1910–11 NCAA men's basketball season

1910–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
1910–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Helms National Champions	St. John's (retroactive selection in 1943)
Player of the Year; (Helms)	Ted Kiendl, Columbia (retroactive selection in 1944)
	← 1909–10 1911–12 →

The 1910–11 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1910, progressed through the regular season, and concluded in March 1911.

Rule changes

Coaching was prohibited during the progress of the game by anyone connected with either team. The first violation resulted in a warning, and for each subsequent violation a free throw was awarded to the opposing team. Coaching during a game would not be permitted again until the 1948–49 season.^[1]
Within "Class B" fouls — such as striking, kicking, shouldering, tripping, or hacking an opponent, unnecessary roughness, and using profane or abusive language — a distinction was introduced between personal fouls and other types of fouls.^[1]

Season headlines

The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (IAAUS) renamed itself the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in 1910 prior to the 1910–11 basketball season.
After a two-season hiatus and a reorganization, the Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League resumed conference play, with five members.
The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference began play, with four original members.
In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected St. John's as its national champion for the 1910–11 season.^[2]
In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected St. John's as its national champion for the 1910–11 season.^[3]

Conference membership changes

School	Former Conference	New Conference
Colorado Silver and Gold	Independent	Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
Colorado Agricultural Aggies	Independent	Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
Colorado Mines Orediggers	No major basketball program	Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
Columbia Lions	Independent	Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League
Cornell Big Red	Independent	Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League
Denver Pioneers	No major basketball program	Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
Penn Quakers	Independent	Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League
Princeton Tigers	Independent	Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League
Yale Bulldogs	Independent	Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League

NOTE: Although Colorado College joined the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference for the 1910–11 season, it did not field its first major-level basketball team until the 1913–14 season.

Regular season

Conferences

Conference winners

Conference	Regular Season Winner^[4]	Conference Player of the Year	Conference Tournament
Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League	Columbia	None selected	No Tournament
Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Kansas	None selected	No Tournament
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference	Colorado Mines		No Tournament
Western Conference	Minnesota & Purdue	None selected	No Tournament

Conference standings

1910–11 Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Columbia	7	–	1	.875	13	–	1	.929
Penn	5	–	3	.625	15	–	8	.652
Cornell	4	–	4	.500	7	–	6	.538
Yale	3	–	5	.375	10	–	11	.476
Princeton	1	–	7	.125	4	–	9	.308

1910–11 Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Kansas	9	–	3	.750	12	–	6	.667
Nebraska	7	–	5	.583	11	–	7	.611
Iowa State	6	–	8	.429	6	–	11	.353
Missouri	4	–	8	.333	4	–	8	.333
Drake	0	–	2	.000	0	–	6	.000

1910–11 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Colorado Mines	4	–	0	1.000	4	–	0	1.000
Colorado	2	–	2	.500	4	–	2	.667
Colorado Agricultural	1	–	3	.250	5	–	4	.556
Denver	1	–	3	.250	4	–	6	.400

1910–11 Western Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Purdue	8	–	4	.667	12	–	4	.750
Minnesota	8	–	4	.667	10	–	4	.714
Chicago	7	–	5	.583	10	–	4	.714
Illinois	6	–	5	.545	6	–	6	.500
Wisconsin	6	–	6	.500	6	–	6	.500
Indiana	5	–	5	.500	11	–	5	.688
Iowa	2	–	2	.500	9	–	4	.692
Northwestern	1	–	12	.077	4	–	15	.211

Independents

A total of 114 college teams played as major independents. Among independents that played at least 10 games, Augustana (10–0), Dayton (10–0), North Dakota Agricultural (14–0), and St. John's (N.Y.) (14–0) were undefeated, and Lake Forest (15–4) and Denison (15–5) finished with the most wins.^[5]

