1913–14 NCAA men's basketball season

The 1913–14 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1913, progressed through the regular season, and concluded in March 1914.

1913–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Helms National Champions	Wisconsin (retroactive selection in 1943)
Player of the Year (Helms)	Gil Halstead, Cornell (retroactive selection in 1944)

Rule changes

Baskets with open bottoms that allow the ball to fall through become mandatory. Previously, baskets had closed bottoms, requiring the pulling of a rope to release the ball after a field goal or successful free throw. The switch to open-bottomed baskets increased the tempo of play and scoring.

Season headlines

• In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Wisconsin as its national champion for the 1913–14 season.
• In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Wisconsin as its national champion for the 1913–14 season.

Regular season

Conferences

Conference winners

Conference	Regular Season Winner	Conference Player of the Year	Conference Tournament	Tournament Venue (City)	Tournament Winner
Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League	Columbia & Cornell	None selected	No Tournament
Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Nebraska (North) & Kansas (South)	None selected	No Tournament
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference	Colorado		No Tournament
Western Conference	Wisconsin	None selected	No Tournament

Conference standings

1913–14 Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Cornell 8 – 2   .800 14 – 2   .875 Columbia 8 – 2   .800 9 – 3   .750 Yale 6 – 4   .600 11 – 7   .611 Princeton 5 – 5   .500 12 – 6   .667 Penn 2 – 8   .200 4 – 12   .250 Dartmouth 1 – 9   .100 4 – 13   .235

1913–14 Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association men's basketball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT North Division Nebraska 7 – 0   1.000 15 – 3   .833 Iowa State 4 – 10   .286 4 – 14   .222 Drake 0 – 5   .000 1 – 9   .100 South Division Kansas 13 – 1   .929 17 – 1   .944 Kansas State 7 – 5   .583 10 – 7   .588 Washington University 4 – 6   .400 7 – 6   .538 Missouri 4 – 12   .250 4 – 12   .250

1913–14 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Colorado 5 – 1   .833 5 – 3   .625 Colorado Agricultural 3 – 3   .500 5 – 3   .625 Colorado Mines 2 – 4   .333 2 – 4   .333 Denver 2 – 4   .333 2 – 4   .333

1913–14 Western Conference men's basketball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Wisconsin 12 – 0   1.000 15 – 0   1.000 Ohio State 5 – 1   .833 11 – 4   .733 Chicago 8 – 4   .667 19 – 9   .679 Illinois 7 – 3   .700 9 – 4   .692 Northwestern 5 – 5   .500 11 – 6   .647 Minnesota 4 – 8   .333 4 – 11   .267 Purdue 3 – 9   .250 5 – 9   .357 Iowa 1 – 5   .167 9 – 7   .563 Indiana 1 – 11   .083 2 – 12   .143

Independents

A total of 124 college teams played as major independents. Among independents that played at least 10 games, Navy (10–0), Syracuse (12–0), and Texas (11–0) were undefeated, and Fordham (20–8) finished with the most wins.

