The 1924–25 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1924, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded in March 1925.
Season headlines
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Washburn
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won the annual
Amateur Athletic Union
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basketball tournament — which included both collegiate and amateur non-collegiate teams — becoming the fourth and final college team to do so.
* In February 1943, the
Helms Athletic Foundation
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retroactively selected
Princeton
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as its national champion for the 1924–25 season.
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* In 1995, the ]Premo-Porretta Power Poll
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The Premo-Porretta Polls are intended to serve collectively as a source of informa ...
retroactively selected Princeton as its national champion for the 1924–25 season.
Conference membership changes
Regular season
Conference winners and tournaments
Statistical leaders
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
The Helms Athletic Foundation, founded in 1936, was a Los Angeles-based organization dedicated to the promotion of athletics and sportsmanship. Paul H. Helms was the organization's founder and benefactor, funding the foundation via his ownership ...
later retroactively selected a list of All-Americans for the 1924–25 season.The Association for Professional Basketball Research "NCAA All-American Teams, 1919–20 to 1998–99"
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Major player of the year awards
* Helms Player of the Year: Earl Mueller
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Earl Edmond "Dutch" Mueller (died June 4, 1932) was an American college basketball player. He was the 1925 national player of the year as a center at Colorado College.
Mueller, from Saint Joseph, Missouri, was an early college basketb ...
, Colorado College
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(retroactive selection in 1944)
Coaching changes
References
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