1913–14 NCAA men's basketball season

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The 1913–14 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1913, progressed through the regular season, and concluded in March 1914.

Rule changes[]

Baskets with open bottoms that allow the ball to fall through become mandatory. Previously, baskets had closed bottoms, requiring the pulling of a rope to release the ball after a field goal or successful free throw. The switch to open-bottomed baskets increased the tempo of play and scoring.[1]

Season headlines[]

Regular season[]

Conference winners[]

Conference Regular
Season Winner[4]
Conference
Player of the Year
Conference
Tournament
Tournament
Venue (City)
Tournament
Winner
Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League Columbia & Cornell None selected No Tournament
Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association Nebraska (North) & Kansas (South) None selected No Tournament
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 1913–14 season.[5]

Player Team
Syracuse
Gil Halstead Cornell
Wisconsin
Ernest Houghton Union (NY)
Cornell
Columbia
Nelson Norgren Chicago
Elmer Oliphant Purdue
CCNY
Eugene Van Gent Wisconsin

Major player of the year awards[]

Coaching changes[]

A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.

Team Former
Coach
Interim
Coach
New
Coach
Reason
Georgetown After three years as a part-time coach, Colliflower departed after the season to devote himself full-time to his business interests. Georgetown hired O'Reilly as a full-time coach for the following season.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ Schleyer, Claudia, "The Rules of Basketball: Boy How They've Changed!", Youth Hoops 101 Accessed 15 May 2021
  2. ^ Scott, Jon (Nov 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  3. ^ ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. p. 526, 529–587. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
  4. ^ "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
  5. ^ The Association for Professional Basketball Research "NCAA All-American Teams, 1919–20 to 1998–99"
  6. ^ "The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Head Coaches". Archived from the original on 2017-05-27. Retrieved 2014-01-20.
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