1930–31 NCAA men's basketball season

1930–31 NCAA men's basketball season
1930–31 NCAA men's basketball season
Helms National Champions	Northwestern (retroactive selection in 1943)
Player of the Year; (Helms)	Bart Carlton, Ada Teachers College (retroactive selection in 1944)
NCAA Division I basketball seasons
«1929–30	1931–32»

The 1930–31 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1930, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded in March 1931.

Rule changes[]

If the player with the ball is guarded closely and withholds the ball from play for five seconds, a "held ball" can be called.^[1]

Season headlines[]

In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Northwestern as its national champion for the 1930–31 season.^[2]
In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Northwestern as its national champion for the 1930–31 season.^[3]

Regular season[]

Conference winners and tournaments[]

Conference	Regular Season Winner^[4]	Conference Player of the Year	Conference Tournament	Tournament Venue (City)	Tournament Winner
Big Six Conference	Kansas	None selected	No Tournament
Big Ten Conference	Northwestern	None selected	No Tournament
Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League	Columbia	None selected	No Tournament
Missouri Valley Conference	Creighton & Oklahoma A&M	None selected	No Tournament
Pacific Coast Conference	Washington (North); USC (South)		No Tournament; Washington defeated USC in best-of-three conference championship playoff series
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference	Wyoming (Eastern); Utah (Western)		No Tournament
Southern Conference	Georgia	None selected	1931 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Municipal Auditorium (Atlanta, Georgia)	Maryland^[5]
Southwest Conference	TCU	None selected	No Tournament

Statistical leaders[]

Awards[]

Consensus All-American team[]

**Consensus Team**
Player	Class	Team
Wes Fesler	Senior	Ohio State
George Gregory	Senior	Columbia
Joe Reiff	Sophomore	Northwestern
Elwood Romney	Sophomore	Brigham Young
John Wooden	Junior	Purdue

Major player of the year awards[]

Helms Player of the Year: Bart Carlton, Ada Teachers College (retroactive selection in 1944)

Coaching changes[]

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

Team	Former Coach	Interim Coach	New Coach	Reason
Georgetown

References[]

^ orangehoops.org History of NCAA Basketball Rule Changes
^ 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

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

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

[ESPN_526-3] 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 2009-02-14.

[5] 2008–09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide – Postseason Section, Southern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-09

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