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Consensus Player of the Year: John Wooden
| Rk | Conference | Schls | W | L | W-L% | Regular Season Champ | Tournament Champ |
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| 1 | Big Six Conference | 6 | 50 | 50 | .500 | Kansas | |
| 2 | Big Ten Conference | 10 | 99 | 77 | .563 | Purdue | |
| 3 | Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 5 | 53 | 38 | .582 | Arizona | |
| 4 | Independent | 84 | 898 | 610 | .595 | ||
| 5 | Ivy Group | 6 | 79 | 49 | .617 | Princeton | |
| 6 | Missouri Valley Conference | 5 | 41 | 53 | .436 | Creighton | |
| 7 | Mountain States Athletic Conference | 12 | 118 | 110 | .518 | Wyoming (Eastern) Brigham Young (Western) Utah (Western) |
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| 8 | Pacific Coast Conference | 9 | 115 | 94 | .550 | California (South) | |
| 9 | Southern Conference | 23 | 230 | 182 | .558 | Kentucky Maryland |
Georgia |
| 10 | Southwest Conference | 7 | 87 | 54 | .617 | Baylor |
| Helms Foundation Player of the Year: | John Wooden (Purdue) |
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1st Team
Forest Sale (Kentucky) John Wooden (Purdue) Les Witte (Wyoming) Louis Berger (Maryland) Moose Krause (Notre Dame) |