The 1911–12 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1911, progressed through the regular season, and concluded in March 1912.
Season headlines
In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Wisconsin as its national champion for the 1911–12 season. In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Wisconsin as its top-ranked team for the 1911–12 season.
Conference membership changes SchoolFormer ConferenceNew Conference Independent Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League Independent Western Conference
Regular season
Conferences Conference winners
ConferenceRegular Season WinnerConference Player of the YearConference TournamentTournament Venue (City)Tournament WinnerEastern Intercollegiate Basketball League Columbia None selected No TournamentMissouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association & None selected No Tournament;Nebraska and Kansas were Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Colorado Mines No TournamentWestern Conference Purdue & Wisconsin None selected No Tournament
Conference standings
Independents A total of 112 college teams played as major independents. Among independents that played at least 10 games, (13–0), (13–0), (12–0), and (13–0) were undefeated, and (18–6) 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 1911–12 season.The Association for Professional Basketball Research "NCAA All-American Teams, 1919–20 to 1998–99"
Player Team Claus Benson Columbia Thomas Canfield St. Lawrence Lewis Castle Syracuse Fred Gieg Swarthmore Ernst Mensel Dartmouth Emil Schradieck Colgate Alphonse Schumacher Dayton Rufus Sisson Dartmouth Otto Stangel Wisconsin William Turner Penn
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 Frank L. Kleeberger Raymond L. Quigley Bucknell C. Fulmer H. E. Zehner Butler Bill Diddle G. Cullen Thomas Cornell Paul Sternberg Albert Sharpe Dartmouth Francis Brady James Mullen Denver Clem Crowley Hiram Wilson Drake A. R. Hackett John L. Griffith Trinity (N.C.) Wilbur Wade Card Joseph Brinn Illinois Thomas E. Thompson Ralph Jones Indiana James Kase Art Powell Indiana State Bertram Wiggins Alfred Westphal Iowa Walter Stewart Floyd Thomas Kentucky Edwin Sweetland John J. Tigert Lehigh J. W. H. Pollard Tom Keady Manhattan Edward Hanrahan Fred J. Murphy Miami (OH) F. W. Stone M. Hoskins Nay George F. Jacobs Louis Wenzell North Dakota David L. Dunlap Charles Armstrong Northwestern Charles Hammett Dennis Grady Ohio Arthur Hinaman C. M. Douthit Penn Charles Keinath Arthur Kiefaber Princeton Harry Hough Fred Luehring Purdue Ralph Jones Robert E. Vaughn Jones left to coach at Illinois. Texas J. Burton Rix Carl Taylor Southern California Walter Hall J. S. Robson St. John's Joseph O'Shea Claude Allen Vanderbilt Zeke Martin Oscar G. Nelson Virginia Tech L. N. Keesling Houston Hughes Wyoming Harold I. Dean Leon Exelby Yale R. B. Hyatt Pop Foster
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