Men's collegiate basketball season
The 1948–49 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1948, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1949 NCAA basketball tournament championship game on March 26, 1949, at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle , Washington . The Kentucky Wildcats won their second NCAA national championship with a 46–36 victory over the Oklahoma A&M Aggies .
Coaches were permitted to speak to players during time-outs . Previously, under a rule in place since the 1910–11 season , no coaching of players had been permitted during the progress of a game.[ 1]
Conference membership changes [ edit ] Conference winners and tournaments [ edit ] Conference standings [ edit ] 1948–49 Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League standings Conf Overall Team W L PCT W L PCT No. 11 Yale 9 – 3 .750 22 – 8 .733 Columbia 8 – 4 .667 14 – 6 .700 Pennsylvania 8 – 4 .667 15 – 8 .652 Princeton 8 – 4 .667 13 – 9 .591 Cornell 5 – 7 .417 11 – 15 .423 Dartmouth 4 – 8 .333 15 – 11 .577 Harvard 0 – 12 .000 3 – 20 .130 Rankings from AP Poll
1948–49 Middle Atlantic States Conference North men's basketball standings Conf Overall Team W L PCT W L PCT Lafayette 6 – 2 .750 20 – 9 .690 Muhlenberg 6 – 2 .750 17 – 8 .680 Gettysburg 5 – 3 .625 16 – 10 .615 Lehigh 3 – 5 .375 7 – 11 .389 Bucknell 0 – 8 .000 2 – 18 .100 Rankings from AP Poll
1948–49 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings Conf Overall Team W L PCT W L PCT No. 2 Oklahoma A&M 9 – 1 .900 23 – 5 .821 No. 3 Saint Louis 8 – 2 .800 22 – 4 .846 No. 7 Bradley 6 – 4 .600 27 – 8 .771 Drake 4 – 6 .400 13 – 13 .500 Wichita State 3 – 7 .300 10 – 16 .385 Tulsa 0 – 10 .000 4 – 20 .167 Rankings from AP Poll
1948–49 Mountain States Conference men's basketball standings Conf Overall Team W L PCT W L PCT No. 17 Wyoming 15 – 5 .750 25 – 10 .714 No. 12 Utah 14 – 6 .700 24 – 8 .750 Denver 13 – 7 .650 18 – 15 .545 BYU 11 – 9 .550 21 – 13 .618 Utah State 4 – 16 .200 10 – 21 .323 Colorado State 3 – 17 .150 14 – 21 .400 Rankings from AP Poll
1948–49 Pacific Coast Conference men's basketball standings Conf Overall Team W L PCT W L PCT Oregon State †12 – 4 .750 24 – 12 .667 Washington State 8 – 8 .500 21 – 9 .700 Oregon 7 – 9 .438 12 – 18 .400 Idaho 7 – 9 .438 17 – 15 .531 Washington 6 – 10 .375 11 – 15 .423 No. 15 UCLA 10 – 2 .833 22 – 7 .759 USC 8 – 4 .667 14 – 10 .583 Stanford 5 – 7 .417 19 – 9 .679 California 1 – 11 .083 14 – 19 .424 † Conference playoff series winnerAP Poll
1948–49 Western New York Little Three Conference men's basketball standings Conf Overall Team W L PCT W L PCT Niagara 3 – 1 .750 24 – 7 .774 Canisius 2 – 2 .500 16 – 12 .571 St. Bonaventure 1 – 3 .250 18 – 8 .692 Rankings from AP Poll
A total of 43 college teams played as major independents . Villanova (23–4) had the best winning percentage (.852). San Francisco (25–5) and Loyola of Illinois (25–6) finished with the most wins.[ 10] [ 11]
Although not considered a major independent during the season,[ 10] Hamline (28–3) played as an independent[ 10] AP Poll .[ 12]
NOTE: Despite its name, the Middle Three Conference was an informal scheduling alliance rather than a true conference, and its members played as independents . In play among the three member schools in 1948–49, Rutgers finished with a 3–1 record in games played between the three members.[ 14]
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A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.
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