The 1923–24 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1923, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded in March 1924.
Rule changes A new rule required the player who was fouled to shoot his own free throws. Previously, a team could pick any player it wanted to shoot its free throws, and usually picked its best free-throw shooter to shoot all of them. The new rule thus brought to an end the practice of a team having a designated free-throw shooter.orangehoops.org History of NCAA Basketball Rule ChangesSchleyer, Claudia, "The Rules of Basketball: Boy How They've Changed!", Youth Hoops 101 Accessed 15 May 2021
Season headlines
North Carolina went undefeated, going 26-0, under coach Norman Shepard. The record included the 1924 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament. Butler won the annual Amateur Athletic Union basketball tournament — which included both collegiate and amateur non-collegiate teams — becoming the third of only four college teams to do so and the first to win the tournament since 1920. In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected North Carolina as its national champion for the 1923–24 season. In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected North Carolina as its top-ranked team for the 1923–24 season.
Conference membership changes SchoolFormer conferenceNew conference Non-major basketball program Southwest Conference Non-major basketball program Southern Conference Independent Southern Conference Independent Southwest Conference Non-major basketball program Independent
Regular season Conferences Conference winners and tournaments
ConferenceRegular season winnerConference player of the yearConference tournamentTournament venue (City)Tournament winnerBig Ten Conference Chicago, Illinois, & Wisconsin None selected No TournamentEastern Intercollegiate Basketball League Cornell None selected No TournamentMissouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association Kansas None selected No TournamentPacific Coast Conference ; No Tournament;California defeated Washington in best-of-three conference championship playoff seriesRocky Mountain Athletic Conference No Tournament;Colorado College was conference championSouthern Conference Tulane None selected 1924 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament Municipal Auditorium(Atlanta, Georgia) North Carolina2008–09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide – Postseason Section , Southern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-09Southwest Conference Texas None selected No Tournament
Conference standings
Independents A total of 99 college teams played as major independents. (14–0) and (15–0) were undefeated, and (24–4) finished with the most wins.
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 1923–24 season.The Association for Professional Basketball Research "NCAA All-American Teams, 1919–20 to 1998–99"
Player Team Tusten Ackerman Kansas Charlie T. Black Kansas Cartwright Carmichael North Carolina Jack Cobb North Carolina Abb Curtis Texas Amory Gill Oregon Agricultural Harry Kipke Michigan Hugh Latham Oregon James Lovley Creighton H. W. Middlesworth Butler
Major player of the year awards
Helms Player of the Year: Charlie T. Black, Kansas (retroactive selection in 1944)
Coaching changes A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended. TeamFormerCoachInterimCoachNewCoachReason Arizona Basil Stanley Walter Davis Army John Van Vliet Harry A. Fisher Auburn Wilbur Hutsell Herb Bunker California Earl Wright Nibs Price Canisius Luke Urban Russell Burt Colorado Enoch J. Mills Howard Berford Dartmouth George Zahn Lew Wachter DePaul Robert L. Stevenson Harry Adams Duquesne Bill Campbell Chick Davies Georgia Tech William Alexander Harold Hansen Holy Cross William Casey Ken Simedinger Indiana Leslie Mann Everett Dean Indiana State Arthur L. Strum David Glascock Kentucky George Buchheit Clarence Applegran Buchheit left to coach Trinity (N. C.). Louisiana State Moon Ducote Hugh E. Wilson Manhattan Arthur T. Carroll Ward Brennan Marshall Bill Strickling Russ Meredith Miami (Ohio) Harry W. Ewing Roy Tillotson Michigan State Mysterious Walker John Kobs Minnesota L. J. Cooke Harold Taylor Mississippi A&M Earl C. Hayes K. P. Gatchell NC State Richard Crozier Gus Tebell North Carolina Norman Shepard Monk McDonald Northern Arizona R. H. Drake W. E Rogers Rice Pete Cawthon John Nicholson SMU H. A. Faulkner James W. St. Clair South Carolina Jack Crawford Branch Bocock Syracuse Edmund Dollard Lew Andreas Trinity (N. C.) Jessie Burbage George Buchheit Texas State M&M Jack C. Vowell George B. Powell Virginia Tech B. C. Cubbage M. Buford Blair Wyoming John Corbett Stewart Clark
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