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1926–27 NCAA men's basketball season

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The 1926–27 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1926, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded in March 1927.

Season headlines

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Regular season

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Conferences

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Conference winners and tournaments

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Conference Regular
season winner[3]
Conference
player of the year
Conference
tournament
Tournament
venue (City)
Tournament
winner
Big Ten Conference Michigan None selected No Tournament
Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League Dartmouth 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 College (Eastern);
Montana State (Western)
No Tournament
Southern Conference South Carolina None selected 1927 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament Municipal Auditorium
(Atlanta, Georgia)
Vanderbilt[4]
Southwest Conference Arkansas None selected No Tournament

Conference standings

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1926–27 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Michigan 10 2   .833 14 3   .824
Indiana 9 3   .750 13 4   .765
Purdue 9 3   .750 12 5   .706
Illinois 7 5   .583 10 7   .588
Wisconsin 7 5   .583 10 7   .588
Iowa 7 5   .583 9 8   .529
Ohio State 6 6   .500 11 6   .647
Chicago 3 9   .250 6 11   .353
Minnesota 1 11   .083 3 13   .188
Northwestern 1 11   .083 3 14   .176
1926–27 Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Dartmouth 7 3   .700 17 6   .739
Princeton 7 3   .700 11 11   .500
Penn 5 5   .500 16 10   .615
Columbia 5 5   .500 8 9   .471
Cornell 4 6   .400 5 13   .278
Yale 2 8   .200 11 12   .478
† Conference championship winner
1926–27 Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Kansas 10 2   .833 15 2   .882
Oklahoma 8 4   .667 12 5   .706
Missouri 6 4   .600 9 8   .529
Nebraska 7 5   .583 12 6   .667
Kansas State 6 6   .500 10 8   .556
Oklahoma A&M 6 6   .500 8 9   .471
Drake 6 6   .500 8 10   .444
Iowa State 7 8   .467 9 9   .500
Washington University 2 8   .200 5 10   .333
Grinnell 2 10   .167 2 15   .118
1926–27 Pacific Coast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
North
Oregon 8 2   .800 24 4   .857
Washington 7 3   .700 15 4   .789
Idaho 7 3   .700 24 7   .774
Oregon Agricultural 4 6   .400 14 11   .560
Washington State 3 7   .300 11 10   .524
Montana 1 9   .100 5 11   .313
South
California 5 0   1.000 13 0   1.000
Stanford 3 2   .600 9 9   .500
USC 0 6   .000 10 8   .556
† Conference playoff series winner
1926–27 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern
Colorado College 12 2   .857 12 4   .750
Northern Colorado 10 4   .714 10 4   .714
Wyoming 8 4   .667 9 5   .643
Colorado 7 5   .583 7 5   .583
Denver 5 7   .417 5 7   .417
Colorado Agricultural 4 8   .333 4 8   .333
Colorado Mines 2 10   .167 3 10   .231
Western State 0 7   .000 5 7   .417
Western
Montana State 10 2   .833 30 7   .811
Utah Agricultural 9 3   .750 11 3   .786
Utah 4 8   .333 5 10   .333
BYU 1 11   .083 5 14   .263
1926–27 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
South Carolina 9 1   .900 14 4   .778
Vanderbilt 7 1   .875 20 4   .833
Georgia Tech 8 2   .800 17 10   .630
Auburn 12 4   .750 13 6   .684
Washington and Lee 6 2   .750 10 6   .625
Mississippi 10 4   .714 13 5   .722
NC State 5 2   .714 12 5   .706
North Carolina 7 3   .700 17 7   .708
Maryland 6 4   .600 10 10   .500
Mississippi A&M 7 5   .583 17 7   .708
Tennessee 5 4   .556 7 12   .368
Alabama 4 5   .444 5 8   .385
Virginia 5 7   .417 9 10   .474
Tulane 7 10   .412 7 10   .412
LSU 3 5   .375 7 9   .438
Georgia 3 6   .333 14 8   .636
Virginia Tech 2 6   .250 6 8   .429
Kentucky 1 6   .143 3 13   .188
Clemson 1 7   .125 2 13   .133
Florida 1 8   .111 6 20   .231
VMI 0 7   .000 4 11   .267
Sewanee 0 10   .000 3 11   .214
Southern Conference Tournament winner
1926–27 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Arkansas 8 2   .800 14 2   .875
SMU 7 4   .636 12 5   .706
Texas 7 4   .636 13 9   .591
TCU 6 4   .600 9 8   .529
Texas A&M 4 6   .400 10 7   .588
Baylor 0 3   .000 8 4   .667
Rice 0 9   .000 0 9   .000

