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)

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.

Georgia Tech's team

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

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

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)

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. p. 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. p. 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"

NCAA Division I men's basketball seasons
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