The 1928–29 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1928, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded in March 1929.
Rule changes
The charging foul by the player dribbling the ball was introduced.orangehoops.org History of NCAA Basketball Rule Changes
Season headlines
The Big Six Conference and the Missouri Valley Conference began play. Both had formed when the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MVIAA) split into the two new conferences in May 1928, with the Big Six Conference officially retaining the MVIAA's name and the Missouri Valley Conference retaining its staff. Both claimed the MVIAA's founding date (1907) and its history from 1907 to 1928 as their own, and both claimed to be a continuation of the original conference. The practice of naming an annual Consensus All-American Team began. The Veteran Athletes of Philadelphia deemed Butler the mythical national champion of the 1928–29 season and awarded the Bulldogs the Veteran Athletes of Philadelphia Trophy. In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Montana State as its national champion for the 1928–29 season. In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Montana State as its top-ranked team for the 1928–29 season.
Conference membership changes SchoolFormer conferenceNew conference Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association Missouri Valley Conference Independent Southern Conference Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association Missouri Valley Conference Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association Big Six Conference Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association Big Six Conference Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association Big Six Conference Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association Big Six Conference Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association Big Six Conference Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association Big Six Conference Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association Missouri Valley Conference Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association Missouri Valley Conference
Regular season Conferences Conference winners and tournaments
ConferenceRegular season winnerConference player of the yearConference tournamentTournament venue (City)Tournament winnerBig Six Conference Oklahoma None selected No TournamentBig Ten Conference Michigan & Wisconsin None selected No TournamentEastern Intercollegiate Basketball League Penn None selected No TournamentMissouri Valley Conference None selected No TournamentPacific Coast Conference ; No Tournament;California defeated Washington in best-of-three conference championship playoff seriesRocky Mountain Athletic Conference No TournamentSouthern Conference Washington and Lee None selected 1929 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament Municipal Auditorium(Atlanta, Georgia) NC State2008–09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide – Postseason Section , Southern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-09Southwest Conference Arkansas None selected No Tournament
Conference standings
Independents A total of 91 college teams played as major independents. (16–0) was undefeated, and (23–2) finished with the most wins.
Awards
Consensus All-American team
+ Consensus Team Player Class Team Tom Churchill Junior Oklahoma Vern Corbin Senior California Charley Hyatt Junior Pittsburgh Stretch Murphy Junior Purdue Joe Schaaf Senior Pennsylvania Cat Thompson Junior Montana State
Major player of the year awards
Helms Player of the Year: John "Cat" Thompson, (retroactive selection in 1944)
Coaching changes A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended. TeamFormerCoachInterimCoachNewCoachReason Arkansas Francis Schmidt Charles Bassett Tigers George Bohler Hal Lee Brown Tuss McLaughry Rufus Bond Dayton George Fitzgerald Bill Belanich DePaul Eddie Anderson Jim Kelly Detroit Gus Dorais Louis Conroy George Washington Harry W. Crum Joe Mitchell Georgetown Elmer Ripley Bill Dudack Ripley left to coach at Yale. His assistant Dudack replaced him. Iowa Sam Barry Rollie Williams Barry left to coach at USC. Lafayette M. A. Miller Herbert A. Lorenz Loyola (Md.) Tony Comerford John Menton Manhattan James Houlihan Neil Cohalan Marquette Frank Murray Cord Lipe New Mexico A&M Ted Coffman Jerry Hines Oklahoma State John Maulbetsch George E. Rody Saint Mary's (C.A.) Louis Conlan Vince McNally TCU Marty Bell Francis Schmidt Texas A&M Charles Bassett John B. Reid Bassett left to coach at Arkansas. USC Leo Calland Sam Barry Valparaiso Earl Scott Jake Christiansen Vanderbilt Johnny Floyd Garland Morrow Villanova John Cashman George Jacobs Virginia Henry Lannigan Roy Randall Virginia Tech I. E. Randall R. S. Warren
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