1918–19 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team

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]

1918–19 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball
Big Ten Conference Champions Helms Foundation National Champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	13–0 (10–0 Big Ten)
Head coach	L. J. Cooke (22nd season)
Home arena	UM Armory
Seasons ← 1917–18 1919–20 →

1918–19 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
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

Starters

Source^[4]

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

Schedule

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

Source^[4]

References

1. "Minnesota season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
2. "NCAA Division I Mens Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions". Rauzulu's Street. 2004. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
3. "Helms Foundation Player of the Year Winners". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2010. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
4. "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 28, 2014.