Men's collegiate basketball season
1926–27 NCAA Division I men's basketball season 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
Regular season
Conferences
Conference winners and tournaments
Conference standings
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 Pacific Coast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
PCT
W
L
PCT
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
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
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]
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 1926–27 season.[ 7]
Major player of the year awards
Coaching changes
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A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.
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
^ "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide" . Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved April 10, 2019 .
^ "1926-27 Men's Independent Season Summary" . Sports Reference . Retrieved July 30, 2024 .
^ 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 .