1935–36 NCAA men's basketball season

Men's collegiate basketball season August 2023 March 2026 1935 Notre Dame (retroactive selection in 1943) John Moir, Notre Dame (retroactive selection in 1944) 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 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.orangehoops.org History of NCAA Basketball Rule Changes Season headlines In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Notre Dame as its national champion for the 1935–36 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 Long Island as its top-ranked team for the 1935–36 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 Metropolitan New York Conference Brooklyn Brooklyn Bulldogs Non-major basketball program Metropolitan New York Conference City College CCNY Beavers Independent Metropolitan New York Conference Fordham Fordham Rams Independent Metropolitan New York Conference Long Island Long Island Blackbirds Independent Metropolitan New York Conference Manhattan Manhattan Jaspers Independent Metropolitan New York Conference New York NYU Violets Independent Metropolitan New York Conference Penn State Penn State Nittany Lions Independent Eastern Intercollegiate Conference Saint Francis St. Francis (NY) Terriers Independent Metropolitan New York Conference Saint John's St. John's Redmen Independent Metropolitan New York Conference Texas State M&M Texas State M&M Miners Independent Border 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 Six Conference Kansas None selected No TournamentBig Ten Conference Indiana & Purdue None selected No TournamentBorder Conference Arizona None selected No TournamentEastern Intercollegiate Basketball League Columbia None selected No TournamentEastern Intercollegiate Conference Carnegie Tech & Pittsburgh None selected No Tournament;Carnegie Tech defeated Pittsburgh in a single-game conference playoffMetropolitan New York Conference Long Island None selected No TournamentMissouri Valley Conference Creighton, Drake, & Oklahoma A&M None selected No TournamentPacific 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 seriesRocky Mountain Athletic Conference Wyoming (Eastern); Utah State (Western) No TournamentSoutheastern Conference Tennessee None selected 1936 SEC men's basketball tournament Alumni Memorial Gym (Knoxville, Tennessee) TennesseeSouthern Conference Washington and Lee None selected 1936 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament Thompson Gym(Raleigh, North Carolina) 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 Major independents A total of 57 college teams played as major independents. Notre Dame (22–2) had the best winning percentage (.917) and 1935 Western Kentucky University Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Western Kentucky State (26–4) finished with the most wins.https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/independent/men/1936.html Sports Reference 1935-36 Men's Independent Season Summary July 31, 2024 Awards Consensus All-American team 1936 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans + 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 Helms Player of the Year: John Moir, Notre Dame (retroactive selection in 1944) Other major awards Haggerty Award (Top player in New York City metro area): Jules Bender, Long Island Coaching changes A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended. TeamFormerCoachInterimCoachNewCoachReason BYU Eddie Kimball Fred Dixon Connecticut John Heldman Jr. 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 References 2