1910–11 NCAA men's basketball season explained

Year:	1910
Helmschamp:	St. John's (retroactive selection in 1943)
Helmspoy:	Ted Kiendl, Columbia (retroactive selection in 1944)

The 1910–11 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1910, progressed through the regular season, and concluded in March 1911.

Rule changes

• Coaching was prohibited during the progress of the game by anyone connected with either team. The first violation resulted in a warning, and for each subsequent violation a free throw was awarded to the opposing team. Coaching during a game would not be permitted again until the 1948–49 season.^[1]
• Within "Class B" fouls — such as striking, kicking, shouldering, tripping, or hacking an opponent, unnecessary roughness, and using profane or abusive language — a distinction was introduced between personal fouls and other types of fouls.^[1]

Season headlines

• The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (IAAUS) renamed itself the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in 1910 prior to the 1910–11 basketball season.
• After a two-season hiatus and a reorganization, the Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League resumed conference play, with five members.
• The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference began play, with four original members.
• In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected St. John's as its national champion for the 1910–11 season.^[2]
• In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected St. John's as its national champion for the 1910–11 season.^[3]

Conference membership changes

School	Former Conference	New Conference
	Independent	Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
	Independent	Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
	No major basketball program	Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
	Independent	Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League
	Independent	Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League
	No major basketball program	Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
	Independent	Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League
	Independent	Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League
	Independent	Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League

NOTE: Although Colorado College joined the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference for the 1910–11 season, it did not field its first major-level basketball team until the 1913–14 season.

Regular season

Conferences

Conference winners

Conference	Regular Season Winner^[4]	Conference Player of the Year	Conference Tournament	Tournament Venue (City)	Tournament Winner
		None selected	No Tournament
		None selected	No Tournament
			No Tournament
		None selected	No Tournament

Conference standings

Independents

A total of 114 college teams played as major independents. Among independents that played at least 10 games, (10–0), (10–0), (14–0), and St. John's (N.Y.) (14–0) were undefeated, and (15–4) and (15–5) finished with the most wins.^[5]

Statistical leaders

Awards

Helms College Basketball All-Americans

See main article: 1911 NCAA Men's 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 1910–11 season.^[6]

Player	Team
A. D. Alexander	Columbia
Dave Charters	Purdue
C. C. Clementson	Washington
Harry W. Hill	Navy
John Keenan	St. John's (NY)
Ted Kiendl	Columbia
Frank Lawler	Minnesota
W. M. Lee	Columbia
Walter Scoville	Wisconsin
Lewis Walton	Penn

Major player of the year awards

• Helms Player of the Year: Ted Kiendl, Columbia (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
Georgetown	Maurice Joyce		James Colliflower	Joyce retired from coaching after the end of the season.^[7] ^[8]
Wisconsin	Haskell Noyes		Walter Meanwell

Notes and References

1. Web site: Playing Rules History . . . ncaa.org . NCAA . June 25, 2024 . 3, 6.
2. Web site: Jon. Scott. Nov 9, 2010. The truth behind the Helms Committee. 13 May 2021.
3. Book: ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. ESPN. ESPN Books. New York, NY. 2009. 526, 529–587. 978-0-345-51392-2.
4. News: 2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section. 2009. NCAA. 14 February 2009.
5. Web site: 1910-11 Men's Independent Season Summary . . July 25, 2024.
6. http://www.apbr.org/ncaa-aa.html The Association for Professional Basketball Research "NCAA All-American Teams, 1919–20 to 1998–99"
7. Web site: The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Head Coaches . 2014-01-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170527235527/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/coaches/bb-coach.htm . 2017-05-27 . dead .
8. http://www.hoyabasketball.com/history/hist11.htmThe Georgetown Basketball History Project: Basketball's Roots at Georgetown