1912–13 NCAA men's basketball season

The 1912–13 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1912, progressed through the regular season, and concluded in March 1913.

1912–13 NCAA men's basketball season
Helms National Champions	Navy (retroactive selection in 1943)
Player of the Year (Helms)	Eddie Calder, St. Lawrence (retroactive selection in 1944)
← 1911–12 1913–14 →

Season headlines

• In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Navy as its national champion for the 1912–13 season.^[1]
• In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Navy as its national champion for the 1912–13 season.^[2]

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	Cornell	None selected	No Tournament
Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Nebraska (North) & Kansas (South)	None selected	No Tournament; Nebraska was the conference champion
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference	Colorado		No Tournament
Western Conference	Wisconsin	None selected	No Tournament

Conference standings

1912–13 Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Cornell 7 – 1   .875 11 – 4   .733 Princeton 4 – 4   .500 11 – 9   .550 Columbia 3 – 5   .375 8 – 5   .615 Dartmouth 3 – 5   .375 4 – 8   .333 Penn 3 – 5   .375 6 – 12   .333 Yale –   – 5 – 7   .417

1912–13 Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association men's basketball standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT North Division Nebraska† 10 – 0   1.000 16 – 2   .889 Iowa State 2 – 4   .333 3 – 13   .188 Drake 0 – 6   .000 1 – 7   .125 South Division Kansas 7 – 3   .700 16 – 6   .727 Missouri 5 – 3   .625 11 – 7   .611 Washington University 0 – 8   .000 4 – 8   .333 † Conference championship winner

1912–13 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference standings Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Colorado 5 – 1   .833 7 – 4   .636 Colorado Mines 4 – 2   .667 5 – 3   .625 Colorado Agricultural 2 – 4   .333 4 – 4   .500 Denver 1 – 5   .167 1 – 5   .167

1912–13 Western Conference men's basketball standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Wisconsin 11 – 1   .917 14 – 1   .933 Northwestern 7 – 2   .778 14 – 4   .778 Chicago 8 – 4   .667 20 – 6   .769 Purdue 6 – 5   .545 7 – 5   .583 Illinois 7 – 6   .538 10 – 6   .625 Ohio State 4 – 5   .444 13 – 7   .650 Minnesota 2 – 8   .200 3 – 8   .273 Iowa 1 – 5   .167 9 – 13   .409 Indiana 0 – 10   .000 5 – 11   .313

Independents

A total of 125 college teams played as major independents. Among independents that played at least 10 games, Dayton (11–0), Detroit (13–0), and Grinnell (11–0) were undefeated, and Utah (21–3) finished with the most wins.^[4]

