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Consensus Player of the Year: Forest Sale
| Rk | Conference | Schls | W | L | W-L% | Regular Season Champ | Tournament Champ |
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| 1 | Big Six Conference | 6 | 53 | 49 | .520 | Kansas | |
| 2 | Big Ten Conference | 10 | 103 | 86 | .545 | Northwestern Ohio State |
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| 3 | Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 6 | 74 | 48 | .607 | Texas Tech | |
| 4 | Eastern Intercollegiate Conference | 5 | 52 | 41 | .559 | Pittsburgh | |
| 5 | Independent | 74 | 728 | 492 | .597 | ||
| 6 | Ivy Group | 6 | 75 | 39 | .658 | Yale | |
| 7 | Missouri Valley Conference | 6 | 53 | 51 | .510 | Butler | |
| 8 | Mountain States Athletic Conference | 12 | 120 | 114 | .513 | Colorado State (Eastern) Wyoming (Eastern) Brigham Young (Western) Utah (Western) |
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| 9 | Pacific Coast Conference | 9 | 131 | 88 | .598 | Oregon State (North) | |
| 10 | Southeastern Conference | 13 | 125 | 115 | .521 | Kentucky | Kentucky |
| 11 | Southern Conference | 10 | 106 | 74 | .589 | South Carolina | South Carolina |
| 12 | Southwest Conference | 7 | 82 | 54 | .603 | Texas |
| Helms Foundation Player of the Year: | Forest Sale (Kentucky) |
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1st Team
Don Smith (Pittsburgh) Elliott Loughlin (Navy) Forest Sale (Kentucky) Jerry Nemer (Southern California) Joe Reiff (Northwestern) Moose Krause (Notre Dame) |