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1931–32 NCAA men's basketball season

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The 1931–32 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1931, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded in March 1932.

Season headlines

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Conference membership changes

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School Former conference New conference
Ada Teachers College Tigers Independent Non-major basketball program
Arizona Wildcats Independent Border Conference
Arizona State Teachers–Flagstaff Lumberjacks Independent Border Conference
Arizona State Teachers Bulldogs Independent Border Conference
New Mexico Lobos Independent Border Conference
New Mexico A&M Aggies Independent Border Conference

Regular season

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Conferences

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Conference winners and tournaments

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Conference Regular
season winner[4]
Conference
player of the year
Conference
tournament
Tournament
venue (City)
Tournament
winner
Big Six Conference Kansas None selected No Tournament
Big Ten Conference Purdue None selected No Tournament
Border Conference Arizona None selected No Tournament
Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League Princeton None selected No Tournament
Missouri Valley Conference Creighton None selected No Tournament
Pacific Coast Conference Washington (North);
USC (South)
No Tournament;
USC defeated Washington in best-of-three conference championship playoff series
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Wyoming (Eastern);
BYU & Utah (Western)
No Tournament
Southern Conference Kentucky & Maryland None selected 1932 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament Municipal Auditorium
(Atlanta, Georgia)
Georgia[5]
Southwest Conference Baylor None selected No Tournament

Conference standings

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1931–32 Big Six Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Kansas 7 3   .700 13 5   .722
Oklahoma 6 4   .600 9 5   .643
Missouri 6 4   .600 9 9   .500
Kansas State 5 5   .500 7 8   .467
Iowa State 4 6   .400 9 6   .600
Nebraska 2 8   .200 3 17   .150
1931–32 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Purdue 11 1   .917 17 1   .944
Minnesota 9 3   .750 15 3   .833
Northwestern 9 3   .750 13 5   .722
Michigan 8 4   .667 11 6   .647
Illinois 7 5   .583 11 6   .647
Ohio State 5 7   .417 9 9   .500
Indiana 4 8   .333 8 10   .444
Wisconsin 3 9   .250 8 10   .444
Iowa 3 9   .250 5 12   .294
Chicago 1 11   .083 2 15   .118
1931–32 Border Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Arizona 8 2   .800 18 2   .900
Arizona State Teachers–Flagstaff 8 4   .667 9 8   .529
New Mexico 5 5   .500 10 6   .625
Arizona State Teachers 4 8   .333 7 12   .368
New Mexico A&M 1 7   .125 9 10   .474
1931–32 Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Princeton 8 2   .800 18 4   .818
Columbia 8 2   .800 16 6   .727
Cornell 6 4   .600 10 10   .500
Dartmouth 5 5   .500 15 6   .714
Penn 2 8   .200 10 11   .476
Yale 1 9   .100 10 12   .455
1931–32 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Creighton 8 0   1.000 17 4   .810
Grinnell 5 3   .625 8 8   .500
Washington University 3 5   .375 10 9   .526
Oklahoma A&M 2 6   .250 4 15   .211
Drake 2 6   .250 2 17   .105
1931–32 Pacific Coast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
North
Washington 12 4   .750 19 6   .760
Washington State 11 5   .688 22 5   .815
Oregon State 7 9   .438 13 11   .542
Oregon 7 9   .438 13 11   .542
Idaho 2 14   .125 8 16   .333
South
California 8 3   .727 16 8   .667
USC 8 3   .727 10 12   .455
UCLA 4 7   .364 9 10   .474
Stanford 2 9   .182 6 13   .316
† Conference playoff series winner
1931–32 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern
Wyoming 12 0   1.000 18 2   .900
Northern Colorado 10 4   .714 10 4   .714
Colorado College 10 4   .714 14 6   .700
Colorado 9 5   .643 10 7   .588
Colorado Agricultural 4 8   .333 4 8   .333
Western State 2 8   .200 3 8   .273
Denver 2 12   .143 3 15   .167
Colorado Mines 1 9   .100 1 9   .100
Western
BYU 8 4   .667 20 12   .625
Utah 8 4   .667 14 9   .609
Montana State 6 6   .500 14 15   .483
Utah State 2 10   .167 7 15   .318
1931–32 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Kentucky 9 1   .900 15 2   .882
Maryland 9 1   .900 16 4   .800
Auburn 9 2   .818 12 3   .800
Alabama 11 3   .786 16 4   .800
North Carolina 6 3   .667 16 5   .762
Virginia 6 3   .667 13 8   .619
Georgia 7 4   .636 19 7   .731
Ole Miss 8 5   .615 9 6   .600
Georgia Tech 5 3   .625 7 6   .538
North Carolina State 6 4   .600 10 6   .625
Duke 6 5   .545 14 11   .560
LSU 8 8   .500 11 9   .550
Tennessee 5 5   .500 8 7   .533
South Carolina 2 2   .500 9 7   .563
Vanderbilt 5 7   .417 8 11   .421
Mississippi A&M 4 7   .364 5 10   .333
Tulane 5 9   .357 6 10   .375
Florida 4 10   .286 8 12   .400
Washington and Lee 3 8   .273 9 10   .474
Virginia Tech 2 8   .200 8 9   .471
Clemson 2 9   .182 8 12   .400
Sewanee 1 7   .125 3 9   .250
VMI 0 9   .000 0 14   .000
Southern Conference Tournament winner
1931–32 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Baylor 10 2   .833 14 4   .778
TCU 9 3   .750 18 4   .818
Arkansas 8 4   .667 18 6   .750
Texas 5 7   .417 13 9   .591
Texas A&M 4 8   .333 10 9   .526
Rice 4 8   .333 5 9   .357
SMU 2 10   .167 9 13   .409

