# 1924–25 NCAA men's basketball season

The 1924–25 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1924, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded in March 1925.

## Season headlines

* Washburn won the annual Amateur Athletic Union basketball tournament — which included both collegiate and amateur non-collegiate teams — becoming the fourth and final college team to do so.
* In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Princeton as its national champion for the 1924–25 season.
* In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Princeton as its national champion for the 1924–25 season.

## Conference membership changes

| School | Former conference | New conference |
| Colorado Normal Bears | Independent | Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference |
| USC Trojans | Pacific Coast Conference | Independent |
| Western State Mountaineers | Independent | Rocky Mountain Athletic 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 | Ohio State | None selected | No Tournament | No Tournament | No Tournament |
| Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League | Princeton | 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 | Oregon Agricultural (North); California (South) | | No Tournament; California defeated Oregon Agricultural in best-of-three conference championship playoff series | No Tournament; California defeated Oregon Agricultural in best-of-three conference championship playoff series | No Tournament; California defeated Oregon Agricultural in best-of-three conference championship playoff series |
| Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference | Colorado College (Eastern); BYU (Western) | | No Tournament | No Tournament | No Tournament |
| Southern Conference | North Carolina | None selected | 1925 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament | Municipal Auditorium (Atlanta, Georgia) | North Carolina |
| Southwest Conference | Oklahoma A&M | None selected | No Tournament | No Tournament | No Tournament |

#### Conference standings

1924–25 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings :
| 1924–25 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings vteConfOverall TeamW L PCTW L PCT Ohio State11–1 .91714–2  .875 Indiana8–4 .66712–5  .706 Illinois8–4 .66711–6  .647 Purdue7–4 .6369–5  .643 Michigan6–5 .5458–6  .571 Minnesota6–6 .5009–7  .563 Iowa5–7 .4176–10  .375 Northwestern4–8 .3336–11  .353 Wisconsin3–9 .2506–11  .353 Chicago1–11 .0833–14  .176 | 1924–25 Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League standings vteConfOverall TeamW L PCTW L PCT Princeton9–1 .90021–2  .913 Penn6–4 .60017–5  .773 Dartmouth6–4 .60012–5  .706 Columbia6–4 .60010–7  .588 Cornell3–7 .3007–8  .467 Yale0–10 .0003–16  .158 | 1924–25 Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association men's basketball standings vteConfOverall TeamW L PCTW L PCT Kansas15–1 .93817–1  .944 Nebraska13–3 .81314–4  .778 Kansas State10–6 .62510–8  .556 Washington University10–6 .62510–8  .556 Oklahoma9–7 .56310–8  .556 Missouri6–10 .3757–11  .389 Drake4–12 .2504–12  .250 Grinnell4–12 .2504–13  .235 Iowa State1–15 .0632–15  .118 |
| 1924–25 Pacific Coast Conference men's basketball standings vteConfOverall TeamW L PCTW L PCT North Oregon Agricultural7–2 .77829–8  .784 Oregon7–2 .77816–4  .800 Washington5–5 .50014–7  .667 Idaho5–5 .50019–8  .704 Montana2–6 .2509–10  .474 Washington State2–8 .20018–11  .621 South California †3–1 .75011–4  .733 Stanford1–3 .25010–3  .769 † Conference playoff series winner | 1924–25 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference standings ConfOverall TeamW L PCTW L PCT Eastern Colorado College10–3 .76913–3  .813 Northern Colorado9–3 .75012–4  .750 Colorado7–4 .6369–4  .692 Wyoming5–3 .6259–6  .600 Denver5–6 .4556–6  .500 Colorado Mines4–7 .3644–7  .364 Colorado Agricultural2–9 .1822–10  .167 Western State0–6 .0003–6  .333 Western BYU5–3 .62510–6  .625 Montana State1–1 .50020–4  .833 Utah Agricultural5–5 .50012–7  .632 Utah3–5 .3755–11  .313 |
| 1924–25 Southern Conference men's basketball standings vteConfOverall TeamW L PCTW L PCT North Carolina†8–0 1.00020–5  .800 Tulane12–3 .80017–4  .810 Kentucky6–2 .75013–8  .619 Maryland3–1 .75012–5  .706 Alabama5–2 .71415–4  .789 Virginia4–2 .66714–3  .824 South Carolina4–2 .66710–7  .588 Washington and Lee3–2 .6008–5  .615 Clemson3–2 .6004–14  .222 Vanderbilt4–3 .57112–13  .480 Mississippi A&M4–4 .50014–9  .609 Georgia4–4 .5009–11  .450 Georgia Tech2–7 .2224–12  .250 NC State1–4 .20011–7  .611 LSU1–4 .20010–7  .588 Virginia Tech1–4 .2006–9  .400 Tennessee1–5 .1676–8  .429 Auburn1–5 .1673–11  .214 Mississippi1–6 .14317–8  .680 Florida0–0 –2–7  .222 Sewanee0–0 –2–7  .222 † Southern Conference Tournament winner | 1924–25 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings vteConfOverall TeamW L PCTW L PCT Oklahoma A&M12–2 .85715–3  .833 TCU11–3 .78614–5  .737 Arkansas10–4 .71421–5  .808 Texas9–5 .64317–8  .680 Texas A&M6–8 .4299–8  .529 SMU4–10 .2865–11  .313 Baylor2–12 .1433–12  .200 Rice2–12 .1432–12  .143 |

