1911–12 NCAA men's basketball season

The 1911–12 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1911, progressed through the regular season, and concluded in March 1912.

1911–12 NCAA men's basketball season
Helms National Champions	Wisconsin (retroactive selection in 1943)
Player of the Year (Helms)	Otto Stangel, Wisconsin (retroactive selection in 1944)
← 1910–11 1912–13 →

Season headlines

• In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Wisconsin as its national champion for the 1911–12 season.^[1]
• In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Wisconsin as its national champion for the 1911–12 season.^[2]

Conference membership changes

School	Former Conference	New Conference
Dartmouth Big Green	Independent	Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League
Ohio State Buckeyes	Independent	Western Conference

Regular season

Conferences

Conference winners

Conference	Regular Season Winner[3]	Conference Player of the Year	Conference Tournament	Tournament Venue (City)	Tournament Winner
Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League	Columbia	None selected	No Tournament
Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Nebraska (North) & Kansas (South)	None selected	No Tournament; Nebraska and Kansas were conference co-champions
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference	Colorado Mines		No Tournament
Western Conference	Purdue & Wisconsin	None selected	No Tournament

Conference standings

1911–12 Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Columbia 8 – 2   .800 10 – 2   .833 Dartmouth 7 – 3   .700 9 – 5   .643 Penn 6 – 4   .600 10 – 7   .588 Cornell 5 – 5   .500 6 – 7   .462 Princeton 3 – 7   .300 8 – 8   .500 Yale 1 – 9   .100 1 – 9   .100

1911–12 Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association men's basketball standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT North Division Nebraska† 8 – 0   1.000 14 – 1   .933 Iowa State 4 – 4   .500 8 – 7   .533 Drake 0 – 8   .000 2 – 11   .154 South Division Kansas† 6 – 2   .750 11 – 7   .611 Washington University 5 – 3   .625 8 – 5   .615 Missouri 1 – 7   .125 5 – 10   .333 † Conference co-championship winner

1911–12 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference standings Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Colorado Mines 5 – 0   1.000 6 – 1   .857 Colorado 2 – 2   .500 5 – 2   .714 Denver 1 – 3   .250 6 – 4   .600 Colorado Agricultural 1 – 4   .200 3 – 5   .375

1911–12 Western Conference men's basketball standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Wisconsin† 12 – 0   1.000 15 – 0   1.000 Purdue† 10 – 0   1.000 12 – 0   1.000 Chicago 7 – 5   .583 12 – 6   .667 Minnesota 6 – 6   .500 7 – 6   .538 Illinois 4 – 8   .333 8 – 8   .500 Indiana 2 – 9   .182 6 – 11   .353 Iowa 0 – 4   .000 6 – 8   .429 Northwestern 0 – 8   .000 4 – 9   .308 Ohio State 0 – 0   – 7 – 5   .583 † Conference co-championship winner

Independents

A total of 112 college teams played as major independents. Among independents that played at least 10 games, Baylor (13–0), Dayton (13–0), Grove City (12–0), and Wesleyan (13–0) were undefeated, and Santa Clara (18–6) finished with the most wins.^[4]

