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. In 2009, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected California as its top-ranked team for the 1926–27 season.
Regular season Conferences Conference winners and tournaments
ConferenceRegular season winnerConference player of the yearConference tournamentTournament venue (City)Tournament winnerBig Ten Conference Michigan None selected No TournamentEastern Intercollegiate Basketball League Dartmouth None selected No TournamentMissouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association Kansas None selected No TournamentPacific Coast Conference ; No Tournament;California defeated Oregon in best-of-three conference championship playoff seriesRocky Mountain Athletic Conference No TournamentSouthern Conference South Carolina None selected 1927 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament Municipal Auditorium(Atlanta, Georgia) Vanderbilt2008–09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide – Postseason Section , Southern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-09Southwest Conference Arkansas None selected No Tournament
Conference standings
Independents A total of 93 college teams played as major independents. Notre Dame (19–1) had the highest winning percentage (.950) and (23–3) finished with the most wins.
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.The Association for Professional Basketball Research "NCAA All-American Teams, 1919–20 to 1998–99"
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
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. TeamFormerCoachInterimCoachNewCoachReason Clemson Tink Gillam Josh Cody Colorado Agricultural Rudy Lavik Joe Ryan Left to coach at Northern Arizona. Connecticut Sumner Dole Louis Alexander Furman Billy Laval Rock Norman George Washington James Lemon Harry W. Crum Georgetown John O'Reilly Elmer Ripley O'Reilly retired after the end of the season. Idaho Dave MacMillan Richard Fox MacMillan left to coach at Minnesota Illinois State Don Karnes Joe Cogdal Indiana State David Glascock Wally Marks Kentucky Basil Hayden John Mauer Marshall Bill Strickling Johnny Stuart Minnesota Harold Taylor Dave MacMillan Mississippi A&M Bernie Bierman Ray G. Dauber New Mexico A&M Arthur Burkholder Ted Coffman Niagara Pete Dwyer William McCarthy Northern Arizona State Emzy Harvey Lynch Rudy Lavik Northwestern Maury Kent Dutch Lonborg Rice Franklyn Ashcraft Russell Daughtery Saint Louis Squint Hunter Harry Reget South Carolina Branch Bocock A. Burnet Stoney St. Bonaventure Jack Flavin Frederick V. Ostergren St. John's John Crenny Buck Freeman Texas E. J. Stewart Mysterious Walker Aggies Dana X. Bible Charles Bassett Texas Tech Grady Higginbotham Victor Payne USC Les Turner Leo Calland Utah Ike Armstrong Vadal Peterson Valparaiso Conrad Moll Earl Scott Vanderbilt Josh Cody Johnny Floyd Cody left to coach at Clemson. Virginia Tech Henry Redd Bud Moore
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