The 1914–15 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1914, progressed through the regular season, and concluded in March 1915.
Season headlines
The Southwest Conference began play, with five original members. In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Illinois as its national champion for the 1914–15 season. In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Illinois as its top-ranked team for the 1914–15 season.
Conference membership changes SchoolFormer ConferenceNew Conference Independent Southwest Conference No major basketball program Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference No major basketball program Southwest Conference No major basketball program Southwest Conference Independent Southwest Conference Independent Southwest Conference
Regular season Conferences
Conference winners
ConferenceRegular Season WinnerConference Player of the YearConference TournamentTournament Venue (City)Tournament WinnerEastern Intercollegiate Basketball League Yale None selected No TournamentMissouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association Kansas None selected No TournamentRocky Mountain Athletic Conference Denver No TournamentSouthwest Conference Texas None selected No TournamentWestern Conference Illinois None selected No Tournament
Conference standings
Independents A total of 124 college teams played as major independents. Among independents that played at least 10 games, (17–0) was undefeated, and Virginia, (17–6), and (17–15) 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 1914–15 season.The Association for Professional Basketball Research "NCAA All-American Teams, 1919–20 to 1998–99"
Player Team W. P. Arnold Yale Leslie Brown Cornell Ernest Houghton Union (NY) Charlie Lee Columbia George Levis Wisconsin Elmer Oliphant Purdue Tony Savage Washington Ralph Sproull Kansas Wellington Strickley Virginia Ray Woods Illinois
Major player of the year awards
Helms Player of the Year: Ernest Houghton, Union (NY) (retroactive selection in 1944)
Coaching changes A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended. TeamFormerCoachInterimCoachNewCoachReason Akron Frank Haggerty Fred Sefton Alabama D. V. Graves Griff Harsh Graves left to coach at Texas A&M Clemson John W. Erwin Audley H. Ward Connecticut No coach John F. Donahue After the season, Donahue became Connecticut's first coach. Dayton Al Mahrt Alfred McCray George Washington Nathan Dougherty George Colliflower Idaho John G. Griffith Charles M. Rademacher Griffith left to coach Oklahoma A&M Indiana Arthur Berndt Allan Williford Iowa State Homer C. Hubbard H. H. Walters Kent State Alexandr Whyte Donald Ulrich Kentucky Alpha Brumage Jim Park Lehigh S. E. Muthart Harry Haring Miami (OH) Howard Flack Chester J. Roberts Navy Albert Cohan James Colliflower NC State H. S. Tucker Chuck Sandborn Nebraska Ewald Stiehm Sam Waugh Niagara A. V. Barnett Tom Tracey North Dakota State Howard Wood Paul J. Davis Oklahoma A&M Paul J. Davis John G. Griffith Rutgers George Davison Frank Hill Hill was also the coach of Seton Hall and St. Benedict's Prep School. Saint Mary's (Calif.) Fred Broderick Frank Boek South Carolina L. W. Hill Charles C. Farrell Stanford H. W. Maloney E. C. Behrens TCU Fred Cahoon Ewing Y. Freeland Texas L. Theo Bellmont Roy Henderson Texas A&M F. D. Steger D. V. Graves Trinity (N.C.) Nobel Clay Bob Doak Tulane Edwin Sweetland Clark Shaughnessy Tulsa Forest Rees Francis Schmidt Wyoming Ralph Thacker John Corbett
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