1922–23 NCAA men's basketball season

The 1922–23 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1922, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded in March 1923.

1922–23 NCAA men's basketball season
Helms National Champions	Kansas (retroactive selection in 1943)
Player of the Year (Helms)	Paul Endacott, Kansas (retroactive selection in 1944)

Season headlines

• In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Kansas as its national champion for the 1922–23 season.
• In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Army as its top-ranked team for the 1922–23 season.

Rule changes

• If a defending player interfered with the ball or basket while the ball was on the basket’s rim, a field goal was awarded to the shooting team. Previously, the shooting team had been awarded a free-throw attempt under these circumstances.

Conference membership changes

School	Former conference	New conference
Florida Gators	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Southern Conference
LSU Tigers	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Southern Conference
Mississippi Rebels	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Southern Conference
Sewanee Tigers	Non-major basketball program	Independent
South Carolina Gamecocks	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Southern Conference
Tulane Green Wave	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Southern Conference
Vanderbilt Commodores	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Southern Conference

Regular season

Conferences

Conference winners and tournaments

Conference	Regular season winner	Conference player of the year	Conference tournament	Tournament venue (City)	Tournament winner
Big Ten Conference	Iowa & Wisconsin	None selected	No Tournament
Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League	Yale	None selected	No Tournament
Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Kansas	None selected	No Tournament
Pacific Coast Conference	Idaho (North); California (South)		No Tournament; Idaho defeated California in best-of-three conference championship playoff series
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference	Colorado College		No Tournament
Southern Conference	North Carolina	None selected	1923 Southern Intercollegiate men's basketball tournament (see note)	Municipal Auditorium (Atlanta, Georgia)	Mississippi A&M
Southwest Conference	Texas A&M	None selected	No Tournament

NOTE: The 1923 Southern Intercollegiate men's basketball tournament included teams from both the Southern Conference and the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association. Although it was a regional rather than conference tournament whose champion claimed the mythical title of "Champions of the South," the Southern Conference considered it the "official" Southern Conference tournament for 1923.

Conference standings

1922–23 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Iowa 11 – 1   .917 13 – 2   .867 Wisconsin 11 – 1   .917 12 – 3   .800 Michigan 8 – 4   .667 11 – 4   .733 Illinois 7 – 5   .583 9 – 6   .600 Purdue 7 – 5   .583 9 – 6   .600 Chicago 6 – 6   .500 6 – 9   .400 Indiana 5 – 7   .417 8 – 7   .533 Northwestern 3 – 9   .250 5 – 10   .333 Ohio State 1 – 11   .083 4 – 11   .267 Minnesota 1 – 11   .083 2 – 13   .133	1922–23 Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League standings Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Yale 7 – 3   .700 16 – 3   .842 Princeton 6 – 4   .600 16 – 4   .800 Cornell 6 – 4   .600 15 – 6   .714 Columbia 5 – 5   .500 9 – 7   .563 Dartmouth 3 – 7   .300 14 – 7   .667 Penn 3 – 7   .300 14 – 11   .560	1922–23 Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association men's basketball standings Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Kansas 16 – 0   1.000 17 – 1   .944 Missouri 14 – 2   .875 15 – 3   .833 Drake 10 – 6   .625 10 – 6   .625 Iowa State 9 – 7   .563 10 – 8   .556 Washington University 8 – 8   .500 8 – 10   .444 Nebraska 5 – 11   .313 6 – 12   .333 Oklahoma 5 – 11   .313 6 – 12   .333 Grinnell 3 – 13   .188 3 – 13   .188 Kansas State 2 – 14   .125 2 – 14   .125
1922–23 Pacific Coast Conference men's basketball standings Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT North Idaho † 5 – 3   .625 27 – 3   .900 Washington 5 – 3   .625 12 – 4   .750 Oregon Agricultural 4 – 4   .500 19 – 7   .731 Washington State 4 – 4   .500 16 – 10   .615 Oregon 2 – 6   .250 15 – 10   .600 South California 5 – 3   .625 12 – 6   .667 Stanford 5 – 3   .625 12 – 4   .750 USC 2 – 6   .250 5 – 12   .294 † Conference playoff series winner As of 1923	1922–23 Rocky Mountain Conference standings Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Colorado College 7 – 1   .875 9 – 1   .900 Colorado Mines 6 – 2   .750 7 – 3   .700 Denver 4 – 4   .500 5 – 4   .556 Colorado 1 – 5   .167 1 – 7   .125 Wyoming 0 – 6   .000 2 – 6   .250
1922–23 Southern Conference men's basketball standings Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT North Carolina 5 – 0   1.000 15 – 1   .938 Vanderbilt 2 – 0   1.000 16 – 8   .667 Tulane 5 – 1   .833 15 – 3   .833 Tennessee 3 – 1   .750 15 – 2   .882 Mississippi A&M† 8 – 3   .727 15 – 4   .789 Washington and Lee 4 – 2   .667 7 – 8   .467 Georgia Tech 5 – 3   .625 9 – 9   .500 Alabama 3 – 3   .500 20 – 5   .800 Clemson 3 – 3   .500 11 – 6   .647 Georgia 3 – 3   .500 11 – 8   .579 Auburn 2 – 3   .400 7 – 7   .500 Mississippi 2 – 4   .333 8 – 7   .533 Virginia Tech 1 – 2   .333 13 – 6   .684 NC State 1 – 2   .333 5 – 8   .385 Virginia 1 – 3   .250 12 – 5   .706 South Carolina 0 – 3   .000 6 – 13   .316 Florida 0 – 3   .000 2 – 5   .286 Kentucky 0 – 5   .000 3 – 10   .231 LSU 0 – 6   .000 10 – 10   .500 † Southern Intercollegiate Tournament winner	1922–23 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Texas A&M 15 – 3   .833 16 – 4   .800 Texas 9 – 7   .563 11 – 7   .611 Rice 7 – 8   .467 10 – 9   .526 Oklahoma A&M 7 – 8   .467 12 – 11   .522 Baylor 7 – 13   .350 7 – 16   .304 SMU 4 – 10   .286 10 – 11   .476

