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.orangehoops.org History of NCAA Basketball Rule ChangesSchleyer, Claudia, "The Rules of Basketball: Boy How They've Changed!", Youth Hoops 101 Accessed 15 May 2021
Season headlines
The Southern Conference began play with 14 original members, 13 of which had major basketball programs during the 1921–22 season. The first national basketball championship tournament, the 1922 National Intercollegiate Basketball Tournament, took place in Indianapolis, Indiana, from March 9 to 11, 1922. The Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League and Big Ten Conference declined invitations to participate, but six schools representing six other conferences took part. Wabash won and claimed the national championship. The tournament was not held again. In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Kansas as its national champion for the 1921–22 season. In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Missouri as its top-ranked team for the 1921–22 season.
Conference membership changes SchoolFormer ConferenceNew Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Southern Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Southern Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Southern Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Southern Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Southern Conference Independent Pacific Coast Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Southern Conference Independent Southern Conference Independent Southern Conference Independent Southwest Conference Independent Pacific Coast Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Southern Conference Independent Southern Conference Independent Southern Conference 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
ConferenceRegular Season WinnerConference Player of the YearConference TournamentTournament Venue (City)Tournament WinnerBig Ten Conference Purdue None selected No TournamentEastern Intercollegiate Basketball League Princeton None selected No TournamentMissouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association Kansas & Missouri None selected No TournamentPacific Coast Conference No TournamentRocky Mountain Athletic Conference Colorado College No TournamentSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Virginia None selected 1922 Southern Intercollegiate men's basketball tournament Municipal Auditorium(Atlanta, Georgia) North Carolina2008–09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide – Postseason Section, Southern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-09Southwest Conference Texas A&M None selected No Tournament NOTE: The 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.
Conference standings
Independents A total of 115 college teams played as major independents. (12–0) was undefeated and Niagara (27–4) finished with the most wins.
Post-season tournament
National Intercollegiate Basketball Tournament
Semifinals & finals
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 1921–22 season.The Association for Professional Basketball Research "NCAA All-American Teams, 1919–20 to 1998–99"
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
Helms Player of the Year: Chuck Carney, Illinois (retroactive selection in 1944)
Coaching changes A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended. TeamFormerCoachInterimCoachNewCoachReason 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. 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
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