1921–22 NCAA men's basketball season

1921–22 NCAA men's basketball season
Wabash College won the season-ending national intercollegiate basketball tournament
Helms National ChampionsKansas (retroactive selection in 1943)
Player of the Year
(Helms)		Chuck Carney, Illinois (retroactive selection in 1944)

The 1921–22 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1921, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded in March 1922.

Rule changes

Running with the ball (traveling), previously a personal foul, became merely a violation.[1][2]

Season headlines

Conference membership changes

School Former Conference New Conference
Alabama Crimson Tide Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Southern Conference
Auburn Tigers Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Southern Conference
Clemson Tigers Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Southern Conference
Georgia Bulldogs Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Southern Conference
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Southern Conference
Idaho Vandals Independent Pacific Coast Conference
Mississippi A&M Aggies Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Southern Conference
North Carolina Tar Heels Independent Southern Conference
North Carolina State Wolfpack Independent Southern Conference
Oklahoma A&M Aggies Independent Southwest Conference
USC Trojans Independent Pacific Coast Conference
Tennessee Volunteers Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Southern Conference
Virginia basketball team Independent Southern Conference
Virginia Tech Hokies Independent Southern Conference
Washington and Lee Generals Independent Southern Conference

NOTES: (1) The Southern Conference was founded in February 1921 during the 1920–21 season, but its first season of basketball competition was the 1921–22 season. (2) The University of Virginia did not adopt a nickname for its basketball team ("Cavaliers") until the 1923–24 season.

Regular season

Conferences

Conference winners and tournaments

Conference Regular
Season Winner[5] 		Conference
Player of the Year 		Conference
Tournament 		Tournament
Venue (City) 		Tournament
Winner
Big Ten Conference Purdue None selected No Tournament
Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League Princeton None selected No Tournament
Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association Kansas & Missouri None selected No Tournament
Pacific Coast Conference Idaho No Tournament
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Colorado College No Tournament
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Virginia None selected 1922 Southern Intercollegiate men's basketball tournament
(see note)		 Municipal Auditorium
(Atlanta, Georgia)		 North Carolina[6]
Southwest Conference Texas A&M None selected No Tournament

NOTE: The 1922 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 1922.[3]

