1929–30 NCAA men's basketball season

1929–30 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Helms National ChampionsPittsburgh (retroactive selection in 1943)
Player of the Year
(Helms)		Chuck Hyatt, Pittsburgh (retroactive selection in 1944)

The 1929–30 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1929, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded in March 1930.

Rules changes

  • The practice of enclosing basketball courts in chicken wire, chain-link fencing, or rope — giving basketball the nickname "the cage game" — ended. Intended to increase the tempo of play by keeping the ball from going out of bounds, to protect players and rowdy spectators from each other, and to prevent fans from throwing objects onto the court, the use of these "cages" had led to rough physical play in which players body-checked each other into the barrier, resulting in injuries. The slang term "cager" for a basketball player derives from the use of these "cages."[1][2]
  • The number of referees increased from one to two.[1]

Season headlines

Regular season

Conferences

Conference winners and tournaments

Conference Regular
season winner[6] 		Conference
player of the year 		Conference
tournament 		Tournament
venue (City) 		Tournament
winner
Big Six Conference Missouri None selected No Tournament
Big Ten Conference Purdue None selected No Tournament
Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League Columbia None selected No Tournament
Missouri Valley Conference Creighton & Washington University None selected No Tournament
Pacific Coast Conference Washington (North);
USC (South)		 No Tournament;
USC defeated Washington in best-of-three conference championship playoff series
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Colorado (Eastern);
Montana State & Utah State (Western)		 No Tournament
Southern Conference Alabama None selected 1930 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament Municipal Auditorium
(Atlanta, Georgia)		 Alabama[7]
Southwest Conference Arkansas None selected No Tournament

