1935–36 NCAA men's basketball season

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The 1935–36 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1935, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded in March 1936.

HelmsNationalChampionsNotre Dame (retroactive selection in 1943)
Player of the Year
(Helms)John Moir, Notre Dame (retroactive selection in 1944)
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1935–36 NCAA men's basketball season
Helms National ChampionsNotre Dame (retroactive selection in 1943)
Player of the Year
(Helms)		John Moir, Notre Dame (retroactive selection in 1944)
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Rule changes

A new rule prohibited any offensive player with the ball from standing in the free-throw lane (also known as the "key") for more than three seconds. Previously, this rule had applied only to a player who had possession of the ball.[1]

Season headlines

Conference membership changes

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School Former conference New conference

Metropolitan New York Conference

Brooklyn Bulldogs Non-major basketball program Metropolitan New York Conference
CCNY Beavers Independent Metropolitan New York Conference
Fordham Rams Independent Metropolitan New York Conference
Long Island Blackbirds Independent Metropolitan New York Conference
Manhattan Jaspers Independent Metropolitan New York Conference
NYU Violets Independent Metropolitan New York Conference
Penn State Nittany Lions Independent Eastern Intercollegiate Conference
St. Francis (NY) Terriers Independent Metropolitan New York Conference
St. John's Redmen Independent Metropolitan New York Conference
Texas State M&M Miners Independent Border Conference
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Regular season

Conferences

Conference winners and tournaments

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Conference Regular
season winner[4]		 Conference
player of the year		 Conference
tournament		 Tournament
venue (City)		 Tournament
winner
Big Six ConferenceKansasNone selectedNo Tournament
Big Ten ConferenceIndiana & PurdueNone selectedNo Tournament
Border ConferenceArizonaNone selectedNo Tournament
Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball LeagueColumbiaNone selectedNo Tournament
Eastern Intercollegiate ConferenceCarnegie Tech & PittsburghNone selectedNo Tournament;
Carnegie Tech defeated Pittsburgh in a single-game conference playoff
Metropolitan New York ConferenceLong IslandNone selectedNo Tournament
Missouri Valley ConferenceCreighton, Drake, & Oklahoma A&MNone selectedNo Tournament
Pacific Coast ConferenceWashington (North);
Stanford & USC (South)		No Tournament;
Stanford defeated USC in divisional playoff game; Stanford defeated Washington in best-of-three conference championship playoff series
Rocky Mountain Athletic ConferenceWyoming (Eastern); Utah State (Western)No Tournament
Southeastern ConferenceTennesseeNone selected1936 SEC men's basketball tournamentAlumni Memorial Gym (Knoxville, Tennessee)Tennessee
Southern ConferenceWashington and LeeNone selected1936 Southern Conference men's basketball tournamentThompson Gym
(Raleigh, North Carolina)		North Carolina[5]
Southwest ConferenceArkansasNone selectedNo Tournament
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Conference standings

