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1912–13 NCAA men's basketball season
The 1912–13 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1912, progressed through the regular season, and concluded in March 1913.
| 1912–13 NCAA men's basketball season |
|---|
| Navy (retroactive selection in 1943) |
| Eddie Calder, St. Lawrence (retroactive selection in 1944) |
The 1912–13 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1912, progressed through the regular season, and concluded in March 1913.
- In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Navy as its national champion for the 1912–13 season.
- In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Navy as its top-ranked team for the 1912–13 season.
| Conference | Regular Season Winner | Conference Player of the Year | Conference Tournament | Tournament Venue (City) | Tournament Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League | Cornell | None selected | No Tournament | ||
| Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Nebraska (North) & Kansas (South) | None selected | No Tournament;Nebraska was the conference champion | ||
| Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference | Colorado | No Tournament | |||
| Western Conference | Wisconsin | None selected | No Tournament |
A total of 125 college teams played as major independents. Among independents that played at least 10 games, Dayton (11–0), Detroit (13–0), and Grinnell (11–0) were undefeated, and Utah (21–3) finished with the most wins.
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 1912–13 season.
| Player | Team |
|---|---|
| Eddie Calder | St. Lawrence |
| Sam Carrier | Nebraska |
| Gil Halstead | Cornell |
| Edward Hayward | Wesleyan (Conn.) |
| Allen Johnson | Wisconsin |
| William Roberts | Army |
| Hamilton Salmon | Princeton |
| Alphonse Schumacher | Dayton |
| Larry Teeple | Purdue |
| Laurence Wild | Navy |
- Helms Player of the Year: Eddie Calder, St. Lawrence (retroactive selection in 1944)
A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.
| Team | FormerCoach | InterimCoach | NewCoach | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona State–Tempe | C. W. Adams | G. W. Henry | ||
| Army | Harvey Higley | Joseph Stilwell | Stilwell's third and final tenure as basketball coach. | |
| Baylor | Ralph Glaze | Norman C. Paine | Paine also became the football coach and athletic director. | |
| Bucknell | H. E. Shaffner | Dwite Shaffner | ||
| The Citadel | J. G. Briggs | Darl Buse | ||
| Clemson | Frank Dobson | John W. Erwin | ||
| Colgate | Ellery Huntington Sr. | Walt Hammond | ||
| Dartmouth | James Mullen | C. A. Reed | ||
| Detroit | Royal R. Campbell | Walter Hardy | ||
| Indiana | Art Powell | Arthur Berndt | Berndt also became the baseball coach. | |
| Iowa | Floyd Thomas | Maury Kent | ||
| Kentucky | John J. Tigert | Alpha Brumage | ||
| Lehigh | Tom Keady | S. E. Muthart | ||
| LSU | F. M. Long | Charles C. Stroud | Stroud also became athletic director and baseball coach. | |
| Manhattan | Fred J. Murphy | Edward Hanrahan | Murphy left to become Northwestern's athletic director. | |
| Miami (OH) | M. Hoskins | A. D. Browne | ||
| Montana State | Earnest Dockstader | Joe Markham | ||
| Navy | Louis Wenzell | Laurence Wild | ||
| NC State | Chuck Sandborn | Jack Hegarty | ||
| Nevada | C. E. Holoway | Silas Ross | ||
| North Dakota | Charles Armstrong | Fred V. Archer | ||
| North Dakota Agricultural | Arthur Rueber | Howard Wood | ||
| Notre Dame | Bill Nelson | Jesse Harper | Harper also became the head football coach and the athletic director. | |
| Ohio | C. M. Douthit | M. B. Banks | ||
| Oregon | Bill Hayward | Hugo Bezdek | ||
| South Carolina | James G. Driver | James Blackburn | ||
| Temple | Frederick Prosch | William Nicholai | ||
| Texas | Carl Taylor | L. Theo Bellmont | ||
| Trinity (N.C.) | Joseph Brinn | Nobel Clay | ||
| Tulane | Appleton A. Mason | Carl Hanson | ||
| Vanderbilt | Oscar G. Nelson | Guy T. Denton | ||
| Virginia Tech | Houston Hughes | Branch Bocock | ||
| VMI | Alpha Brumage | W. C. Raffery | Brumage left VMI to coach at Kentucky. | |
| William & Mary | William J. Young | Dexter W. Draper | ||
| Wyoming | Leon Exelby | Ralph Thacker | ||
| Yale | Pop Foster | Haskell Noyes |
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