1905–06 NCAA Division I men's basketball season | |
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Helms National Champions | Dartmouth (retroactive selection in 1943) |
Player of the Year (Helms) | George Grebenstein, Dartmouth (retroactive selection in 1944) |
The 1905–06 collegiate men's basketball season in the United States began in December 1905, progressed through the regular season, and concluded in March 1906.
Season headlines
- The Western Conference (the future Big Ten Conference) sponsored its first conference basketball season and recognized a regular-season champion for the first time.
- In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Dartmouth as its national champion for the 1905–06 season.[1]
- In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Wabash as its national champion for the 1905–06 season.[2]
Conference membership changes
School | Former Conference | New Conference |
---|---|---|
Harvard Crimson | Independent | Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League |
Illinois Fighting Illini | No major basketball program | Western Conference |
Northwestern Wildcats | Western Conference | No major basketball program |
Regular season
Conference winners
Conference | Regular Season Winner[3] |
Conference Player of the Year |
Conference Tournament |
Tournament Venue (City) |
Tournament Winner |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League | Penn | None selected | No Tournament | ||
Western Conference | 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 1905–06 season.[4]
Player | Team |
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Harold Amberg | Harvard |
Garfield Brown | Minnesota |
Eugene Cowell | Williams |
George Flint | Penn |
George Grebenstein | Dartmouth |
Ralph Griffiths | Harvard |
Marcus Hurley | Columbia |
Charles Keinath | Penn |
James McKeag | Chicago |
John Schommer | Chicago |
Major player of the year awards
- Helms Player of the Year: George Grebenstein, Dartmouth (retroactive selection in 1944)
Coaching changes
A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.
Team | Former Coach |
Interim Coach |
New Coach |
Reason |
---|---|---|---|---|
Brown | Oscar Rackle | W. W. Reynolds | ||
Chicago | Wilfred Childs | Joseph Raycroft | ||
Indiana | Zora G. Clevenger | James M. Sheldon | ||
Princeton | Frederick Cooper | William Kelleher |
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"
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