Conference standings

1921–22 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Purdue 8 – 1   .889 15 – 3   .833
Michigan 8 – 4   .667 15 – 4   .789
Wisconsin 8 – 4   .667 14 – 5   .737
Illinois 7 – 5   .583 14 – 5   .737
Iowa 5 – 6   .455 11 – 7   .611
Chicago 5 – 7   .417 15 – 15   .500
Ohio State 5 – 7   .417 8 – 10   .444
Minnesota 4 – 7   .364 5 – 8   .385
Indiana 3 – 7   .300 10 – 10   .500
Northwestern 3 – 9   .250 7 – 11   .389
1921–22 Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Princeton† 8 – 2   .800 20 – 5   .800
Penn 8 – 2   .800 24 – 3   .889
Dartmouth 6 – 4   .600 13 – 7   .650
Cornell 5 – 5   .500 14 – 5   .737
Columbia 2 – 8   .200 6 – 13   .316
Yale 1 – 9   .100 6 – 21   .222
† Conference championship winner
1921–22 Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Missouri 15 – 1   .938 16 – 1   .941
Kansas 15 – 1   .938 16 – 2   .889
Drake 12 – 4   .750 14 – 4   .778
Iowa State 8 – 8   .500 10 – 8   .556
Oklahoma 8 – 8   .500 9 – 9   .500
Nebraska 8 – 8   .500 8 – 9   .471
Kansas State 3 – 13   .188 3 – 14   .176
Grinnell 2 – 14   .125 5 – 14   .263
Washington University 1 – 15   .063 1 – 18   .053
1921–22 Pacific Coast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Idaho 7 – 0   1.000 19 – 2   .905
Oregon Agricultural 10 – 2   .833 21 – 2   .913
California 10 – 4   .714 19 – 6   .760
Washington 11 – 5   .688 13 – 5   .722
Stanford 4 – 6   .400 8 – 7   .533
Washington State 4 – 11   .267 9 – 17   .346
USC 1 – 3   .250 7 – 5   .583
Oregon 0 – 16   .000 7 – 24   .226
As of 1922[7]
1921–22 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Colorado College 7 – 1   .875 13 – 2   .867
Colorado Mines 6 – 2   .750 8 – 2   .800
Colorado 3 – 5   .375 3 – 5   .375
Colorado Agricultural 2 – 6   .250 4 – 7   .364
Denver 2 – 6   .250 3 – 6   .333
1921–22 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Virginia 5 – 0   1.000 17 – 1   .944
Alabama 6 – 1   .857 15 – 4   .789
Georgia 4 – 1   .800 10 – 5   .667
Washington and Lee 6 – 2   .750 11 – 3   .786
Kentucky 3 – 1   .750 10 – 6   .625
Auburn 2 – 1   .667 5 – 6   .455
North Carolina† 3 – 3   .500 15 – 6   .714
Virginia Tech 2 – 2   .500 14 – 6   .700
Georgia Tech 2 – 3   .400 11 – 6   .647
Tennessee 1 – 3   .250 12 – 7   .632
NC State 1 – 5   .167 6 – 13   .316
Clemson 0 – 3   .000 8 – 13   .381
Mississippi A&M 0 – 4   .000 12 – 10   .545
† Southern Intercollegiate Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1922
1921–22 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Texas A&M 13 – 3   .813 18 – 3   .857
Texas 14 – 4   .778 20 – 4   .833
Baylor 8 – 8   .500 10 – 8   .556
SMU 4 – 11   .267 8 – 14   .364
Oklahoma A&M 1 – 4   .200 5 – 16   .238
Rice 1 – 11   .083 2 – 12   .143

Independents

A total of 115 college teams played as major independents. Beloit (12–0) was undefeated and Niagara (27–4) finished with the most wins.[8]

