1933–34 NCAA men's basketball season
Men's collegiate basketball season
1933–34 NCAA Division I men's basketball season | |
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Helms National Champions | Wyoming (retroactive selection in 1943) |
Player of the Year (Helms) | Wesley Bennett, Westminster (Pa.) (retroactive selection in 1944) |
← 1932–33 1934–35 → |
The 1933–34 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1933, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded in March 1934.
Rule changes
- The "10-second" rule went into effect, requiring the team on offense to get the ball past the midcourt line within 10 seconds.[1]
- A new substitution rule allowed each player to re-enter a game twice. Previously, each player could re-enter a game only once.[2]
- The number of referees increased from one to two.[3]
Season headlines
- The Metropolitan New York Conference began play, with 10 original members.
- In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Wyoming as its national champion for the 1933–34 season.[4]
- In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Kentucky as its national champion for the 1933–34 season.[5]
Conference membership changes
School | Former conference | New conference |
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Brooklyn Bulldogs | Non-major basketball program | Metropolitan New York Conference |
Bucknell Bison | Independent | Eastern Intercollegiate Conference |
CCNY Beavers | Independent | Metropolitan New York Conference |
Columbia Lions | See note | Metropolitan New York Conference |
Fordham Rams | Independent | Metropolitan New York Conference |
Harvard Crimson | Independent | Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League |
Long Island Blackbirds | Independent | Metropolitan New York Conference |
Manhattan Jaspers | Independent | Metropolitan New York Conference |
NYU Violets | Independent | Metropolitan New York Conference |
Pratt Cannoneers | Non-major basketball program | Metropolitan New York Conference |
St. Francis (NY) Terriers | Independent | Metropolitan New York Conference |
St. John's Redmen | Independent | Metropolitan New York Conference |
NOTE: Columbia joined the Metropolitan New York Conference while remaining a member of the Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League. It retained its membership in both until 1939.
Regular season
Conference winners and tournaments
Conference | Regular season winner[6] | Conference player of the year | Conference tournament | Tournament venue (City) | Tournament winner |
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Big Six Conference | Kansas | None selected | No Tournament | ||
Big Ten Conference | Purdue | None selected | No Tournament | ||
Border Conference | Texas Tech | None selected | No Tournament | ||
Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League | Penn | None selected | No Tournament | ||
Eastern Intercollegiate Conference | Pittsburgh | None selected | No Tournament | ||
Metropolitan New York Conference | NYU | None selected | No Tournament | ||
Missouri Valley Conference | Butler | None selected | No Tournament | ||
Pacific Coast Conference | Washington (North); USC (South) | No Tournament; Washington defeated USC in best-of-three conference championship playoff series | |||
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference | Wyoming (Eastern); BYU (Western) | No Tournament | |||
Southeastern Conference | Alabama | None selected | 1934 SEC men's basketball tournament | Atlanta Athletic Club (Atlanta, Georgia) | Alabama |
Southern Conference | South Carolina | None selected | 1934 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament | Thompson Gym (Raleigh, North Carolina) | Washington and Lee[7] |
Southwest Conference | TCU | None selected | No Tournament |
Statistical leaders
Awards
Consensus All-American team
Player | Class | Team |
---|---|---|
Norman Cottom | Junior | Purdue |
Claire Cribbs | Junior | Pittsburgh |
Moose Krause | Senior | Notre Dame |
Hal Lee | Senior | Washington |
Les Witte | Senior | Wyoming |
Major player of the year awards
- Helms Player of the Year: Wesley Bennett, Westminster (Pa.) (retroactive selection in 1944)
Coaching changes
A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.
Team | Former Coach | Interim Coach | New Coach | Reason |
---|---|---|---|---|
Colorado | Henry Iba | Dutch Clark | ||
Oklahoma A&M | Harold James | Henry Iba | ||
Toledo | David V. Connelly | Harold Anderson | ||
Wisconsin | Walter Meanwell | Harold E. Foster |
References
- ^ Hoop Tactics "The Evolution of Basketball: A Chronological Look At The Major Refinements" Accessed 15 May 2021
- ^ orangehoops.org History of NCAA Basketball Rule Changes
- ^ Schleyer, Claudia, "The Rules of Basketball: Boy How They've Changed!", Youth Hoops 101 Accessed 15 May 2021
- ^ Scott, Jon (November 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved December 14, 2015.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. Retrieved February 14, 2009.
- ^ 2008–09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide – Postseason Section, Southern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-09
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