1935–36 NCAA men's basketball season

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.

Rule changes

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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

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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

Regular season

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Conferences

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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 Conference Kansas None selected No Tournament
Big Ten Conference Indiana & Purdue None selected No Tournament
Border Conference Arizona None selected No Tournament
Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League Columbia None selected No Tournament
Eastern Intercollegiate Conference Carnegie Tech & Pittsburgh None selected No Tournament;
Carnegie Tech defeated Pittsburgh in a single-game conference playoff
Metropolitan New York Conference Long Island None selected No Tournament
Missouri Valley Conference Creighton, Drake, & Oklahoma A&M None selected No Tournament
Pacific Coast Conference Washington (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 Conference Wyoming (Eastern); Utah State (Western) No Tournament
Southeastern Conference Tennessee None selected 1936 SEC men's basketball tournament Alumni Memorial Gym (Knoxville, Tennessee) Tennessee
Southern Conference Washington and Lee None selected 1936 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament Thompson Gym
(Raleigh, North Carolina)
North Carolina[5]
Southwest Conference Arkansas None selected No Tournament

Conference standings

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1935–36 Big Six Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Kansas 10 0   1.000 21 2   .913
Nebraska 7 3   .700 13 8   .619
Oklahoma 5 5   .500 9 8   .529
Iowa State 3 7   .300 8 8   .500
Kansas State 3 7   .300 9 9   .500
Missouri 2 8   .200 5 12   .294
1935–36 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Indiana 11 1   .917 18 2   .900
Purdue 11 1   .917 16 4   .800
Michigan 7 5   .583 15 5   .750
Illinois 7 5   .583 13 6   .684
Northwestern 7 5   .583 13 6   .684
Ohio State 5 7   .417 12 8   .600
Iowa 5 7   .417 9 10   .474
Wisconsin 4 8   .333 11 9   .550
Minnesota 3 9   .250 7 17   .292
Chicago 0 12   .000 6 14   .300
1935–36 Border Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Arizona 11 5   .688 16 7   .696
Arizona State–Tempe 11 7   .611 12 14   .462
Texas Tech 8 6   .571 14 6   .700
New Mexico 11 9   .550 16 10   .615
Arizona State–Flagstaff 7 7   .500 15 9   .625
New Mexico A&M 8 8   .500 10 9   .526
Texas State M&M 0 8   .000 0 12   .000
† Conference championship winner
1935–36 Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Columbia 12 0   1.000 19 3   .864
Penn 7 5   .583 12 9   .571
Dartmouth 6 6   .500 11 10   .524
Yale 6 6   .500 8 16   .333
Princeton 5 7   .417 9 14   .391
Harvard 3 9   .250 7 15   .318
Cornell 3 9   .250 5 12   .294
1935–36 Eastern Intercollegiate Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Carnegie Tech 7 3   .700 8 3   .727
Pittsburgh 7 3   .700 18 9   .667
Temple 6 4   .600 18 6   .750
West Virginia 6 4   .600 16 8   .667
Georgetown 4 6   .400 7 11   .389
Penn State 0 10   .000 6 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
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
LIU 3 0   1.000 25 0   1.000
NYU 7 1   .875 14 4   .778
Manhattan 5 1   .833 17 3   .850
St. John's 4 3   .571 18 4   .818
CCNY 3 3   .500 10 4   .714
St. Francis (NY) 4 6   .400 15 8   .652
Fordham 2 4   .333 10 5   .667
Brooklyn 0 7   .000 18 9   .667
1935–36 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Creighton 8 4   .667 13 6   .684
Oklahoma A&M 8 4   .667 16 8   .667
Drake 8 4   .667 16 12   .571
Washburn 6 4   .600 7 14   .333
Grinnell 4 6   .400 7 11   .389
Washington University 3 9   .250 6 13   .316
Tulsa 3 9   .250 6 14   .300
1935–36 Pacific Coast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
North
Washington 13 3   .813 25 7   .781
Oregon State 10 6   .625 16 9   .640
Washington State 8 8   .500 22 8   .733
Oregon 7 9   .438 20 11   .645
Idaho 2 14   .125 12 15   .444
South
Stanford 8 4   .667 22 7   .759
USC 8 4   .667 14 12   .538
California 6 6   .500 13 16   .448
UCLA 2 10   .167 10 13   .435
† Conference playoff series winner
1935–36 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern
Wyoming 11 3   .786 12 7   .632
Northern Colorado 10 4   .714 14 6   .700
Denver 8 4   .667 11 5   .688
Colorado College 9 5   .643 14 9   .609
Western State 5 5   .500 13 7   .650
Colorado 6 8   .429 6 8   .429
Colorado State 3 9   .250 7 9   .438
Colorado Mines 0 14   .000 0 14   .000
Western
Utah State 9 3   .750 17 9   .654
BYU 6 6   .500 16 9   .640
Montana State 5 7   .417 11 8   .579
Utah 4 8   .333 7 15   .318
1935–36 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Kentucky 6 2   .750 15 6   .714
Vanderbilt 9 4   .692 9 14   .391
Tennessee 8 4   .667 15 6   .714
Mississippi State 9 5   .643 11 6   .647
Auburn 7 4   .636 10 5   .667
Alabama 9 6   .600 15 9   .625
LSU 9 6   .600 10 10   .500
Georgia Tech 7 5   .583 10 8   .556
Ole Miss 7 5   .583 11 9   .550
Georgia 6 7   .462 9 11   .450
Florida 2 8   .200 5 10   .333
Tulane 1 14   .067 2 17   .105
Sewanee 0 10   .000 2 13   .133
† Regular-season championship and SEC Tournament winner
1935–36 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Washington and Lee 10 1   .909 19 2   .905
North Carolina 13 3   .813 21 4   .840
North Carolina State 10 3   .769 15 4   .789
Maryland 4 3   .571 14 6   .700
Clemson 5 5   .500 15 7   .682
Duke 4 5   .444 20 6   .769
Virginia 4 8   .333 11 13   .458
South Carolina 1 6   .143 11 8   .579
Virginia Tech 1 9   .100 5 16   .238
VMI 0 10   .000 3 14   .176
Southern Conference Tournament winner
1935–36 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Arkansas 11 1   .917 24 3   .889
Texas 8 4   .667 15 9   .625
Rice 8 4   .667 12 10   .545
Baylor 6 6   .500 12 13   .480
SMU 4 8   .333 4 8   .333
Texas A&M 3 9   .250 9 9   .500
TCU 2 10   .167 3 11   .214

Major independents

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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.[8]

1935–36 NCAA men's basketball independents standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   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

Statistical leaders

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Awards

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Consensus All-American team

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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

Major player of the year awards

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Other major awards

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Coaching changes

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References

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  1. ^ orangehoops.org History of NCAA Basketball Rule Changes
  2. ^ Scott, Jon (November 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved December 14, 2015.
  3. ^ ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. pp. 526, 529–587. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
  4. ^ "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. Retrieved February 14, 2009.
  5. ^ 2008–09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide – Postseason Section, Southern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-09
  6. ^ sports-reference.com 1935-36 Eastern Intercollegiate Conference Season Summary
  7. ^ "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  8. ^ "1935-36 Men's Independent Season Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved July 31, 2024.