1948-49 Season Summary

Consensus Player of the Year: Tony Lavelli

AP First #1: Saint Louis ▪ AP Final #1: Kentucky

Conference Summary

Rk	Conference	Schls	W	L	W-L%	AP	NCAA	FF	Regular Season Champ	Tournament Champ
1	Big Seven Conference	7	79	82	.491	0	0	0	Nebraska Oklahoma
2	Big Ten Conference	10	131	85	.606	3	1	1	Illinois
3	Independent	42	593	424	.583	5	1	0	Villanova
4	Ivy Group	7	93	77	.547	1	1	0	Yale
5	Metropolitan New York Conference	7	99	76	.566	0	0	0	Manhattan St. John's (NY)
6	Mid-American Conference	6	76	64	.543	1	0	0	Cincinnati
7	Middle Atlantic States Conference North	5	62	56	.525	0	0	0	Lafayette Muhlenburg
8	Middle Three Conference	1	14	12	.538	0	0	0	Rutgers
9	Missouri Valley Conference	6	99	66	.600	3	1	1	Oklahoma State
10	Mountain States Athletic Conference	6	112	88	.560	2	1	0	Wyoming
11	Ohio Valley Conference	2	48	14	.774	1	0	0	Western Kentucky	Western Kentucky
12	Pacific Coast Conference	9	154	114	.575	1	1	1	Oregon State (North)
13	Southeastern Conference	12	177	126	.584	2	1	1	Kentucky	Kentucky
14	Southern Conference	16	198	191	.509	1	0	0	North Carolina State	North Carolina State
15	Southwest Conference	7	79	91	.465	0	1	0	Arkansas Baylor Rice
16	Western New York Little Three Conference	3	58	27	.682	0	0	0	Niagara
17	Yankee Conference	1	16	6	.727	0	0	0	Connecticut

School	Conf	1/18	1/25	2/1	2/8	2/15	2/22	3/1	Final
Kentucky	SEC	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Oklahoma State	MVC	5	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Saint Louis	MVC	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3
Illinois	Big Ten	7	6	4	4	4	4	4	4
Western Kentucky	OVC	3	4	6	6	7	7	6	5
Minnesota	Big Ten	4	5	5	7	6	5	5	6
Bradley	MVC	16	18	18		12	10	10	7
San Francisco	Ind	6	9	10	9	8	8	8	8
Tulane	SEC	11	12	11	8	5	6	7	9
Bowling Green State	Ind	15		14	14	10	9	9	10
Yale	Ivy					20	13	18	11
Utah	MSAC	10	10	12	12	14	16	13	12
North Carolina State	Southern		15	17		17		15	13
Villanova	Ind	9	8	7	13	15		17	14
UCLA	PCC								15
Loyola (IL)	Ind	12	13	13	11	13	12	14	16
Wyoming	MSAC				19	17	14	12	17
Butler	MAC	18	17	15	16	11	11	11	18
Hamline	Ind	8	7	8	5	9	15	16	19
Ohio State	Big Ten				18		18	19	20
School	Conf	1/18	1/25	2/1	2/8	2/15	2/22	3/1	Final
Arkansas	SWC							20
Baylor	SWC		18
Cincinnati	MAC	13
DePaul	Ind		16			17
Duquesne	Ind				20	20	17
Eastern Kentucky	OVC			20
Holy Cross	Ind	14	20	19	15
New York University	Metro NY	20		15
Oklahoma	Big 7					16
Southern California	PCC						19
Stanford	PCC	17	11	9	10	20
Texas	SWC						20
Washington State	PCC	18	14		17

Helms Foundation Player of the Year:	Tony Lavelli (Yale)
NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player:	Alex Groza (Kentucky)
NIT Most Valuable Player:	Don Lofgan (San Francisco)

1st Team
Alex Groza (Kentucky)
Ed Macauley (Saint Louis)
Ralph Beard (Kentucky)
Tony Lavelli (Yale)
Vince Boryla (Denver)

2nd Team
Bill Erickson (Illinois)
Ernie Vandeweghe (Colgate)
Jim McIntyre (Minnesota)
Vern Gardner (Utah)
Wallace Jones (Kentucky)