1924–25 NCAA men's basketball season

1924–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Helms National ChampionsPrinceton (retroactive selection in 1943)
Player of the Year
(Helms)		Earl Mueller, Colorado College (retroactive selection in 1944)

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

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

Conferences

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

Conference standings

1924–25 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Ohio State 11 – 1   .917 14 – 2   .875
Indiana 8 – 4   .667 12 – 5   .706
Illinois 8 – 4   .667 11 – 6   .647
Purdue 7 – 4   .636 9 – 5   .643
Michigan 6 – 5   .545 8 – 6   .571
Minnesota 6 – 6   .500 9 – 7   .563
Iowa 5 – 7   .417 6 – 10   .375
Northwestern 4 – 8   .333 6 – 11   .353
Wisconsin 3 – 9   .250 6 – 11   .353
Chicago 1 – 11   .083 3 – 14   .176
1924–25 Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Princeton 9 – 1   .900 21 – 2   .913
Penn 6 – 4   .600 17 – 5   .773
Dartmouth 6 – 4   .600 12 – 5   .706
Columbia 6 – 4   .600 10 – 7   .588
Cornell 3 – 7   .300 7 – 8   .467
Yale 0 – 10   .000 3 – 16   .158
1924–25 Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Kansas 15 – 1   .938 17 – 1   .944
Nebraska 13 – 3   .813 14 – 4   .778
Kansas State 10 – 6   .625 10 – 8   .556
Washington University 10 – 6   .625 10 – 8   .556
Oklahoma 9 – 7   .563 10 – 8   .556
Missouri 6 – 10   .375 7 – 11   .389
Drake 4 – 12   .250 4 – 12   .250
Grinnell 4 – 12   .250 4 – 13   .235
Iowa State 1 – 15   .063 2 – 15   .118
1924–25 Pacific Coast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
North
Oregon Agricultural 7 – 2   .778 29 – 8   .784
Oregon 7 – 2   .778 16 – 4   .800
Washington 5 – 5   .500 14 – 7   .667
Idaho 5 – 5   .500 19 – 8   .704
Montana 2 – 6   .250 9 – 10   .474
Washington State 2 – 8   .200 18 – 11   .621
South
California † 3 – 1   .750 11 – 4   .733
Stanford 1 – 3   .250 10 – 3   .769
† Conference playoff series winner
1924–25 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern
Colorado College 10 – 3   .769 13 – 3   .813
Northern Colorado 9 – 3   .750 12 – 4   .750
Colorado 7 – 4   .636 9 – 4   .692
Wyoming 5 – 3   .625 9 – 6   .600
Denver 5 – 6   .455 6 – 6   .500
Colorado Mines 4 – 7   .364 4 – 7   .364
Colorado Agricultural 2 – 9   .182 2 – 10   .167
Western State 0 – 6   .000 3 – 6   .333
Western
BYU 5 – 3   .625 10 – 6   .625
Montana State 1 – 1   .500 20 – 4   .833
Utah Agricultural 5 – 5   .500 12 – 7   .632
Utah 3 – 5   .375 5 – 11   .313
1924–25 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
North Carolina† 8 – 0   1.000 20 – 5   .800
Tulane 12 – 3   .800 17 – 4   .810
Kentucky 6 – 2   .750 13 – 8   .619
Maryland 3 – 1   .750 12 – 5   .706
Alabama 5 – 2   .714 15 – 4   .789
Virginia 4 – 2   .667 14 – 3   .824
South Carolina 4 – 2   .667 10 – 7   .588
Washington and Lee 3 – 2   .600 8 – 5   .615
Clemson 3 – 2   .600 4 – 14   .222
Vanderbilt 4 – 3   .571 12 – 13   .480
Mississippi A&M 4 – 4   .500 14 – 9   .609
Georgia 4 – 4   .500 9 – 11   .450
Georgia Tech 2 – 7   .222 4 – 12   .250
NC State 1 – 4   .200 11 – 7   .611
LSU 1 – 4   .200 10 – 7   .588
Virginia Tech 1 – 4   .200 6 – 9   .400
Tennessee 1 – 5   .167 6 – 8   .429
Auburn 1 – 5   .167 3 – 11   .214
Mississippi 1 – 6   .143 17 – 8   .680
Florida 0 – 0   – 2 – 7   .222
Sewanee 0 – 0   – 2 – 7   .222
† Southern Conference Tournament winner
1924–25 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Oklahoma A&M 12 – 2   .857 15 – 3   .833
TCU 11 – 3   .786 14 – 5   .737
Arkansas 10 – 4   .714 21 – 5   .808
Texas 9 – 5   .643 17 – 8   .680
Texas A&M 6 – 8   .429 9 – 8   .529
SMU 4 – 10   .286 5 – 11   .313
Baylor 2 – 12   .143 3 – 12   .200
Rice 2 – 12   .143 2 – 12   .143

Independents

A total of 97 college teams played as major independents. Washburn (15–0) and Washington College (20–0) were undefeated, and North Dakota Agricultural (26–5) finished with the most wins.[6]

