1918–19 NCAA men's basketball season
1918–19 NCAA men's basketball season | |
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Helms National Champions | Minnesota (retroactive selection in 1943) |
Player of the Year (Helms) | Erling Platou, Minnesota (retroactive selection in 1944) |
The 1918–19 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1918, progressed through the regular season, and concluded in March 1919.
Season headlines[]
- The 1918–19 season took place between the fall 1918 second surge and spring 1919 third surge of the so-called "Spanish flu" pandemic, forcing some schools to play shortened seasons or cancel their seasons.[1][2] Young men leaving school for World War I military service also affected teams.[2]
- In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Minnesota as its national champion for the 1918–19 season.[3]
- In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Navy as its national champion for the 1918–19 season.[4]
Conference membership changes[]
School | Former Conference | New Conference |
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Grinnell Pioneers | Independent | Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
Oklahoma A&M Aggies | Southwest Conference | Independent |
SMU Mustangs | Independent | Southwest Conference |
Stanford Indians | Independent | Pacific Coast Conference |
Washington State Cougars | Independent | Pacific Coast Conference |
Regular season[]
Conference winners[]
Conference | Regular Season Winner[5] |
Conference Player of the Year |
Conference Tournament |
Tournament Venue (City) |
Tournament Winner |
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Big Ten Conference | Minnesota | None selected | No Tournament | ||
Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League | Penn | None selected | No Tournament | ||
Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Kansas State | None selected | No Tournament | ||
Pacific Coast Conference | Oregon | No Tournament | |||
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference | Colorado | No Tournament | |||
Southwest Conference | Texas | None selected | No Tournament |
Statistical leaders[]
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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 1918–19 season.[6]
Player | Team |
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Navy | |
Tony Hinkle | Chicago |
Dutch Lonborg | Kansas |
Syracuse | |
Penn | |
Minnesota | |
George Parrish | Virginia Tech |
Erling Platou | Minnesota |
Craig Ruby | Missouri |
Penn |
Major player of the year awards[]
- Helms Player of the Year: Erling Platou, Minnesota (retroactive selection in 1944)
References[]
- ^ hoyasaxa.com Basketball In a Pandemic: The 1918-19 Georgetown Varsity Accessed March 1, 2021
- ^ a b Dodds, John, "Pandemic: Marquette Had to Cancel Its Basketball Season in 1918–19," 247sports.com, March 13, 2020 Accessed 13 May 2021
- ^ 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"
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