Rocky Mountain Conference

Background:

1923-63 - Divisional format from 1925-37.

Current Members:

(15) Adams State (1958-63), Brigham Young (1925-37), Colorado (1923-37), Colorado A&M/State (1924-37), Colorado College (1923-63), Colorado School of Mines (1923-63), Colorado Teachers (1925-34), Denver (1923-37), Greeley State/Colorado State College/Northern Colorado (1935-63), Idaho State (1950-60), Montana State (1925-57 except for 1948), Utah (1925-37), Utah Agricultural/State (1925-37), Western State/Colorado Western (1925-63) and Wyoming (1923-37)

NCAA Tournament Record:

6-11 (.353)

Single-Season Scoring Leader:

John Cat Thompson, Montana State (629 points as sophomore in 1927-28) and Curtis Crook, Colorado Mines (22.2 points per game as freshman in 1955-56)

Regular-Season Champions:

Brigham Young (2 outright-2 ties), Colorado (2-1), Colorado College (7-0), Colorado State College (5-2), Denver (0-1), Idaho State (8-0), Montana State (8-3), Northern Colorado (5-0), Utah (1-3), Utah State (3-1), Wyoming (5-1)

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All-Time All-Conference Teams

Scoring / Rebounding Leaders for Regular-Season Champions

Head Coaches for Regular-Season Champions

Annual Statistical Leaders - Scoring

Scoring / Rebounding Leaders for Regular-Season Champions:

Year	School	League Record (Division)	Scoring Leader	PPG
1922	Colorado College	-
1923	Colorado College	7-1
1924	Colorado College	9-1	Bruce	12.8*
1925	Colorado College	10-3 (East)	Bayless	9.9*
	Brigham Young	5-3 (West)	Reed Stewart	7.4*
1926	Colorado State College	13-1 (East)	Brown	5.9*
	Utah State	8-4 (West)	Warren Hawley	12*
1927	Colorado College	12-2 (East)
	Montana State	10-2 (West)
1928	Wyoming	9-3 (East)	O.B. Koerfer	8
	Montana State	11-1 (West)	John Thompson	16.6
1929	Colorado	10-2 (East)	Peter Middlemist	8.7*
	Montana State	11-1 (West)	John Thompson	16.6
1930	Colorado	11-3 (East)	Merle Lefferdink	11.9*
	Montana State	7-5 (West)	John Thompson	12
	Utah State	7-5 (West)	Carl Davis	13.4*
1931	Wyoming	11-1 (East)	Les Witte	11.9
	Utah	8-4 (West)	Sherman Clark	11.7*
1932	Wyoming	12-0 (East)	Les Witte	11.9
	Brigham Young	8-4 (West)	Elwood Romney	13.2*
	Utah	8-4 (West)	Stanford Smith	11.5*
1933	Wyoming	12-2 (East)	Les Witte	10.2
	Colorado State College	12-2 (East)	Blight	7.9*
	Brigham Young	9-3 (West)	Byron Nelson	10.3*
	Utah	9-3 (West)	Bill Kinner	12*
1934	Wyoming	14-0 (East)	Les Witte	12
	Brigham Young	9-3 (West)	Floyd Millett	9.5*
1935	Northern Colorado	9-3 (East)	Cromer	7.6*
	Utah State	9-3 (West)	Cleo Petty	12.3*
1936	Wyoming	11-3 (East)	Lew Young	10.2
	Utah State	9-3 (West)	Kent Ryan	9.3*
1937	Denver	10-2 (East)	Jim Babcock	13.6
	Colorado	10-2 (East)	James Schwartz	12.2*
	Montana State	7-5 (West)	Ed Exum	12*
	Utah	7-5 (West)	Harold Miller	9.3*
1938	Montana State	10-0
1939	Northern Colorado	7-3
1940	Montana State	3-1
1941	Northern Colorado	9-5
1942	Northern Colorado	6-2
1943	Northern Colorado	5-3
1944	Colorado College	6-0
1945	Colorado College	2-0
1946	Colorado State College	7-1
1947	Montana State	7-1
1948	Colorado State College	5-1
1949	Colorado State College	7-1
1950	Montana State	9-1	Les Curry	16.8
1951	Montana State	9-1	Les Curry	14.7
1952	Colorado State College	8-2	Pappas	11
	Montana State	8-2	Chuck Mitchell	12
1953	Idaho State	10-0	Les Roh	16.6
1954	Idaho State	9-1	Les Roh	17.1
1955	Idaho State	9-1	Les Roh	21.7
1956	Idaho State	9-1	Les Roh	20.8
1957	Idaho State	12-0	Jim Rodgers	15
1958	Idaho State	10-0	LeRoy Bacher	13.5
1959	Idaho State	9-1	Jim Rodgers	17.4
1960	Idaho State	8-0	Myrl Goodwin	16.4

