1925–26 NCAA men's basketball season

1925–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
1925–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Helms National Champions	Syracuse (retroactive selection in 1943)
Player of the Year; (Helms)	Jack Cobb, North Carolina (retroactive selection in 1944)
	← 1924–25 1926–27 →

Last updated July 22, 2024

The 1925–26 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1925, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded in March 1926.

Season headlines

In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Syracuse as its national champion for the 1925–26 season.^[1]
In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Syracuse as its national champion for the 1925–26 season.^[2]

Conference membership changes

School	Former conference	New conference
Oklahoma A&M Aggies	Southwest Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
USC Trojans	Independent	Pacific Coast Conference
Union Dutchmen	Independent	Non-major basketball program
VMI Keydets	Independent	Southern Conference

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	Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, & Purdue	None selected	No Tournament
Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League	Columbia	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 Agricultural & Colorado State Normal (Eastern); Utah & Utah Agricultural (Western)		No Tournament
Southern Conference	Kentucky	None selected	1926 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament	Municipal Auditorium (Atlanta, Georgia)	North Carolina ^[4]
Southwest Conference	Arkansas	None selected	No Tournament

Conference standings

1925–26 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Purdue	8	–	4	.667	13	–	4	.765
Indiana	8	–	4	.667	12	–	5	.706
Iowa	8	–	4	.667	12	–	5	.706
Michigan	8	–	4	.667	12	–	5	.706
Illinois	6	–	6	.500	9	–	8	.529
Ohio State	6	–	6	.500	10	–	7	.588
Minnesota	5	–	7	.417	7	–	10	.412
Wisconsin	4	–	8	.333	8	–	9	.471
Northwestern	4	–	8	.333	5	–	11	.313
Chicago	3	–	9	.250	5	–	12	.294

1925–26 Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Columbia	9	–	1	.900	15	–	2	.882
Dartmouth	6	–	4	.600	11	–	7	.611
Penn	5	–	5	.500	14	–	7	.667
Princeton	5	–	5	.500	9	–	13	.409
Cornell	5	–	5	.500	8	–	12	.400
Yale	0	–	10	.000	5	–	15	.250

1925–26 Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Kansas	16	–	2	.889	16	–	2	.889
Oklahoma	9	–	3	.750	11	–	4	.733
Kansas State	9	–	3	.750	11	–	7	.611
Missouri	8	–	8	.500	8	–	10	.444
Nebraska	7	–	7	.500	8	–	10	.444
Drake	7	–	9	.438	9	–	9	.500
Washington University	7	–	9	.438	7	–	9	.438
Oklahoma A&M	5	–	7	.417	9	–	9	.500
Iowa State	3	–	11	.214	4	–	14	.222
Grinnell	1	–	13	.071	1	–	14	.067

1925–26 Pacific Coast Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
North
Oregon	10	–	0	1.000	18	–	4	.818
Oregon Agricultural	6	–	4	.600	18	–	6	.750
Idaho	5	–	4	.556	15	–	10	.600
Washington	5	–	5	.500	10	–	6	.625
Montana	2	–	8	.200	5	–	10	.333
Washington State	1	–	8	.111	9	–	17	.346
South
California †	5	–	0	1.000	14	–	0	1.000
Stanford	3	–	2	.600	10	–	6	.625
USC	0	–	6	.000	4	–	8	.333

† Conference playoff series winner

1925–26 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Eastern
Northern Colorado	13	–	1	.929	13	–	5	.722
Colorado College	9	–	4	.692	9	–	4	.692
Wyoming	7	–	5	.583	12	–	5	.706
Colorado	7	–	5	.583	8	–	5	.615
Denver	5	–	7	.417	5	–	7	.417
Colorado Mines	3	–	7	.300	3	–	7	.300
Colorado Agricultural	2	–	10	.167	2	–	11	.154
Western State	0	–	5	.000	5	–	9	.357
Western
Utah Agricultural	8	–	4	.667	13	–	5	.722
BYU	7	–	5	.583	11	–	5	.688
Montana State	5	–	7	.417	20	–	12	.625
Utah	4	–	8	.333	4	–	8	.333

1925–26 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Kentucky	8	–	0	1.000	15	–	3	.833
North Carolina†	7	–	0	1.000	20	–	5	.800
Mississippi	8	–	1	.889	16	–	2	.889
Maryland	7	–	1	.875	14	–	3	.824
Georgia	9	–	4	.692	18	–	6	.750
South Carolina	4	–	2	.667	9	–	5	.643
NC State	5	–	3	.625	20	–	3	.870
Mississippi A&M	5	–	3	.625	14	–	8	.636
Tulane	10	–	7	.588	11	–	7	.611
Alabama	6	–	6	.500	10	–	11	.476
Virginia	4	–	4	.500	9	–	6	.600
LSU	4	–	5	.444	9	–	9	.500
VMI	3	–	5	.375	8	–	6	.571
Georgia Tech	4	–	10	.286	6	–	11	.353
Virginia Tech	2	–	5	.286	3	–	10	.231
Washington and Lee	2	–	6	.250	9	–	7	.563
Tennessee	1	–	3	.250	9	–	8	.529
Vanderbilt	2	–	7	.222	8	–	18	.308
Auburn	1	–	7	.125	5	–	10	.333
Clemson	1	–	7	.125	4	–	17	.190
Sewanee	0	–	2	.000	4	–	6	.400
Florida	0	–	3	.000	7	–	7	.500

† Southern Conference Tournament winner As of April 30, 1926 Rankings from none

1925–26 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Arkansas	11	–	1	.917	23	–	2	.920
SMU	8	–	4	.667	10	–	6	.625
TCU	7	–	5	.583	13	–	9	.591
Texas	6	–	6	.500	12	–	10	.545
Baylor	5	–	7	.417	8	–	7	.533
Texas A&M	4	–	8	.333	8	–	9	.471
Rice	1	–	11	.083	1	–	13	.071

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 1925–26 season.^[5]

Player	Team
Jack Cobb	North Carolina
George Dixon	California
Richard Doyle	Michigan
Emanuel Goldblatt	Pennsylvania
Gale Gordon	Kansas
Vic Hanson	Syracuse
Carl Loeb	Princeton
Al Peterson	Kansas
George Spradling	Purdue
Algot Westergren	Oregon

Major player of the year awards

Helms Player of the Year: Jack Cobb, North Carolina (retroactive selection in 1944)

Coaching changes

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"

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[1] Scott, Jon (November 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee" . Retrieved December 14, 2015.

[ESPN_526-2] 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] The Association for Professional Basketball Research "NCAA All-American Teams, 1919–20 to 1998–99"

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