1918–19 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team

1918–19 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball
Big Ten Conference Champions Helms Foundation National Champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1918–19 record	13–0 (10–0 Big Ten)
Head coach	L. J. Cooke (22nd year)
Home arena	UM Armory

	Conf				Overall
1918–19 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Minnesota	10	–	0	1.000	13	–	0	1.000
Chicago	10	–	2	.833	21	–	6	.778
Northwestern	6	–	4	.600	6	–	6	.500
Michigan	5	–	5	.500	18	–	6	.750
Illinois	5	–	7	.417	6	–	8	.429
Indiana	4	–	6	.400	10	–	7	.588
Iowa	4	–	7	.364	8	–	7	.533
Purdue	4	–	7	.364	6	–	8	.429
Wisconsin	3	–	9	.250	5	–	11	.313
Ohio State	2	–	6	.250	7	–	12	.368

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1918–19 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota in intercollegiate basketball during the 1918–19 season. The team finished the season with a 13–0 record^[1] and were named national champions by the Helms Athletic Foundation.^[2] Guard Erling Platou was named the national player of the year, becoming the University of Minnesota's first (and through the 2013–14 season, only) national player of the year award winner.^[3]

Starters

Source^[4]

Arnold Oss – Forward
Miles Lawler – Forward
Norman Kingsley – Center
Joel Hultkrans – Guard
Erling Platou – Guard

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site
Regular season
12/17/1918*	Overland Aviation	W 40–18	1–0	UM Armory
1/2/1919*	Aviation Cubs	W 50–7	2–0	UM Armory
1/4/1919*	Wisconsin–Stout	W 68–4	3–0	UM Armory
1/11/1919	Indiana	W 35–13	4–0 (1–0)	UM Armory
1/18/1919	Wisconsin	W 38–23	5–0 (2–0)	UM Armory
1/27/1919	Illinois	W 36–17	6–0 (3–0)	UM Armory
2/1/1919	at Iowa	W 28–18	7–0 (4–0)
2/8/1919	Iowa	W 36–22	8–0 (5–0)	UM Armory
2/15/1919	Purdue	W 36–24	9–0 (6–0)	UM Armory
2/22/1919	at Indiana	W 20–14	10–0 (7–0)	Men's Gymnasium
2/24/1919	at Purdue	W 26–21	11–0 (8–0)	Memorial Gymnasium
3/1/1919	at Wisconsin	W 23–12	12–0 (9–0)	Red Gym
3/3/1919	at Illinois	W 26–9	13–0 (10–0)	Kenny Gym
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source^[4]

References

↑ "Minnesota season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
↑ "NCAA Division I Mens Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions". Rauzulu's Street. 2004. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
↑ "Helms Foundation Player of the Year Winners". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2010. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
↑ 4.0 4.1 "2013–14 Minnesota Golden Gophers Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Yearly records. University of Minnesota. 2013. Retrieved April 28, 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

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