1925–26 NCAA men's basketball season

Men's collegiate basketball season May 2022 May 2022 1925 Syracuse (retroactive selection in 1943) Jack Cobb, North Carolina (retroactive selection in 1944) The 1925–26 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1925, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded in March 1926. thumb|300x300px|Georgia Tech's team Season headlines thumb|1925–26 Syracuse Orangemen basketball team In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Syracuse as its national champion for the 1925–26 season.Jon Scott Nov 9, 2010 The truth behind the Helms Committee http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/helms.html 2015-12-14 In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Syracuse as its top-ranked team for the 1925–26 season.ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game ESPN ESPN Books New York, NY 2009 526, 529–587 978-0-345-51392-2 Conference membership changes SchoolFormer conferenceNew conference Oklahoma A&M Oklahoma A&M Aggies Southwest Conference Missouri Valley Conference Southern California USC Trojans Independent Pacific Coast Conference Union Union Dutchmen Independent Non-major basketball program VMI VMI Keydets Independent Southern Conference Regular season Conferences Conference winners and tournaments ConferenceRegular season winnerhttp://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2009/Standings.pdf 2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section 2009 NCAA 2009-02-14Conference player of the yearConference tournamentTournament venue (City)Tournament winnerBig Ten Conference Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, & Purdue None selected No TournamentEastern Intercollegiate Basketball League Columbia None selected No TournamentMissouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association Kansas None selected No TournamentPacific Coast Conference Oregon (North);California (South) No Tournament;California defeated Oregon in best-of-three conference championship playoff seriesRocky Mountain Athletic Conference Colorado Agricultural & Colorado State Normal (Eastern);Utah & Utah Agricultural (Western) No TournamentSouthern Conference Kentucky None selected 1926 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament Municipal Auditorium(Atlanta, Georgia) North Carolina2008–09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide – Postseason Section https://web.archive.org/web/20110930163611/http://www.soconsports.com/fls/4000/socon/files/0809mbkguide/standingsandresults.pdf?SPSID=35819&SPID=1798&DB_OEM_ID=4000 September 30, 2011 , Southern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-09Southwest Conference Arkansas None selected No Tournament Conference standings Independents A total of 94 college teams played as major independents. 1925 Mount Union University Mount Union Purple Raiders Mount Union (10–0) was undefeated, and 1925 Notre Dame University Notre Dame Fighting Irish Notre Dame (19–1) and Syracuse (19–1) had the next-highest winning percentage (.950). 1925 North Dakota State University North Dakota State Bison North Dakota Agricultural (22–3) finished with the most wins.https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/independent/men/1926.html Sports Reference 1925-26 Men's Independent Season Summary July 30, 2024 Awards Helms College Basketball All-Americans 1926 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans The practice of selecting a Consensus All-American Team did not begin until the 1928–29 season. The Helms Athletic Foundation later retroactively selected a list of All-Americans for the 1925–26 season.The Association for Professional Basketball Research "NCAA All-American Teams, 1919–20 to 1998–99" Player Team Jack Cobb North Carolina George Dixon California Richard Doyle Michigan Emanuel Goldblatt Pennsylvania Gale Gordon Kansas Vic Hanson Syracuse Carl Loeb Princeton Al Peterson Kansas George Spradling Purdue Algot Westergren Oregon Major player of the year awards Helms Player of the Year: Jack Cobb, North Carolina (retroactive selection in 1944) Coaching changes A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended. TeamFormerCoachInterimCoachNewCoachReason Army Ernest Blood Leo Novak Baylor Frank Bridges Ralph Wolf Brown Harold Evans Tuss McLaughry Bucknell Malcolm Musser John Plant Butler Harlan Page Tony Hinkle The Citadel Locke Brown Benny Blatt Denver Jimmy Middlebrook Burt Potter Georgia Tech Harold Hansen Roy Mundorff Kentucky Ray Eklund Basil Hayden Lehigh Charles Lingle Roy Geary Loyola (Md.) William Schuerholz Pat Miller Manhattan Arthur T. Carroll Chief Muller Marshall Charles Tallman Bill Strickling Michigan State John Kobs Benjamin Van Alstyne Missouri George Bond George R. Edwards Navy Herb Underwood John Wilson Nebraska Ernest Bearg Charlie T. Black North Carolina Harlan Sanborn James N. Ashmore North Dakota Agricultural Ion Cortright Leonard Saalwaechter Northern Arizona State Talbert D. Jessuppe Emzy Harvey Lynch Saint Joseph's John Lavin Tom Temple Saint Louis Dan J. Savage Squint Hunter Santa Clara Russell T. Wilson Harlan Dykes St. Bonaventure Glen Carberry Jack Flavin St. Francis (N.Y.) Frank Brennan Nip Lynch Stanford Andrew Kerr Husky Hunt Temple Samuel Dienes James Usilton Tennessee M. B. Banks W. H. Britton Toledo Louis Moorhead David V. Connelly Valparaiso Millard Anderson Conrad Moll Villanova Michael Saxe John Cashman Virginia Tech M. Buford Blair Henry Redd Wake Forest R. S. Hayes James A. Baldwin Washington State Fred Bohler Karl Schlademan References 2