Independents

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A total of 93 college teams played as major independents. Notre Dame (19–1) had the highest winning percentage (.950) and West Texas State (23–3) finished with the most wins.[6]

1926–27 NCAA men's basketball independents standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Notre Dame   19 1   .950
New Hampshire   14 1   .933
Springfield (Mass.)   13 1   .929
Fordham   20 2   .909
Northern Illinois State   20 2   .909
Muskingum   19 2   .905
Wichita Municipal   19 2   .905
The Citadel   17 2   .895
Pittsburg State   16 2   .889
Western State Normal   16 2   .889
West Texas State   23 3   .885
Navy   15 2   .882
Wake Forest   22 3   .880
Colgate   17 3   .850
Northern Arizona State   17 3   .850
Denison   16 3   .842
Rhode Island State   13 3   .813
Butler   17 4   .810
Duquesne   16 4   .800
Evansville   16 4   .800
Furman   16 4   .800
Syracuse   15 4   .789
Army   11 3   .786
Xavier   11 3   .786
Bucknell   14 4   .778
Penn State   14 4   .778
Richmond   14 4   .778
Rutgers   10 3   .769
Seton Hall   10 3   .769
Arizona   13 4   .765
Loyola (Ill.)   13 4   .765
New Mexico   13 4   .765
CCNY   9 3   .750
UCLA   12 4   .750
Creighton   14 5   .737
Temple   14 5   .737
Buffalo   11 4   .733
Cincinnati   13 5   .722
St. Bonaventure   13 5   .722
Carleton   12 5   .706
Westminster (Pa.)   12 5   .706
Harvard   10 5   .667
Mount Union   12 6   .667
Canisius   9 5   .643
Bowling Green State   12 7   .632
Western Kentucky State   12 7   .632
Villanova   11 7   .611
Lehigh   9 6   .600
Miami (Ohio)   9 6   .600
St. John's (N.Y.)   15 10   .600
Washburn   12 8   .600
Pittsburgh   10 7   .588
Louisville   7 5   .583
Connecticut   9 7   .563
Muhlenberg   9 7   .563
Saint Mary's (Calif.)   9 7   .563
Wooster   9 7   .563
Davidson   10 8   .556
Georgetown   5 4   .556
West Virginia   10 8   .556
Holy Cross   7 6   .538
Loyola (Md.)   7 6   .538
Santa Clara   7 6   .538
George Washington   8 7   .533
Niagara   8 7   .533
St. Ignatius   8 7   .533
Manhattan   9 8   .529
Dayton   10 9   .526
DePaul   7 7   .500
DePauw   8 8   .500
Valparaiso   10 10   .500
Detroit   8 9   .471
Bradley   7 8   .467
William & Mary   7 8   .467
Boston University   6 7   .462
Texas Tech   8 10   .444
Marshall   7 9   .438
Brown   6 9   .400
Toledo   6 9   .400
Michigan State   7 11   .389
Ohio   8 13   .381
New York University   4 7   .364
St. Joseph's   6 11   .353
Tempe State   4 8   .333
Marquette   5 10   .333
Tulsa   3 6   .333
New Mexico A&M   6 13   .316
Kent State Normal   5 11   .313
Duke   4 10   .286
Indiana State   3 13   .188
Lafayette   3 14   .176
Saint Francis (N.Y.)   2 12   .143
Saint Louis   0 14   .000

Statistical leaders

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Awards

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Helms College Basketball All-Americans

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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 1926–27 season.[7]

Player Team
Syd Corenman Creighton
George Dixon California
Vic Hanson Syracuse
John Lorch Columbia
Ross McBurney Wichita
John Nyikos Notre Dame
Bennie Oosterbaan Michigan
Gerald Spohn Washburn
Cat Thompson Montana State
Harry Wilson Army

Major player of the year awards

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Coaching changes

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A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.

Team Former
Coach
Interim
Coach
New
Coach
Reason
Georgetown John O'Reilly Elmer Ripley O'Reilly retired after the end of the season.[8]
Marshall Bill Strickling Johnny Stuart
Northwestern Maury Kent Dutch Lonborg

References

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  1. ^ Scott, Jon (November 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved December 14, 2015.
  2. ^ ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. pp. 526, 529–587. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
  3. ^ "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. Retrieved February 14, 2009.
  4. ^ 2008–09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide – Postseason Section, Southern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-09
  5. ^ "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  6. ^ "1926-27 Men's Independent Season Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
  7. ^ The Association for Professional Basketball Research "NCAA All-American Teams, 1919–20 to 1998–99"
  8. ^ "The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Head Coaches". Archived from the original on May 27, 2017. Retrieved January 17, 2014.