1921–22 NCAA men's basketball season

1921–22 NCAA men's basketball season
1921–22 NCAA men's basketball season
Helms National Champions	Kansas (retroactive selection in 1943)
Player of the Year; (Helms)	Chuck Carney, Illinois (retroactive selection in 1944)
NCAA Division I basketball seasons
«1920–21	1922–23»

The 1921–22 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1921, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded in March 1922.

Rule changes[]

Running with the ball (traveling), previously a personal foul, became merely a violation.^[1]^[2]

Season headlines[]

The Southern Conference began play with 14 original members, 13 of which had major basketball programs during the 1921–22 season.
The first national basketball championship tournament, the 1922 National Intercollegiate Basketball Tournament, took place in Indianapolis, Indiana, from March 9 to 11, 1922. The Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League and Big Ten Conference declined invitations to participate, but six schools representing six other conferences took part. Wabash won and claimed the national championship. The tournament was not held again.^[3]
In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Kansas as its national champion for the 1921–22 season.^[3]
In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Missouri as its national champion for the 1921–22 season.^[4]

Conference membership changes[]

School	Former Conference	New Conference
Alabama Crimson Tide	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Southern Conference
Auburn Tigers	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Southern Conference
Clemson Tigers	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Southern Conference
Georgia Bulldogs	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Southern Conference
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Southern Conference
Idaho Vandals	Independent	Pacific Coast Conference
Mississippi A&M Aggies	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Southern Conference
North Carolina Tar Heels	Independent	Southern Conference
North Carolina State Wolfpack	Independent	Southern Conference
Oklahoma A&M Aggies	Independent	Southwest Conference
USC Trojans	Independent	Pacific Coast Conference
Tennessee Volunteers	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Southern Conference
Virginia basketball team	Independent	Southern Conference
Virginia Tech Hokies	Independent	Southern Conference
Washington and Lee Generals	Independent	Southern Conference

NOTES: (1) The Southern Conference was founded in February 1921 during the , but its first season of basketball competition was the 1921–22 season. (2) The University of Virginia did not adopt a nickname for its basketball team ("Cavaliers") until the 1923–24 season.

Regular season[]

Conference winners and tournaments[]

Conference	Regular Season Winner^[5]	Conference Player of the Year	Conference Tournament	Tournament Venue (City)	Tournament Winner
Big Ten Conference	Purdue	None selected	No Tournament
Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League	Princeton	None selected	No Tournament
Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Kansas & Missouri	None selected	No Tournament
Pacific Coast Conference	Idaho		No Tournament
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference	Colorado College		No Tournament
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Virginia	None selected	1922 Southern Intercollegiate Men's Basketball Tournament (see note)	Municipal Auditorium (Atlanta, Georgia)	North Carolina^[6]
Southwest Conference	Texas A&M	None selected	No Tournament

NOTE: The included teams from both the Southern Conference and the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association. Although it was a regional rather than conference tournament whose champion claimed the mythical title of "Champions of the South," the Southern Conference considered it the "official" Southern Conference tournament for 1922.^[3]

Statistical leaders[]

Post-Season Tournament[]

National Intercollegiate Basketball Tournament[]

Semifinals & Finals[]

Semifinals			Finals

	Mercer	25

	Wabash	62
				Wabash	43

				Kalamazoo	23
	Grove City	13

	Kalamazoo	22

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 1921–22 season.^[7]

Player	Team
	Missouri
Herb Bunker	Missouri
Chuck Carney	Illinois
Paul Endacott	Kansas
George Gardner	Southwestern (Kan.)
	Pennsylvania
	Oregon Agricultural
	Princeton
	Navy
	Purdue

Major player of the year awards[]

Helms Player of the Year: Chuck Carney, Illinois (retroactive selection in 1944)

Coaching changes[]

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

Team	Former Coach	New Coach	Reason
Georgetown		Jackie Maloney	Colliflower had taken over as unpaid head coach when health problems forced coach to miss the 1921–22 season. With O'Reilly also unable to return for the following season, Maloney took over from Colliflower after the end of the 1921–22 season.^[8]
Pittsburgh	Andrew Kerr	Doc Carlson
Western Kentucky State		Edgar Diddle

References[]

^ orangehoops.org History of NCAA Basketball Rule Changes
^ Schleyer, Claudia, "The Rules of Basketball: Boy How They've Changed!", Youth Hoops 101 Accessed 15 May 2021
^ ^a ^b ^c Scott, Jon (Nov 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved 10 May 2021.
^ 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 2009-02-14.
^ 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"
^ "The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Head Coaches". Archived from the original on 2017-05-27. Retrieved 2014-01-17.

[1] rangehoops.org History of NCAA Basketball Rule Changes

[2] Schleyer, Claudia, "The Rules of Basketball: Boy How They've Changed!", Youth Hoops 101 Accessed 15 May 2021

[jps-3] Scott, Jon (Nov 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved 10 May 2021.

[ESPN_526-4] 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.

[5] "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-14.

[6] 2008–09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide – Postseason Section, Southern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-09

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

[8] "The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Head Coaches". Archived from the original on 2017-05-27. Retrieved 2014-01-17.

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