### Independents

A total of 97 college teams played as major independents. Washburn (15–0) and Washington College (20–0) were undefeated, and North Dakota Agricultural (26–5) finished with the most wins.
1924–25 NCAA men's basketball independents standings :
* 1924–25 NCAA men's basketball independents standings
* vteConfOverall
* TeamW L PCTW L PCT
* Washburn– –15–0
* 1.000
* Washington College– –20–0
* 1.000
* Fordham– –18–1
* .947
* Wabash– –18–1
* .947
* New Mexico– –12–1
* .923
* Villanova– –10–1
* .909
* Grove City– –16–2
* .889
* Syracuse– –15–2
* .882
* Saint Louis– –14–2
* .875
* West Texas State– –20–3
* .870
* Creighton– –13–2
* .867
* CCNY– –12–2
* .857
* Penn State– –12–2
* .857
* Union (N.Y.)– –12–2
* .857
* Canisius– –11–2
* .846
* The Citadel– –11–2
* .846
* Evansville– –11–2
* .846
* Harvard– –11–2
* .846
* North Dakota Agricultural– –26–5
* .839
* Butler– –20–4
* .833
* Mount Union– –14–3
* .824
* Vermont– –14–3
* .824
* Franklin– –17–4
* .810
* Western State Normal– –17–4
* .810
* Army– –12–3
* .800
* Denison– –12–3
* .800
* Navy– –18–5
* .783
* Southern California– –14–4
* .778
* Richmond– –13–4
* .765
* Colgate– –15–5
* .750
* Davidson– –18–6
* .750
* Georgetown– –6–2
* .750
* St. John's (N.Y.)– –18–6
* .750
* Indiana State– –11–4
* .733
* Lehigh– –11–4
* .733
* Connecticut– –10–4
* .714
* Rhode Island State– –11–5
* .688
* Ohio– –13–6
* .684
* Wake Forest– –15–7
* .682
* Duquesne– –12–6
* .667
* Holy Cross– –10–5
* .667
* Marshall– –12–6
* .667
* Toledo– –13–7
* .650
* Tempe Normal– –11–6
* .647
* Muhlenberg– –11–6
* .647
* UCLA– –11–6
* .647
* William & Mary– –11–6
* .647
* Bowling Green State– –9–5
* .643
* Valparaiso– –9–5
* .643
* Arizona– –7–4
* .636
* DePauw– –12–7
* .632
* Niagara– –12–7
* .632
* Brown– –10–6
* .625
* Tulsa– –13–8
* .619
* Louisville– –10–7
* .588
* George Washington– –7–5
* .583
* Seton Hall– –8–6
* .571
* Western Kentucky State– –8–6
* .571
* Furman– –9–7
* .563
* St. Bonaventure– –14–11
* .560
* New Mexico A&M– –11–9
* .550
* Temple– –12–10
* .545
* VMI– –6–5
* .545
* Buffalo– –7–6
* .538
* Northern Arizona Normal– –7–6
* .538
* Rutgers– –7–6
* .538
* Wooster– –8–7
* .533
* Carleton– –9–8
* .529
* Saint Francis (N.Y.)– –9–8
* .529
* Bradley– –11–10
* .524
* Detroit– –6–6
* .500
* Manhattan– –10–10
* .500
* New York University– –7–7
* .500
* Notre Dame– –11–11
* .500
* St. Joseph's– –9–9
* .500
* Fairmount– –9–9
* .500
* Xavier– –7–7
* .500
* Springfield (Mass.)– –8–9
* .471
* Loyola (Md.)– –6–7
* .462
* Dayton– –9–11
* .450
* Lafayette– –8–11
* .421
* Marquette– –8–11
* .421
* Boston University– –9–13
* .409
* Santa Clara– –5–9
* .357
* West Virginia– –6–11
* .353
* Kent State Normal– –4–8
* .333
* Saint Mary's (Calif.)– –4–8
* .333
* St. Ignatius– –4–8
* .333
* DePaul– –6–13
* .316
* Michigan Agricultural– –6–13
* .316
* Duke– –4–9
* .308
* Pittsburgh– –4–10
* .286
* Texas State M&M– –3–8
* .273
* Loyola (Ill.)– –4–11
* .267
* Cincinnati– –5–14
* .263
* Miami (Ohio)– –3–10
* .231
* Bucknell– –1–4
* .200

### 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 1924–25 season.
| Player | Team |
| Tusten Ackerman | Kansas |
| Burgess Carey | Kentucky |
| Jack Cobb | North Carolina |
| Emanuel Goldblatt | Pennsylvania |
| Vic Hanson | Syracuse |
| Noble Kizer | Notre Dame |
| John Miner | Ohio State |
| Earl Mueller | Colorado College |
| Gerald Spohn | Washburn |
| Carlos Steele | Oregon Agricultural |

### Major player of the year awards

* Helms Player of the Year: Earl Mueller, Colorado College (retroactive selection in 1944)