1901–02 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team

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

	Conf				Overall
1901–02 Western Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Minnesota	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

Rankings from AP Poll

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 were named national champions by the Helms Athletic Foundation.^[2]

Starters

Source^[3]

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site
Regular season
11/30/1901*	Minnesota Alumni	W 44–11	1–0	UM Armory
12/7/1901*	Minnesota Sophomores	W 13–8	2–0	UM Armory
12/7/1901*	Minnesota Seniors	W 18–1	3–0	UM Armory
12/14/1901*	South High School	W 2–0	4–0
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
1/25/1902*	at Fargo High School	W 50–4	9–0
1/25/1902*	at Fargo College	W 21–28	10–0
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
3/1/1902	Iowa	W 49–10	15–0 (2–0)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source^[3]

References

↑ "Minnesota season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
↑ "NCAA Division I Mens Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions". Rauzulu's Street. 2004. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
↑ 3.0 3.1 "2013–14 Minnesota Golden Gophers Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Yearly records. University of Minnesota. 2013. Retrieved April 25, 2014.

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	History Goldy Gopher "Minnesota Rouser" Scandal

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 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 1999–00 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

Helms national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics