No Tournament
Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association Kansas None selected No Tournament
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Colorado Mines No Tournament
Western Conference Minnesota & Purdue None selected No Tournament

Statistical leaders

Awards

Helms College 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 1910–11 season.[4]

Player Team
A. D. Alexander Columbia
Dave Charters Purdue
C. C. Clementson Washington
Harry W. Hill Navy
John Keenan St. John's (NY)
Ted Kiendl Columbia
Frank Lawler Minnesota
W. M. Lee Columbia
Walter Scoville Wisconsin
Lewis Walton Penn

Major player of the year awards

Coaching changes

A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.

Team Former
Coach
Interim
Coach
New
Coach
Reason
Georgetown Maurice Joyce James Colliflower Joyce retired from coaching after the end of the season.[5][6]
Wisconsin Haskell Noyes Walter Meanwell

References

  1. ^ Scott, Jon (November 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  2. ^ ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. pp. 526, 529–587. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
  3. ^ "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. Retrieved February 14, 2009.
  4. ^ The Association for Professional Basketball Research "NCAA All-American Teams, 1919–20 to 1998–99"
  5. ^ "The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Head Coaches". Archived from the original on May 27, 2017. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
  6. ^ Georgetown Basketball History Project: Basketball's Roots at Georgetown[permanent dead link]
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