1924–25 NCAA men's basketball independents standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Washburn –   – 15 – 0   1.000
Washington College –   – 20 – 0   1.000
Fordham –   – 18 – 1   .947
Wabash –   – 18 – 1   .947
New Mexico –   – 12 – 1   .923
Villanova –   – 10 – 1   .909
Grove City –   – 16 – 2   .889
Syracuse –   – 15 – 2   .882
Saint Louis –   – 14 – 2   .875
West Texas State –   – 20 – 3   .870
Creighton –   – 13 – 2   .867
CCNY –   – 12 – 2   .857
Penn State –   – 12 – 2   .857
Union (N.Y.) –   – 12 – 2   .857
Canisius –   – 11 – 2   .846
The Citadel –   – 11 – 2   .846
Evansville –   – 11 – 2   .846
Harvard –   – 11 – 2   .846
North Dakota Agricultural –   – 26 – 5   .839
Butler –   – 20 – 4   .833
Mount Union –   – 14 – 3   .824
Vermont –   – 14 – 3   .824
Franklin –   – 17 – 4   .810
Western State Normal –   – 17 – 4   .810
Army –   – 12 – 3   .800
Denison –   – 12 – 3   .800
Navy –   – 18 – 5   .783
Southern California –   – 14 – 4   .778
Richmond –   – 13 – 4   .765
Colgate –   – 15 – 5   .750
Davidson –   – 18 – 6   .750
Georgetown –   – 6 – 2   .750
St. John's (N.Y.) –   – 18 – 6   .750
Indiana State –   – 11 – 4   .733
Lehigh –   – 11 – 4   .733
Connecticut –   – 10 – 4   .714
Rhode Island State –   – 11 – 5   .688
Ohio –   – 13 – 6   .684
Wake Forest –   – 15 – 7   .682
Duquesne –   – 12 – 6   .667
Holy Cross –   – 10 – 5   .667
Marshall –   – 12 – 6   .667
Toledo –   – 13 – 7   .650
Tempe Normal –   – 11 – 6   .647
Muhlenberg –   – 11 – 6   .647
UCLA –   – 11 – 6   .647
William & Mary –   – 11 – 6   .647
Bowling Green State –   – 9 – 5   .643
Valparaiso –   – 9 – 5   .643
Arizona –   – 7 – 4   .636
DePauw –   – 12 – 7   .632
Niagara –   – 12 – 7   .632
Brown –   – 10 – 6   .625
Tulsa –   – 13 – 8   .619
Louisville –   – 10 – 7   .588
George Washington –   – 7 – 5   .583
Seton Hall –   – 8 – 6   .571
Western Kentucky State –   – 8 – 6   .571
Furman –   – 9 – 7   .563
St. Bonaventure –   – 14 – 11   .560
New Mexico A&M –   – 11 – 9   .550
Temple –   – 12 – 10   .545
VMI –   – 6 – 5   .545
Buffalo –   – 7 – 6   .538
Northern Arizona Normal –   – 7 – 6   .538
Rutgers –   – 7 – 6   .538
Wooster –   – 8 – 7   .533
Carleton –   – 9 – 8   .529
Saint Francis (N.Y.) –   – 9 – 8   .529
Bradley –   – 11 – 10   .524
Detroit –   – 6 – 6   .500
Manhattan –   – 10 – 10   .500
New York University –   – 7 – 7   .500
Notre Dame –   – 11 – 11   .500
St. Joseph's –   – 9 – 9   .500
Fairmount –   – 9 – 9   .500
Xavier –   – 7 – 7   .500
Springfield (Mass.) –   – 8 – 9   .471
Loyola (Md.) –   – 6 – 7   .462
Dayton –   – 9 – 11   .450
Lafayette –   – 8 – 11   .421
Marquette –   – 8 – 11   .421
Boston University –   – 9 – 13   .409
Santa Clara –   – 5 – 9   .357
West Virginia –   – 6 – 11   .353
Kent State Normal –   – 4 – 8   .333
Saint Mary's (Calif.) –   – 4 – 8   .333
St. Ignatius –   – 4 – 8   .333
DePaul –   – 6 – 13   .316
Michigan Agricultural –   – 6 – 13   .316
Duke –   – 4 – 9   .308
Pittsburgh –   – 4 – 10   .286
Texas State M&M –   – 3 – 8   .273
Loyola (Ill.) –   – 4 – 11   .267
Cincinnati –   – 5 – 14   .263
Miami (Ohio) –   – 3 – 10   .231
Bucknell –   – 1 – 4   .200

Statistical leaders

Awards

Helms College Basketball All-Americans

Main article: 1925 NCAA Men's 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.[7]

Player Team
Tusten Ackerman Kansas
Burgess Carey Kentucky
Jack Cobb North Carolina
Emanuel Goldblatt Pennsylvania
Vic Hanson Syracuse
Noble Kizer Notre Dame
John Miner Ohio State
Earl Mueller Colorado College
Gerald Spohn Washburn
Carlos Steele Oregon Agricultural

Major player of the year awards

Coaching changes

References

  1. ^ a b Scott, Jon (November 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved December 14, 2015.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. Retrieved February 14, 2009.
  4. ^ 2008–09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide – Postseason Section, Southern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-09
  5. ^ "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  6. ^ "1924-25 Men's Independent Season Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
  7. ^ The Association for Professional Basketball Research "NCAA All-American Teams, 1919–20 to 1998–99"