1916–17 NCAA men's basketball season

1916–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
1916–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Helms National Champions	Washington State (retroactive selection in 1943)
Player of the Year; (Helms)	Ray Woods, Illinois (retroactive selection in 1944)
	← 1915–16 1917–18 →

The 1916–17 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1916, progressed through the regular season, and concluded in March 1917.

Season headlines

In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Washington State as its national champion for the 1916–17 season.^[1]
In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Washington State as its national champion for the 1916–17 season.^[2]

Conference membership changes

School	Former Conference	New Conference
Oregon Webfoots	No basketball team	Pacific Coast Conference
Southwestern Pirates	Southwest Conference	No major basketball program
Stanford Indians	Independent	Pacific Coast Conference

NOTE: Although Oregon joined the Pacific Coast Conference in 1915, it did not field a basketball team during the 1915–16 season, and its first season of Pacific Coast Conference play was 1916–17.

Regular season

Conference winners

Conference	Regular Season Winner^[3]	Conference Player of the Year	Conference Tournament
Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League	Yale	None selected	No Tournament
Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Kansas State	None selected	No Tournament
Pacific Coast Conference	Washington State	None selected	No Tournament
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference	Colorado College		No Tournament
Southwest Conference	Texas	None selected	No Tournament
Western Conference	Illinois & Minnesota	None selected	No 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 1916–17 season.^[4]

Player	Team
Clyde Alwood	Illinois
Cyril Haas	Princeton
George Hjelte	California
Orson Kinney	Yale
Harold Olsen	Wisconsin
F. I. Reynolds	Kansas State
Francis Stadsvold	Minnesota
Charles Taft	Yale
Ray Woods	Illinois
Harry Young	Washington and Lee

Major player of the year awards

Helms Player of the Year: Ray Woods, Illinois (retroactive selection in 1944)

References

^ 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.
^ The Association for Professional Basketball Research "NCAA All-American Teams, 1919–20 to 1998–99"

[jps-1] Scott, Jon (November 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved May 13, 2021.

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

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