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1926–27 NCAA men's basketball season

1926–27 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Helms National ChampionsNotre 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

Regular season

Conferences

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

Conference standings

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

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

Awards

Helms College Basketball All-Americans

Main article: 1927 NCAA Men's 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.[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

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.[8]
Marshall Bill Strickling Johnny Stuart
Northwestern Maury Kent Dutch Lonborg

References

  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.
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