Independents

A total of 107 college teams played as major independents. Army (17–0) and Franklin (17–0) were undefeated and Southwestern (25–2) finished with the most wins.

1922–23 NCAA men's basketball independents standings Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Army –   – 17 – 0   1.000 Franklin –   – 17 – 0   1.000 Springfield (Mass.) –   – 15 – 1   .938 Hardin–Simmons –   – 13 – 1   .929 North Texas State –   – 13 – 1   .929 Penn State –   – 13 – 1   .929 Southwestern (Kan.) –   – 25 – 2   .926 Akron –   – 12 – 1   .923 CCNY –   – 12 – 1   .923 Denison –   – 12 – 1   .923 Washington College –   – 21 – 2   .913 Marquette –   – 19 – 2   .905 Carleton –   – 17 – 2   .895 Duquesne –   – 16 – 2   .889 Montana State –   – 18 – 3   .857 Western Kentucky State –   – 12 – 2   .857 Arizona –   – 17 – 3   .850 Butler –   – 17 – 3   .850 DePauw –   – 15 – 3   .833 Rensselaer –   – 15 – 3   .833 Grove City –   – 19 – 4   .826 North Dakota Agricultural –   – 14 – 3   .824 Concordia Seminary –   – 9 – 2   .818 Indiana State –   – 20 – 5   .800 Rutgers –   – 11 – 3   .786 Navy –   – 14 – 4   .778 Niagara –   – 13 – 4   .765 UCLA –   – 12 – 4   .750 Valparaiso –   – 15 – 5   .750 West Texas State –   – 12 – 4   .750 Western State Normal –   – 17 – 6   .739 Bradley –   – 14 – 5   .737 Harvard –   – 14 – 5   .737 Georgetown –   – 8 – 3   .727 Saint Francis (N.Y.) –   – 21 – 8   .724 Colgate –   – 13 – 5   .722 Xavier –   – 13 – 5   .722 Canisius –   – 10 – 4   .714 Temple –   – 10 – 4   .714 Wake Forest –   – 12 – 5   .706 New Mexico A&M –   – 14 – 6   .700 Bowling Green State –   – 9 – 4   .692 Rhode Island State –   – 9 – 4   .692 Richmond –   – 9 – 4   .692 Creighton –   – 11 – 5   .688 Trinity (N.C.) –   – 15 – 7   .682 Kalamazoo –   – 17 – 8   .680 Tempe Normal –   – 8 – 4   .667 Mount Union –   – 12 – 6   .667 Northern Colorado –   – 10 – 5   .667 Pittsburgh –   – 10 – 5   .667 Seton Hall –   – 8 – 4   .667 Utah State –   – 8 – 4   .667 Vermont –   – 12 – 6   .667 William & Mary –   – 8 – 4   .667 Fairmount –   – 13 – 7   .650 West Virginia –   – 12 – 7   .632 Wabash –   – 17 – 10   .630 Santa Clara –   – 10 – 6   .625 Union (N.Y.) –   – 10 – 6   .625 Utah –   – 5 – 3   .625 Villanova –   – 10 – 6   .625 Furman –   – 11 – 7   .611 Lafayette –   – 12 – 8   .600 Miami (Ohio) –   – 9 – 6   .600 Cincinnati –   – 13 – 9   .591 Brigham Young –   – 7 – 5   .583 Buffalo –   – 7 – 5   .583 Manhattan –   – 7 – 5   .583 Ohio –   – 11 – 8   .579 VMI –   – 8 – 6   .571 St. Bonaventure –   – 13 – 10   .565 Detroit –   – 9 – 7   .563 Wooster –   – 10 – 8   .556 Loyola (Md.) –   – 6 – 5   .545 Connecticut –   – 8 – 7   .533 Michigan State Normal –   – 10 – 9   .526 St. John's (N.Y.) –   – 11 – 10   .524 The Citadel –   – 5 – 5   .500 Davidson –   – 9 – 9   .500 Dayton –   – 8 – 8   .500 New York University –   – 6 – 6   .500 Northern Arizona Normal –   – 6 – 6   .500 Saint Louis –   – 5 – 5   .500 Lehigh –   – 9 – 10   .474 Muhlenberg –   – 9 – 10   .474 St. Joseph's –   – 7 – 8   .467 Notre Dame –   – 10 – 12   .455 Bucknell –   – 9 – 11   .450 Loyola (Ill.) –   – 5 – 7   .417 Kent State Normal –   – 4 – 6   .400 Syracuse –   – 8 – 12   .400 Washburn –   – 6 – 9   .400 Brown –   – 6 – 10   .375 Holy Cross –   – 7 – 13   .350 Montana –   – 7 – 14   .333 George Washington –   – 4 – 11   .267 Marshall –   – 1 – 3   .250 Tulsa –   – 1 – 3   .250 New Mexico –   – 2 – 7   .222 Saint Mary's (Calif.) –   – 2 – 7   .222 Toledo –   – 2 – 7   .222 Texas Christian –   – 3 – 13   .188 Sewanee –   – 1 – 6   .143 Texas State M&M –   – 1 – 6   .143 Boston University –   – 0 – 2   .000 Colorado Agricultural –   – 0 – 1   .000

