1950-51 College Basketball Season Summary

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National Champion: Kentucky

Final Four: Illinois, Kansas State, Kentucky and Oklahoma State

Consensus Player of the Year: Dick Groat

AP First #1: Kentucky

AP Final #1: Kentucky

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Conference Summary

Sorted by SRS

Conference Summary Table
Rk	Conference	Schls	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	AP	NCAA	FF	Regular Season Champ	Tournament Champ
1	Ohio Valley Conference	1	19	10	.655	9.70	4.39	1	0	0	Murray State	Murray State
2	Big Seven Conference	7	93	76	.550	7.60	6.63	1	1	1	Kansas State
3	Pacific Coast Conference	9	156	112	.582	7.39	5.58	2	1	0	Washington (North)
4	Big Ten Conference	10	122	102	.545	6.88	5.63	2	1	1	Illinois
5	Metropolitan New York Conference	6	104	41	.717	6.38	2.90	1	1	0	St. John's (NY)
6	Mountain States Athletic Conference	6	116	91	.560	5.90	5.73	1	1	0	Brigham Young
7	Western New York Little Three Conference	3	52	26	.667	4.82	4.53	0	0	0	St. Bonaventure
8	Missouri Valley Conference	8	141	98	.590	1.86	2.22	3	1	1	Oklahoma State
9	Ivy Group	7	100	75	.571	0.72	0.17	1	1	0	Columbia
10	Mid-American Conference	5	57	55	.509	-0.81	1.44	1	0	0	Cincinnati
11	Independent	41	573	459	.555	-1.10	1.00	4	2	0
12	Southwest Conference	7	89	87	.506	-2.93	-1.10	0	1	0	Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Christian
13	Southeastern Conference	12	157	137	.534	-4.51	-3.00	1	1	1	Kentucky	Vanderbilt
14	Yankee Conference	1	13	15	.464	-6.97	-3.39	0	0	0	Connecticut
15	Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association	9	124	122	.504	-10.88	-8.31	1	1	0	Arizona
16	Southern Conference	17	220	219	.501	-13.67	-11.48	1	1	0	North Carolina State	North Carolina State
17	Middle Three Conference	3	27	38	.415	-15.75	-7.37	0	0	0	Rutgers

AP Poll Summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	12/19	12/26	1/3	1/9	1/16	1/23	1/30	2/6	2/13	2/20	2/27	Final
Toledo	10	13	19	18	12	-	20	-	-	-	13	14
Siena	-	-	-	-	18	13	-	19	-	-	-	18
Princeton	-	-	18	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Louisville	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	14	-	-	-
Kentucky	1	1	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
West Virginia	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
UCLA	9	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	17	-
LIU	7	4	4	4	4	2	4	12	19	16	-	-
La Salle	-	16	-	19	-	17	-	-	-	-	-	-
Saint Louis	-	-	5	5	8	10	10	8	5	6	10	10
USC	-	-	-	13	19	12	13	15	13	13	18	19
Washington	12	15	12	12	15	-	-	-	-	19	19	15
Indiana	4	5	6	6	6	5	3	3	6	4	7	7
Oklahoma State	5	3	2	2	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Duquesne	-	-	13	15	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
NC State	3	6	7	7	9	8	8	10	9	9	8	8
Missouri	8	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Illinois	-	20	-	14	14	16	14	16	11	10	6	5
Wyoming	-	14	10	10	13	20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Arizona	-	-	16	-	-	14	15	13	16	11	12	12
Kansas	11	10	20	17	-	-	17	20	-	-	-	-
Beloit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	20	16	-
Oklahoma	16	-	-	-	-	18	18	-	-	17	-	-
St. John's (NY)	13	12	11	11	5	6	9	7	7	8	9	9
CCNY	6	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Villanova	18	7	8	16	11	11	11	9	10	15	15	20
Kansas State	20	-	9	9	10	9	7	4	3	5	4	4
Murray State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	16
Cincinnati	17	17	17	-	16	15	16	11	15	18	-	17
Dayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	17	14	14	13
Bradley	2	2	1	1	3	4	5	5	8	7	5	6
Cornell	19	18	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
BYU	15	-	-	-	-	19	12	14	12	12	11	11
Notre Dame	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
St. Bonaventure	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Columbia	-	8	14	8	7	7	6	6	4	3	3	3

Award Winners

Consensus All-America Teams

Statistical coverage for seasons prior to 1992-93 is mostly complete, however there are a small number of unknown player records.

Season Leaders

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