1936–37 NCAA men's basketball season
1936–37 NCAA Division I men's basketball season | |
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Helms National Champions | Stanford (retroactive selection in 1943) |
Player of the Year (Helms) | Hank Luisetti, Stanford (retroactive selection in 1944) |
The 1936–37 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1936, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded in March 1937.
Season headlines
- In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Stanford as its national champion for the 1936–37 season.[1]
- In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Stanford as its national champion for the 1936–37 season.[2]
Conference membership changes
Regular season
Conference winners and tournaments
Conference | Regular season winner[3] |
Conference player of the year |
Conference tournament |
Tournament venue (City) |
Tournament winner |
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Big Six Conference | Kansas & Nebraska | None selected | No Tournament | ||
Big Ten Conference | Illinois & Minnesota | None selected | No Tournament | ||
Border Conference | New Mexico State | None selected | No Tournament | ||
Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League | Penn | None selected | No Tournament | ||
Eastern Intercollegiate Conference | Pittsburgh & Temple | None selected | No Tournament; Pittsburgh defeated Temple in a single-game conference playoff | ||
Metropolitan New York Conference | Long Island |
None selected | No Tournament | ||
Missouri Valley Conference | Oklahoma A&M |
None selected | No Tournament | ||
Pacific Coast Conference | Washington State (North); Stanford (South) | No Tournament; Stanford defeated Washington State in best-of-three conference championship playoff series | |||
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference | (Western) | No Tournament | |||
Southeastern Conference | Kentucky | None selected | 1937 SEC men's basketball tournament | Alumni Memorial Gym (Knoxville, Tennessee ) |
Kentucky |
Southern Conference | Washington and Lee |
None selected | 1937 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament | Thompson Gym (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
Washington and Lee[4]
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Southwest Conference | SMU | None selected | No Tournament |
Statistical leaders
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Awards
Consensus All-American team
Player | Class | Team |
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Jules Bender | Senior | Long Island
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Hank Luisetti | Junior | Stanford |
John Moir | Junior | Notre Dame |
Paul Nowak | Junior | Notre Dame |
Jewell Young | Junior | Purdue |
Major player of the year awards
- Helms Player of the Year: Hank Luisetti, Stanford (retroactive selection in 1944)
Other major awards
- Long Island
Coaching changes
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References
- ^ Scott, Jon (November 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved December 14, 2015.
- ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
- ^ "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. Retrieved February 14, 2009.
- ^ 2008–09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide – Postseason Section, Southern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-09