1925–26 NCAA men's basketball season
1925–26 NCAA men's basketball season | |
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Helms National Champions | Syracuse (retroactive selection in 1943) |
Player of the Year (Helms) | 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.
Season headlines[]
- In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Syracuse as its national champion for the 1925–26 season.[1]
- In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Syracuse as its national champion for the 1925–26 season.[2]
Conference membership changes[]
School | Former Conference | New Conference |
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Oklahoma A&M Aggies | Southwest Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
USC Trojans | Independent | Pacific Coast Conference |
Union Dutchmen | Independent | Non-major basketball program |
VMI Keydets | Independent | Southern Conference |
Regular season[]
Conference winners and tournaments[]
Conference | Regular Season Winner[3] |
Conference Player of the Year |
Conference Tournament |
Tournament Venue (City) |
Tournament Winner |
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Big Ten Conference | Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, & Purdue | None selected | No Tournament | ||
Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League | Columbia | None selected | No Tournament | ||
Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Kansas | None selected | No Tournament | ||
Pacific Coast Conference | Oregon (North); California (South) |
No Tournament; California defeated Oregon in best-of-three conference championship playoff series | |||
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference | Colorado Agricultural & Colorado State Normal (Eastern); Utah & Utah Agricultural (Western) |
No Tournament | |||
Southern Conference | Kentucky | None selected | 1926 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | Municipal Auditorium (Atlanta, Georgia) |
North Carolina[4] |
Southwest Conference | Arkansas | None selected | No Tournament |
Statistical leaders[]
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Awards[]
Helms College 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.[5]
Player | Team |
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Jack Cobb | North Carolina |
California | |
Michigan | |
Pennsylvania | |
Kansas | |
Vic Hanson | Syracuse |
Carl Loeb | Princeton |
Al Peterson | Kansas |
Purdue | |
Oregon |
Major player of the year awards[]
- Helms Player of the Year: Jack Cobb, North Carolina (retroactive selection in 1944)
Coaching changes[]
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References[]
- ^ Scott, Jon (Nov 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved 2015-12-14.
- ^ ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. p. 526, 529–587. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
- ^ "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-14.
- ^ 2008–09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide – Postseason Section, Southern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-09
- ^ The Association for Professional Basketball Research "NCAA All-American Teams, 1919–20 to 1998–99"
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