Conference standings

1929–30 Big Six Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Missouri 8 – 2   .800 15 – 3   .833
Kansas 7 – 3   .700 14 – 4   .778
Nebraska 6 – 4   .600 9 – 9   .500
Iowa State 5 – 5   .500 9 – 8   .529
Kansas State 4 – 6   .400 9 – 7   .563
Oklahoma 0 – 10   .000 6 – 12   .333
1929–30 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Purdue 10 – 0   1.000 13 – 2   .867
Wisconsin 8 – 2   .800 15 – 2   .882
Illinois 7 – 5   .583 8 – 8   .500
Indiana 7 – 5   .583 8 – 9   .471
Michigan 6 – 4   .600 9 – 5   .643
Northwestern 6 – 6   .500 8 – 8   .500
Minnesota 3 – 9   .250 8 – 9   .471
Chicago 2 – 10   .167 5 – 12   .294
Ohio State 1 – 9   .100 4 – 11   .267
Iowa 0 – 0   – 4 – 13   .235
1929–30 Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Columbia 9 – 1   .900 15 – 5   .750
Penn 7 – 3   .700 20 – 6   .769
Yale 4 – 6   .400 13 – 8   .619
Dartmouth 4 – 6   .400 11 – 9   .550
Princeton 3 – 7   .300 13 – 12   .520
Cornell 3 – 7   .300 6 – 12   .333
1929–30 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Creighton 6 – 2   .750 12 – 7   .632
Washington University 6 – 2   .750 8 – 8   .500
Drake 4 – 4   .500 10 – 9   .526
Grinnell 4 – 4   .500 6 – 9   .400
Oklahoma A&M 0 – 8   .000 1 – 15   .063
1929–30 Pacific Coast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
North
Washington 12 – 4   .750 21 – 7   .750
Washington State 9 – 7   .563 14 – 12   .538
Oregon 8 – 8   .500 14 – 12   .538
Oregon State 7 – 9   .438 14 – 13   .519
Idaho 4 – 12   .250 7 – 18   .280
South
USC † 7 – 2   .778 15 – 5   .750
California 6 – 3   .667 9 – 8   .529
UCLA 3 – 6   .333 14 – 8   .636
Stanford 2 – 7   .222 10 – 9   .526
† Conference playoff series winner
1929–30 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern
Colorado 11 – 3   .786 11 – 6   .647
Wyoming 7 – 3   .700 13 – 6   .684
Colorado College 9 – 5   .643 20 – 11   .645
Western State 6 – 6   .500 9 – 6   .600
Denver 7 – 7   .500 10 – 7   .588
Northern Colorado 7 – 7   .500 7 – 7   .500
Colorado Agricultural 4 – 10   .286 4 – 10   .286
Colorado Mines 1 – 11   .083 1 – 11   .083
Western
Utah State 7 – 5   .583 15 – 7   .682
Montana State 7 – 5   .583 21 – 10   .677
BYU 6 – 6   .500 23 – 7   .767
Utah 4 – 8   .333 15 – 12   .556
1929–30 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Alabama † 10 – 0   1.000 20 – 0   1.000
Duke 9 – 1   .900 18 – 2   .900
Kentucky 9 – 1   .900 16 – 3   .842
Washington and Lee 9 – 2   .818 16 – 4   .800
Tennessee 7 – 2   .778 13 – 4   .765
Georgia 7 – 3   .700 17 – 6   .739
Tulane 7 – 3   .700 16 – 7   .696
Clemson 8 – 4   .667 16 – 9   .640
Sewanee 5 – 3   .625 9 – 11   .450
Maryland 8 – 5   .615 16 – 6   .727
NC State 7 – 5   .583 11 – 6   .647
Ole Miss 6 – 6   .500 6 – 7   .462
LSU 6 – 7   .462 10 – 11   .476
Florida 2 – 3   .400 10 – 4   .714
Georgia Tech 5 – 8   .385 11 – 13   .458
North Carolina 4 – 7   .364 14 – 11   .560
VMI 2 – 6   .250 4 – 10   .286
Mississippi A&M 2 – 7   .222 5 – 8   .385
Virginia 2 – 8   .200 3 – 12   .200
Virginia Tech 2 – 10   .167 5 – 14   .263
Vanderbilt 1 – 9   .100 6 – 16   .273
Auburn 1 – 10   .091 1 – 10   .091
South Carolina 0 – 10   .000 6 – 10   .375
† Southern Conference Tournament winner
1929–30 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Arkansas 10 – 2   .833 16 – 7   .696
Texas 8 – 4   .667 12 – 8   .600
SMU 6 – 6   .500 8 – 10   .444
Baylor 4 – 6   .400 10 – 6   .625
Texas A&M 4 – 6   .400 8 – 10   .444
Rice 4 – 8   .333 7 – 9   .438
TCU 4 – 8   .333 7 – 10   .412

Major independents

A total of 92 college teams played as major independents. Northwest Missouri State (31–0) was undefeated and finished with the most wins. Pittsburg State (20–0) and Western State Teachers College (17–0) also were undefeated.[9]

