The 1935–36 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1935, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded in March 1936.
Rule changes A new rule prohibited any offensive player with the ball from standing in the free-throw lane (also known as the "key") for more than three seconds. Previously, this rule had applied only to a player who had possession of the ball.orangehoops.org History of NCAA Basketball Rule Changes
Season headlines
In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Notre Dame as its national champion for the 1935–36 season. In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Long Island as its top-ranked team for the 1935–36 season.
Conference membership changes SchoolFormer conferenceNew conference Metropolitan New York Conference Non-major basketball program Metropolitan New York Conference Independent Metropolitan New York Conference Independent Metropolitan New York Conference Independent Metropolitan New York Conference Independent Metropolitan New York Conference Independent Metropolitan New York Conference Independent Eastern Intercollegiate Conference Independent Metropolitan New York Conference Independent Metropolitan New York Conference Independent Border Conference
Regular season Conferences Conference winners and tournaments
ConferenceRegular season winnerConference player of the yearConference tournamentTournament venue (City)Tournament winnerBig Six Conference Kansas None selected No TournamentBig Ten Conference Indiana & Purdue None selected No TournamentBorder Conference Arizona None selected No TournamentEastern Intercollegiate Basketball League Columbia None selected No TournamentEastern Intercollegiate Conference & Pittsburgh None selected No Tournament; defeated Pittsburgh in a single-game conference playoffMetropolitan New York Conference Long Island None selected No TournamentMissouri Valley Conference Creighton, Drake, & None selected No TournamentPacific Coast Conference ; No Tournament;Stanford defeated USC in divisional playoff game; Stanford defeated in best-of-three conference championship playoff seriesRocky Mountain Athletic Conference No TournamentSoutheastern Conference Tennessee None selected 1936 SEC men's basketball tournament Alumni Memorial Gym (Knoxville, Tennessee) TennesseeSouthern Conference Washington and Lee None selected 1936 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament Thompson Gym(Raleigh, North Carolina2008–09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide – Postseason Section , Southern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-09Southwest Conference Arkansas None selected No Tournament
Conference standings
Major independents A total of 57 college teams played as major independents. Notre Dame (22–2) had the best winning percentage (.917) and (26–4) finished with the most wins.
Awards
Consensus All-American team
+ Consensus Team Player Class Team Vern Huffman Senior Indiana Robert Kessler Senior Purdue Bill Kinner Senior Utah Hank Luisetti Sophomore Stanford John Moir Sophomore Notre Dame Paul Nowak Sophomore Notre Dame Ike Poole Senior Arkansas
Major player of the year awards
Helms Player of the Year: John Moir, Notre Dame (retroactive selection in 1944)
Other major awards
Haggerty Award (Top player in New York City metro area): Jules Bender, Long Island
Coaching changes A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended. TeamFormerCoachInterimCoachNewCoachReason BYU Eddie Kimball Fred Dixon Connecticut John Heldman Jr. J. Orlean Christian Donald White Heldman resigned after the first game of the year, he went 19–42 in his career with Connecticut. Christian was named interim and finished with a 3–10 record. Cornell Howard Ortner Bo Rowland Dartmouth Dolly Stark Osborne Cowles DePaul Jim Kelly Tom Haggerty Florida Ben Clemons Josh Cody Idaho Richard Fox Forrest Twogood Illinois J. Craig Ruby Douglas R. Mills Lafayette P. M. Shellenberger Mike Michalske Louisville C. V. Money Laurie Apitz Mississippi State Frank Carideo Sanfield Hitt Penn State Earl Leslie John Lawther Saint Louis Mike Nylkos Ed Davidson Saint Mary's (Calif.) Jim Underhill Harlan Dykes Seton Hall John T. Colrick Honey Russell St. Johns (NY) Buck Freeman Joe Lapchick Texas Marty Karow Josh Gray Texas State M&M J. B. Andrews Marshall Pennington Vanderbilt Josh Cody Jim Buford Cody left to coach Florida. Villanova George Jacobs Alexander Severance VMI Frank Summers Allison Hubert
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