1941–42 NCAA men's basketball season

1941–42 NCAA men's basketball season
1941–42 NCAA men's basketball season
NCAA Tournament	1942
Tournament dates	March 20 – 28, 1942
National Championship	Municipal Auditorium; Kansas City, Missouri
NCAA Champions	Stanford
Helms National Champions	Stanford (retroactive selection in 1944)
Other champions	West Virginia (NIT)
Player of the Year; (Helms)	Stan Modzelewski, Rhode Island State (retroactive selection in 1944)
NCAA Division I basketball seasons
«1940–41	1942–43»

The 1941–42 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1941, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1942 NCAA Basketball Tournament Championship Game on March 28, 1942, at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The Stanford Indians won their first NCAA national championship with a 53–38 victory over the Dartmouth Big Green.

Season headlines[]

The Metropolitan New York Conference did not compete during the season. Its members played as independents.
Dartmouth and Kansas became the first teams to play in more than one NCAA Tournament when they appeared in the 1942 tournament.
In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Stanford as its national champion for the 1941–42 season.^[1]
In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Stanford as its national champion for the 1941–42 season.^[2]

Conference membership changes[]

School	Former Conference	New Conference
George Washington Colonials	Independent	Southern Conference
Sewanee Tigers	Independent	Non-major basketball program
Washburn Ichabods	Missouri Valley Conference	Non-major basketball program

Regular season[]

Conference winners and tournaments[]

Conference	Regular Season Winner^[3]	Conference Player of the Year	Conference Tournament	Tournament Venue (City)	Tournament Winner
Big Six Conference	Kansas & Oklahoma	None selected	No Tournament
Big Ten Conference	Illinois	None selected	No Tournament
Border Conference	West Texas State	None selected	No Tournament
Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League	Dartmouth	None selected	No Tournament
Metropolitan New York Conference	Did not play as conference
Missouri Valley Conference	Creighton & Oklahoma A&M	None selected	No Tournament
New England Conference	Rhode Island State		No Tournament
Pacific Coast Conference	Oregon State (North); Stanford (South)		No Tournament; Stanford defeated Oregon State in best-of-three conference championship playoff series
Skyline Conference	Colorado		No Tournament
Southeastern Conference	Kentucky	None selected		Jefferson County Armory, (Louisville, Kentucky)	Kentucky
Southern Conference	Duke	None selected	1942 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Thompson Gym (Raleigh, North Carolina)	Duke^[4]
Southwest Conference	Arkansas & Rice	None selected	No Tournament

Statistical leaders[]

Post-Season Tournaments[]

NCAA Tournament[]

Semifinals & Finals[]

National Semifinals		National Finals

Dartmouth	47

Kentucky	28
		Dartmouth	38

		Stanford	53
Stanford	46

Colorado	35

National Invitation Tournament[]

Semifinals & Finals[]

Semifinals			Finals

	West Virginia	51

	Toledo	39
				West Virginia	47

				Western Kentucky State	45
	Creighton	36

	Western Kentucky State	49

Third Place – Creighton 48, Toledo 46

Awards[]

Consensus All-American teams[]

**Consensus First Team**
Player	Class	Team
Price Brookfield	Senior	West Texas State
Bob Davies	Senior	Seton Hall
Bob Kinney	Senior	Rice
John Kotz	Junior	Wisconsin
Andy Phillip	Sophomore	Illinois

**Consensus Second Team**
Player	Class	Team
Don Burness	Senior	Stanford
Gus Doerner	Senior	Evansville
Bob Doll	Senior	Colorado
John Mandic	Senior	Oregon State
Stan Modzelewski	Senior	Rhode Island State
George Munroe	Junior	Dartmouth

Major player of the year awards[]

Helms Player of the Year: Stan Modzelewski, Rhode Island State

Other major awards[]

NIT/Haggerty Award (Top player in New York City metro area): Jim White, (retroactive selection in 1944)

Coaching changes[]

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

Team	Former Coach	New Coach
Bowling Green		Harold Anderson
DePaul	Bill Wendt	Ray Meyer
Kansas State	Jack Gardner
Toledo	Harold Anderson
Yale	Ken Loeffler	Red Rolfe

References[]

^ 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] 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

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