1929–30 NCAA men's basketball independents standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Northwest Missouri State –   – 31 – 0   1.000
Pittsburg State –   – 20 – 0   1.000
Western State Teachers –   – 17 – 0   1.000
St. John's (N.Y.) –   – 23 – 1   .958
Furman –   – 16 – 1   .941
Buffalo –   – 15 – 1   .938
East Central –   – 23 – 2   .920
Pittsburgh –   – 23 – 2   .920
Syracuse –   – 18 – 2   .900
Indiana State –   – 16 – 2   .889
Carleton –   – 14 – 2   .875
Westminster (Pa.) –   – 14 – 2   .875
Marshall –   – 13 – 2   .867
Temple –   – 18 – 3   .857
Wooster –   – 12 – 2   .857
Rider –   – 17 – 3   .850
New York University –   – 13 – 3   .813
New Mexico –   – 16 – 4   .800
Providence –   – 15 – 4   .789
CCNY –   – 11 – 3   .786
West Texas State –   – 18 – 5   .783
Cincinnati –   – 13 – 4   .765
Wichita Municipal –   – 14 – 4   .778
St. Bonaventure –   – 17 – 5   .773
Bradley –   – 13 – 4   .765
DePaul –   – 15 – 5   .750
Michigan State –   – 12 – 4   .750
William & Mary –   – 16 – 6   .727
Fordham –   – 13 – 5   .722
Loyola (Ill.) –   – 13 – 5   .722
Arizona –   – 15 – 6   .714
Rutgers –   – 10 – 4   .714
Manhattan –   – 12 – 5   .706
Notre Dame –   – 14 – 6   .700
Saint Louis –   – 14 – 6   .700
Santa Clara –   – 14 – 6   .700
Harvard –   – 9 – 4   .692
St. Ignatius –   – 9 – 4   .692
Texas Tech –   – 13 – 6   .684
Texas State M&M –   – 13 – 6   .684
Rhode Island State –   – 10 – 5   .667
Loyola (Md.) –   – 11 – 6   .647
Villanova –   – 11 – 6   .647
Duquesne –   – 18 – 10   .643
Lehigh –   – 9 – 5   .643
Davidson –   – 12 – 7   .632
Holy Cross –   – 12 – 7   .632
Mount Union –   – 10 – 6   .625
Navy –   – 10 – 6   .625
Army –   – 9 – 6   .600
Butler –   – 12 – 8   .600
Colgate –   – 12 – 8   .600
Louisville –   – 9 – 6   .600
Montana –   – 13 – 9   .591
Seton Hall –   – 13 – 9   .591
Springfield (Mass.) –   – 10 – 7   .588
LIU –   – 14 – 10   .583
Ohio –   – 12 – 9   .571
St. Joseph's –   – 12 – 9   .571
DePauw –   – 9 – 7   .563
George Washington –   – 9 – 7   .563
Connecticut –   – 8 – 7   .533
Muhlenberg –   – 9 – 8   .529
Northern Arizona State –   – 9 – 8   .529
Detroit –   – 10 – 9   .526
West Virginia –   – 11 – 10   .524
Georgetown –   – 13 – 12   .520
Xavier –   – 8 – 8   .500
Marquette –   – 11 – 12   .478
Richmond –   – 7 – 8   .467
New Mexico A&M –   – 12 – 14   .462
Lafayette –   – 9 – 11   .450
Niagara –   – 9 – 11   .450
The Citadel –   – 9 – 11   .450
Washburn –   – 8 – 13   .381
Brown –   – 7 – 12   .368
Penn State –   – 5 – 9   .357
Toledo –   – 5 – 9   .357
Arizona State –   – 6 – 11   .353
Boston University –   – 4 – 8   .333
Bucknell –   – 6 – 12   .333
Miami (Ohio) –   – 5 – 10   .333
Saint Francis (N.Y.) –   – 6 – 12   .333
Bowling Green State –   – 5 – 11   .313
Kent State –   – 4 – 9   .308
Canisius –   – 5 – 12   .294
Valparaiso –   – 4 – 11   .267
Saint Mary's (Calif.) –   – 5 – 15   .250
Tulsa –   – 2 – 6   .250
Western Kentucky State –   – 4 – 12   .250
Dayton –   – 4 – 14   .222
Wake Forest –   – 2 – 11   .154

Statistical leaders

Awards

Consensus All-American team

Main article: 1930 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
Consensus Team
Player Class Team
Charley Hyatt Senior Pittsburgh
Branch McCracken Senior Indiana
Stretch Murphy Senior Purdue
Cat Thompson Senior Montana State
Frank Ward Senior Montana State
John Wooden Sophomore Purdue

Major player of the year awards

Coaching changes

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

Team Former
Coach 		Interim
Coach 		New
Coach 		Reason
Georgetown Bill Dudack John Colrick Georgetown did not rehire Dudack to coach for a second season.
Kentucky John Mauer Adolph Rupp
Miami (Ohio) Roy Tillotson John Mauer

References

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