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1944-45 Standings

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National Champion: Oklahoma State
Final Four: Arkansas, New York University, Ohio State and Oklahoma State

Consensus Player of the Year: George Mikan

147 Schools

Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games
Overall Conference
Rk School Conf W L W-L% W L W-L%
1 Iowa State R Big 6 11 5 .688 8 2 .800
2 Kansas  Big 6 12 5 .706 7 3 .700
3 Oklahoma  Big 6 12 13 .480 5 5 .500
4 Missouri  Big 6 8 10 .444 5 5 .500
5 Kansas State  Big 6 10 13 .435 4 6 .400
6 Nebraska  Big 6 2 17 .105 1 9 .100
Overall Conference
Rk School Conf W L W-L% W L W-L%
7 Iowa R Big Ten 17 1 .944 11 1 .917
8 Ohio StateF Big Ten 15 5 .750 10 2 .833
9 Illinois  Big Ten 13 7 .650 7 5 .583
10 Purdue  Big Ten 9 11 .450 6 6 .500
11 Michigan  Big Ten 12 7 .632 5 7 .417
12 Wisconsin  Big Ten 10 11 .476 4 8 .333
13 Minnesota  Big Ten 8 13 .381 4 8 .333
14 Northwestern  Big Ten 7 12 .368 4 8 .333
15 Indiana  Big Ten 10 11 .476 3 9 .250
16 Chicago  Big Ten 7 8 .467 0 0
Overall Conference
Rk School Conf W L W-L% W L W-L%
17 New Mexico R BIAA 14 2 .875 12 0 1.000
18 West Texas A&M  BIAA 16 10 .615 9 3 .750
19 Northern Arizona  BIAA 5 6 .455 4 2 .667
20 New Mexico State  BIAA 9 5 .643 4 3 .571
21 Texas Tech  BIAA 10 14 .417 7 6 .538
22 Arizona  BIAA 7 11 .389 3 4 .429
23 Arizona State  BIAA 5 9 .357 3 5 .375
24 Texas-El Paso  BIAA 10 13 .435 4 11 .267
25 Hardin-Simmons  BIAA 7 23 .233 2 14 .125
Overall Conference
Rk School Conf W L W-L% W L W-L%
26 Army  Ind 14 1 .933
27 Akron  Ind 21 2 .913
28 Lafayette  Ind 16 2 .889
29 DePaul  Ind 21 3 .875
30 St. John's (NY)  Ind 21 3 .875
31 Valparaiso  Ind 21 3 .875
32 Bowling Green State  Ind 24 4 .857
33 Muhlenburg  Ind 24 4 .857
34 Navy  Ind 12 2 .857
35 Louisville  Ind 16 3 .842
36 Hamline  Ind 20 4 .833
37 Rhode Island  Ind 20 5 .800
38 Brown  Ind 15 4 .789
39 Rutgers  Ind 11 3 .786
40 Virginia  Ind 13 4 .765
41 City College of New York  Ind 12 4 .750
42 Indiana State  Ind 18 6 .750
43 Notre Dame  Ind 15 5 .750
44 Long Island University  Ind 14 5 .737
45 Butler  Ind 14 6 .700
46 Wichita State  Ind 14 6 .700
47 Temple  Ind 16 7 .696
48 Toledo  Ind 9 4 .692
49 New York UniversityF Ind 14 7 .667
50 Pittsburgh  Ind 8 4 .667
51 West Virginia  Ind 12 6 .667
52 Marshall  Ind 17 9 .654
53 Western Kentucky  Ind 17 10 .630
54 Bucknell  Ind 10 7 .588
55 Penn State  Ind 10 7 .588
56 La Salle  Ind 11 8 .579
57 Ohio  Ind 11 8 .579
58 Michigan State  Ind 9 7 .563
59 Niagara  Ind 7 6 .538
60 Miami (OH)  Ind 8 7 .533
61 Canisius  Ind 12 11 .522
62 Saint Joseph's  Ind 12 11 .522
63 St. Francis (NY)  Ind 9 9 .500
64 Cincinnati  Ind 8 9 .471
65 Nevada  Ind 8 9 .471
66 Northeastern  Ind 7 8 .467
67 Loyola (MD)  Ind 10 12 .455
68 Saint Mary's (CA)  Ind 5 6 .455
69 Western Michigan  Ind 8 10 .444
70 Montana State  Ind 10 14 .417
71 Marquette  Ind 7 10 .412
72 Boston University  Ind 4 6 .400
73 Detroit Mercy  Ind 8 12 .400
74 Syracuse  Ind 7 12 .368
75 Villanova  Ind 6 11 .353
76 Colgate  Ind 5 10 .333
77 Loyola (IL)  Ind 4 8 .333