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1935–36 Big Six Conference men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Kansas10–0 1.00021–2  .913
Nebraska7–3 .70013–8  .619
Oklahoma5–5 .5009–8  .529
Iowa State3–7 .3008–8  .500
Kansas State3–7 .3009–9  .500
Missouri2–8 .2005–12  .294
1935–36 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Indiana11–1 .91718–2  .900
Purdue11–1 .91716–4  .800
Michigan7–5 .58315–5  .750
Illinois7–5 .58313–6  .684
Northwestern7–5 .58313–6  .684
Ohio State5–7 .41712–8  .600
Iowa5–7 .4179–10  .474
Wisconsin4–8 .33311–9  .550
Minnesota3–9 .2507–17  .292
Chicago0–12 .0006–14  .300
1935–36 Border Conference men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Arizona†11–5 .68816–7  .696
Arizona State–Tempe11–7 .61112–14  .462
Texas Tech8–6 .57114–6  .700
New Mexico11–9 .55016–10  .615
Arizona State–Flagstaff7–7 .50015–9  .625
New Mexico A&M8–8 .50010–9  .526
Texas State M&M0–8 .0000–12  .000
† Conference championship winner
1935–36 Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Columbia12–0 1.00019–3  .864
Penn7–5 .58312–9  .571
Dartmouth6–6 .50011–10  .524
Yale6–6 .5008–16  .333
Princeton5–7 .4179–14  .391
Harvard3–9 .2507–15  .318
Cornell3–9 .2505–12  .294
1935–36 Eastern Intercollegiate Conference men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Carnegie Tech†7–3 .7008–3  .727
Pittsburgh7–3 .70018–9  .667
Temple6–4 .60018–6  .750
West Virginia6–4 .60016–8  .667
Georgetown4–6 .4007–11  .389
Penn State0–10 .0006–11  .353
† Postseason conference championship playoff game winner
As of end of 1935-36 season[6]
1935–36 Metropolitan New York Conference men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
LIU3–0 1.00025–0  1.000
NYU7–1 .87514–4  .778
Manhattan5–1 .83317–3  .850
St. John's4–3 .57118–4  .818
CCNY3–3 .50010–4  .714
St. Francis (NY)4–6 .40015–8  .652
Fordham2–4 .33310–5  .667
Brooklyn0–7 .00018–9  .667
1935–36 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Creighton8–4 .66713–6  .684
Oklahoma A&M8–4 .66716–8  .667
Drake8–4 .66716–12  .571
Washburn6–4 .6007–14  .333
Grinnell4–6 .4007–11  .389
Washington University3–9 .2506–13  .316
Tulsa3–9 .2506–14  .300
1935–36 Pacific Coast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
North
Washington13–3 .81325–7  .781
Oregon State10–6 .62516–9  .640
Washington State8–8 .50022–8  .733
Oregon7–9 .43820–11  .645
Idaho2–14 .12512–15  .444
South
Stanford †8–4 .66722–7  .759
USC8–4 .66714–12  .538
California6–6 .50013–16  .448
UCLA2–10 .16710–13  .435
† Conference playoff series winner
1935–36 Rocky Mountain Conference men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Eastern
Wyoming11–3 .78612–7  .632
Northern Colorado10–4 .71414–6  .700
Denver8–4 .66711–5  .688
Colorado College9–5 .64314–9  .609
Western State5–5 .50013–7  .650
Colorado6–8 .4296–8  .429
Colorado State3–9 .2507–9  .438
Colorado Mines0–14 .0000–14  .000
Western
Utah State9–3 .75017–9  .654
BYU6–6 .50016–9  .640
Montana State5–7 .41711–8  .579
Utah4–8 .3337–15  .318
1935–36 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Kentucky6–2 .75015–6  .714
Vanderbilt9–4 .6929–14  .391
Tennessee †8–4 .66715–6  .714
Mississippi State9–5 .64311–6  .647
Auburn7–4 .63610–5  .667
Alabama9–6 .60015–9  .625
LSU9–6 .60010–10  .500
Georgia Tech7–5 .58310–8  .556
Ole Miss7–5 .58311–9  .550
Georgia6–7 .4629–11  .450
Florida2–8 .2005–10  .333
Tulane1–14 .0672–17  .105
Sewanee0–10 .0002–13  .133
† Regular-season championship and SEC Tournament winner
1935–36 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Washington and Lee10–1 .90919–2  .905
North Carolina †13–3 .81321–4  .840
North Carolina State10–3 .76915–4  .789
Maryland4–3 .57114–6  .700
Clemson5–5 .50015–7  .682
Duke4–5 .44420–6  .769
Virginia4–8 .33311–13  .458
South Carolina1–6 .14311–8  .579
Virginia Tech1–9 .1005–16  .238
VMI0–10 .0003–14  .176
† Southern Conference Tournament winner
1935–36 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Arkansas11–1 .91724–3  .889
Texas8–4 .66715–9  .625
Rice8–4 .66712–10  .545
Baylor6–6 .50012–13  .480
SMU4–8 .3334–8  .333
Texas A&M3–9 .2509–9  .500
TCU2–10 .1673–11  .214
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Major independents

