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National Champion: Stanford
Final Four: Colorado, Dartmouth, Kentucky and Stanford
Consensus Player of the Year: Stan Modzelewski
| Rk | Conference | Schls | W | L | W-L% | NCAA | FF | Regular Season Champ | Tournament Champ |
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| 1 | Big Six Conference | 6 | 59 | 53 | .527 | 1 | 0 | Kansas Oklahoma |
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| 2 | Big Ten Conference | 10 | 109 | 100 | .522 | 1 | 0 | Illinois | |
| 3 | Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 9 | 108 | 99 | .522 | 0 | 0 | West Texas A&M | |
| 4 | Independent | 65 | 797 | 494 | .617 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 5 | Ivy Group | 7 | 73 | 71 | .507 | 1 | 1 | Dartmouth | |
| 6 | Missouri Valley Conference | 6 | 62 | 62 | .500 | 0 | 0 | Creighton Oklahoma State |
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| 7 | Mountain States Athletic Conference | 7 | 74 | 59 | .556 | 1 | 1 | Colorado | |
| 8 | Pacific Coast Conference | 9 | 137 | 104 | .568 | 1 | 1 | Stanford (South) | |
| 9 | Southeastern Conference | 12 | 126 | 98 | .563 | 1 | 1 | Kentucky | Kentucky |
| 10 | Southern Conference | 16 | 175 | 163 | .518 | 0 | 0 | Duke | Duke |
| 11 | Southwest Conference | 7 | 90 | 69 | .566 | 1 | 0 | Arkansas Rice |
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| 12 | Yankee Conference | 5 | 47 | 40 | .540 | 0 | 0 | Rhode Island |
| Helms Foundation Player of the Year: | Stan Modzelewski (Rhode Island) |
| NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player: | Howard Dallmar (Stanford) |
| NIT Most Valuable Player: | Rudy Baric (West Virginia) |
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1st Team
Andrew Phillip (Illinois) Bob Kinney (Rice) John Kotz (Wisconsin) Price Brookfield (West Texas A&M) Robert Davies (Seton Hall) |
2nd Team
Donald Burness (Stanford) George Munroe (Dartmouth) John Mandic (Oregon State) Robert Doll (Colorado) Stan Modzelewski (Rhode Island) Wilfred Doerner (Evansville) |