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1930–31 NCAA men's basketball season

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The 1930–31 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1930, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded in March 1931.

Rule changes

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If the player with the ball is guarded closely and withholds the ball from play for five seconds, a "held ball" can be called.[1]

Season headlines

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Regular season

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Conferences

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Conference winners and tournaments

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Conference Regular
season winner[5]
Conference
player of the year
Conference
tournament
Tournament
venue (City)
Tournament
winner
Big Six Conference Kansas None selected No Tournament
Big Ten Conference Northwestern None selected No Tournament
Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League Columbia None selected No Tournament
Missouri Valley Conference Creighton & Oklahoma A&M None selected No Tournament
Pacific Coast Conference Washington (North);
USC (South)
No Tournament;
Washington defeated USC in best-of-three conference championship playoff series
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Wyoming (Eastern);
Utah (Western)
No Tournament
Southern Conference Georgia None selected 1931 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament Municipal Auditorium
(Atlanta, Georgia)
Maryland[6]
Southwest Conference TCU None selected No Tournament

Conference standings

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1930–31 Big Six Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Kansas 7 3   .700 15 3   .833
Nebraska 6 4   .600 9 9   .500
Kansas State 5 5   .500 11 6   .647
Missouri 5 5   .500 8 9   .471
Iowa State 4 6   .400 8 8   .500
Oklahoma 3 7   .300 10 8   .556
1930–31 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Northwestern 11 1   .917 16 1   .941
Michigan 8 4   .667 13 4   .765
Minnesota 8 4   .667 13 4   .765
Purdue 8 4   .667 12 5   .706
Illinois 7 5   .583 12 5   .706
Indiana 5 7   .417 9 8   .529
Chicago 4 8   .333 8 9   .471
Wisconsin 4 8   .333 8 9   .471
Ohio State 3 9   .250 4 13   .235
Iowa 2 10   .167 5 12   .294
1930–31 Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Columbia 10 0   1.000 20 2   .909
Dartmouth 6 4   .600 14 7   .667
Yale 6 4   .600 15 8   .652
Cornell 4 6   .400 10 9   .526
Penn 3 7   .300 9 17   .346
Princeton 1 9   .100 9 13   .409
1930–31 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Creighton 5 3   .625 8 10   .444
Oklahoma A&M 5 3   .625 7 9   .438
Washington University 5 3   .625 6 12   .333
Grinnell 3 5   .375 7 8   .467
Drake 2 6   .250 4 15   .211
1930–31 Pacific Coast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
North
Washington 14 2   .875 25 3   .893
Washington State 10 6   .625 18 7   .720
Oregon State 9 7   .563 19 9   .679
Oregon 6 10   .375 12 10   .545
Idaho 1 15   .063 3 16   .158
South
California 6 3   .667 12 10   .545
USC 5 4   .556 8 8   .500
UCLA 4 5   .444 9 6   .600
Stanford 3 0   1.000 8 9   .471
† Conference playoff series winner
1930–31 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern
Wyoming 11 1   .917 19 4   .826
Northern Colorado 10 4   .714 11 5   .688
Colorado 8 4   .667 8 7   .533
Western State 5 4   .556 8 5   .615
Denver 7 7   .500 10 8   .556
Colorado College 5 9   .357 14 15   .483
Colorado Agricultural 4 8   .333 4 8   .333
Colorado Mines 0 12   .000 0 12   .000
Western
Utah 8 4   .667 21 6   .778
Utah State 7 5   .583 13 7   .650
BYU 7 5   .583 20 13   .606
Montana State 2 10   .167 9 13   .409
1930–31 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Georgia 15 1   .938 23 2   .920
Maryland 8 1   .889 18 4   .818
Alabama 11 2   .846 14 6   .700
Kentucky 8 2   .800 15 3   .833
Auburn 7 4   .636 8 6   .571
Washington and Lee 4 3   .571 11 7   .611
Duke 5 4   .556 14 7   .667
Georgia Tech 8 7   .533 11 13   .458
Vanderbilt 7 7   .500 16 8   .667
North Carolina 6 6   .500 15 9   .625
North Carolina State 5 5   .500 8 8   .500
LSU 4 4   .500 7 8   .467
Virginia 5 6   .455 11 9   .550
Florida 5 7   .417 10 9   .526
Clemson 3 5   .375 6 7   .462
Sewanee 3 5   .375 5 9   .357
Tennessee 4 8   .333 11 10   .524
Ole Miss 2 4   .333 6 9   .400
Virginia Tech 3 7   .300 5 10   .333
VMI 2 8   .200 4 12   .250
Tulane 2 10   .167 6 14   .300
South Carolina 1 12   .077 1 17   .056
Southern Conference Tournament winner
1930–31 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
TCU 9 3   .750 18 4   .818
SMU 8 4   .667 9 8   .529
Arkansas 7 5   .583 14 9   .609
Baylor 7 5   .583 12 8   .600
Texas A&M 5 7   .417 14 8   .636
Rice 4 8   .333 8 9   .471
Texas 2 10   .167 9 15   .375

