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Men's collegiate basketball season
The 1938–39 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1938, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1939 NCAA basketball tournament championship game on March 27, 1939, at Patten Gymnasium in Evanston , Illinois . The Oregon Webfoots won the first NCAA national championship with a 46–33 victory over the Ohio State Buckeyes .
After a team makes a free throw as a result of a technical foul , it retains possession and throws the ball in from out of bounds. Previously, a jump ball at center court had taken place after a team shot a free throw as a result of a technical foul.[ 1]
The Mountain States Athletic Conference, popularly known as the Mountain States Conference and the Skyline Conference , began play, with seven original members. The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference became a non-major conference after the departure of seven of its larger members for the Skyline Conference.
The practice of naming a Consensus All-American Second Team began.
The NCAA tournament was held for the first time, operated by the National Association of Basketball Coaches rather than the National Collegiate Athletic Association itself. Eight teams competed.[ 2] Villanova defeated Brown 42–30 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , on March 17, and Oregon defeated Ohio State 46–33 in Evanston , Illinois , in the first championship game on March 27.[ 3] Jimmy Hull of Ohio State was named the NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player .[ 4] [ 2] National Invitation Tournament , which had debuted the previous year , widely was considered the more prestigious of the two tournaments and the "true" national championship tournament through at least the mid-1950s, with better teams often choosing the NIT over the NCAA or playing in both tournaments in the same year.[ 2]
Howard Hobson of Oregon became the first head coach to win the NCAA tournament at his alma mater [ 4] Bruce Drake of Oklahoma became the first head coach to lead his team to a finish among the final four teams in the NCAA tournament in his first season as a head coach.[ 4] The Eastern Intercollegiate Conference and the Northern California Conference both disbanded at the end of the season.
In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Long Island , the 1938 National Invitation Tournament winner, as its national champion for the 1938–39 season.[ 5]
In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Long Island as its national champion for the 1938–39 season.[ 6] Conference membership changes [ edit ] Conference winners and tournaments [ edit ] Conference standings [ edit ]
1938–39 Big Six Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W
L
PCT W
L
PCT
Missouri 7
–
3
.700
12
–
6
.667
Oklahoma 7
–
3
.700
12
–
6
.667
Kansas 6
–
4
.600
13
–
7
.650
Iowa State 5
–
5
.500
8
–
9
.471
Nebraska 3
–
7
.300
7
–
13
.350
Kansas State 2
–
8
.200
5
–
13
.278
1938–39 Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League standings
Conf Overall
Team W
L
PCT W
L
PCT
Dartmouth 10
–
2
.833
18
–
5
.783
Columbia 9
–
3
.750
11
–
5
.688
Cornell 7
–
5
.583
12
–
12
.500
Princeton 6
–
6
.500
10
–
9
.526
Penn 6
–
6
.500
7
–
11
.389
Yale 3
–
9
.250
4
–
16
.200
Harvard 1
–
11
.083
5
–
14
.263
1938–39 Eastern Intercollegiate Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W
L
PCT W
L
PCT
Carnegie Tech 6
–
4
.600
12
–
7
.632
Georgetown 6
–
4
.600
13
–
9
.591
Penn State 5
–
5
.500
13
–
10
.565
Pittsburgh 5
–
5
.500
10
–
8
.556
West Virginia 4
–
6
.400
10
–
9
.526
Temple 4
–
6
.400
10
–
12
.455
1938–39 Mountain States Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W
L
PCT W
L
PCT
Colorado 10
–
2
.833
14
–
4
.778
Utah State 8
–
4
.667
17
–
7
.708
Utah 7
–
5
.583
13
–
7
.650
Wyoming 7
–
5
.583
10
–
11
.476
BYU 4
–
8
.333
12
–
12
.500
Denver 4
–
8
.333
5
–
13
.278
Colorado State 2
–
10
.167
2
–
14
.125
1938–39 Pacific Coast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W
L
PCT W
L
PCT
Oregon †14
–
2
.875
29
–
5
.853
Washington 11
–
5
.688
20
–
5
.800
Washington State 8
–
8
.500
23
–
10
.697
Oregon State 6
–
10
.375
13
–
11
.542
Idaho 1
–
15
.063
12
–
19
.387
California 9
–
3
.750
24
–
8
.750
USC 9
–
3
.750
20
–
5
.800
Stanford 6
–
6
.500
16
–
9
.640
UCLA 0
–
12
.000
7
–
20
.259
† Conference playoff series winner
1938–39 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W
L
PCT W
L
PCT
Texas 10
–
2
.833
19
–
6
.760
Arkansas 9
–
3
.750
18
–
5
.783
SMU 8
–
4
.667
14
–
8
.636
Baylor 7
–
5
.583
14
–
7
.667
Rice 6
–
6
.500
10
–
11
.476
Texas A&M 2
–
10
.167
7
–
16
.304
TCU 0
–
12
.000
2
–
17
.105
A total of 48 college teams played as major independents . Loyola of Illinois (21–1) had the best winning percentage (.955). Western Kentucky State | (22–3) and Marshall (22–5) finished with the most wins.[ 11]
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Post-Season Tournaments [ edit ] The Patten Gymnasium in Evanston, Illinois , hosted the NCAA men's Final Four. National Invitation Tournament [ edit ] [ edit ] Consensus All-American teams [ edit ]
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A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.
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