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1950-51 Men's 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	Ivy League	7	100	75	.571	0.72	0.17	1	1	0	Columbia
2	Big Ten Conference	10	122	102	.545	6.88	5.63	1	1	1	Illinois
3	Mountain States Athletic Conference	6	116	91	.560	5.90	5.73	1	1	0	Brigham Young
4	Missouri Valley Conference	8	141	98	.590	1.86	2.22	1	1	1	Oklahoma State
5	Ohio Valley Conference	1	19	10	.655	9.70	4.39	0	0	0	Murray State	Murray State
6	Metropolitan New York Conference	6	104	41	.717	6.38	2.90	0	1	0	St. John's (NY)
7	Pacific Coast Conference	9	156	112	.582	7.39	5.58	0	1	0	Washington (North)
8	Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association	9	124	122	.504	-10.88	-8.31	1	1	0	Arizona
9	Western New York Little Three Conference	3	52	26	.667	4.82	4.53	0	0	0	St. Bonaventure
10	Big Seven Conference	7	93	76	.550	7.60	6.63	0	1	1	Kansas State
11	Southwest Conference	7	89	87	.506	-2.93	-1.10	0	1	0	TCU, Texas, Texas A&M
12	Southeastern Conference	12	157	137	.534	-4.51	-3.00	0	1	1	Kentucky	Vanderbilt
13	Independent	41	573	459	.555	-1.10	1.00	0	2	0
14	Middle Three Conference	3	27	38	.415	-15.75	-7.37	0	0	0	Rutgers
15	Yankee Conference	1	13	15	.464	-6.97	-3.39	0	0	0	Connecticut
16	Mid-American Conference	5	57	55	.509	-0.81	1.44	0	0	0	Cincinnati
17	Southern Conference	17	220	219	.501	-13.67	-11.48	0	1	0	NC State	NC State

Coaches Polls

Coaches Polls Table
		Week Poll
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
School	Conf	Pre	12/12	12/19	12/26	1/3	1/9	1/16	1/23	1/30	2/6	2/13	2/20	2/27	3/6	Final
Arizona	BIAA					18	16	19	16	20	18	17	18	13	13	12
Arkansas	SWC	13
BYU	MSAC	20	12	15	13			19	11	11	9	8	10	10	10	10
Beloit	Ind												20	17	14	14
Bradley	MVC	2	2	2	2	1	1	4	5	6	5	9	7	8	7	6
CCNY	Metro NY	1	6	6	9	16
Cincinnati	MAC			18	17	13	16	14	13	14	15	14	15	18		17
Columbia	Ivy					14	9	10	8	8	6	4	4	4	5	5
Cornell	Ivy
Dayton	Ind														19	18
DePaul	Ind	17	17
Duquesne	Ind			12	16	19	15	18
Holy Cross	Ind		20								20
Illinois	Big Ten	17	20	20				11	12	14	13	12	11	5	4	4
Indiana	Big Ten	10	10	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	5	3	6	8	8
Iowa	Big Ten	8	18				19
Kansas	Big 7	5	4	10	10	15	14	15	19	16	17	19
Kansas State	Big 7	12	9	19	15	8	8	7	7	5	4	3	5	3	3	3
Kentucky	SEC	3	1	1	1	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1
LIU	Ind	7	7	7	4	4	4	3	2	3	14	15	12
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
School	Conf	Pre	12/12	12/19	12/26	1/3	1/9	1/16	1/23	1/30	2/6	2/13	2/20	2/27	3/6	Final
La Salle	Ind				20		16
Louisville	Ind
Minnesota	Big Ten		14
Missouri	Big 7		11	9	7	19
Murray State	OVC
NC State	Southern	4	3	3	6	6	7	9	9	9	10	10	8	9	6	7
NYU	Metro NY								17	19	19	18
Notre Dame	Ind
Ohio State	Big Ten	17
Oklahoma	Big 7			14		17						20	19
Oklahoma State	MVC	6	5	5	3	3	2	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2
Oregon	PCC												16	16
Princeton	Ivy
Saint Louis	MVC		19	13	19	7	6	8	10	10	8	7	6	11	11	11
Seattle
Seton Hall	Ind															18
Siena	Ind														17
St. Bonaventure	WNY3													19	19	18
St. John's (NY)	Metro NY	9	8	8	8	9	10	6	6	7	7	6	9	7	9	9
Syracuse	Ind	14	16
Texas A&M	SWC										20					18
Toledo	Ind			16	18
UCLA	PCC	11	14	16						18						16
USC	PCC						19	17	15	13	11	11	13	12	15
Vanderbilt	SEC														16
Villanova	Ind				12	11	13	11	14	12	12	13	17	15	17	14
Washington	PCC	16	13	11	11	11	12	16			16	16	14	13	12	13
Washington State	PCC								19	17	20
West Virginia	Southern
Western Kentucky	OVC	15
Wyoming	MSAC				14	10	11	13	18

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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