1912–13 Navy Midshipmen men's basketball team
American college basketball season
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The 1912â13 Navy Midshipmen men's basketball team represented the United States Naval Academy in intercollegiate basketball during the 1912â13 season. The team finished the season with a 9â0 record.[1] The team was retroactively named the 1912â13 national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and was retroactively listed as the top team of the season by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.[2][3] It was head coach Louis Wenzell's first and only season coaching the team.[1] Player Laurence Wild was named a consensus All-American at the end of the season.[4]
| 1912â13 Navy Midshipmen men's basketball | |
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Helms Foundation National Champions Southern Champion | |
| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 9â0 |
| Head coach |
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| MVP | Laurence Wild |
| Captain | Laurence Wild |
| Home arena | Halsey Field House |
Schedule
| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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| Regular season | |||||||||||
| 12/14/1912* |
Baltimore Medical College | W 44â22 | 1â0 |
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| 12/21/1912* |
Catholic University | W 59â33 | 2â0 |
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| 1/11/1913* |
NYU | W 74â18 | 3â0 |
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| 1/18/1913* |
St. John's | W 55â30 | 4â0 |
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| 1/25/1913* |
Crescent Athletic Club | W 49â7 | 5â0 |
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| 2/1/1913* |
Lehigh | W 56â17 | 6â0 |
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| 2/8/1913* |
Swarthmore | W 31â12 | 7â0 |
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| 2/15/1913* |
St. John's (Maryland) | W 46â30 | 8â0 |
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| 2/22/1913* |
Georgetown | W 67â18 | 9â0 |
Dahlgren Hall Annapolis, MD | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. | |||||||||||
Source[5]