1914–15 NCAA men's basketball season

1914–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Helms National Champions	Illinois (retroactive selection in 1943)
Player of the Year (Helms)	Ernest Houghton, Union (NY) (retroactive selection in 1944)

The 1914–15 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1914, progressed through the regular season, and concluded in March 1915.

Season headlines

• The Southwest Conference began play, with five original members.
• In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Illinois as its national champion for the 1914–15 season.
• In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Illinois as its national champion for the 1914–15 season.

Conference membership changes

School	Former Conference	New Conference
Baylor Bears	Independent	Southwest Conference
Colorado College Tigers	No major basketball program	Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
Rice Owls	No major basketball program	Southwest Conference
Southwestern (Tex.) Pirates	No major basketball program	Southwest Conference
Texas Longhorns	Independent	Southwest Conference
Texas A&M Aggies	Independent	Southwest Conference

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	Yale	None selected	No Tournament
Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Kansas	None selected	No Tournament
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference	Denver		No Tournament
Southwest Conference	Texas	None selected	No Tournament
Western Conference	Illinois	None selected	No Tournament

Conference standings

1914–15 Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Yale 8 – 2   .800 14 – 3   .824 Cornell 7 – 3   .700 12 – 4   .750 Princeton 6 – 4   .600 13 – 5   .722 Columbia 6 – 4   .600 11 – 5   .688 Penn 3 – 7   .300 9 – 10   .474 Dartmouth 0 – 10   .000 6 – 11   .353	1914–15 Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association men's basketball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Kansas 13 – 1   .929 16 – 1   .941 Nebraska 8 – 4   .667 10 – 8   .556 Missouri 6 – 6   .500 8 – 6   .571 Iowa State 5 – 5   .500 6 – 7   .462 Kansas State 4 – 10   .286 7 – 11   .389 Drake 1 – 5   .167 5 – 6   .455 Washington University 1 – 7   .125 6 – 7   .462	1914–15 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Denver 8 – 0   1.000 8 – 0   1.000 Colorado Agricultural 6 – 2   .750 7 – 3   .700 Colorado 3 – 5   .375 4 – 6   .400 Colorado College 3 – 5   .375 3 – 5   .375 Colorado Mines 0 – 8   .000 0 – 8   .000
1914–15 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Texas 5 – 0   1.000 14 – 0   1.000 Rice 5 – 1   .833 8 – 1   .889 Texas A&M 4 – 1   .800 13 – 2   .867 Southwestern (Tex.) 1 – 5   .167 1 – 5   .167 Baylor 0 – 8   .000 1 – 9   .100	1914–15 Western Conference men's basketball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Illinois 12 – 0   1.000 16 – 0   1.000 Chicago 9 – 3   .750 20 – 5   .800 Wisconsin 8 – 4   .667 13 – 4   .765 Minnesota 6 – 6   .500 11 – 6   .647 Northwestern 5 – 5   .500 11 – 8   .579 Purdue 4 – 8   .333 5 – 8   .385 Ohio State 3 – 9   .250 7 – 10   .412 Iowa 2 – 6   .250 9 – 8   .529 Indiana 1 – 9   .100 4 – 9   .308

Independents

A total of 124 college teams played as major independents. Among independents that played at least 10 games, Virginia (17–0) was undefeated, and Virginia, Washington State (17–6), and Fordham (17–15) finished with the most wins.

