1912–13 Navy Midshipmen men's basketball team

The 1912–13 Navy Midshipmen men's basketball team represented the United States Naval Academy in intercollegiate basketball during the 1912–13 season. The team finished the season with a 9–0 record^[1] and was retroactively named the 1912–13 national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.^[2]^[3] It was head coach Louis Wenzell's first and only season coaching the team.^[1] Player Laurence Wild was named a consensus All-American at the end of the season.^[4]

1912–13 Navy Midshipmen men's basketball
Helms Foundation National Champions Premo-Porretta National Champions Southern Champion
Conference	Independent
Record	9–0
Head coach	Louis Wenzell (1st season)
MVP	Laurence Wild
Captain	Laurence Wild
Home arena	Halsey Field House
Seasons ← 1911–12 1913–24 →

Schedule edit

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
12/14/1912*	Baltimore Medical College	W 44–22	1–0
12/21/1912*	Catholic University	W 59–33	2–0
1/11/1913*	NYU	W 74–18	3–0
1/18/1913*	St. John's	W 55–30	4–0
1/25/1913*	Crescent Athletic Club	W 49–7	5–0
2/1/1913*	Lehigh	W 56–17	6–0
2/8/1913*	Swarthmore	W 31–12	7–0
2/15/1913*	St. John's (Maryland)	W 46–30	8–0
2/22/1913*	Georgetown	W 67–18	9–0	Dahlgren Hall Annapolis, MD
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source^[5]

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