1935–36 NCAA men's basketball season

1935–36 NCAA men's basketball season
1935–36 NCAA men's basketball season
Helms National Champions	Notre Dame (retroactive selection in 1943)
Player of the Year; (Helms)	John Moir, Notre Dame (retroactive selection in 1944)
NCAA Division I basketball seasons
«1934–35	1936–37»

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.^[1]

Season headlines[]

In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Notre Dame as its national champion for the 1935–36 season.^[2]
In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Long Island as its national champion for the 1935–36 season.^[3]

Conference membership changes[]

School	Former Conference	New Conference Metropolitan New York Conference
Brooklyn Bulldogs	Non-major basketball program	Metropolitan New York Conference
CCNY Beavers	Independent	Metropolitan New York Conference
Fordham Rams	Independent	Metropolitan New York Conference
Long Island Blackbirds	Independent	Metropolitan New York Conference
Manhattan Jaspers	Independent	Metropolitan New York Conference
NYU Violets	Independent	Metropolitan New York Conference
Penn State Nittany Lions	Independent	Eastern Intercollegiate Conference
St. Francis (NY) Terriers	Independent	Metropolitan New York Conference
St. John's Redmen	Independent	Metropolitan New York Conference
Texas State M&M Miners	Independent	Border Conference

Regular season[]

Conference winners and tournaments[]

Conference	Regular Season Winner^[4]	Conference Player of the Year	Conference Tournament	Tournament Venue (City)	Tournament Winner
Big Six Conference	Kansas	None selected	No Tournament
Big Ten Conference	Indiana & Purdue	None selected	No Tournament
Border Conference	Arizona	None selected	No Tournament
Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League	Columbia	None selected	No Tournament
Eastern Intercollegiate Conference	Carnegie Tech & Pittsburgh	None selected	No Tournament; Carnegie Tech defeated Pittsburgh in a single-game conference playoff
Metropolitan New York Conference	Long Island	None selected	No Tournament
Missouri Valley Conference	Creighton, Drake, & Oklahoma A&M	None selected	No Tournament
Pacific 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 series
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference	Wyoming (Eastern); Utah State (Western)		No Tournament
Southeastern Conference	Tennessee	None selected		Alumni Memorial Gym (Knoxville, Tennessee)	Tennessee
Southern Conference	Washington and Lee	None selected	1936 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Thompson Gym (Raleigh, North Carolina)	North Carolina^[5]
Southwest Conference	Arkansas	None selected	No Tournament

Statistical leaders[]

Awards[]

Consensus All-American team[]

**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[]

References[]

^ orangehoops.org History of NCAA Basketball Rule Changes
^ 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

[1] rangehoops.org History of NCAA Basketball Rule Changes

[2] Scott, Jon (Nov 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved 2015-12-14.

[ESPN_526-3] 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.

[4] "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-14.

[5] 2008–09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide – Postseason Section, Southern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-09

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