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COLLEGIATE BASKETBALL RECORD

 

 

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Upon the following pages of this booklet, Helms «thlotic Foundation
has recorded its Collegiate Baskctball selections. Included. aro annual
collegiate baskctball National Championship scolections, for the years
1920 to 1942, inclusive; annual All-jncrica Collogiate Basketball Team
scolections, for the yoars 1920 to 1942, inclusive; All-Time i1l-Amcrica
Collcgiate Basketball Tcam selections; selection of the groatost collcg-
iate basketball coaches of all timc; annual Collegiate Baskotball Player
of the Yoar selections; Collcgiate Basketball Hall of Famo solcctions,
and other collegiate basketball solcctions and factse

The Helms ithlotic Foundation scloctions, in cvory instance, havo
been based upon actual performances by players and toams, and not upon
reputation, ‘Sclections have been made only after many months of cxact-
ing rescarch, and careful study of the porformanecs of thousands of
players and hundrods of tcams.

It is truc that tho:nomes of many brilliant playcors’‘have been omitted
from the Helms athletic Foundation sclcctions. However, in limiting the
All-America Team solcetions to ten players cach year, tho situation is
only natural. In naming tcams for National Championship honors cach year,
the records of the foremost teams were carefully analyzed before a dcci-~
sion was reached. In a numbor of cases, it was an oxcecdingly difficult
mattor to finally pick the Nationecl Championship tcam.

In'naming the "greatest coaches,” Hclns -+thlotic Foundation was
guided, to a groat oxtent, by the recommendations of collogiate basket
ball coaches and authoritics =- to whom questionnaires wore sont in
1942. However, decisions wore not reached until ofter’the coaching
records of coaches had been compiled by the Foundation, and until after
such compilations had been carefully 4tiidied.

Helns «thictic Foundation’is grateful to thoso coaches, sports writers,
college news burcau dircectors, and authoritics who provided facts, infor-
mation and recormendations, in rolation to the collegiate basketball ro» ©
scarch which has beon conductcd by the Foundation for the past six monthse

Oddly cnough, this collogiate basketball record -- the first compiled
and issucd by Helms «thlotic Foundation =» has becn titled "Part II." This
may be cxplained as follows. It was’ planned by Hclms athlctic Foundation
to prepare and issuc a collogiate baskctball record for the poriod 1900 to
1942, inclusive. The task was such a groat one, duc to the incompleteness
of recorded collegiate basketball achiovononts, Piriiculoriy in he cariy
yoors of the Game, that it was decided to first propate and issuc a col+
logiate basketball record for the period 1920 to 1942, inclusive ++ titling
it "Part II," and, at a lator date, preparo and issue "Part I" -- =n
the aah ec - 1919, inclusive.

The expense for resoarch and the preparation of this Collogiate Baskct-
ball record has beon defraycd by Poul H. Holms, of Los «ngcoles, who is tho
Foundcr and Sponsor of Helms athlotic Foundation.