Helms National Champions Penn Quakers | Player of the Year
(Helms) Howard Cann, NYU | |
Season headlines
This seasons predates the creation of the NIT (1938) and the NCAA tournament (1939).
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Penn defeated Chicago in a national championship playoff, 2 games to 1 (24-28, 29-18, 23-21). The Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively nominated Pennsylvania as the best team of the year.
NYU won the post-season Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) national championship tournament by defeating Rutgers, 49-24. NYU was led by the Helms Athletic Foundation's Player of the Year, Howard Cann.
Major player of the year awards
Premo-Porretta Poll
The first official college basketball poll appeared during the 1948–49 season. St. Bonaventure University accounting professor Patrick M. Premo and computer programmer Phil Porretta researched teams before that year, back to the 1895–96 season, and released their retroactive annual rankings as the Premo-Porretta Power Poll. The polls were compiled by reviewing results, opponents and margins of victory.