78 Maine  Ind 4 8 .333
79 Connecticut  Ind 5 11 .313
80 Holy Cross  Ind 4 9 .308
81 St. Bonaventure  Ind 3 7 .300
82 Fordham  Ind 5 15 .250
83 Montana  Ind 7 22 .241
84 Kent State  Ind 3 11 .214
85 Brooklyn  Ind 3 15 .167
86 Lehigh  Ind 2 16 .111
87 Santa Clara  Ind 0 11 .000
Overall Conference
Rk School Conf W L W-L% W L W-L%
88 Pennsylvania R Ivy 12 5 .706 5 1 .833
89 Cornell  Ivy 12 5 .706 4 2 .667
90 Dartmouth  Ivy 6 8 .429 2 4 .333
91 Columbia  Ivy 9 10 .474 1 5 .167
92 Yale  Ivy 14 4 .778 0 0
93 Princeton  Ivy 7 12 .368 0 0
94 Harvard  Ivy 2 13 .133 0 0
Overall Conference
Rk School Conf W L W-L% W L W-L%
95 UtahR MSAC 17 4 .810 8 0 1.000
96 Colorado  MSAC 13 3 .813 9 1 .900
97 Wyoming  MSAC 10 18 .357 7 5 .583
98 Brigham Young  MSAC 11 12 .478 5 5 .500
99 Utah State  MSAC 9 10 .474 3 7 .300
100 Colorado State  MSAC 7 11 .389 1 5 .167
101 Denver  MSAC 7 16 .304 1 11 .083
Overall Conference
Rk School Conf W L W-L% W L W-L%
102 Oklahoma StateRFN MVC 27 4 .871 0 0
103 Saint Louis  MVC 10 4 .714 0 0
104 Washington (MO)  MVC 10 9 .526 0 0
105 Drake  MVC 11 13 .458 0 0
106 Tulsa  MVC 4 8 .333 0 0
Overall Conference
Rk School Conf W L W-L% W L W-L%
107 OregonR PCC (North) 30 15 .667 11 5 .688
108 Washington State  PCC (North) 23 13 .639 11 5 .688
109 Oregon State  PCC (North) 20 8 .714 10 6 .625
110 Washington  PCC (North) 22 18 .550 5 11 .313
111 Idaho  PCC (North) 13 20 .394 3 13 .188
112 UCLA R PCC (South) 12 12 .500 3 1 .750
113 Southern California  PCC (South) 15 9 .625 2 2 .500
114 California  PCC (South) 7 8 .467 1 3 .250
Overall Conference
Rk School Conf W L W-L% W L W-L%
115 Tennessee  SEC 18 5 .783 8 2 .800
116 KentuckyRT SEC 22 4 .846 4 1 .800
117 Mississippi  SEC 14 8 .636 3 1 .750
118 Florida  SEC 7 12 .368 4 2 .667
119 Georgia Tech  SEC 11 6 .647 7 4 .636
120 Alabama  SEC 10 5 .667 5 3 .625
121 Louisiana State  SEC 15 9 .625 3 3 .500
122 Tulane  SEC 8 11 .421 3 3 .500
123 Auburn  SEC 3 14 .176 2 6 .250
124 Mississippi State  SEC 5 13 .278 2 9 .182
125 Georgia  SEC 5 16 .238 2 9 .182
126 Vanderbilt  SEC 6 6 .500 0 0
Overall Conference
Rk School Conf W L W-L% W L W-L%
127 South Carolina R Southern 19 3 .864 9 0 1.000
128 Richmond  Southern 3 4 .429 2 0 1.000
129 Duke  Southern 13 9 .591 6 1 .857
130 North Carolina T Southern 22 6 .786 11 3 .786
131 Citadel  Southern 16 7 .696 8 4 .667
132 North Carolina State  Southern 10 11 .476 7 5 .583
133 William & Mary  Southern 7 11 .389 3 4 .429
134 Clemson  Southern 8 8 .500 3 5 .375
135 Maryland  Southern 2 14 .125 2 5 .286
136 Virginia Tech  Southern 6 8 .429 1 3 .250
137 Davidson  Southern 9 9 .500 2 7 .222
138 Virginia Military Institute  Southern 2 10 .167 1 4 .200
139 Wake Forest  Southern 3 14 .176 0 6 .000
140 Furman  Southern 2 15 .118 0 8 .000
Overall Conference
Rk School Conf W L W-L% W L W-L%
141 Rice R SWC 20 1 .952 12 0 1.000
142 ArkansasF SWC 17 9 .654 9 3 .750
143 Southern Methodist  SWC 11 10 .524 7 5 .583
144 Texas Christian  SWC 9 20 .310 7 5 .583
145 Texas  SWC 10 10 .500 5 7 .417
146 Texas A&M  SWC 3 18 .143 2 10 .167
147 Baylor  SWC 0 17 .000 0 12 .000