1911–12 NCAA men's basketball independents standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Baylor –   – 13 – 0   1.000 Brigham Young –   – 7 – 0   1.000 California –   – 2 – 0   1.000 Clemson –   – 4 – 0   1.000 Dayton –   – 13 – 0   1.000 Grove City –   – 12 – 0   1.000 Kentucky –   – 9 – 0   1.000 Mississippi A&M –   – 9 – 0   1.000 Wesleyan (Conn.) –   – 13 – 0   1.000 Allegheny –   – 11 – 1   .917 Swarthmore –   – 11 – 1   .917 Navy –   – 8 – 1   .889 Notre Dame –   – 16 – 2   .889 North Dakota –   – 13 – 2   .867 Trinity (N.C.) –   – 6 – 1   .857 Georgia –   – 6 – 1   .857 Oregon –   – 12 – 2   .857 Springfield (Mass.) –   – 6 – 1   .857 Lake Forest –   – 11 – 2   .846 Oregon Agricultural –   – 16 – 3   .842 Ole Miss –   – 10 – 2   .833 Texas –   – 8 – 1   .889 CCNY –   – 9 – 2   .818 Nebraska Wesleyan –   – 9 – 2   .818 Arizona State–Tempe –   – 8 – 2   .800 Michigan State –   – 12 – 3   .800 St. Lawrence –   – 12 – 3   .800 Creighton –   – 15 – 4   .789 North Central –   – 11 – 3   .786 Syracuse –   – 11 – 3   .786 Oklahoma –   – 7 – 2   .778 Beloit –   – 6 – 2   .750 Montana State –   – 6 – 2   .750 Oberlin –   – 9 – 3   .750 Santa Clara –   – 18 – 6   .750 St. John's (N.Y.) –   – 15 – 5   .750 Washington –   – 12 – 4   .750 Loyola (Md.) –   – 11 – 4   .733 North Dakota Agricultural –   – 8 – 3   .727 Wooster –   – 8 – 3   .727 Canisius –   – 10 – 4   .714 Franklin –   – 10 – 4   .714 Lehigh –   – 10 – 4   .714 Roanoke –   – 5 – 2   .714 Utah –   – 5 – 2   .714 Kalamazoo –   – 7 – 3   .700 Washburn –   – 11 – 5   .688 Akron –   – 6 – 3   .667 Army –   – 8 – 4   .667 Connecticut –   – 6 – 3   .667 Davidson –   – 4 – 2   .667 Kansas State –   – 10 – 5   .667 Manhattan –   – 12 – 6   .667 Millikin –   – 10 – 5   .667 Virginia Tech –   – 6 – 3   .667 Bradley –   – 11 – 6   .647 Georgetown –   – 11 – 6   .647 Southern California –   – 9 – 5   .643 Carleton –   – 7 – 4   .636 Virginia –   – 7 – 4   .636 Bucknell –   – 10 – 6   .625 Penn State –   – 8 – 5   .615 Union (N.Y.) –   – 8 – 5   .615 Washington and Lee –   – 8 – 5   .615 Seton Hall –   – 9 – 6   .600 Wake Forest –   – 9 – 6   .600 Hope –   – 9 – 6   .600 Rhode Island State –   – 4 – 3   .571 Fordham –   – 17 – 13   .567 Gettysburg –   – 9 – 7   .563 Northern Colorado –   – 5 – 4   .556 Wabash –   – 5 – 4   .556 Detroit –   – 6 – 5   .545 VMI –   – 6 – 5   .545 Colgate –   – 7 – 6   .538 Indiana State –   – 8 – 6   .571 Pittsburgh –   – 10 – 9   .526 Niagara –   – 11 – 10   .524 Arizona –   – 2 – 2   .500 Augustana (Ill.) –   – 7 – 7   .500 Butler –   – 5 – 5   .500 Denison –   – 5 – 5   .500 Saint Mary's (Calif.) –   – 1 – 1   .500 Temple –   – 4 – 4   .500 Tennessee –   – 5 – 5   .500 Vanderbilt –   – 9 – 9   .500 Brown –   – 6 – 7   .462 Wyoming –   – 5 – 6   .455 North Carolina –   – 4 – 5   .444 Marietta –   – 6 – 8   .429 South Carolina –   – 3 – 4   .429 LSU –   – 4 – 6   .400 Mount Union –   – 4 – 8   .333 New Mexico –   – 1 – 2   .333 Southwestern (Kan.) –   – 5 – 10   .333 Wisconsin–Stevens Point –   – 2 – 4   .333 Miami (Ohio) –   – 3 – 7   .300 Washington State –   – 5 – 12   .294 William & Mary –   – 2 – 5   .286 Auburn –   – 2 – 6   .250 Oklahoma A&M –   – 2 – 6   .250 Utah State –   – 2 – 6   .250 St. Joseph's –   – 6 – 22   .214 Fairmount –   – 2 – 8   .200 Cincinnati –   – 2 – 9   .182 Ohio –   – 2 – 9   .182 Delaware –   – 2 – 10   .167 Montana –   – 1 – 5   .167 Millsaps –   – 1 – 8   .111 New York University –   – 1 – 12   .077 Idaho –   – 1 – 13   .071 Louisville –   – 0 – 3   .000

Statistical leaders

Awards

Helms College Basketball All-Americans

Main article: 1912 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 1911–12 season.^[5]

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.

Team	Former Coach	Interim Coach	New Coach	Reason
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