πŸ€ The 1912-13 men’s college basketball season

What the record holds for this season: the champion, the tournament bracket, the AP poll week by week, the conference tables, and the Elo ratings with the biggest upsets.

Source: Citizen of Nowhere college basketball database Β· 5 conferences
Jump to any season1896–2027

1912-13 national champion

Named after the fact; there was no NCAA tournament yet.

Retroactive champion
9-0

There was no NCAA tournament before 1939. This champion is a retroactive selection, as named by the Helms Athletic Foundation or Premo-Porretta, not a tournament result.

1913 standings by conference

Overall and conference record. A star marks the regular-season champion, a trophy the conference-tournament champion.

1913 standings by conference5 conferences
Eastern Intercollegiate6 teams
SchoolW-LConfNote
Cornell11-47-1β˜…
Princeton11-94-4
Columbia8-53-5
Dartmouth4-83-5
Pennsylvania6-123-5
Yale5-7
Missouri Valley6 teams
SchoolW-LConfNote
Nebraska17-210-1β˜…
Kansas16-68-3
Missouri13-58-4
Iowa State3-133-9
Washington University4-82-8
Drake1-50-6
Rocky Mountain4 teams
SchoolW-LConfNote
Colorado7-45-1
Colorado Mines5-34-2
Colorado A&M4-42-4
Denver1-51-5
Western Intercollegiate9 teams
SchoolW-LConfNote
Wisconsin14-111-1β˜…
Northwestern14-47-2
Chicago20-68-4
Purdue7-56-5
Illinois10-67-6
Ohio State13-74-5
Minnesota3-82-8
Iowa9-131-5
Indiana5-110-10
Independent125 teams
SchoolW-LConfNote
California2-0
Dayton11-0
Detroit13-0
Grinnell11-0
Navy9-0
New Mexico6-0
Oklahoma8-0
Denison13-1
Mississippi State11-1
Potsdam Normal11-1
Union (NY)11-1
Georgia10-1
North Dakota Agricultural9-1
William & Mary8-1
Akron7-1
Utah21-3
Wesleyan14-2
Notre Dame13-2
USC13-2
Lehigh12-2
Army11-2
Catholic14-3
Allegheny9-2
St. Mary's4-1
Washington State15-4
Seton Hall11-3
Bradley14-4
Kansas State14-4
Augustana12-4
Nevada3-1
North Central9-3
Washington14-5
Millikin11-4
Virginia11-4
Indiana State8-3
Penn State8-3
Syracuse8-3
St. Lawrence12-5
BYU7-3
Canisius7-3
Tulane7-3
Grove City9-4
Washington & Lee9-4
Georgetown11-5
St. Joseph's11-5
Nebraska Wesleyan13-6
Oregon State15-7
Pittsburgh15-7
Lake Forest10-5
Loyola (MD)8-4
Southwestern (KS)4-2
Texas8-4
Texas A&M4-2
VMI8-4
Wabash8-4
Carleton9-5
Clemson9-5
Tennessee9-5
Alabama7-4
Stevens Point Normal7-4
Kentucky5-3
Montana5-3
Michigan Agricultural8-5
Muhlenberg8-5
Warrensburg Teachers11-7
Arizona3-2
Millsaps9-6
North Dakota6-4
St. John's12-8
Wooster6-4
Montana State7-5
Oberlin7-5
Fordham18-13
Duke11-8
Rhode Island4-3
Wake Forest9-7
Baylor5-4
Utah Agricultural5-4
Temple6-5
Hope7-6
Arizona State3-3
CCNY6-6
Colgate7-7
Idaho7-7
Santa Clara5-5
Springfield4-4
Niagara9-10
Oregon9-10
Manhattan8-10
Gettysburg7-9
Vanderbilt3-4
Auburn6-9
Citadel2-3
LSU2-3
Louisville2-3
South Carolina2-3
Swarthmore4-6
Cincinnati4-7
North Carolina4-7
Roanoke4-7
Ohio5-9
Virginia Tech5-9
Miami (OH)4-8
Oklahoma A&M3-6
North Carolina State3-7
Washington College3-7
Wyoming2-5
Butler3-8
Colorado State College1-3
Franklin3-9
Bucknell4-13
Washburn4-14
Kalamazoo1-4
Delaware1-6
George Washington1-6
New Mexico A&M1-6
Marietta1-9
Mount Union1-9
NYU1-11
Wichita State1-11
Washington & Jefferson1-13
Connecticut0-3
Davidson0-1
Mississippi0-7
Richmond0-6

Where these numbers come from

Enough to disbelieve this page on purpose rather than by accident.

Champions, brackets, polls and standings are read from the Citizen of Nowhere college basketball database, one season at a time. A section appears only where the database holds its data: the NCAA tournament began in 1939 (earlier champions are retroactive selections), the AP poll in 1949, and game-by-game results, and so the Elo ratings and upsets, in 1950.

Elo ratings and upsets come from the site’s own men’s college basketball Elo, built from every game since 1950. An upset’s win chance is the winner’s pre-game probability from those ratings.