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1924–25 NCAA men's basketball season
The 1924–25 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1924, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded in March 1925.
| 1924–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season | |
|---|---|
| Helms National Champions | Princeton (retroactive selection in 1943) |
| Player of the Year (Helms) | Earl Mueller, Colorado College (retroactive selection in 1944) |
← 1923–24 1925–26 → | |
Season headlines edit
- Washburn won the annual Amateur Athletic Union basketball tournament — which included both collegiate and amateur non-collegiate teams — becoming the fourth and final college team to do so.[1]
- In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Princeton as its national champion for the 1924–25 season.[1]
- In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Princeton as its national champion for the 1924–25 season.[2]
Conference membership changes edit
| School | Former conference | New conference |
|---|---|---|
| Colorado Normal Bears | Independent | Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference |
| USC Trojans | Pacific Coast Conference | Independent |
| Western State Mountaineers | Independent | Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference |
Regular season edit
Conference winners and tournaments edit
| Conference | Regular season winner[3] | Conference player of the year | Conference tournament | Tournament venue (City) | Tournament winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Ten Conference | Ohio State | None selected | No Tournament | ||
| Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League | Princeton | None selected | No Tournament | ||
| Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Kansas | None selected | No Tournament | ||
| Pacific Coast Conference | Oregon Agricultural (North); California (South) | No Tournament; California defeated Oregon Agricultural in best-of-three conference championship playoff series | |||
| Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference | Colorado College (Eastern); BYU (Western) | No Tournament | |||
| Southern Conference | North Carolina | None selected | 1925 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament | Municipal Auditorium (Atlanta, Georgia) | North Carolina[4] |
| Southwest Conference | Oklahoma A&M | 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 1924–25 season.[5]
| Player | Team |
|---|---|
| Tusten Ackerman | Kansas |
| Burgess Carey | Kentucky |
| Jack Cobb | North Carolina |
| Emanuel Goldblatt | Pennsylvania |
| Vic Hanson | Syracuse |
| Noble Kizer | Notre Dame |
| John Miner | Ohio State |
| Earl Mueller | Colorado College |
| Gerald Spohn | Washburn |
| Carlos Steele | Oregon Agricultural |
Major player of the year awards edit
- Helms Player of the Year: Earl Mueller, Colorado College (retroactive selection in 1944)
Coaching changes edit
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References edit
- ^ a b 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
- ^ The Association for Professional Basketball Research "NCAA All-American Teams, 1919–20 to 1998–99"