The 1936–37 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1936, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded in March 1937.
Season headlines
In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Stanford as its national champion for the 1936–37 season. In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Stanford as its top-ranked team for the 1936–37 season.
Conference membership changes SchoolFormer conferenceNew conference Independent Southern Conference Independent Southern Conference Independent Southern Conference Independent Southern Conference Independent Southern Conference Independent Southern Conference
Regular season Conferences Conference winners and tournaments
ConferenceRegular season winnerConference player of the yearConference tournamentTournament venue (City)Tournament winnerBig Six Conference Kansas & Nebraska None selected No TournamentBig Ten Conference Illinois & Minnesota None selected No TournamentBorder Conference New Mexico State None selected No TournamentEastern Intercollegiate Basketball League Penn None selected No TournamentEastern Intercollegiate Conference Pittsburgh & Temple None selected No Tournament;Pittsburgh defeated Temple in a single-game conference playoffMetropolitan New York Conference Long Island None selected No TournamentMissouri Valley Conference Oklahoma A&M None selected No TournamentPacific Coast Conference ; No Tournament;Stanford defeated in best-of-three conference championship playoff seriesRocky Mountain Athletic Conference Colorado & Denver (Eastern); & Utah (Western) No TournamentSoutheastern Conference Kentucky None selected 1937 SEC men's basketball tournament Alumni Memorial Gym (Knoxville, Tennessee) KentuckySouthern Conference Washington and Lee None selected 1937 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament Thompson Gym(Raleigh, Washington and Lee2008–09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide – Postseason Section , Southern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-09Southwest Conference SMU None selected No Tournament
Conference standings
Major independents A total of 52 college teams played as major independents. (21–2) had the best winning percentage (.913) and (23–8) finished with the most wins.
Awards
Consensus All-American team
+ Consensus Team Player Class Team Jules Bender Senior Long Island Hank Luisetti Junior Stanford John Moir Junior Notre Dame Paul Nowak Junior Notre Dame Jewell Young Junior Purdue
Major player of the year awards
Helms Player of the Year: Hank Luisetti, Stanford (retroactive selection in 1944)
Other major awards
Haggerty Award (Top player in New York City metro area): Ben Kramer, Long Island
Coaching changes A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended. TeamFormerCoachInterimCoachNewCoachReason Cincinnati Tay Brown Rip Van Winkle Colorado State Sam Campbell John S. Davis Davidson Red Laird Norman Shepard Florida Josh Cody Sam J. McAllister Lehigh Glen Harmeson Paul Cavert Loyola (Md.) William Liston Lefty Reitz Montana Adolph J. Lewandowski George Dahlberg Northern Colorado John S. Davis Jules Doubenmier TCU Dutch Meyer Mike Brumbelow Virginia Tech William L. Younger Herbert McEver VMI Allison Hubert Albert Elmore
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