1924–25 NCAA men's basketball season

1924–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Helms National Champions	Princeton (retroactive selection in 1943)
Player of the Year (Helms)	Earl Mueller, Colorado College (retroactive selection in 1944)

The 1924–25 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1924, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded in March 1925.

Season headlines

• Washburn won the annual Amateur Athletic Union basketball tournament — which included both collegiate and amateur non-collegiate teams — becoming the fourth and final college team to do so.
• In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Princeton as its national champion for the 1924–25 season.
• In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Princeton as its national champion for the 1924–25 season.

Conference membership changes

School	Former conference	New conference
Colorado Normal Bears	Independent	Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
USC Trojans	Pacific Coast Conference	Independent
Western State Mountaineers	Independent	Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference

Regular season

Conferences

Conference winners and tournaments

Conference	Regular season winner	Conference player of the year	Conference tournament	Tournament venue (City)	Tournament winner
Big Ten Conference	Ohio State	None selected	No Tournament
Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League	Princeton	None selected	No Tournament
Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Kansas	None selected	No Tournament
Pacific Coast Conference	Oregon Agricultural (North); California (South)		No Tournament; California defeated Oregon Agricultural in best-of-three conference championship playoff series
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference	Colorado College (Eastern); BYU (Western)		No Tournament
Southern Conference	North Carolina	None selected	1925 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament	Municipal Auditorium (Atlanta, Georgia)	North Carolina
Southwest Conference	Oklahoma A&M	None selected	No Tournament

Conference standings

1924–25 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Ohio State 11 – 1   .917 14 – 2   .875 Indiana 8 – 4   .667 12 – 5   .706 Illinois 8 – 4   .667 11 – 6   .647 Purdue 7 – 4   .636 9 – 5   .643 Michigan 6 – 5   .545 8 – 6   .571 Minnesota 6 – 6   .500 9 – 7   .563 Iowa 5 – 7   .417 6 – 10   .375 Northwestern 4 – 8   .333 6 – 11   .353 Wisconsin 3 – 9   .250 6 – 11   .353 Chicago 1 – 11   .083 3 – 14   .176	1924–25 Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Princeton 9 – 1   .900 21 – 2   .913 Penn 6 – 4   .600 17 – 5   .773 Dartmouth 6 – 4   .600 12 – 5   .706 Columbia 6 – 4   .600 10 – 7   .588 Cornell 3 – 7   .300 7 – 8   .467 Yale 0 – 10   .000 3 – 16   .158	1924–25 Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association men's basketball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Kansas 15 – 1   .938 17 – 1   .944 Nebraska 13 – 3   .813 14 – 4   .778 Kansas State 10 – 6   .625 10 – 8   .556 Washington University 10 – 6   .625 10 – 8   .556 Oklahoma 9 – 7   .563 10 – 8   .556 Missouri 6 – 10   .375 7 – 11   .389 Drake 4 – 12   .250 4 – 12   .250 Grinnell 4 – 12   .250 4 – 13   .235 Iowa State 1 – 15   .063 2 – 15   .118
1924–25 Pacific Coast Conference men's basketball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT North Oregon Agricultural 7 – 2   .778 29 – 8   .784 Oregon 7 – 2   .778 16 – 4   .800 Washington 5 – 5   .500 14 – 7   .667 Idaho 5 – 5   .500 19 – 8   .704 Montana 2 – 6   .250 9 – 10   .474 Washington State 2 – 8   .200 18 – 11   .621 South California † 3 – 1   .750 11 – 4   .733 Stanford 1 – 3   .250 10 – 3   .769 † Conference playoff series winner	1924–25 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Eastern Colorado College 10 – 3   .769 13 – 3   .813 Northern Colorado 9 – 3   .750 12 – 4   .750 Colorado 7 – 4   .636 9 – 4   .692 Wyoming 5 – 3   .625 9 – 6   .600 Denver 5 – 6   .455 6 – 6   .500 Colorado Mines 4 – 7   .364 4 – 7   .364 Colorado Agricultural 2 – 9   .182 2 – 10   .167 Western State 0 – 6   .000 3 – 6   .333 Western BYU 5 – 3   .625 10 – 6   .625 Montana State 1 – 1   .500 20 – 4   .833 Utah Agricultural 5 – 5   .500 12 – 7   .632 Utah 3 – 5   .375 5 – 11   .313
1924–25 Southern Conference men's basketball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT North Carolina† 8 – 0   1.000 20 – 5   .800 Tulane 12 – 3   .800 17 – 4   .810 Kentucky 6 – 2   .750 13 – 8   .619 Maryland 3 – 1   .750 12 – 5   .706 Alabama 5 – 2   .714 15 – 4   .789 Virginia 4 – 2   .667 14 – 3   .824 South Carolina 4 – 2   .667 10 – 7   .588 Washington and Lee 3 – 2   .600 8 – 5   .615 Clemson 3 – 2   .600 4 – 14   .222 Vanderbilt 4 – 3   .571 12 – 13   .480 Mississippi A&M 4 – 4   .500 14 – 9   .609 Georgia 4 – 4   .500 9 – 11   .450 Georgia Tech 2 – 7   .222 4 – 12   .250 NC State 1 – 4   .200 11 – 7   .611 LSU 1 – 4   .200 10 – 7   .588 Virginia Tech 1 – 4   .200 6 – 9   .400 Tennessee 1 – 5   .167 6 – 8   .429 Auburn 1 – 5   .167 3 – 11   .214 Mississippi 1 – 6   .143 17 – 8   .680 Florida 0 – 0   – 2 – 7   .222 Sewanee 0 – 0   – 2 – 7   .222 † Southern Conference Tournament winner	1924–25 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Oklahoma A&M 12 – 2   .857 15 – 3   .833 TCU 11 – 3   .786 14 – 5   .737 Arkansas 10 – 4   .714 21 – 5   .808 Texas 9 – 5   .643 17 – 8   .680 Texas A&M 6 – 8   .429 9 – 8   .529 SMU 4 – 10   .286 5 – 11   .313 Baylor 2 – 12   .143 3 – 12   .200 Rice 2 – 12   .143 2 – 12   .143

Independents

A total of 97 college teams played as major independents. Washburn (15–0) and Washington College (20–0) were undefeated, and North Dakota Agricultural (26–5) finished with the most wins.