1912–13 NCAA men's basketball independents standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT California –   – 2 – 0   1.000 Dayton –   – 11 – 0   1.000 Detroit –   – 13 – 0   1.000 Grinnell –   – 11 – 0   1.000 Navy –   – 9 – 0   1.000 New Mexico –   – 6 – 0   1.000 Oklahoma –   – 8 – 0   1.000 Denison –   – 13 – 1   .929 Mississippi A&M –   – 11 – 1   .917 SUNY-Potsdam –   – 11 – 1   .917 Union (N.Y.) –   – 11 – 1   .917 Georgia –   – 10 – 1   .909 North Dakota Agricultural –   – 9 – 1   .900 William & Mary –   – 8 – 1   .889 Akron –   – 7 – 1   .875 Utah –   – 21 – 3   .875 Wesleyan (Conn.) –   – 14 – 2   .875 Notre Dame –   – 13 – 2   .867 Southern California –   – 13 – 2   .867 Lehigh –   – 12 – 2   .857 Army –   – 11 – 2   .846 Catholic –   – 14 – 3   .824 Allegheny –   – 9 – 2   .818 Saint Mary's (Calif.) –   – 4 – 1   .800 Washington State –   – 15 – 4   .789 Seton Hall –   – 11 – 3   .786 Bradley –   – 14 – 4   .778 Kansas State –   – 14 – 4   .778 Augustana (Ill.) –   – 12 – 4   .750 Nevada –   – 3 – 1   .750 North Central –   – 9 – 3   .750 Washington –   – 14 – 5   .737 Millikin –   – 11 – 4   .733 Virginia –   – 11 – 4   .733 Indiana State –   – 8 – 3   .727 Penn State –   – 8 – 3   .727 Syracuse –   – 8 – 3   .727 St. Lawrence –   – 12 – 5   .706 Brigham Young –   – 7 – 3   .700 Canisius –   – 7 – 3   .700 Tulane –   – 7 – 3   .700 Grove City –   – 9 – 4   .692 Washington and Lee –   – 9 – 4   .692 Georgetown –   – 11 – 5   .688 St. Joseph's –   – 11 – 5   .688 Nebraska Wesleyan –   – 13 – 6   .684 Oregon Agricultural –   – 15 – 7   .682 Pittsburgh –   – 15 – 7   .682 Lake Forest –   – 10 – 5   .667 Loyola (Md.) –   – 8 – 4   .667 Southwestern (Kan.) –   – 4 – 2   .667 Texas –   – 8 – 4   .667 Texas A&M –   – 4 – 2   .667 VMI –   – 8 – 4   .667 Wabash –   – 8 – 4   .667 Carleton –   – 9 – 5   .643 Clemson –   – 9 – 5   .643 Tennessee –   – 9 – 5   .643 Alabama –   – 7 – 4   .636 Wisconsin–Stevens Point –   – 7 – 4   .636 Kentucky –   – 5 – 3   .625 Montana –   – 5 – 3   .625 Michigan State –   – 8 – 5   .615 Muhlenberg –   – 8 – 5   .615 Central Missouri –   – 11 – 7   .611 Arizona –   – 3 – 2   .600 Millsaps –   – 9 – 6   .600 North Dakota –   – 6 – 4   .600 St. John's (N.Y.) –   – 12 – 8   .600 Wooster –   – 6 – 4   .600 Montana State –   – 7 – 5   .583 Oberlin –   – 7 – 5   .583 Fordham –   – 18 – 13   .581 Trinity (N.C.) –   – 11 – 8   .579 Rhode Island State –   – 4 – 3   .571 Wake Forest –   – 9 – 7   .563 Baylor –   – 5 – 4   .556 Utah State –   – 5 – 4   .556 Temple –   – 5 – 4   .556 Hope –   – 7 – 6   .538 Arizona State–Tempe –   – 3 – 3   .500 CCNY –   – 6 – 6   .500 Colgate –   – 7 – 7   .500 Idaho –   – 7 – 7   .500 Santa Clara –   – 5 – 5   .500 Springfield (Mass.) –   – 4 – 4   .500 Niagara –   – 9 – 10   .474 Oregon –   – 9 – 10   .474 Manhattan –   – 8 – 10   .444 Gettysburg –   – 7 – 9   .438 Vanderbilt –   – 3 – 4   .429 Auburn –   – 6 – 9   .400 LSU –   – 2 – 3   .400 Louisville –   – 2 – 3   .400 South Carolina –   – 2 – 3   .400 Swarthmore –   – 4 – 6   .400 The Citadel –   – 2 – 3   .400 Cincinnati –   – 4 – 7   .364 North Carolina –   – 4 – 7   .364 Roanoke –   – 4 – 7   .364 Ohio –   – 5 – 9   .357 Virginia Tech –   – 5 – 9   .357 Miami (Ohio) –   – 4 – 8   .333 Oklahoma A&M –   – 3 – 6   .333 NC State –   – 3 – 7   .300 Washington College –   – 3 – 7   .300 Wyoming –   – 2 – 5   .286 Butler –   – 3 – 8   .273 Franklin –   – 3 – 9   .250 Northern Colorado –   – 1 – 3   .250 Bucknell –   – 4 – 13   .235 Washburn –   – 4 – 14   .222 Kalamazoo –   – 1 – 4   .200 Delaware –   – 1 – 6   .143 George Washington –   – 1 – 6   .143 New Mexico A&M –   – 1 – 6   .143 Marietta –   – 1 – 9   .100 Mount Union –   – 1 – 9   .100 New York University –   – 1 – 11   .083 Fairmount –   – 1 – 11   .083 Washington & Jefferson –   – 1 – 13   .071 Connecticut –   – 0 – 3   .000 Davidson –   – 0 – 1   .000 Ole Miss –   – 0 – 7   .000 Richmond –   – 0 – 6   .000

Statistical leaders

Awards

Helms College Basketball All-Americans

Main article: 1913 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 1912–13 season.^[5]

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.

Team	Former Coach	Interim Coach	New Coach	Reason
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