1914–15 NCAA men's basketball season
1914–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season | |
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Helms National Champions | Illinois (retroactive selection in 1943) |
Player of the Year (Helms) | Ernest Houghton, Union (NY) (retroactive selection in 1944) |
The 1914–15 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1914, progressed through the regular season, and concluded in March 1915.
Season headlines[edit]
- The Southwest Conference began play, with five original members.
- In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Illinois as its national champion for the 1914–15 season.[1]
- In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Illinois as its national champion for the 1914–15 season.[2]
Conference membership changes[edit]
School | Former Conference | New Conference |
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Baylor Bears | Independent | Southwest Conference |
Rice Owls | No major basketball program | Southwest Conference |
Southwestern (Tex.) Pirates | No major basketball program | Southwest Conference |
Texas Longhorns | Independent | Southwest Conference |
Texas A&M Aggies | Independent | Southwest Conference |
Regular season[edit]
Conference winners[edit]
Conference | Regular Season Winner[3] |
Conference Player of the Year |
Conference Tournament |
Tournament Venue (City) |
Tournament Winner |
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Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League | Yale | None selected | No Tournament | ||
Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Kansas | None selected | No Tournament | ||
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference | Denver | No Tournament | |||
Southwest Conference | Texas | None selected | No Tournament | ||
Western Conference | Illinois | None selected | No Tournament |
Statistical leaders[edit]
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Awards[edit]
Helms College Basketball All-Americans[edit]
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 1914–15 season.[4]
Major player of the year awards[edit]
- Helms Player of the Year: Ernest Houghton, Union (NY) (retroactive selection in 1944)
References[edit]
- ^ Scott, Jon (November 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved May 13, 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ The Association for Professional Basketball Research "NCAA All-American Teams, 1919–20 to 1998–99"