1921–22 NCAA men's basketball independents standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Beloit –   – 12 – 0   1.000
Louisiana State –   – 15 – 1   .938
Wooster –   – 14 – 1   .933
North Texas State –   – 11 – 1   .917
Tempe Normal –   – 10 – 1   .909
UCLA –   – 9 – 1   .900
Army –   – 17 – 2   .895
Kalamazoo –   – 22 – 3   .880
Carleton –   – 14 – 2   .875
Seton Hall –   – 14 – 2   .875
Wabash –   – 21 – 3   .875
Niagara –   – 27 – 4   .871
DePauw –   – 17 – 3   .850
Washington College –   – 11 – 2   .846
Navy –   – 16 – 3   .842
Arizona –   – 10 – 2   .833
CCNY –   – 10 – 2   .833
Rutgers –   – 10 – 2   .833
Ohio –   – 19 – 4   .826
Holy Cross –   – 14 – 3   .824
North Dakota Agricultural –   – 17 – 4   .810
Creighton –   – 21 – 5   .808
Grove City –   – 16 – 4   .800
Indiana State –   – 12 – 3   .800
Utah –   – 8 – 2   .800
Southwestern (Kan.) –   – 19 – 5   .792
Connecticut –   – 15 – 4   .789
Vermont –   – 15 – 4   .789
Georgetown –   – 11 – 3   .786
Tulsa –   – 14 – 4   .778
Davidson –   – 10 – 3   .769
William & Mary –   – 10 – 3   .769
Butler –   – 19 – 6   .760
Brigham Young –   – 9 – 3   .750
Marquette –   – 15 – 5   .750
West Texas State –   – 12 – 4   .750
Fairmount –   – 12 – 4   .750
Western Kentucky State –   – 3 – 1   .750
Harvard –   – 17 – 6   .739
Villanova –   – 11 – 4   .733
Springfield (Mass.) –   – 16 – 6   .727
Utah State –   – 8 – 3   .727
Santa Clara –   – 13 – 5   .722
Richmond –   – 10 – 4   .714
Saint Francis (N.Y.) –   – 15 – 7   .682
Valparaiso –   – 15 – 7   .682
Colgate –   – 17 – 8   .680
Bradley –   – 12 – 6   .667
Gettysburg –   – 12 – 6   .667
Montana –   – 14 – 7   .667
North Central –   – 12 – 6   .667
Syracuse –   – 16 – 8   .667
Texas Christian –   – 8 – 4   .667
Cincinnati –   – 15 – 8   .652
Fordham –   – 13 – 7   .650
Miami (Ohio) –   – 13 – 7   .650
Lafayette –   – 11 – 6   .647
Wake Forest –   – 11 – 6   .647
Western State Normal –   – 11 – 6   .647
Penn State –   – 9 – 5   .643
Ole Miss –   – 7 – 4   .636
Duquesne –   – 10 – 6   .625
New York University –   – 8 – 5   .615
VMI –   – 11 – 7   .611
Canisius –   – 6 – 4   .600
Denison –   – 9 – 6   .600
Pittsburgh –   – 12 – 8   .600
Ripon –   – 7 – 5   .583
Catholic –   – 11 – 8   .579
Montana State –   – 11 – 8   .579
George Washington –   – 8 – 6   .571
Brown –   – 13 – 10   .565
Marshall –   – 5 – 4   .556
St. Bonaventure –   – 12 – 10   .545
The Citadel –   – 6 – 5   .545
Mount Union –   – 11 – 7   .611
Furman –   – 8 – 7   .533
Muhlenberg –   – 10 – 9   .526
Florida –   – 5 – 5   .500
Franklin –   – 8 – 8   .500
Northern Arizona Normal –   – 5 – 5   .500
Vanderbilt –   – 8 – 8   .500
Washburn –   – 10 – 10   .500
Xavier –   – 9 – 9   .500
Michigan State Normal –   – 11 – 12   .478
St. John's (N.Y.) –   – 10 – 11   .476
Tulane –   – 10 – 11   .476
Union (N.Y.) –   – 9 – 10   .474
St. Joseph's –   – 8 – 9   .471
Rhode Island State –   – 7 – 8   .467
Toledo –   – 5 – 6   .455
Bucknell –   – 8 – 10   .444
Lehigh –   – 7 – 9   .438
Dayton –   – 6 – 8   .429
Loyola (Md.) –   – 3 – 4   .429
New Mexico A&M –   – 3 – 4   .429
Buffalo –   – 5 – 7   .417
Akron –   – 5 – 8   .385
West Virginia –   – 8 – 13   .381
Manhattan –   – 3 – 5   .375
South Carolina –   – 7 – 12   .368
Temple –   – 4 – 7   .364
Trinity (N.C.) –   – 6 – 12   .333
Notre Dame –   – 6 – 13   .316
Saint Louis –   – 4 – 9   .308
Bowling Green State –   – 4 – 10   .286
Kent State Normal –   – 2 – 6   .250
Northern Colorado –   – 1 – 3   .250
Wyoming –   – 2 – 7   .222
Detroit –   – 2 – 13   .133
Louisville –   – 1 – 13   .071
Boston University –   – 1 – 14   .067
Loyola (Ill.) –   – 0 – 6   .000
New Mexico –   – 0 – 2   .000
Saint Mary's (Calif.) –   – 0 – 4   .000

Statistical leaders

Post-season tournament

National Intercollegiate Basketball Tournament

Main article: 1922 National Intercollegiate Basketball Tournament

Semifinals & finals

Semifinals Finals
      
  Mercer 25
  Wabash 62
  Wabash 43
  Kalamazoo 23
  Grove City 13
  Kalamazoo 22

Awards

Helms College Basketball All-Americans

Main article: 1922 NCAA Men's 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 1921–22 season.[9]