Major independents

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A total of 95 college teams played as major independents. Buffalo (15–0), Central Normal (19–0), and Pittsburg State (21–0) were undefeated and Northwest Missouri State (32–6) finished with the most wins.[8]

1930–31 NCAA men's basketball independents standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Buffalo   15 0   1.000
Central Normal   19 0   1.000
Pittsburg State   21 0   1.000
St. John's (N.Y.)   21 1   .955
Michigan State   16 1   .941
Loyola (Md.)   14 1   .933
Westminster (Pa.)   13 1   .929
Wittenberg   18 2   .900
Butler   17 2   .895
Manhattan   17 2   .895
Rider   17 2   .895
Valparaiso   16 2   .889
Wooster   16 2   .889
Furman   15 2   .882
Mount Union   19 3   .864
West Texas State   18 3   .857
East Central   22 4   .846
Northwest Missouri State   32 6   .842
Santa Clara   16 3   .842
LIU   15 3   .833
Pittsburgh   20 4   .833
Navy   14 3   .824
Western State Teachers   14 3   .824
DePaul   13 3   .813
Temple   17 4   .810
Army   12 3   .800
Carleton   12 3   .800
Syracuse   16 4   .800
Western Kentucky State   11 3   .786
Wichita Municipal   18 5   .783
St. Bonaventure   10 3   .769
Xavier   10 3   .769
Rhode Island State   13 4   .765
William & Mary   13 6   .684
St. Joseph's   16 5   .762
CCNY   12 4   .750
Ohio   12 4   .750
Fordham   14 5   .737
Providence   14 5   .737
Tulsa   10 4   .714
George Washington   11 5   .688
Saint Louis   13 6   .684
Arizona State   12 6   .667
Bowling Green State   10 5   .667
Canisius   10 5   .667
DePauw   12 6   .667
Duquesne   12 6   .667
Harvard   10 5   .667
San Francisco   12 6   .667
Springfield (Mass.)   11 6   .647
Connecticut   10 6   .625
Holy Cross   10 6   .625
Colgate   11 7   .611
Marquette   11 7   .611
Arizona   9 6   .600
New York University   9 6   .600
Notre Dame   12 8   .600
New Mexico   9 7   .563
Texas Tech   11 9   .550
Niagara   12 10   .545
Loyola (Ill.)   8 7   .533
Northern Arizona State   8 7   .533
Marshall   9 8   .529
Bradley   10 9   .526
Detroit   10 9   .526
Seton Hall   12 11   .522
Saint Francis (N.Y.)   17 16   .515
Davidson   8 8   .500
Brown   9 10   .474
Kent State   8 9   .471
Indiana State   7 8   .467
Boston University   6 7   .462
Montana   10 12   .455
West Virginia   9 11   .450
Wake Forest   8 10   .444
Texas State M&M   7 9   .438
Richmond   6 8   .429
Lafayette   8 12   .400
The Citadel   6 9   .400
Muhlenberg   6 9   .400
Rutgers   6 9   .400
New Mexico A&M   9 14   .391
Bucknell   6 11   .353
Villanova   7 13   .350
Miami (Ohio)   5 10   .333
Louisville   5 11   .313
Toledo   5 12   .294
Washburn   4 11   .267
Georgetown   5 16   .238
Saint Mary's (Calif.)   4 13   .235
Lehigh   4 14   .222
Penn State   3 12   .200
Cincinnati   2 15   .118
Dayton   2 15   .118

Statistical leaders

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Awards

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Consensus All-American team

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Consensus Team
Player Class Team
Wes Fesler Senior Ohio State
George Gregory Senior Columbia
Joe Reiff Sophomore Northwestern
Elwood Romney Sophomore Brigham Young
John Wooden Junior Purdue

Major player of the year awards

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Coaching changes

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A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.

Team Former
Coach
Interim
Coach
New
Coach
Reason
Georgetown John Colrick Fred Mesmer

References

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  1. ^ orangehoops.org History of NCAA Basketball Rule Changes
  2. ^ "Playing Rules History" (PDF). ncaa.org. NCAA. p. 11. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  3. ^ Scott, Jon (November 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved December 14, 2015.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. Retrieved February 14, 2009.
  6. ^ 2008–09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide – Postseason Section, Southern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-09
  7. ^ "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  8. ^ "1930-31 Men's Independent Season Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved July 31, 2024.