# 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.

## 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 national champion 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 | No Tournament | No Tournament |
| Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League | Yale | None selected | No Tournament | No Tournament | No Tournament |
| Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Kansas | None selected | No Tournament | No Tournament | No Tournament |
| Pacific Coast Conference | Idaho (North); California (South) | | No Tournament; Idaho defeated California in best-of-three conference championship playoff series | No Tournament; Idaho defeated California in best-of-three conference championship playoff series | No Tournament; Idaho defeated California in best-of-three conference championship playoff series |
| Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference | Colorado College | | No Tournament | No Tournament | 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 | No Tournament | 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 :
| 1922–23 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings vteConfOverall TeamW L PCTW L PCT Iowa11–1 .91713–2  .867 Wisconsin11–1 .91712–3  .800 Michigan8–4 .66711–4  .733 Illinois7–5 .5839–6  .600 Purdue7–5 .5839–6  .600 Chicago6–6 .5006–9  .400 Indiana5–7 .4178–7  .533 Northwestern3–9 .2505–10  .333 Ohio State1–11 .0834–11  .267 Minnesota1–11 .0832–13  .133 | 1922–23 Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League standings vteConfOverall TeamW L PCTW L PCT Yale7–3 .70016–3  .842 Princeton6–4 .60016–4  .800 Cornell6–4 .60015–6  .714 Columbia5–5 .5009–7  .563 Dartmouth3–7 .30014–7  .667 Penn3–7 .30014–11  .560 | 1922–23 Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association men's basketball standings vteConfOverall TeamW L PCTW L PCT Kansas16–0 1.00017–1  .944 Missouri14–2 .87515–3  .833 Drake10–6 .62510–6  .625 Iowa State9–7 .56310–8  .556 Washington University8–8 .5008–10  .444 Nebraska5–11 .3136–12  .333 Oklahoma5–11 .3136–12  .333 Grinnell3–13 .1883–13  .188 Kansas State2–14 .1252–14  .125 |
| 1922–23 Pacific Coast Conference men's basketball standings vteConfOverall TeamW L PCTW L PCT North Idaho †5–3 .62527–3  .900 Washington5–3 .62512–4  .750 Oregon Agricultural4–4 .50019–7  .731 Washington State4–4 .50016–10  .615 Oregon2–6 .25015–10  .600 South California5–3 .62512–6  .667 Stanford5–3 .62512–4  .750 USC2–6 .2505–12  .294 † Conference playoff series winner As of 1923 | 1922–23 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference standings ConfOverall TeamW L PCTW L PCT Colorado College7–1 .8759–1  .900 Colorado Mines6–2 .7507–3  .700 Denver4–4 .5005–4  .556 Colorado1–5 .1671–7  .125 Wyoming0–6 .0002–6  .250 |
| 1922–23 Southern Conference men's basketball standings vteConfOverall TeamW L PCTW L PCT North Carolina5–0 1.00015–1  .938 Vanderbilt2–0 1.00016–8  .667 Tulane5–1 .83315–3  .833 Tennessee3–1 .75015–2  .882 Mississippi A&M†8–3 .72715–4  .789 Washington and Lee4–2 .6677–8  .467 Georgia Tech5–3 .6259–9  .500 Alabama3–3 .50020–5  .800 Clemson3–3 .50011–6  .647 Georgia3–3 .50011–8  .579 Auburn2–3 .4007–7  .500 Mississippi2–4 .3338–7  .533 Virginia Tech1–2 .33313–6  .684 NC State1–2 .3335–8  .385 Virginia1–3 .25012–5  .706 South Carolina0–3 .0006–13  .316 Florida0–3 .0002–5  .286 Kentucky0–5 .0003–10  .231 LSU0–6 .00010–10  .500 † Southern Intercollegiate Tournament winner As of April 30, 1923 | 1922–23 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings vteConfOverall TeamW L PCTW L PCT Texas A&M15–3 .83316–4  .800 Texas9–7 .56311–7  .611 Rice7–8 .46710–9  .526 Oklahoma A&M7–8 .46712–11  .522 Baylor7–13 .3507–16  .304 SMU4–10 .28610–11  .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 :
* 1922–23 NCAA men's basketball independents standings
* vteConfOverall
* TeamW L PCTW 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

### 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 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 |
| 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. |
| NYU | Ed Thorp | | Howard Cann | |