* League games only.

Head Coaches for Regular-Season Champions:

Year	School	Head Coach	League Record	Overall Record
1922	Colorado College	C.L. Parsons		10-2
1923	Colorado College	Telfer L. Mead	7-1	9-1
1924	Colorado College	Telfer L. Mead	9-1	15-2
1925	Colorado College	Telfer L. Mead	10-3/East	13-3
	Brigham Young	Alvin Twitchell	5-3/West	10-6
1926	Colorado Teachers	George Cooper	13-1/East	13-5
	Utah Agricultural	E. Lowell "Dick" Romney	8-4/West	13-5
1927	Colorado College	Alvin Twitchell	12-2/East	12-4
	Montana State	G. Ott Romney	10-2/West	30-7
1928	Wyoming	Stewart Clark	9-3/East	13-8
	Montana State	G. Ott Romney	11-1/West	36-2
1929	Colorado	Howard Beresford	10-2/East	10-2
	Montana State	Schubert Dyche	11-1/West	36-2
1930	Colorado	Howard Beresford	11-3/East	11-6
	Montana State	Schubert Dyche	7-5/West	21-10
	Utah State	E. Lowell "Dick" Romney	7-5/West	15-7
1931	Wyoming	Willard Witte	11-1/East	19-4
	Utah	Vadal Peterson	8-4/West	20-5
1932	Wyoming	Willard Witte	12-0/East	18-2
	Brigham Young	G. Ott Romney	8-4/West	20-12
	Utah	Vadal Peterson	8-4/West	12-8
1933	Wyoming	Willard Witte	12-2/East	18-5
	Colorado Teachers	John Davis	12-2/East	13-7
	Brigham Young	G. Ott Romney	9-3/West	20-7
	Utah	Vadal Peterson	9-3/West	13-9
1934	Wyoming	Willard Witte	14-0/East	26-3
	Brigham Young	G. Ott Romney	9-3/West	18-12
1935	Greeley State	John Davis	9-3/East	12-14
	Utah State	E. Lowell "Dick" Romney	9-3/West	17-5
1936	Wyoming	Willard Witte	11-3/East	12-7
	Utah State	E. Lowell "Dick" Romney	9-3/West	17-9
1937	Denver	Clyde Hubbard	10-2/East	14-6
	Colorado	Forrest "Frosty" Cox	10-2/East	10-5
	Montana State	John "Brick" Breeden	7-5/West	17-10
	Utah	Vadal Peterson	7-5/West	17-7
1938	Montana State	John "Brick" Breeden	10-0	22-5
1939	Greeley State	Jules Doubenmier	7-3	11-6
1940	Montana State	John "Brick" Breeden	3-1	10-16
1941	Greeley State	L.C. "Pete" Butler	9-5	14-8
1942	Greeley State	L.C. "Pete" Butler	6-2	14-11
1943	Greeley State	L.C. "Pete" Butler	5-3	8-8
1944	Colorado College	Allison Binns	6-0	13-6
1945	Colorado College	Allison Binns	2-0	6-11
1946	Colo. State College/Greeley	L.C. "Pete" Butler	7-1	9-12
1947	Montana State	John "Brick" Breeden	7-1	25-11
1948	Colo. State College/Greeley	L.C. "Pete" Butler	5-1	10-13
1949	Colo. State College/Greeley	L.C. "Pete" Butler	7-1	13-4
1950	Montana State	John "Brick" Breeden	9-1	20-12
1951	Montana State	John "Brick" Breeden	9-1	24-12
1952	Colo. State College/Greeley	L.C. "Pete" Butler	8-2	10-12
	Montana State	John "Brick" Breeden	8-2	22-14
1953	Idaho State	Steve Belko	10-0	18-7
1954	Idaho State	Steve Belko	9-1	22-5
1955	Idaho State	Steve Belko	9-1	18-8
1956	Idaho State	Steve Belko	9-1	18-8
1957	Idaho State	John Grayson	12-0	25-4
1958	Idaho State	John Grayson	10-0	22-6
1959	Idaho State	John Grayson	9-1	21-7
1960	Idaho State	John Evans	8-0	21-5

