| Year: | 1914 |
| Helmschamp: | Illinois (retroactive selection in 1943) |
| Helmspoy: | Ernest Houghton, Union (NY) (retroactive selection in 1944) |
The 1914–15 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1914, progressed through the regular season, and concluded in March 1915.
| School | Former Conference | New Conference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Southwest Conference | ||
| No major basketball program | Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference | ||
| No major basketball program | Southwest Conference | ||
| No major basketball program | Southwest Conference | ||
| Independent | Southwest Conference | ||
| Independent | Southwest Conference |
| Conference | Regular Season Winner[3] | 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 | |||||
| None selected | No Tournament | |||||
A total of 124 college teams played as major independents. Among independents that played at least 10 games, (17–0) was undefeated, and Virginia, (17–6), and (17–15) finished with the most wins.[4]
See main article: 1915 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 1914–15 season.[5]
| Player | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| W. P. Arnold | Yale | |
| Leslie Brown | Cornell | |
| Ernest Houghton | Union (NY) | |
| Charlie Lee | Columbia | |
| George Levis | Wisconsin | |
| Elmer Oliphant | Purdue | |
| Tony Savage | Washington | |
| Ralph Sproull | Kansas | |
| Wellington Strickley | Virginia | |
| Ray Woods | Illinois |