1901–02 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team

1901–02 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball
1901–02 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball
Helms Foundation National Champions; Premo-Porretta National Champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	15–0 (2–0 Western)
Head coach	L. J. Cooke (5th season);
Home arena	UM Armory

1901–02 Western Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
†*	2	–	0	1.000	15	–	0	1.000
Iowa		–		–	10	–	2	.833
Purdue	2	–	0	1.000	10	–	3	.769
Wisconsin	0	–	1	.000	7	–	3	.700
Indiana	0	–	2	.000	4	–	4	.500

† Intramural play only, the conference did not have an official championship *Minnesota was named Premo-Porretta and Helms Foundation National Champions winner

The 1901–02 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota in intercollegiate basketball during the 1901–02 season. The team finished the season with a 15–0 record^[1] and claimed the national intercollegiate championship as well as the overall amateur basketball championship of the United States..^[2]^[3]

The team was also later retroactively named national champions by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.^[4]^[5]

Starters

Source^[6]

William Deering – Forward
Henry Holden – Forward
George Tuck – Center
M. A. Kiefer – Guard
Roy Ireland – Guard

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
11/30/1901*	Minnesota Alumni	W 44–11	1–0	UM Armory Minneapolis, MN
12/7/1901*	Minnesota Sophomores	W 13–8	2–0	UM Armory Minneapolis, MN
12/7/1901*	Minnesota Seniors	W 18–1	3–0	UM Armory Minneapolis, MN
12/14/1901*	South High School	W 2–0	4–0	Minneapolis, MN
1/2/1902*	Yale	W 32–23	5–0
1/11/1902*	East High School	W 44–14	6–0
1/18/1902*	Central High School	W 22–5	7–0
1/24/1902*	at North Dakota State	W 47–7	8–0	Fargo, ND
1/25/1902*	at Fargo High School	W 50–4	9–0	Fargo, ND
1/25/1902*	at Fargo College	W 28–21	10–0	Fargo, ND
2/1/1902*	Fond du Lac College East	W 22–16	11–0
2/8/1902*	North Dakota State	W 60–9	12–0
2/15/1902*	Nebraska	W 52–9	13–0
2/22/1902	Wisconsin	W 30–10	14–0 (1–0)	UM Armory Minneapolis, MN
3/1/1902	Iowa	W 49–10	15–0 (2–0)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source^[6]

References

^ "Minnesota season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
^ "Say They Are 'Champs' — The 'U' Basket Ball Team — Have Won Sixteen Games and Lost None". The Minneapolis Journal. March 7, 1902. The university [of Minnesota] basket-ball team, which has successfully concluded a very hard schedule, is out with the claim to the national championship. The team played sixteen games during the season and did not meet with a single defeat. Victories were won from Yale, champion of the east; Fon Du Lac, tied with Ravenswood for championship honors last year; Wisconsin, Nebraska, Iowa and Fargo college, as well as from a number of teams of less importance.
^ "Athletics — Basketball". The Gopher. Vol. XVI. Minneapolis: The University of Minnesota. 1902. pp. 144–147. Minnesota claims the amateur basket ball championship of the United States. [...] After this [Yale] game the title of national college champions was claimed for the team. [..] A month later the Company E team of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, was disposed of. This aggregation had held the national amateur championship for two years and had lost it the season before to Ravenswood by a single point. By this victory the title not only of college champions but the championship of all amateur teams of the country accrued to Minnesota. [...] Which Makes Us CHAMPIONS OF THE UNITED STATES
^ "NCAA Division I Mens Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions". Rauzulu's Street. 2004. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
^ ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. pp. 532–34. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
^ ^a ^b "2013–14 Minnesota Golden Gophers Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Yearly records. University of Minnesota. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 26, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2014.

[1] "Minnesota season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2014.

[TMJ1902MinnesotaClaim-2] "Say They Are 'Champs' — The 'U' Basket Ball Team — Have Won Sixteen Games and Lost None". The Minneapolis Journal. March 7, 1902. The university [of Minnesota] basket-ball team, which has successfully concluded a very hard schedule, is out with the claim to the national championship. The team played sixteen games during the season and did not meet with a single defeat. Victories were won from Yale, champion of the east; Fon Du Lac, tied with Ravenswood for championship honors last year; Wisconsin, Nebraska, Iowa and Fargo college, as well as from a number of teams of less importance.

[TheGopher1903-3] "Athletics — Basketball". The Gopher. Vol. XVI. Minneapolis: The University of Minnesota. 1902. pp. 144–147. Minnesota claims the amateur basket ball championship of the United States. [...] After this [Yale] game the title of national college champions was claimed for the team. [..] A month later the Company E team of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, was disposed of. This aggregation had held the national amateur championship for two years and had lost it the season before to Ravenswood by a single point. By this victory the title not only of college champions but the championship of all amateur teams of the country accrued to Minnesota. [...] Which Makes Us CHAMPIONS OF THE UNITED STATES

[4] "NCAA Division I Mens Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions". Rauzulu's Street. 2004. Retrieved April 25, 2014.

[5] ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. pp. 532–34. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.

[MGUIDE-6] "2013–14 Minnesota Golden Gophers Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Yearly records. University of Minnesota. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 26, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2014.

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Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball
Venues	On-campus YMCA (1895–1896) UM Armory (1896–1925) Kenwood Armory (1925–1928) Williams Arena (1928–present)
Culture & lore	Goldy Gopher "Minnesota Rouser" Scandal
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics