1926–27 NCAA Division I men's basketball season | |
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Helms National Champions | Notre Dame (retroactive selection in 1943) |
Player of the Year (Helms) | Vic Hanson, Syracuse (retroactive selection in 1944) |
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
- In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Notre Dame as its national champion for the 1926–27 season.[1]
- In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected California as its national champion for the 1926–27 season.[2]
Regular season
Conference winners and tournaments
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 |
Statistical leaders
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 1926–27 season.[5]
Player | Team |
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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
- Helms Player of the Year: Vic Hanson, Syracuse (retroactive selection in 1944)
Coaching changes
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.[6] | |
Marshall | Bill Strickling | Johnny Stuart | ||
Northwestern | Maury Kent | Dutch Lonborg |
References
- ↑ Scott, Jon (November 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved December 14, 2015.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. Retrieved February 14, 2009.
- ↑ 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"
- ↑ "The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Head Coaches". Archived from the original on May 27, 2017. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
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