1912–13 NCAA men's basketball season

Men's collegiate basketball season

1912–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Helms National ChampionsNavy (retroactive selection in 1943)
Player of the Year
(Helms)
Eddie Calder, St. Lawrence (retroactive selection in 1944)

The 1912–13 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1912, progressed through the regular season, and concluded in March 1913.

Season headlines

  • In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Navy as its national champion for the 1912–13 season.[1]
  • In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Navy as its national champion for the 1912–13 season.[2]

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 Cornell None selected No Tournament
Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association Nebraska (North) & Kansas (South) None selected No Tournament;
Nebraska was the conference champion
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Colorado No Tournament
Western Conference Wisconsin 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 1912–13 season.[4]

Player Team
Eddie Calder St. Lawrence
Sam Carrier Nebraska
Gil Halstead Cornell
Edward Hayward Wesleyan (Conn.)
Allen Johnson Wisconsin
William Roberts Army
Hamilton Salmon Princeton
Alphonse Schumacher Dayton
Larry Teeple Purdue
Laurence Wild Navy

Major player of the year awards

Coaching changes

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"
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