1934–35_NCAA_men's_basketball_season
The 1934–35 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1934, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded in March 1935.
The regulation basketball was reduced in circumference, from 32 inches (81 cm) to between 29.5 and 30.25 inches (74.9 and 76.8 cm).[1]
- Ned Irish began to promote college basketball doubleheaders between New York City-area teams at Madison Square Garden and intersectional games there between New York City-area teams and teams from other regions.[2] The first intersectional game — an NYU 25–18 victory over Notre Dame on December 29, 1934 — drew 16,138 fans, a world record for attendance at a college basketball game.[2] In the next game on January 5, 1935, NYU defeated Kentucky 23–22 before another new world record crowd of 16,539.[2][3] After the NYU–Kentucky game, Kentucky head coach Adolph Rupp called for the creation of a round-robin national championship college basketball tournament.[2]
- The American Legion Bowl, promoted as a basketball game "for the national collegiate championship," took place in Atlantic City, New Jersey, at the end of the season.[2] LSU defeated Pittsburgh 41–37 and called itself the national collegiate basketball champion for the 1934–35 season, although this assertion was unofficial.[2]
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Conference winners and tournaments
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Statistical leaders
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Consensus All-American team
Main article: 1935 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
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Player | Class | Team |
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Omar Browning | Senior | Oklahoma |
Claire Cribbs | Senior | Pittsburgh |
Leroy Edwards | Sophomore | Kentucky |
Jack Gray | Senior | Texas |
Lee Guttero | Senior | USC |
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Major player of the year awards
- Helms Player of the Year: Leroy Edwards, Kentucky (retroactive selection in 1944)
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A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.
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Oregon | William Reinhart | Howard Hobson | ||
Yale | Elmer Ripley | Ken Loeffler | ||
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- Scott, Jon (November 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved December 14, 2015.
- ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. pp. 526, 529–587. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
- "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. Retrieved February 14, 2009.
- 2008–09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide – Postseason Section, Southern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-09