A total of 57 college teams played as major independents. Notre Dame (22–2) had the best winning percentage (.917) and Western Kentucky State (26–4) finished with the most wins.[7]

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1935–36 NCAA men's basketball independents standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Notre Dame– –22–2  .917
Western Kentucky State– –26–4  .867
George Washington– –16–3  .842
Western State Teachers– –15–3  .833
Duquesne– –14–3  .824
DePaul– –18–4  .818
Indiana State– –11–3  .786
St. Bonaventure– –7–2  .778
Bucknell– –13–4  .765
Colgate– –12–4  .750
Furman– –12–4  .750
Toledo– –12–4  .750
Niagara– –17–6  .739
St. Joseph's– –14–5  .737
Rhode Island State– –13–5  .722
Detroit– –12–5  .706
Syracuse– –12–5  .706
Richmond– –14–6  .700
Loyola (Md.)– –13–6  .684
Saint Mary's (Calif.)– –14–7  .667
Santa Clara– –12–6  .667
Ohio– –13–7  .650
William & Mary– –11–6  .647
Canisius– –10–7  .588
Cincinnati– –10–7  .588
Kent State– –10–7  .588
The Citadel– –7–5  .583
Louisville– –14–11  .560
San Francisco– –11–9  .550
Montana– –13–11  .542
Rutgers– –8–7  .533
Xavier– –8–7  .533
Miami (Ohio)– –9–8  .529
Army– –7–7  .500
Brown– –8–8  .500
Loyola (Ill.)– –8–8  .500
Navy– –7–7  .500
Valparaiso– –8–8  .500
Wichita Municipal– –12–12  .500
Michigan State Normal– –8–9  .471
Bowling Green State– –7–8  .467
Saint Louis– –9–11  .450
Lafayette– –7–9  .438
Wake Forest– –9–12  .429
Lehigh– –5–7  .417
Bradley– –6–10  .375
Marshall– –6–10  .375
Marquette– –7–12  .368
Villanova– –6–12  .333
Butler– –6–15  .286
Seton Hall– –4–11  .267
Muhlenberg– –5–16  .238
La Salle– –4–13  .235
Connecticut– –3–11  .214
Davidson– –4–15  .211
Dayton– –3–13  .188
Boston University– –1–13  .071
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Awards

Consensus All-American team

Main article: 1936 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
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Consensus Team
Player Class Team
Vern Huffman Senior Indiana
Robert Kessler Senior Purdue
Bill Kinner Senior Utah
Hank Luisetti Sophomore Stanford
John Moir Sophomore Notre Dame
Paul Nowak Sophomore Notre Dame
Ike Poole Senior Arkansas
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Major player of the year awards

Other major awards

Coaching changes

A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.

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Team Former
Coach		 Interim
Coach		 New
Coach		 Reason
BYU Eddie Kimball Fred Dixon
Connecticut John Heldman J. Orlean Christian Donald White Heldman resigned after the first game of the year, he went 19–42 in his career with Connecticut. Christian was named interim and finished with a 3–10 record.
Cornell Howard Ortner Bo Rowland
Dartmouth Dolly Stark Osborne Cowles
DePaul Jim Kelly Tom Haggerty
Florida Ben Clemons Josh Cody
Idaho Richard Fox Forrest Twogood
Illinois J. Craig Ruby Douglas R. Mills
Lafayette P. M. Shellenberger Mike Michalske
Louisville C. V. Money Laurie Apitz
Mississippi State Frank Carideo Sanfield Hitt
Penn State Earl Leslie John Lawther
Saint Louis Mike Nylkos Ed Davidson
Saint Mary's (Calif.) Jim Underhill Harlan Dykes
Seton Hall John T. Colrick Honey Russell
St. Johns (NY) Buck Freeman Joe Lapchick
Texas Marty Karow Josh Gray
Texas State M&M J. B. Andrews Marshall Pennington
Vanderbilt Josh Cody Jim Buford Cody left to coach Florida.
Villanova George Jacobs Alexander Severance
VMI Frank Summers Allison Hubert
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