1924–25 NCAA men's basketball season

1924–25 NCAA men's basketball season
1924–25 NCAA 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)
NCAA Division I basketball seasons
«1923–24	1925–26»

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.

Season headlines[]

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[]

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[]

Conference winners and tournaments[]

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[]

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 1924–25 season.^[5]

Player	Team
Tusten Ackerman	Kansas
	Kentucky
Jack Cobb	North Carolina
	Pennsylvania
Vic Hanson	Syracuse
Noble Kizer	Notre Dame
	Ohio State
Earl Mueller	Colorado College
	Washburn
	Oregon Agricultural

Major player of the year awards[]

Helms Player of the Year: Earl Mueller, Colorado College (retroactive selection in 1944)

Coaching changes[]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Scott, Jon (Nov 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved 2015-12-14.
^ 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 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"

[jps-1] Scott, Jon (Nov 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved 2015-12-14.

[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 2009-02-14.

[4] 2008–09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide – Postseason Section, Southern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-09

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

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