1914–15 NCAA men's basketball season

1914–15 NCAA men's basketball season
1914–15 NCAA men's basketball season
Helms National Champions	Illinois (retroactive selection in 1943)
Player of the Year; (Helms)	Ernest Houghton, Union (NY) (retroactive selection in 1944)
NCAA Division I basketball seasons
«1913–14	1915–16»

The 1914–15 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1914, progressed through the regular season, and concluded in March 1915.

Season headlines[]

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[]

School	Former Conference	New Conference
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[]

Conference winners[]

Conference	Regular Season Winner^[3]	Conference Player of the Year	Conference Tournament
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[]

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 1914–15 season.^[4]

Player	Team
	Yale
	Cornell
Ernest Houghton	Union (NY)
	Columbia
George Levis	Wisconsin
Elmer Oliphant	Purdue
Tony Savage	Washington
	Kansas
	Virginia
Ray Woods	Illinois

Major player of the year awards[]

Helms Player of the Year: Ernest Houghton, Union (NY) (retroactive selection in 1944)

References[]

^ Scott, Jon (Nov 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved 13 May 2021.
^ 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.
^ "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
^ The Association for Professional Basketball Research "NCAA All-American Teams, 1919–20 to 1998–99"

[jps-1] Scott, Jon (Nov 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved 13 May 2021.

[ESPN_526-2] 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.

[3] "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2009.

[4] The Association for Professional Basketball Research "NCAA All-American Teams, 1919–20 to 1998–99"

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