1923–24 NCAA men's basketball season
The 1923–24 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1923, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded in March 1924.
| 1923–24 NCAA men's basketball season | |
|---|---|
| Helms National Champions | North Carolina (retroactive selection in 1943) |
| Player of the Year (Helms) | Charlie T. Black, Kansas (retroactive selection in 1944) |
Rule changes
A new rule required the player who was fouled to shoot his own free throws. Previously, a team could pick any player it wanted to shoot its free throws, and usually picked its best free-throw shooter to shoot all of them. The new rule thus brought to an end the practice of a team having a designated free-throw shooter.[1][2]
Season headlines
- Butler won the annual Amateur Athletic Union basketball tournament — which included both collegiate and amateur non-collegiate teams — becoming the third of only four college teams to do so and the first to win the tournament since 1920.[3]
- In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected North Carolina as its national champion for the 1923–24 season.[3]
- In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected North Carolina as its national champion for the 1923–24 season.[4]
Conference membership changes
| School | Former Conference | New Conference |
|---|---|---|
| Arkansas Razorbacks | Non-major basketball program | Southwest Conference |
| Maryland Terrapins | Non-major basketball program | Southern Conference |
| Sewanee Tigers | Independent | Southern Conference |
| TCU Horned Frogs | Independent | Southwest Conference |
| Western State Mountaineers | Non-major basketball program | Independent |
Regular season
Conference winners and tournaments
| Conference | Regular Season Winner[5] |
Conference Player of the Year |
Conference Tournament |
Tournament Venue (City) |
Tournament Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Ten Conference | Chicago, Illinois, & Wisconsin | None selected | No Tournament | ||
| Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League | Cornell | None selected | No Tournament | ||
| Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Kansas | None selected | No Tournament | ||
| Pacific Coast Conference | Washington (North); California (South) | No Tournament; California defeated Washington in best-of-three conference championship playoff series | |||
| Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference | Colorado College (Colorado); BYU (Utah) | No Tournament; Colorado College was deemed conference champion | |||
| Southern Conference | Tulane | None selected | 1924 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | Municipal Auditorium (Atlanta, Georgia) | North Carolina[6] |
| Southwest Conference | Texas | None selected | No Tournament | ||
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 1923–24 season.[7]
| Player | Team |
|---|---|
| Tusten Ackerman | Kansas |
| Charlie T. Black | Kansas |
| Cartwright Carmichael | North Carolina |
| Jack Cobb | North Carolina |
| Abb Curtis | Texas |
| Amory Gill | Oregon Agricultural |
| Harry Kipke | Michigan |
| Hugh Latham | Oregon |
| James Lovley | Creighton |
| H. W. Middlesworth | Butler |
Major player of the year awards
- Helms Player of the Year: Charlie T. Black, Kansas (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | Leslie Mann | Everett Dean | ||
References
- orangehoops.org History of NCAA Basketball Rule Changes
- Schleyer, Claudia, "The Rules of Basketball: Boy How They've Changed!", Youth Hoops 101 Accessed 15 May 2021
- Scott, Jon (Nov 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved 2015-12-14.
- ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. p. 526, 529–587. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
- "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-14.
- 2008–09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide – Postseason Section, Southern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-09
- The Association for Professional Basketball Research "NCAA All-American Teams, 1919–20 to 1998–99"