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Consensus Player of the Year: Leroy Edwards
| Rk | Conference | Schls | W | L | W-L% | Regular Season Champ | Tournament Champ |
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| 1 | Big Six Conference | 6 | 55 | 55 | .500 | Iowa State | |
| 2 | Big Ten Conference | 10 | 115 | 83 | .581 | Illinois Purdue Wisconsin |
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| 3 | Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 6 | 68 | 52 | .567 | Texas Tech | |
| 4 | Eastern Intercollegiate Conference | 5 | 60 | 38 | .612 | Pittsburgh West Virginia |
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| 5 | Independent | 69 | 742 | 491 | .602 | ||
| 6 | Ivy Group | 7 | 70 | 70 | .500 | Pennsylvania | |
| 7 | Missouri Valley Conference | 7 | 66 | 70 | .485 | Creighton Drake |
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| 8 | Mountain States Athletic Conference | 12 | 125 | 106 | .541 | Northern Colorado (Eastern) Utah State (Western) |
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| 9 | Pacific Coast Conference | 9 | 118 | 102 | .536 | Southern California (South) | |
| 10 | Southeastern Conference | 13 | 115 | 107 | .518 | Kentucky Louisiana State |
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| 11 | Southern Conference | 10 | 118 | 90 | .567 | North Carolina | North Carolina |
| 12 | Southwest Conference | 7 | 88 | 50 | .638 | Arkansas Rice Southern Methodist |
| Helms Foundation Player of the Year: | Leroy Edwards (Kentucky) |
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1st Team
Bud Browning (Oklahoma) Claire Cribbs (Pittsburgh) Jack Gray (Texas) Lee Guttero (Southern California) Leroy Edwards (Kentucky) |