🏀 The 1928-29 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.
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1928-29 national champion
Named after the fact; there was no NCAA tournament yet.
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.
Conference tournaments
The champion and the other finalist of each of the 1 conference tournaments held in 1928-29.
| Conference | Champion | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Southern | North Carolina State | Duke |
1929 standings by conference
Overall and conference record. A star marks the regular-season champion, a trophy the conference-tournament champion.
1929 standings by conference9 conferences
Big Six6 teams
| School | W-L | Conf | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 13-2 | 10-0 | ★ |
| Missouri | 11-7 | 7-3 | |
| Nebraska | 11-5 | 5-5 | |
| Iowa State | 8-7 | 4-6 | |
| Kansas State | 6-10 | 2-8 | |
| Kansas | 3-15 | 2-8 |
Big Ten10 teams
| School | W-L | Conf | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 15-2 | 10-2 | ★ |
| Michigan | 13-3 | 10-2 | ★ |
| Purdue | 13-4 | 9-3 | |
| Northwestern | 12-5 | 7-5 | |
| Illinois | 10-7 | 6-6 | |
| Ohio State | 9-8 | 6-6 | |
| Iowa | 9-8 | 5-7 | |
| Indiana | 7-10 | 4-8 | |
| Chicago | 5-11 | 2-10 | |
| Minnesota | 4-13 | 1-11 |
Eastern Intercollegiate6 teams
Missouri Valley5 teams
| School | W-L | Conf | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington University | 11-7 | 7-0 | ★ |
| Creighton | 13-4 | 4-1 | |
| Drake | 6-13 | 3-4 | |
| Grinnell | 6-11 | 0-5 | |
| Oklahoma A&M | 1-14 | 0-4 |
Pacific Coast10 teams
| School | W-L | Conf | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | 18-2 | 10-0 | |
| California | 17-3 | 9-0 | ★ |
| Stanford | 13-6 | 6-3 | |
| Idaho | 11-10 | 6-4 | |
| Washington State | 9-14 | 5-5 | |
| Oregon State | 12-8 | 4-6 | |
| Oregon | 10-8 | 3-7 | |
| USC | 16-6 | 2-7 | |
| Montana | 9-11 | 2-8 | |
| UCLA | 7-9 | 1-8 |
Rocky Mountain12 teams
| School | W-L | Conf | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana State | 36-2 | 11-1 | ★ |
| Colorado | 10-2 | 10-2 | ★ |
| Wyoming | 15-4 | 11-3 | |
| Colorado State College | 8-6 | 8-6 | |
| BYU | 20-10 | 6-6 | |
| Denver | 12-8 | 7-7 | |
| Colorado A&M | 6-6 | 6-6 | |
| Colorado College | 8-9 | 6-6 | |
| Utah Agricultural | 8-10 | 4-8 | |
| Utah | 5-12 | 3-9 | |
| Western State | 1-9 | 1-9 | |
| Colorado Mines | 1-11 | 1-11 |
Southern23 teams
| School | W-L | Conf | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington & Lee | 16-2 | 7-1 | ★ |
| North Carolina | 17-8 | 12-2 | |
| Georgia Tech | 15-6 | 10-2 | |
| Georgia | 17-7 | 13-4 | |
| Tulane | 9-5 | 9-4 | |
| Kentucky | 12-5 | 7-4 | |
| Tennessee | 11-5 | 7-4 | |
| Alabama | 16-10 | 10-6 | |
| Clemson | 15-12 | 6-4 | |
| Duke | 12-8 | 5-4 | |
| North Carolina State | 15-6 | 6-5 | 🏆 |
| Mississippi | 9-9 | 7-8 | |
| Virginia Tech | 4-13 | 5-7 | |
| Mississippi State | 8-15 | 5-8 | |
| LSU | 8-13 | 5-9 | |
| Virginia | 9-10 | 3-6 | |
| South Carolina | 8-13 | 4-10 | |
| Vanderbilt | 4-12 | 2-5 | |
| Florida | 7-13 | 4-11 | |
| Maryland | 7-9 | 2-6 | |
| Auburn | 6-15 | 3-9 | |
| VMI | 6-7 | 1-7 | |
| Sewanee | 3-8 | 0-7 |
Southwest7 teams
Independent91 teams
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.