1913–14 NCAA men's basketball season

1913–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
1913–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Helms National Champions	Wisconsin (retroactive selection in 1943)
Player of the Year; (Helms)	Gil Halstead, Cornell (retroactive selection in 1944)
	← 1912–13 1914–15 →

The 1913–14 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1913, progressed through the regular season, and concluded in March 1914.

Rule changes

Baskets with open bottoms that allow the ball to fall through become mandatory. Previously, baskets had closed bottoms, requiring the pulling of a rope to release the ball after a field goal or successful free throw. The switch to open-bottomed baskets increased the tempo of play and scoring.^[1]^[2]

Season headlines

In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Wisconsin as its national champion for the 1913–14 season.^[3]
In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Wisconsin as its national champion for the 1913–14 season.^[4]

Regular season

Conferences

Conference winners

Conference	Regular Season Winner^[5]	Conference Player of the Year	Conference Tournament
Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League	Columbia & Cornell	None selected	No Tournament
Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Nebraska (North) & Kansas (South)	None selected	No Tournament
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference	Colorado		No Tournament
Western Conference	Wisconsin	None selected	No Tournament

Conference standings

1913–14 Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Cornell	8	–	2	.800	14	–	2	.875
Columbia	8	–	2	.800	9	–	3	.750
Yale	6	–	4	.600	11	–	7	.611
Princeton	5	–	5	.500	12	–	6	.667
Penn	2	–	8	.200	4	–	12	.250
Dartmouth	1	–	9	.100	4	–	13	.235


Rankings from AP Poll

1913–14 Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
North Division
Nebraska	7	–	0	1.000	15	–	3	.833
Iowa State	4	–	10	.286	4	–	14	.222
Drake	0	–	5	.000	1	–	9	.100
South Division
Kansas	13	–	1	.929	17	–	1	.944
Kansas State	7	–	5	.583	10	–	7	.588
Washington University	4	–	6	.400	7	–	6	.538
Missouri	4	–	12	.250	4	–	12	.250

1913–14 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Colorado	5	–	1	.833	5	–	3	.625
Colorado Agricultural	3	–	3	.500	5	–	3	.625
Colorado Mines	2	–	4	.333	2	–	4	.333
Denver	2	–	4	.333	2	–	4	.333


Rankings from AP Poll

1913–14 Western Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Wisconsin	12	–	0	1.000	15	–	0	1.000
Ohio State	5	–	1	.833	11	–	4	.733
Chicago	8	–	4	.667	19	–	9	.679
Illinois	7	–	3	.700	9	–	4	.692
Northwestern	5	–	5	.500	11	–	6	.647
Minnesota	4	–	8	.333	4	–	11	.267
Purdue	3	–	9	.250	5	–	9	.357
Iowa	1	–	5	.167	9	–	7	.563
Indiana	1	–	11	.083	2	–	12	.143

Rankings from AP Poll

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 1913–14 season.^[6]

Player	Team
Lewis Castle	Syracuse
Gil Halstead	Cornell
Carl Harper	Wisconsin
Ernest Houghton	Union (NY)
Walter Lunden	Cornell
Dan Meenan	Columbia
Nelson Norgren	Chicago
Elmer Oliphant	Purdue
Everett Southwick	CCNY
Eugene Van Gent	Wisconsin

Major player of the year awards

Helms Player of the Year: Gil Halstead, Cornell (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	James Colliflower		John O'Reilly	After three years as a part-time coach, Colliflower departed after the season to devote himself full-time to his business interests. Georgetown hired O'Reilly as a full-time coach for the following season.^[7]

References

^ Schleyer, Claudia, "The Rules of Basketball: Boy How They've Changed!", Youth Hoops 101 Accessed 15 May 2021
^ "Playing Rules History" (PDF). ncaa.org. NCAA. pp. 2, 6. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
^ Scott, Jon (November 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved May 13, 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 February 14, 2009.
^ 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 May 27, 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2014.

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

[2] "Playing Rules History" (PDF). ncaa.org. NCAA. pp. 2, 6. Retrieved June 25, 2024.

[jps-3] Scott, Jon (November 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved May 13, 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 February 14, 2009.

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

[7] "The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Head Coaches". Archived from the original on May 27, 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2014.

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1913–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Helms National Champions	Wisconsin (retroactive selection in 1943)
Player of the Year (Helms)	Gil Halstead, Cornell (retroactive selection in 1944)
← 1912–13 1914–15 →