1913–14 NCAA men's basketball independents standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT California –   – 2 – 0   1.000 Navy –   – 10 – 0   1.000 Syracuse –   – 12 – 0   1.000 Texas –   – 11 – 0   1.000 Denison –   – 15 – 1   .938 Virginia –   – 12 – 1   .923 Grinnell –   – 10 – 1   .909 Nebraska Wesleyan –   – 19 – 2   .905 Georgia –   – 9 – 1   .900 Saint Mary's (Calif.) –   – 16 – 2   .889 Washington College –   – 8 – 1   .889 Tennessee –   – 15 – 2   .882 Oklahoma –   – 7 – 1   .875 Rochester (N.Y.) –   – 14 – 2   .875 Mississippi A&M –   – 13 – 2   .867 Utah –   – 13 – 2   .867 Kentucky –   – 12 – 2   .857 Lehigh –   – 12 – 2   .857 North Dakota Agricultural –   – 12 – 2   .857 The Citadel –   – 6 – 1   .857 Washington –   – 12 – 2   .857 Richmond –   – 5 – 1   .833 Seton Hall –   – 14 – 3   .824 Brigham Young –   – 8 – 2   .800 Central Missouri –   – 15 – 4   .789 Union (N.Y.) –   – 11 – 3   .786 Arizona –   – 7 – 2   .778 Duquesne –   – 7 – 2   .778 Kent State –   – 7 – 2   .778 Catholic –   – 13 – 4   .765 Millikin –   – 12 – 4   .750 Virginia Tech –   – 14 – 5   .737 Indiana State –   – 11 – 4   .733 Kalamazoo –   – 8 – 3   .727 Roanoke –   – 13 – 5   .722 Fordham –   – 20 – 8   .714 Swarthmore –   – 10 – 4   .714 Texas A&M –   – 5 – 2   .714 Utah State –   – 10 – 4   .714 Nevada –   – 7 – 3   .700 Oberlin –   – 7 – 3   .700 Washington & Jefferson –   – 7 – 3   .700 Niagara –   – 9 – 4   .692 Idaho –   – 11 – 5   .688 Notre Dame –   – 11 – 5   .688 Wabash –   – 11 – 5   .688 Carleton –   – 10 – 5   .667 Detroit –   – 6 – 3   .667 Michigan State –   – 8 – 4   .667 Montana State –   – 10 – 5   .667 Penn State –   – 8 – 4   .667 St. Joseph's –   – 10 – 5   .667 Tulane –   – 8 – 4   .667 Vanderbilt –   – 6 – 3   .667 Manhattan –   – 11 – 6   .647 Augustana (Ill.) –   – 9 – 5   .643 Canisius –   – 5 – 3   .625 Georgetown –   – 10 – 6   .625 Allegheny –   – 8 – 5   .615 Lake Forest –   – 8 – 5   .615 Grove City –   – 11 – 7   .611 Alabama –   – 6 – 4   .600 Rutgers –   – 3 – 2   .600 Tulsa –   – 3 – 2   .600 North Dakota –   – 10 – 7   .588 Wake Forest –   – 10 – 7   .588 Beloit –   – 7 – 5   .583 Louisiana State –   – 7 – 5   .583 Stanford –   – 7 – 5   .583 Washington and Lee –   – 7 – 5   .583 Trinity (N.C.) –   – 12 – 9   .571 Washington State –   – 13 – 10   .565 Dayton –   – 5 – 4   .556 North Carolina –   – 10 – 8   .556 Oregon Agricultural –   – 10 – 8   .556 South Carolina –   – 5 – 4   .556 Tempe Normal –   – 6 – 5   .545 CCNY –   – 6 – 5   .545 Mount Union –   – 6 – 5   .545 Miami (Ohio) –   – 7 – 6   .538 Southwestern (Kan.) –   – 7 – 6   .538 Ole Miss –   – 8 – 7   .533 Fairmount –   – 8 – 7   .533 Akron –   – 6 – 6   .500 Bradley –   – 10 – 10   .500 Gettysburg –   – 9 – 9   .500 Springfield (Mass.) –   – 6 – 6   .500 Washburn –   – 8 – 8   .500 Western State Normal –   – 4 – 4   .500 Wisconsin–Stevens Point –   – 7 – 7   .500 Pittsburgh –   – 7 – 8   .467 North Carolina State –   – 6 – 7   .462 Franklin –   – 6 – 8   .429 Army –   – 5 – 7   .417 Lafayette –   – 5 – 7   .417 Loyola (Md.) –   – 5 – 7   .417 Southern California –   – 5 – 7   .417 Temple –   – 5 – 7   .417 New York University –   – 6 – 9   .400 St. Lawrence –   – 6 – 9   .400 St. John's (N.Y.) –   – 7 – 11   .389 VMI –   – 4 – 7   .364 Oregon –   – 6 – 11   .353 Bucknell –   – 4 – 8   .333 Delaware –   – 3 – 6   .333 Marietta –   – 4 – 8   .333 Northern Colorado –   – 1 – 2   .333 Santa Clara –   – 2 – 4   .333 William & Mary –   – 3 – 6   .333 Muhlenberg –   – 4 – 10   .286 Clemson –   – 1 – 3   .250 Louisville –   – 2 – 6   .250 Wyoming –   – 1 – 3   .250 Auburn –   – 3 – 10   .231 Ohio –   – 3 – 10   .231 George Washington –   – 3 – 11   .214 Cincinnati –   – 2 – 8   .200 Colgate –   – 3 – 12   .200 Montana –   – 2 – 9   .182 TCU –   – 2 – 9   .182 Baylor –   – 1 – 8   .111 Millsaps –   – 0 – 8   .000 New Mexico –   – 0 – 1   .000 Wooster –   – 0 – 13   .000

Awards

Helms College Basketball All-Americans

Main article: 1914 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 1913–14 season.

Player	Team
Lewis Castle	Syracuse
Gil Halstead	Cornell
Carl Harper	Wisconsin
Ernest Houghton	Union (NY)
Walter Lunden	Cornell
Dan Meenan	Columbia
Nelson Norgren	Chicago
Elmer Oliphant	Purdue
Everett Southwick	CCNY
Eugene Van Gent	Wisconsin

Major player of the year awards

• Helms Player of the Year: Gil Halstead, Cornell (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
Georgetown	James Colliflower		John O'Reilly	After three years as a part-time coach, Colliflower departed after the season to devote himself full-time to his business interests. Georgetown hired O'Reilly as a full-time coach for the following season.