The 1918–19 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1918, progressed through the regular season, and concluded in March 1919.

Season headlines

  • The 1918–19 season took place between the fall 1918 second surge and spring 1919 third surge of the so-called "Spanish flu" pandemic, forcing some schools to play shortened seasons or cancel their seasons.[1][2] Young men leaving school for World War I military service also affected teams.[2]
  • In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Minnesota as its national champion for the 1918–19 season.[3]
  • In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Navy as its national champion for the 1918–19 season.[4]

Conference membership changes

School Former Conference New Conference
Grinnell Pioneers Independent Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Oklahoma A&M Aggies Southwest Conference Independent
SMU Mustangs Independent Southwest Conference
Stanford Indians Independent Pacific Coast Conference
Washington State Cougars Independent Pacific Coast Conference

Regular season

Conference winners

Conference Regular
Season Winner[5]
Conference
Player of the Year
Conference
Tournament
Tournament
Venue (City)
Tournament
Winner
Big Ten ConferenceMinnesotaNone selectedNo Tournament
Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball LeaguePennNone selectedNo Tournament
Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic AssociationKansas StateNone selectedNo Tournament
Pacific Coast ConferenceOregonNo Tournament
Rocky Mountain Athletic ConferenceColoradoNo Tournament
Southwest ConferenceTexasNone selectedNo Tournament

Statistical leaders

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 1918–19 season.[6]

Player Team
Lance FarwellNavy
Tony HinkleChicago
Dutch LonborgKansas
Leon MarcusSyracuse
Dan McNicholPenn
Arnold OssMinnesota
George ParrishVirginia Tech
Erling PlatouMinnesota
Craig RubyMissouri
Andrew StannardPenn

Major player of the year awards

References

  1. hoyasaxa.com Basketball In a Pandemic: The 1918-19 Georgetown Varsity Accessed March 1, 2021
  2. 1 2 Dodds, John, "Pandemic: Marquette Had to Cancel Its Basketball Season in 1918–19," 247sports.com, March 13, 2020 Accessed 13 May 2021
  3. Scott, Jon (November 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  4. ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. pp. 526, 529–587. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
  5. "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. Retrieved February 14, 2009.
  6. The Association for Professional Basketball Research "NCAA All-American Teams, 1919–20 to 1998–99"
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