1936–37 Stanford Indians men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 1936–37 Stanford Indians Basketball Pacific Coast Conference South PCC 25–2 10–2 John Bunn 7th Stanford Pavilion Pacific Coast Conference ChampionsHelms Foundation National Champions The 1936–37 Stanford Indians men's basketball team represented Stanford University during the 1936–37 NCAA men's basketball season in the United States. The head coach was John Bunn, coaching in his seventh season with the Indians (now known as the Cardinal). The team finished the season with a 25–2 record.Stanford Cardinal season-by-season results sports-reference.com Sports Reference LLC 2014 https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/stanford/ July 23, 2014 Later, the team was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and was retroactively listed as the top-ranked team of the season by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.NCAA Division I Men's Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions Rauzulu's Street 2004 http://www.rauzulusstreet.com/basketball/college/helmscollegechampionship.htm July 23, 2014 October 1, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181001213129/http://www.rauzulusstreet.com/basketball/college/helmscollegechampionship.htm deadESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game ESPN ESPN Books New York, NY 2009 545 978-0-345-51392-2 Neither the Helms nor Premo-Porretta designations are recognized by the NCAA as official national championships, despite the NCAA referencing Helms's historical findings. Hank Luisetti led the NCAA in scoring, was named a consensus All-American for the second consecutive season, and was named the Helms Foundation National Player of the Year. Luisetti was later inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The National Invitation Tournament (NIT) debuted the next year, and the NCAA tournament in 1939. Schedule and results no no no |- !colspan=9 style="background:#8C1515; color:white;"| Regular season yes California Aggies Stanford Pavilion Stanford, CA 41–16 1–0 yes Olympic Club Stanford Pavilion Stanford, CA 60–49 2–0 yes yes 1936 men San Jose State Spartans San Jose State San Jose, CA 31–24 3–0 yes yes 1936 none Central Missouri State Mules Warrensburg State Kansas City, MO 51–31 4–0 yes 1936 men Temple Owls Temple Stanford Pavilion Stanford, CA 45–38 5–0 12/30/1936 yes yes 1936 men Long Island Blackbirds Long Island New York, NY 45–31 6–0 yes yes 1936 men Canisius Golden Griffins Canisius Buffalo, NY 39–29 7–0 yes yes 1936 men Case Western Reserve University Case Western Spartans Western Reserve Cleveland, OH 67–27 8–0 yes yes 1936 men Hamline University Hamline Pipers Hamline Saint Paul, MN 58–26 9–0 yes yes 1936 men Montana State Bobcats Montana State Bozeman, MT ?8–28 10–0 UCLA Stanford Pavilion Stanford, CA 63–40 11–0 (1–0) UCLA Stanford Pavilion Stanford, CA 69–36 12–0 (2–0) yes 1936 men California Golden Bears California Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA 51–35 13–0 (3–0) yes 1936 men Saint Mary's Gaels Saint Mary's Stanford Pavilion Stanford, CA 50–23 14–0 yes 1936 men USC Trojans USC Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles, CA 39–42 14–1 (3–1) yes USC Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles, CA 61–49 15–1 (4–1) California Stanford Pavilion Stanford, CA 50–37 16–1 (5–1) yes yes 1936 men San Francisco Dons San Francisco San Francisco Civic Auditorium San Francisco, CA 51–34 17–1 yes UCLA Men's Gym Los Angeles, CA 42–40 18–1 (6–1) yes UCLA Men's Gym Los Angeles, CA 67–38 19–1 (7–1) yes California Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA 36–32 20–1 (8–1) yes 1936 men Santa Clara Broncos Santa Clara Stanford Pavilion Stanford, CA 54–25 21–1 USC Stanford Pavilion Stanford, CA 39–34 22–1 (9–1) USC Stanford Pavilion Stanford, CA 47–38 23–1 (10–1) California Stanford Pavilion Stanford, CA 31–44 23–2 (10–2) |- !colspan=6 style=Stanford Cardinal| Pacific Coast Conference Playoff Series 3/26/1937 yes yes Washington State WSC Gymnasium Pullman, WA 31–28 24–2 3/27/1937 yes yes Washington State WSC Gymnasium Pullman, WA 41–40 25–2 SourceHistory 2013–14 Men's Basketball Media Guide Stanford University 2013 http://www.gostanford.com/pdf9/2569924.pdf July 23, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140807065129/http://www.gostanford.com/pdf9/2569924.pdf 2014-08-07 dead References Category:Stanford Cardinal men's basketball seasons Stanford Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament championship seasons Stanford Indians Men's Basketball Team Stanford Indians Men's Basketball Team