1924–25 NCAA men's basketball season

1924–25 NCAA men's basketball season
1924–25 NCAA men's basketball season
Helms National Champions	Princeton (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

Washburn won the annual Amateur Athletic Union basketball tournament — which included both collegiate and amateur non-collegiate teams — becoming the fourth and final college team to do so.^[1]
In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Princeton as its national champion for the 1924–25 season.^[1]
In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Princeton as its national champion for the 1924–25 season.^[2]

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

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

Helms Player of the Year: Earl Mueller, Colorado College (retroactive selection in 1944)

Coaching changes

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

Team	Former Coach	New Coach	Reason
Arizona	Walter Davis	Fred Enke
Army	Harry A. Fisher	Ernest Blood
Auburn	Herb Bunker	Mike Papke
Boston University	John Williams	Win Carlson
Bowling Green State	Warren Steller	Paul Landis
Bucknell	Moose McCormick	Malcolm Musser
BYU	Alvin Twitchell	E. L. Roberts
Canisius	Russell Burt	Luke Urban
The Citadel	C. F. Myers	Locke Brown
Colorado Agricultural	Harry W. Hughes	Rudy Lavik
Columbia	Joseph H. Deering	Daniel Meehan
Denver	Aubrey Devine	Jimmy Middlebrook
DePaul	Harry Adams	Eddie Anderson
Detroit	John Barrett	Gus Dorais
Drake	Ossie Solem	Bill Boelter
Fairmount	Sam H. Hill	Leonard J. Umnus
Florida	James L. White	Brady Cowell
George Washington	Jack Dailey	James Lemon
Holy Cross	Ken Simendinger	John M. Reed	Reed also coach the freshman football team.
Illinois State	Clifford E. Horton	Don Karnes
Kent State Normal	Frank Harsh	Merles E. Wagoner
Kentucky	Clarence Applegram	Ray Eklund
Lafayette	Bill Anderson	M. A. Miller
Lehigh	James A. Baldwin	Charles Lingle
Louisville	Fred Enke	Tom King	Enke left to coach Arizona.
LSU	Hugh E. Wilson	Harry Rabenhorst
Manhattan	Ward Brennan	Arthur T. Carroll
Marshall	Russ Meredith	Charles Tallman
Mississippi A&M	K. P. Gatchell	Bernie Bierman
Nebraska	William G. Kline	Ernest Bearg
North Carolina	Monk McDonald	Harlan Sanborn
North Dakota Agricultural	George Dewey	Ion Cortright
Northern Arizona	W. E. Rogers	Talbert D. Jessuppe
Ole Miss	R. L. Sullivan	Homer Hazel
Rice	John Nicholson	Franklyn Ashcraft
Santa Clara	Eddie Kienholz	Russell T. Wilson
Toledo	Darrell Fox	Louis Moorhead
Tulsa	Howard Archer	J. B. Miller
Utah	Thomas M. Fitzpatrick	Ike Armstrong
Vermont	Tom Keady	William McAvoy
Wake Forest	Hank Garrity	R. S. Hayes
Yale	Joe Fogarty	George Taylor	Fogarty died on August 15, 1925^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b Scott, Jon (November 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved December 14, 2015.
^ 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.
^ 2008–09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide – Postseason Section, Southern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-09
^ "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
^ "1924-25 Men's Independent Season Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
^ The Association for Professional Basketball Research "NCAA All-American Teams, 1919–20 to 1998–99"
^ "Fogarty Yale Basketball Coach, Is Dead". Greensburg Daily Tribune. August 17, 1925. Retrieved August 15, 2025.

[jps-1] Scott, Jon (November 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved December 14, 2015.

[ESPN_526-2] 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"

[8] "Fogarty Yale Basketball Coach, Is Dead". Greensburg Daily Tribune. August 17, 1925. Retrieved August 15, 2025.

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