Awards

Helms College Basketball All-Americans

Main article: 1923 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 1922–23 season.

Player	Team
Charlie Black	Kansas
Arthur Browning	Missouri
Herb Bunker	Missouri
Cartwright Carmichael	North Carolina
Paul Endacott	Kansas
Al Fox	Idaho
Ira McKee	Navy
Arthur Loeb	Princeton
James Lovley	Creighton
John Luther	Cornell

Major player of the year awards

• Helms Player of the Year: Paul Endacott, Kansas (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
Alabama	Charles A. Bernier		Hank Crisp
Arizona	James Pierce		Basil Stanley
Army	Harry A. Fisher		John Van Vliet
Tempe Normal	Ernest C. Wills		Aaron McCreary
Bowling Green State	Allen Snyder		Ray B. McCandless
Brown	Walter Snell		Harold Evans
Bucknell	Clarence Glass		Moose McCormick
Clemson	E. J. Stewart		Bud Saunders	Stewart left to coach at Texas.
Connecticut	Roy J. Guyer		Sumner Dole
Davidson	H. M. Grey		William L. Younger
Dayton	Van F. Hill		Harry Baujan
Denver	Ralph Woods		Aubrey Devine
Detroit	Paul Harbrecht		John Barrett
Duquesne	Eugene McGuigan		Bill Campbell
Fairmount	Lamar Hoover		Sam H. Hill
Florida	Check Byrd		James L. White
George Washington	Bryan Morse		Jack Dailey
Georgetown	Jackie Maloney		John O'Reilly	After a two-season absence due to poor health, O'Reilly was able to return to the head coaching position for the following season, and Maloney stepped aside.
Illinois State	Harrison Russell		Clifford E. Horton
Indiana State	Birch Bayh		Arthur L. Strum
Kent State Normal	Paul G. Chandler		Frank Harsh
Louisiana State	Tad Gormley		Moon Ducote
Loyola (Md.)	Stan Cook		William Schuerholz
Loyola (Ill.)	Jack Tierney		Lenny Sachs
Marshall	J. E. R. Barnes		Bill Strickling
NC State	Harry Hartsell		Richard Crozier
Nebraska	Owen A. Frank		William G. Kline
Nevada	Ray Courtright		Doc Martie
Niagara	John F. Blake		Pete Dwyer
Notre Dame	Walter Halas		George Keogan	Halas left to coach basketball, football, and baseball at Mount St. Mary's.
NYU	Ed Thorp		Howard Cann
Oregon	George Bohler		William Reinhart
Princeton	Hill Zahn		Albert Wittmer
Rice	Philip Arbuckle		Pete Cawthon
Santa Clara	Joe Aurrecoechea		Eddie Kienholz
St. Bonaventure	Al Carmont		Glen Carberry
Temple	M. Francois Dienes		Samuel Dienes
Texas	Milton Romney		E. J. Stewart
Texas Christian	John McKnight		Matty Bell
Toledo	Claude H. Watts		Darrell Fox
Texas State M&M	Tommy Dwyer		Jack C. Vowell
Valparaiso	Earl Goheen		William Shadoan
Vanderbilt	Wallace Wade		Josh Cody
Virginia Tech	William L. Younger		B. C. Cubbage	Younger left and began coaching at Davidson.
Wake Forest	Phil Utley		Hank Garrity