1910–11 NCAA men's basketball independents standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Arizona		–		–	3	–	0	1.000
Augustana (Ill.)		–		–	10	–	0	1.000
Brigham Young		–		–	8	–	0	1.000
Dayton		–		–	10	–	0	1.000
Detroit		–		–	6	–	0	1.000
North Dakota Agricultural		–		–	14	–	0	1.000
Seton Hall		–		–	4	–	0	1.000
St. John's (N.Y.)		–		–	14	–	0	1.000
Grinnell		–		–	13	–	1	.929
Virginia Tech		–		–	11	–	1	.917
Washington		–		–	11	–	1	.917
Navy		–		–	10	–	1	.909
Wabash		–		–	10	–	1	.909
North Central		–		–	14	–	2	.875
Cotner		–		–	13	–	2	.867
Montana State		–		–	5	–	1	.833
Oberlin		–		–	10	–	2	.833
Allegheny		–		–	9	–	2	.818
Canisius		–		–	13	–	3	.813
New Mexico		–		–	4	–	1	.800
Vanderbilt		–		–	8	–	2	.800
Williams		–		–	8	–	2	.800
Lake Forest		–		–	15	–	4	.789
Grove City		–		–	11	–	3	.786
CCNY		–		–	7	–	2	.778
Manhattan		–		–	14	–	4	.778
Union (N.Y.)		–		–	7	–	2	.778
Bradley		–		–	10	–	3	.769
St. Lawrence		–		–	13	–	4	.765
Army		–		–	9	–	3	.750
Denison		–		–	15	–	5	.750
Fordham		–		–	12	–	4	.750
Ole Miss		–		–	9	–	3	.750
Swarthmore		–		–	9	–	3	.750
William & Mary		–		–	3	–	1	.750
Hope		–		–	11	–	4	.733
Wesleyan (Conn.)		–		–	11	–	4	.733
Baylor		–		–	8	–	3	.727
Carleton		–		–	8	–	3	.727
LSU		–		–	8	–	3	.727
Utah		–		–	5	–	2	.714
Notre Dame		–		–	7	–	3	.700
Wooster		–		–	7	–	3	.700
Nebraska Wesleyan		–		–	9	–	4	.692
Oregon		–		–	9	–	4	.692
Penn State		–		–	9	–	4	.692
Akron		–		–	8	–	4	.667
Beloit		–		–	6	–	3	.667
Idaho		–		–	8	–	4	.667
Marietta		–		–	8	–	4	.667
Ohio State		–		–	6	–	3	.667
Saint Mary's (Calif.)		–		–	2	–	1	.667
Southwestern (Kan.)		–		–	10	–	5	.667
Virginia		–		–	10	–	5	.667
Georgetown		–		–	13	–	7	.650
North Carolina		–		–	7	–	4	.636
Kansas State		–		–	5	–	3	.625
Rhode Island State		–		–	5	–	3	.625
Brown		–		–	8	–	5	.615
New York University		–		–	8	–	5	.615
Geneva		–		–	9	–	6	.600
Kalamazoo		–		–	3	–	2	.600
Southern California		–		–	12	–	8	.600
Millikin		–		–	10	–	7	.588
Washington and Lee		–		–	11	–	8	.579
Trinity (N.C.)		–		–	4	–	3	.571
Miami (Ohio)		–		–	4	–	3	.571
Santa Clara		–		–	8	–	6	.571
Springfield (Mass.)		–		–	8	–	6	.571
Colgate		–		–	9	–	7	.563
Tulane		–		–	5	–	4	.556
Franklin		–		–	6	–	5	.545
Delaware		–		–	7	–	6	.538
Fairmount		–		–	7	–	6	.538
Wake Forest		–		–	8	–	7	.533
Gettysburg		–		–	6	–	6	.500
Loyola (Md.)		–		–	6	–	6	.500
Mount Union		–		–	6	–	6	.500
Niagara		–		–	7	–	7	.500
Pittsburgh		–		–	6	–	6	.500
St. Joseph's		–		–	6	–	6	.500
South Carolina		–		–	1	–	1	.500
Bloomsburg		–		–	6	–	7	.462
North Dakota		–		–	6	–	7	.462
Bucknell		–		–	5	–	6	.455
Dartmouth		–		–	5	–	6	.455
Kentucky		–		–	5	–	6	.455
Tennessee		–		–	7	–	9	.438
Lehigh		–		–	3	–	4	.429
Ohio		–		–	3	–	4	.429
Butler		–		–	5	–	7	.417
Auburn		–		–	3	–	5	.375
Oregon Agricultural		–		–	3	–	5	.375
Temple		–		–	3	–	5	.375
VMI		–		–	3	–	5	.375
Michigan State		–		–	5	–	9	.357
Syracuse		–		–	6	–	11	.353
Cincinnati		–		–	3	–	6	.333
Connecticut		–		–	1	–	2	.333
Mississippi A&M		–		–	2	–	4	.333
Utah State		–		–	2	–	4	.333
Georgia		–		–	2	–	5	.286
Washburn		–		–	1	–	3	.250
Wisconsin–Stevens Point		–		–	1	–	3	.250
Indiana State		–		–	2	–	8	.200
Texas		–		–	1	–	4	.200
Trinity (Conn.)		–		–	2	–	8	.200
Wyoming		–		–	1	–	4	.200
Oklahoma		–		–	1	–	5	.167
Washington State		–		–	3	–	16	.158
New Mexico A&M		–		–	1	–	9	.100
Davidson		–		–	0	–	2	.000
Millsaps		–		–	0	–	6	.000
Northern Colorado		–		–	0	–	2	.000

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 1910–11 season.^[6]

Player	Team
A. D. Alexander	Columbia
Dave Charters	Purdue
C. C. Clementson	Washington
Harry W. Hill	Navy
John Keenan	St. John's (NY)
Ted Kiendl	Columbia
Frank Lawler	Minnesota
W. M. Lee	Columbia
Walter Scoville	Wisconsin
Lewis Walton	Penn

Major player of the year awards

Helms Player of the Year: Ted Kiendl, Columbia (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	Maurice Joyce		James Colliflower	Joyce retired from coaching after the end of the season.^[7]^[8]
Wisconsin	Haskell Noyes		Walter Meanwell

References

^ ^a ^b "Playing Rules History" (PDF). ncaa.org. NCAA. pp. 3, 6. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
^ Scott, Jon (November 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved May 13, 2021.
^ 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.
^ "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. Retrieved February 14, 2009.
^ "1910-11 Men's Independent Season Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
^ The Association for Professional Basketball Research "NCAA All-American Teams, 1919–20 to 1998–99"
^ "The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Head Coaches". Archived from the original on May 27, 2017. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
^ Georgetown Basketball History Project: Basketball's Roots at Georgetown^{[permanent dead link]}

[ncaaruleshistorypp3&6-1] "Playing Rules History" (PDF). ncaa.org. NCAA. pp. 3, 6. Retrieved June 25, 2024.

[jps-2] Scott, Jon (November 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved May 13, 2021.

[ESPN_526-3] 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.

[4] "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. Retrieved February 14, 2009.

[5] "1910-11 Men's Independent Season Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved July 25, 2024.

[6] The Association for Professional Basketball Research "NCAA All-American Teams, 1919–20 to 1998–99"

[7] "The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Head Coaches". Archived from the original on May 27, 2017. Retrieved January 21, 2014.

[8] Georgetown Basketball History Project: Basketball's Roots at Georgetown^{[permanent dead link]}

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