1924–25 NCAA men's basketball independents standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Washburn –   – 15 – 0   1.000 Washington College –   – 20 – 0   1.000 Fordham –   – 18 – 1   .947 Wabash –   – 18 – 1   .947 New Mexico –   – 12 – 1   .923 Villanova –   – 10 – 1   .909 Grove City –   – 16 – 2   .889 Syracuse –   – 15 – 2   .882 Saint Louis –   – 14 – 2   .875 West Texas State –   – 20 – 3   .870 Creighton –   – 13 – 2   .867 CCNY –   – 12 – 2   .857 Penn State –   – 12 – 2   .857 Union (N.Y.) –   – 12 – 2   .857 Canisius –   – 11 – 2   .846 The Citadel –   – 11 – 2   .846 Evansville –   – 11 – 2   .846 Harvard –   – 11 – 2   .846 North Dakota Agricultural –   – 26 – 5   .839 Butler –   – 20 – 4   .833 Mount Union –   – 14 – 3   .824 Vermont –   – 14 – 3   .824 Franklin –   – 17 – 4   .810 Western State Normal –   – 17 – 4   .810 Army –   – 12 – 3   .800 Denison –   – 12 – 3   .800 Navy –   – 18 – 5   .783 Southern California –   – 14 – 4   .778 Richmond –   – 13 – 4   .765 Colgate –   – 15 – 5   .750 Davidson –   – 18 – 6   .750 Georgetown –   – 6 – 2   .750 St. John's (N.Y.) –   – 18 – 6   .750 Indiana State –   – 11 – 4   .733 Lehigh –   – 11 – 4   .733 Connecticut –   – 10 – 4   .714 Rhode Island State –   – 11 – 5   .688 Ohio –   – 13 – 6   .684 Wake Forest –   – 15 – 7   .682 Duquesne –   – 12 – 6   .667 Holy Cross –   – 10 – 5   .667 Marshall –   – 12 – 6   .667 Toledo –   – 13 – 7   .650 Tempe Normal –   – 11 – 6   .647 Muhlenberg –   – 11 – 6   .647 UCLA –   – 11 – 6   .647 William & Mary –   – 11 – 6   .647 Bowling Green State –   – 9 – 5   .643 Valparaiso –   – 9 – 5   .643 Arizona –   – 7 – 4   .636 DePauw –   – 12 – 7   .632 Niagara –   – 12 – 7   .632 Brown –   – 10 – 6   .625 Tulsa –   – 13 – 8   .619 Louisville –   – 10 – 7   .588 George Washington –   – 7 – 5   .583 Seton Hall –   – 8 – 6   .571 Western Kentucky State –   – 8 – 6   .571 Furman –   – 9 – 7   .563 St. Bonaventure –   – 14 – 11   .560 New Mexico A&M –   – 11 – 9   .550 Temple –   – 12 – 10   .545 VMI –   – 6 – 5   .545 Buffalo –   – 7 – 6   .538 Northern Arizona Normal –   – 7 – 6   .538 Rutgers –   – 7 – 6   .538 Wooster –   – 8 – 7   .533 Carleton –   – 9 – 8   .529 Saint Francis (N.Y.) –   – 9 – 8   .529 Bradley –   – 11 – 10   .524 Detroit –   – 6 – 6   .500 Manhattan –   – 10 – 10   .500 New York University –   – 7 – 7   .500 Notre Dame –   – 11 – 11   .500 St. Joseph's –   – 9 – 9   .500 Fairmount –   – 9 – 9   .500 Xavier –   – 7 – 7   .500 Springfield (Mass.) –   – 8 – 9   .471 Loyola (Md.) –   – 6 – 7   .462 Dayton –   – 9 – 11   .450 Lafayette –   – 8 – 11   .421 Marquette –   – 8 – 11   .421 Boston University –   – 9 – 13   .409 Santa Clara –   – 5 – 9   .357 West Virginia –   – 6 – 11   .353 Kent State Normal –   – 4 – 8   .333 Saint Mary's (Calif.) –   – 4 – 8   .333 St. Ignatius –   – 4 – 8   .333 DePaul –   – 6 – 13   .316 Michigan Agricultural –   – 6 – 13   .316 Duke –   – 4 – 9   .308 Pittsburgh –   – 4 – 10   .286 Texas State M&M –   – 3 – 8   .273 Loyola (Ill.) –   – 4 – 11   .267 Cincinnati –   – 5 – 14   .263 Miami (Ohio) –   – 3 – 10   .231 Bucknell –   – 1 – 4   .200

Awards

Helms College Basketball All-Americans

Main article: 1925 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 1924–25 season.

Player	Team
Tusten Ackerman	Kansas
Burgess Carey	Kentucky
Jack Cobb	North Carolina
Emanuel Goldblatt	Pennsylvania
Vic Hanson	Syracuse
Noble Kizer	Notre Dame
John Miner	Ohio State
Earl Mueller	Colorado College
Gerald Spohn	Washburn
Carlos Steele	Oregon Agricultural

Major player of the year awards

• Helms Player of the Year: Earl Mueller, Colorado College (retroactive selection in 1944)