Major independents

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A total of 84 college teams played as major independents. Dakota Wesleyan (19–1) had the best winning percentage (.950), and Northwest Missouri State (26–2) finished with the most wins.[7]

1931–32 NCAA men's basketball independents standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Dakota Wesleyan   19 1   .950
Carleton   17 1   .944
CCNY   16 1   .941
Mount Union   16 1   .941
Furman   15 1   .938
Northwest Missouri State   26 2   .929
Canisius   11 1   .917
Notre Dame   18 2   .900
Westminster (Pa.)   16 2   .889
Loyola (Ill.)   15 2   .882
DePauw   14 2   .875
West Texas State   20 3   .870
St. John's (N.Y.)   22 4   .846
Navy   13 3   .813
Rhode Island State   13 3   .813
LIU   16 4   .800
Niagara   19 5   .792
Providence   19 5   .792
Buffalo   15 4   .789
Santa Clara   15 4   .789
Xavier   10 3   .769
Richmond   9 3   .750
Butler   14 5   .737
Colgate   14 5   .737
Western State Teachers   14 5   .737
George Washington   11 4   .733
Lafayette   10 4   .714
Michigan State   12 5   .706
Duquesne   14 6   .700
San Francisco   11 5   .688
Saint Louis   13 6   .684
William & Mary   13 6   .684
Louisville   15 7   .682
Army   10 5   .667
Indiana State   10 5   .667
Springfield (Mass.)   10 5   .667
La Salle   15 8   .652
Western Kentucky State   15 8   .652
Temple   13 7   .650
Manhattan   14 8   .636
Wichita Municipal   12 7   .632
Syracuse   13 8   .619
DePaul   9 6   .600
Tulsa   10 7   .588
Marquette   11 8   .579
Fordham   10 8   .556
Seton Hall   10 9   .526
Ohio   11 10   .524
Detroit   8 8   .500
Loyola (Md.)   8 8   .500
New York University   6 6   .500
Valparaiso   12 12   .500
Toledo   8 9   .471
Pittsburgh   14 16   .467
Harvard   6 7   .462
Texas State M&M   6 7   .462
Marshall   8 10   .444
St. Joseph's   8 10   .444
Saint Mary's (Calif.)   11 14   .440
Bucknell   7 9   .438
The Citadel   8 11   .421
Bradley   7 10   .412
Saint Francis (N.Y.)   9 13   .409
Penn State   6 9   .400
St. Bonaventure   4 6   .400
Texas Tech   9 14   .391
Villanova   7 11   .389
Washburn   7 11   .389
Boston University   5 8   .385
Miami (Ohio)   6 10   .375
Georgetown   6 11   .353
Lehigh   6 11   .353
Bowling Green State   6 12   .333
Wake Forest   4 8   .333
West Virginia   7 14   .333
Rutgers   4 9   .308
Montana   6 14   .300
Cincinnati   4 11   .267
Connecticut   3 11   .214
Muhlenberg   4 15   .211
Davidson   3 12   .200
Dayton   3 12   .200
Kent State   2 13   .133
Brown   2 14   .125

Statistical leaders

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Awards

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Consensus All-American team

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Consensus Team
Player Class Team
Lou Bender Senior Columbia
Boze Berger Senior Maryland
Moose Krause Sophomore Notre Dame
Forest Sale Junior Kentucky
Les Witte Sophomore Wyoming
John Wooden Senior Purdue

Major player of the year awards

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Coaching changes

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References

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  1. ^ "Playing Rules History" (PDF). ncaa.org. NCAA. p. 13. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  2. ^ Scott, Jon (November 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved December 14, 2015.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. Retrieved February 14, 2009.
  5. ^ 2008–09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide – Postseason Section, Southern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-09
  6. ^ "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  7. ^ "1931-32 Men's Independent Season Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved July 31, 2024.