The 1912–13 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1912, progressed through the regular season, and concluded in March 1913.
Season headlines
In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Navy as its national champion for the 1912–13 season. In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Navy as its top-ranked team for the 1912–13 season.
Regular season
Conferences Conference winners
ConferenceRegular Season WinnerConference Player of the YearConference TournamentTournament Venue (City)Tournament WinnerEastern Intercollegiate Basketball League Cornell None selected No TournamentMissouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association & None selected No Tournament;Nebraska was the conference championRocky Mountain Athletic Conference Colorado No TournamentWestern Conference Wisconsin None selected No Tournament Conference standings
Independents A total of 125 college teams played as major independents. Among independents that played at least 10 games, (11–0), (13–0), and (11–0) were undefeated, and (21–3) 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 1912–13 season.The Association for Professional Basketball Research "NCAA All-American Teams, 1919–20 to 1998–99"
Player Team Eddie Calder St. Lawrence Sam Carrier Nebraska Gil Halstead Cornell Edward Hayward Wesleyan (Conn.) Allen Johnson Wisconsin William Roberts Army Hamilton Salmon Princeton Alphonse Schumacher Dayton Larry Teeple Purdue Laurence Wild Navy
Major player of the year awards
Helms Player of the Year: Eddie Calder, St. Lawrence (retroactive selection in 1944)
Coaching changes A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended. TeamFormerCoachInterimCoachNewCoachReason Arizona State–Tempe C. W. Adams G. W. Henry Army Harvey Higley Joseph Stilwell Stilwell's third and final tenure as basketball coach. Baylor Ralph Glaze Norman C. Paine Paine also became the football coach and athletic director. Bucknell H. E. Shaffner Dwite Shaffner The Citadel J. G. Briggs Darl Buse Clemson Frank Dobson John W. Erwin Colgate Ellery Huntington Sr. Walt Hammond Dartmouth James Mullen C. A. Reed Detroit Royal R. Campbell Walter Hardy Indiana Art Powell Arthur Berndt Berndt also became the baseball coach. Iowa Floyd Thomas Maury Kent Kentucky John J. Tigert Alpha Brumage Lehigh Tom Keady S. E. Muthart LSU F. M. Long Charles C. Stroud Stroud also became athletic director and baseball coach. Manhattan Fred J. Murphy Edward Hanrahan Murphy left to become Northwestern's athletic director. Miami (OH) M. Hoskins A. D. Browne Montana State Earnest Dockstader Joe Markham Navy Louis Wenzell Laurence Wild NC State Chuck Sandborn Jack Hegarty Nevada C. E. Holoway Silas Ross North Dakota Charles Armstrong Fred V. Archer North Dakota Agricultural Arthur Rueber Howard Wood Notre Dame Bill Nelson Jesse Harper Harper also became the head football coach and the athletic director. Ohio C. M. Douthit M. B. Banks Oregon Bill Hayward Hugo Bezdek South Carolina James G. Driver James Blackburn Temple Frederick Prosch William Nicholai Texas Carl Taylor L. Theo Bellmont Trinity (N.C.) Joseph Brinn Nobel Clay Tulane Appleton A. Mason Carl Hanson Vanderbilt Oscar G. Nelson Guy T. Denton Virginia Tech Houston Hughes Branch Bocock VMI Alpha Brumage W. C. Raffery Brumage left VMI to coach at Kentucky. William & Mary William J. Young Dexter W. Draper Wyoming Leon Exelby Ralph Thacker Yale Pop Foster Haskell Noyes
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