1914–15 NCAA men's basketball independents standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Arizona –   – 9 – 0   1.000 California –   – 6 – 0   1.000 Kalamazoo –   – 7 – 0   1.000 Virginia –   – 17 – 0   1.000 St. Joseph's –   – 14 – 1   .933 Union (N.Y.) –   – 13 – 1   .929 Lake Forest –   – 12 – 1   .923 Allegheny –   – 11 – 1   .917 Louisiana State –   – 10 – 1   .909 Syracuse –   – 10 – 1   .909 Santa Clara –   – 9 – 1   .900 New Mexico –   – 8 – 1   .889 Seton Hall –   – 15 – 2   .882 Mount Union –   – 7 – 1   .875 Denison –   – 12 – 2   .857 Duquesne –   – 12 – 2   .857 Washington –   – 12 – 2   .857 Army –   – 11 – 2   .846 Carleton –   – 11 – 2   .846 Whittier –   – 16 – 3   .842 Franklin –   – 10 – 2   .833 North Dakota State –   – 10 – 2   .833 Notre Dame –   – 14 – 3   .824 Navy –   – 9 – 2   .818 Tennessee –   – 9 – 2   .818 VMI –   – 8 – 2   .800 Washington College –   – 11 – 3   .786 Pittsburgh –   – 14 – 4   .778 Wabash –   – 7 – 2   .778 Penn State –   – 10 – 3   .769 Central Missouri –   – 13 – 4   .765 Brigham Young –   – 6 – 2   .750 Nebraska Wesleyan –   – 12 – 4   .750 St. John's (NY) –   – 12 – 4   .750 Utah –   – 12 – 4   .750 Wake Forest –   – 12 – 4   .750 Washington State –   – 17 – 6   .739 Colgate –   – 11 – 4   .733 Millikin –   – 11 – 4   .733 Ohio –   – 11 – 4   .733 Bradley –   – 13 – 5   .722 The Citadel –   – 5 – 2   .714 Grinnell –   – 10 – 4   .714 Manhattan –   – 10 – 4   .714 Nevada –   – 5 – 2   .714 Oklahoma A&M –   – 10 – 4   .714 Roanoke –   – 10 – 4   .714 Muhlenberg –   – 12 – 5   .706 Temple –   – 9 – 4   .692 Virginia Tech –   – 9 – 4   .692 Grove City –   – 13 – 6   .684 Northern Colorado –   – 2 – 1   .667 Southwestern (Kan.) –   – 10 – 5   .667 Tulsa –   – 6 – 3   .667 Alabama –   – 7 – 4   .636 Augustana (Ill.) –   – 7 – 4   .636 North Dakota –   – 7 – 4   .636 Millsaps –   – 5 – 3   .625 Rochester (N.Y.) –   – 10 – 6   .625 Saint Mary's (Calif.) –   – 5 – 3   .625 Kent State –   – 3 – 2   .600 Kentucky –   – 7 – 5   .583 Oklahoma –   – 7 – 5   .583 Western State Normal –   – 7 – 5   .583 Georgia –   – 4 – 3   .571 Loyola (Md.) –   – 8 – 6   .571 Mississippi A&M –   – 8 – 6   .571 Lehigh –   – 9 – 7   .563 Indiana State –   – 7 – 6   .538 Fordham –   – 17 – 15   .531 Tempe Normal –   – 2 – 2   .500 Canisius –   – 5 – 5   .500 Davidson –   – 3 – 3   .500 Dayton –   – 4 – 4   .500 Georgetown –   – 8 – 8   .500 Trinity (N.C.) –   – 10 – 10   .500 Gettysburg –   – 9 – 9   .500 Marietta –   – 7 – 7   .500 New York University –   – 6 – 6   .500 North Carolina State –   – 5 – 5   .500 Oregon Agricultural –   – 10 – 10   .500 Vanderbilt –   – 6 – 6   .500 West Virginia –   – 10 – 10   .500 Wisconsin–Stevens Point –   – 5 – 5   .500 TCU –   – 11 – 12   .478 Niagara –   – 8 – 9   .471 Washburn –   – 5 – 6   .455 Louisville –   – 4 – 5   .444 Stanford –   – 4 – 5   .444 Michigan State –   – 7 – 9   .438 Butler –   – 3 – 4   .429 William & Mary –   – 5 – 8   .385 New Mexico A&M –   – 3 – 4   .429 Springfield (Mass.) –   – 6 – 8   .429 CCNY –   – 5 – 7   .417 Delaware –   – 5 – 7   .417 Oregon –   – 7 – 10   .412 Montana –   – 4 – 6   .400 Montana State –   – 4 – 6   .400 Tulane –   – 2 – 3   .400 Washington & Jefferson –   – 4 – 6   .400 Washington and Lee –   – 5 – 8   .385 William & Mary –   – 5 – 8   .385 Auburn –   – 3 – 5   .375 Detroit –   – 3 – 5   .375 North Carolina –   – 6 – 10   .375 Richmond –   – 3 – 5   .375 George Washington –   – 5 – 9   .357 Idaho –   – 5 – 9   .357 Southern California –   – 3 – 6   .333 Wooster –   – 5 – 10   .333 Wyoming –   – 2 – 4   .333 Bucknell –   – 5 – 11   .313 Miami (Ohio) –   – 4 – 9   .308 Clemson –   – 2 – 5   .286 Lafayette –   – 4 – 10   .286 Fairmount –   – 4 – 10   .286 Cincinnati –   – 3 – 8   .273 South Carolina –   – 2 – 7   .222 Connecticut –   – 1 – 4   .200 Akron –   – 2 – 10   .167 Utah State –   – 1 – 5   .167 Rutgers –   – 1 – 8   .111 Ole Miss –   – 0 – 3   .000

Awards

Helms College Basketball All-Americans

Main article: 1915 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 1914–15 season.

Player	Team
W. P. Arnold	Yale
Leslie Brown	Cornell
Ernest Houghton	Union (NY)
Charlie Lee	Columbia
George Levis	Wisconsin
Elmer Oliphant	Purdue
Tony Savage	Washington
Ralph Sproull	Kansas
Wellington Strickley	Virginia
Ray Woods	Illinois

Major player of the year awards

• Helms Player of the Year: Ernest Houghton, Union (NY) (retroactive selection in 1944)