NOTE: Colorado Teachers, Greeley State and Colorado State College are previous names for Northern Colorado.
Most Rocky Mountain Titles (By Coach): Brick Breeden and Pete Butler (7).

Annual Statistical Leaders:

Scoring:

Year	Player	School	Class	Games	Points	Average
1923	William Patterson	Colorado College Jr. 135
1924	Joseph Bruce	Colorado College	SR	10	128	12.8
1925	Galen Broyles	Colorado College	JR	13	129	9.9
1926	Hartwig	Montana State 12 144
1927	John "Cat" Thompson	Montana State Fr. 167
1928	John "Cat" Thompson	Montana State	SO	38	629	16.6
1929	John "Cat" Thompson	Montana State	JR	36	597	16.6
1930	Frank Ward	Montana State	SR	26	389	15.0
1931	Elwood Romney	Brigham Young	SO	12	170	14.2
1932	Elwood Romney	Brigham Young	JR	12	158	13.2
1933	Bill Kinner	Utah	FR	12	144	12.0
1934	Les Witte	Wyoming	SR	14	186	13.3
1935	Bill Kinner	Utah	JR	12	169	14.1
1936	Jim Babcock	Denver	JR	12	165	13.8
1937	Jim Babcock	Denver	SR	12	163	13.6
1938	Ed Exum	Montana State 27 461
1939	Leroy Mueller	Western State 9 112
1940	Harry Rogers	Colorado Mines 12 147
1941	unavailable
1942	Duane Quamme	Colorado College 8 113
1943	unavailable
1944	unavailable
1945	Boyd DeTonacour	Montana State	FR	23	406	17.7
1946	Andreas	Western State 14 243
1947	Boyd DeTonacour	Montana State	JR	33	345	10.5
1948	Duane Quamme	Colorado College 20 261
1949	Duane Quamme	Colorado College 16 222
1950	Les Curry	Montana State	JR	32	537	16.8
1951	George Sweeney	Colorado College 22 401
1952	Joe McKeithen	Montana State	SR	16	303	18.9
1953	Les Roh	Idaho State	FR	25	416	16.6
1954	McKay Jewkes	Western State 24 416
1955	Les Roh	Idaho State	JR	26	565	21.7
1956	Curtis Crook	Colorado Mines	FR	24	532	22.2
1957	Eugene Poston	Western State	JR	24	423	17.6
1958	Leroy Bacher	Idaho State	SR	28	381	13.5
1959	Jim Rodgers	Idaho State	SR	28	486	17.4
1960	James Bevers	Western State 24 518
	NOTE: Conference games only from 1923 through 1927, 1931 through 1937, 1939, 1940 and 1942.

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