1931–32 NCAA men's basketball season

1931–32 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
1931–32 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Helms National Champions	Purdue (retroactive selection in 1943)
Player of the Year; (Helms)	John Wooden, Purdue (retroactive selection in 1944)
	← 1930–31 1932–33 →

The 1931–32 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1931, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded in March 1932.

Season headlines[edit]

The Border Conference began play, with five original members.
Purdue senior guard John Wooden became the first three-time All-American.
In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Purdue as its national champion for the 1931–32 season.^[1]
In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Purdue as its national champion for the 1931–32 season.^[2]

Conference membership changes[edit]

School	Former conference	New conference
Ada Teachers College Tigers	Independent	Non-major basketball program
Arizona Wildcats	Independent	Border Conference
Arizona State–Flagstaff Lumberjacks	Independent	Border Conference
Arizona State–Tempe Bulldogs	Independent	Border Conference
New Mexico Lobos	Independent	Border Conference
New Mexico A&M Aggies	Independent	Border Conference

Regular season[edit]

Conference winners and tournaments[edit]

Conference	Regular season winner^[3]	Conference player of the year	Conference tournament	Tournament venue (City)	Tournament winner
Big Six Conference	Kansas	None selected	No Tournament
Big Ten Conference	Purdue	None selected	No Tournament
Border Conference	Arizona	None selected	No Tournament
Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League	Princeton	None selected	No Tournament
Missouri Valley Conference	Creighton	None selected	No Tournament
Pacific Coast Conference	Washington (North); USC (South)		No Tournament; USC defeated Washington in best-of-three conference championship playoff series
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference	Wyoming (Eastern); BYU & Utah (Western)		No Tournament
Southern Conference	Kentucky & Maryland	None selected	1932 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament	Municipal Auditorium (Atlanta, Georgia)	Georgia^[4]
Southwest Conference	Baylor	None selected	No Tournament

Statistical leaders[edit]

Awards[edit]

Consensus All-American team[edit]

**Consensus Team**
Player	Class	Team
Lou Bender	Senior	Columbia
Boze Berger	Senior	Maryland
Moose Krause	Sophomore	Notre Dame
Forest Sale	Junior	Kentucky
Les Witte	Sophomore	Wyoming
John Wooden	Senior	Purdue

Major player of the year awards[edit]

Helms Player of the Year: John Wooden, Purdue (retroactive selection in 1944)

Coaching changes[edit]

References[edit]

^ Scott, Jon (November 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved December 14, 2015.
^ 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.
^ 2008–09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide – Postseason Section, Southern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-09

[1] Scott, Jon (November 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved December 14, 2015.

[ESPN_526-2] 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.

[3] "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. Retrieved February 14, 2009.

[4] 2008–09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide – Postseason Section, Southern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-09

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