Player Team
Arthur Browning Missouri
Herb Bunker Missouri
Chuck Carney Illinois
Paul Endacott Kansas
George Gardner Southwestern (Kan.)
William Grave Pennsylvania
Marshall Hjelte Oregon Agricultural
Arthur Lorb Princeton
Ira McKee Navy
Ray Miller Purdue

Major player of the year awards

Coaching changes

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

Team Former
Coach 		Interim
Coach 		New
Coach 		Reason
Tempe Normal George E. Cooper Ernest C. Wills Cooper left to coach at Northern Colorado.
Bowling Green Earl Krieger Allen Snyder
Davidson Fred Hengeveld H. M. Grey
Dayton William Sherry Van F. Hill
Connecticut J. Wilder Tasker Roy J. Guyer
Creighton Charles Kearney Arthur Schabinger
Detroit James M. Brown Paul Harbrecht
Florida William G. Kline Check Byrd
Fordham Eli Butler Bud Culloton & Ed Kelleher
Georgetown James Colliflower Jackie Maloney Colliflower had taken over as unpaid head coach when health problems forced coach John O'Reilly to miss the 1921–22 season. With O'Reilly also unable to return for the following season, Maloney took over from Colliflower after the end of the 1921–22 season.[10]
Illinois Frank Winters J. Craig Ruby
Indiana George Levis Leslie Mann
Iowa James N. Ashmore Sam Barry
Kansas State E. C. Curtis Charlie Corsaut
Lehigh Ray Fisher James A. Baldwin
Loyola (Md.) William Schuerholz Stan Cook
Loyola (Ill.) Harry Rhode Jack Tierney
Manhattan Edward P. Winters Arthur T. Carroll
Marshall Herbert Cramer J. E. R. Barnes
Miami (Ohio) George Little Harry W. Ewing
Michigan State Lyman Frimodig Mysterious Walker
Missouri J. Craig Ruby George Bond Ruby left to coach at Illinois
Montana Bernie Bierman John W. Stewart
Navy Billy Lush James Allen
New Mexico A&M Dutch Bergman R. R. Brown
North Dakota Agricultural Stanley Borleske George Dewey
Northern Colorado William E. Search George E. Cooper
Northwestern Dana Evans Maury Kent Evans stepped down as basketball coach and continued to be athletic director.
Ohio Russ Finsterwald Butch Grover
Ohio State George Trautman Harold Olsen
Oregon Agricultural Dick Rutherford Robert Hager
Pittsburgh Andrew Kerr Doc Carlson Kerr left to coach at Stanford.
Rice Howard Yerges Sr. Philip Arbuckle
Saint Louis Stephen G. O'Rourke Dan J. Savage
SMU R. N. Blackwell H. A. Faulkner
South Carolina Lana A. Sims Jack Crawford
St. John's (N. Y.) Ed Kelleher John Crenny
Stanford Eugene Van Gent Andrew Kerr
Texas Christian William L. Driver John McKnight
Texas L. Theo Bellmont Milton Romney
Trinity (N. C.) James A. Baldwin Jessie Burbage
Tulsa Francis Schmidt Howard Archer
USC Willis O. Hunter Les Turner
Valparaiso George Keogan Earl Goheen
VMI Pinky Spruhan W. C. Raftery
Wake Forest Bill Holding Phil Utley
Western Kentucky State L. T. Smith Edgar Diddle
Western State Normal William H. Spaulding Buck Read Spaulding left to coach football at Minnesota.
Yale Orson Kinney Joe Fogarty

References

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  2. ^ Schleyer, Claudia, "The Rules of Basketball: Boy How They've Changed!", Youth Hoops 101 Accessed 15 May 2021
  3. ^ a b c Scott, Jon (November 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved May 10, 2021.
  4. ^ 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.
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  6. ^ 2008–09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide – Postseason Section, Southern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-09
  7. ^ "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
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  9. ^ The Association for Professional Basketball Research "NCAA All-American Teams, 1919–20 to 1998–99"
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