The 1922–23 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1922, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded in March 1923.
Season headlines
In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Kansas as its national champion for the 1922–23 season. In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Army as its top-ranked team for the 1922–23 season.
Rule changes If a defending player interfered with the ball or basket while the ball was on the basket’s rim, a field goal was awarded to the shooting team. Previously, the shooting team had been awarded a free-throw attempt under these circumstances.
Conference membership changes SchoolFormer conferenceNew conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Southern Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Southern Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Southern Conference Non-major basketball program Independent Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Southern Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Southern Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Southern Conference
Regular season Conferences Conference winners and tournaments
ConferenceRegular season winnerConference player of the yearConference tournamentTournament venue (City)Tournament winnerBig Ten Conference Iowa & Wisconsin None selected No TournamentEastern Intercollegiate Basketball League Yale None selected No TournamentMissouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association Kansas None selected No TournamentPacific Coast Conference ; No Tournament;Idaho defeated California in best-of-three conference championship playoff seriesRocky Mountain Athletic Conference Colorado College No TournamentSouthern Conference North Carolina None selected 1923 Southern Intercollegiate men's basketball tournament Municipal Auditorium(Atlanta, Georgia) Mississippi A&M2008–09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide – Postseason Section , Southern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-09Southwest Conference Texas A&M None selected No Tournament NOTE: The 1923 Southern Intercollegiate men's basketball tournament included teams from both the Southern Conference and the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association. Although it was a regional rather than conference tournament whose champion claimed the mythical title of "Champions of the South," the Southern Conference considered it the "official" Southern Conference tournament for 1923.
Conference standings
Independents A total of 107 college teams played as major independents. Army (17–0) and (17–0) were undefeated and (25–2) finished with the most wins.
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 1922–23 season.The Association for Professional Basketball Research "NCAA All-American Teams, 1919–20 to 1998–99"
Player Team Charlie Black Kansas Arthur Browning Missouri Herb Bunker Missouri Cartwright Carmichael North Carolina Paul Endacott Kansas Al Fox Idaho Ira McKee Navy Arthur Loeb Princeton James Lovley Creighton John Luther Cornell
Major player of the year awards
Helms Player of the Year: Paul Endacott, Kansas (retroactive selection in 1944)
Coaching changes A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended. TeamFormerCoachInterimCoachNewCoachReason Alabama Charles A. Bernier Hank Crisp Arizona James Pierce Basil Stanley Army Harry A. Fisher John Van Vliet Tempe Normal Ernest C. Wills Aaron McCreary Bowling Green State Allen Snyder Ray B. McCandless Brown Walter Snell Harold Evans Bucknell Clarence Glass Moose McCormick Clemson E. J. Stewart Bud Saunders Stewart left to coach at Texas. Connecticut Roy J. Guyer Sumner Dole Davidson H. M. Grey William L. Younger Dayton Van F. Hill Harry Baujan Denver Ralph Woods Aubrey Devine Detroit Paul Harbrecht John Barrett Duquesne Eugene McGuigan Bill Campbell Fairmount Lamar Hoover Sam H. Hill Florida Check Byrd James L. White George Washington Bryan Morse Jack Dailey Georgetown Jackie Maloney John O'Reilly After a two-season absence due to poor health, O'Reilly was able to return to the head coaching position for the following season, and Maloney stepped aside. Illinois State Harrison Russell Clifford E. Horton Indiana State Birch Bayh Arthur L. Strum Kent State Normal Paul G. Chandler Frank Harsh Louisiana State Tad Gormley Moon Ducote Loyola (Md.) Stan Cook William Schuerholz Loyola (Ill.) Jack Tierney Lenny Sachs Marshall J. E. R. Barnes Bill Strickling NC State Harry Hartsell Richard Crozier Nebraska Owen A. Frank William G. Kline Nevada Ray Courtright Doc Martie Niagara John F. Blake Pete Dwyer Notre Dame Walter Halas George Keogan Halas left to coach basketball, football, and baseball at Mount St. Mary's. NYU Ed Thorp Howard Cann Oregon George Bohler William Reinhart Princeton Hill Zahn Albert Wittmer Rice Philip Arbuckle Pete Cawthon Santa Clara Joe Aurrecoechea Eddie Kienholz St. Bonaventure Al Carmont Glen Carberry Temple M. Francois Dienes Samuel Dienes Texas Milton Romney E. J. Stewart Texas Christian John McKnight Matty Bell Toledo Claude H. Watts Darrell Fox Texas State M&M Tommy Dwyer Jack C. Vowell Valparaiso Earl Goheen William Shadoan Vanderbilt Wallace Wade Josh Cody Virginia Tech William L. Younger B. C. Cubbage Younger left and began coaching at Davidson. Wake Forest Phil Utley Hank Garrity
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