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1916–17 NCAA men's basketball season

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

Season headlines

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Conference membership changes

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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

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Conferences

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Conference winners

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Conference Regular
Season Winner[3]
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 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

Conference standings

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1916–17 Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Yale 9 1   .900 19 5   .792
Princeton 8 2   .800 15 5   .750
Penn 5 5   .500 11 7   .611
Dartmouth 4 6   .400 10 12   .455
Columbia 3 7   .300 6 8   .429
Cornell 1 9   .100 6 10   .375
1916–17 Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Kansas State 10 2   .833 15 2   .882
Missouri 10 4   .714 12 4   .750
Iowa State 6 4   .600 12 6   .667
Kansas 9 7   .563 12 6   .667
Nebraska 4 8   .333 12 10   .545
Washington University 1 11   .083 6 13   .316
Drake 0 4   .000 5 7   .417
1916–17 Pacific Coast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Washington State 8 1   .889 25 1   .962
California 5 1   .833 15 1   .938
Washington 7 5   .583 8 8   .500
Oregon Agricultural 7 6   .538 11 7   .611
Stanford 0 6   .000 8 8   .500
Oregon 0 8   .000 0 11   .000


1916–17 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Colorado College 7 1   .875 10 1   .909
Colorado 6 2   .750 6 2   .750
Denver 4 4   .500 4 4   .500
Colorado Agricultural 3 5   .375 8 5   .615
Colorado Mines 0 8   .000 0 8   .000
1916–17 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Texas 7 1   .875 13 3   .813
Texas A&M 3 3   .500 11 8   .579
Baylor 0 6   .000 7 10   .412
1916–17 Western Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Minnesota 10 2   .833 17 2   .895
Illinois 10 2   .833 13 3   .813
Purdue 7 2   .778 11 3   .786
Wisconsin 9 3   .750 15 3   .833
Indiana 3 5   .375 13 6   .684
Chicago 4 8   .333 13 15   .464
Ohio State 3 9   .250 15 11   .577
Northwestern 2 10   .167 3 11   .214
Iowa 1 8   .111 7 9   .438

Independents

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A total of 129 college teams played as major independents. Among independents that played at least 10 games, Navy (11–0) and Washington and Lee (13–0) were undefeated, and Louisiana State (20–2) and Trinity (20–4) finished with the most wins.[4]

1916–17 NCAA men's basketball independents standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Navy   11 0   1.000
Washington and Lee   13 0   1.000
Washington College   2 0   1.000
Montana State   19 1   .950
Western Reserve   12 1   .923
Kalamazoo   12 1   .923
Louisiana State   20 2   .909
Wabash   19 2   .905
Canisius   9 1   .900
Creighton   18 2   .900
Virginia Tech   17 2   .895
Georgia   8 1   .889
North Dakota   8 1   .889
Akron   14 2   .875
Brigham Young   14 2   .875
Roanoke   7 1   .875
Central Missouri   13 2   .867
Carleton   12 2   .857
The Citadel   6 1   .857
Penn State   12 2   .857
SMU   12 2   .857
Wisconsin–Stevens Point   11 2   .846
Arizona   10 2   .833
CCNY   15 3   .833
Trinity (N.C.)   20 4   .833
Denison   13 3   .813
Seton Hall   13 3   .813
Southwestern (Kan.)   13 3   .813
Syracuse   13 3   .813
Clemson   8 2   .800
Miami (Ohio)   12 3   .800
New Mexico   4 1   .800
Santa Clara   8 2   .800
Colgate   15 4   .789
Lehigh   15 4   .789
St. Joseph's   18 5   .783
Indiana State   13 4   .765
New York University   9 3   .750
Oklahoma A&M   11 4   .733
Augustana (Ill.)   8 3   .727
Dayton   8 3   .727
Fordham   8 3   .727
Marquette   8 3   .727
North Dakota Agricultural   10 4   .714
Saint Mary's (Calif.)   15 6   .714
Duquesne   7 3   .700
Millikin   14 6   .700
Nebraska Wesleyan   14 6   .700
Grinnell   9 4   .692
Bucknell   11 5   .688
Gettysburg   11 5   .688
Michigan State   11 5   .688
Tulane   11 5   .688
Marietta   13 6   .684
Boston University   6 3   .667
Georgetown   8 4   .667
Nevada   6 3   .667
New Mexico A&M   10 5   .667
North Central   10 5   .667
Pittsburgh   12 6   .667
Rice   10 5   .667
Springfield (Mass.)   10 5   .667
Tennessee   10 5   .667
Toledo   2 1   .667
Davidson   11 6   .647
VMI   9 5   .643
Richmond   7 4   .636
Bradley   10 6   .625
Lafayette   15 9   .625
Oklahoma   13 8   .619
Notre Dame   8 5   .615
Utah State   8 5   .615
Ole Miss   11 7   .611
Tulsa   11 7   .611
Mississippi A&M   6 4   .600
Wake Forest   9 6   .600
Virginia   7 5   .583
St. John's (N.Y.)   11 8   .579
Delaware   8 6   .571
Union (N.Y.)   9 7   .563
Detroit   5 4   .556
North Carolina   5 4   .556
North Carolina State   10 8   .556
Catholic   6 5   .545
Butler   7 6   .538
Western State Normal   7 6   .538
Temple   10 9   .526
Auburn   2 2   .500
DePauw   7 7   .500
Idaho   8 8   .500
Loyola (Md.)   6 6   .500
Millsaps   5 5   .500
Stevens Institute   3 3   .500
Utah   3 3   .500
Washington & Jefferson   5 5   .500
West Virginia   8 8   .500
Wyoming   4 4   .500
George Washington   7 8   .467
Manhattan   7 8   .467
South Carolina   7 8   .467
Grove City   5 6   .455
Saint Louis   5 6   .455
Rutgers   4 5   .444
Alabama   6 8   .429
Buffalo   6 8   .429
Mount Union   6 8   .429
Northern Colorado   5 7   .417
Connecticut   4 6   .400
Kentucky   4 6   .400
Southern California   8 12   .400
Wooster   5 8   .385
Swarthmore   4 7   .364
Franklin   1 2   .333
Muhlenberg   2 4   .333
Washburn   5 11   .313
William & Mary   4 9   .308
Niagara   2 5   .286
Army   3 8   .273
Cincinnati   3 8   .273
Vanderbilt   3 8   .273
Montana   4 11   .267
Bowling Green State   2 6   .250
Kent State   2 6   .250
Rhode Island State   2 6   .250
Rochester (N.Y.)   4 12   .250
Texas Christian   2 6   .250
Fairmount   2 11   .154
Ohio   2 14   .125
Tempe Normal   0 1   .000

Statistical leaders

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Awards

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Helms College Basketball All-Americans

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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.[5]

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

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References

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  1. ^ Scott, Jon (November 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  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. ^ "1916-17 Men's Independent Season Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  5. ^ The Association for Professional Basketball Research "NCAA All-American Teams, 1919–20 to 1998–99"