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. In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Syracuse as its top-ranked team for the 1925–26 season.
Conference membership changes SchoolFormer conferenceNew conference Southwest Conference Missouri Valley Conference Independent Pacific Coast Conference Independent Non-major basketball program Independent Southern Conference
Regular season Conferences Conference winners and tournaments
ConferenceRegular season winnerConference player of the yearConference tournamentTournament venue (City)Tournament winnerBig Ten Conference Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, & Purdue None selected No TournamentEastern Intercollegiate Basketball League Columbia 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 & (Eastern);Utah & (Western) No TournamentSouthern Conference Kentucky None selected 1926 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament Municipal Auditorium(Atlanta, Georgia) 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
Independents A total of 94 college teams played as major independents. (10–0) was undefeated, and (19–1) and Syracuse (19–1) had the next-highest winning percentage (.950). (22–3) 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 1925–26 season.The Association for Professional Basketball Research "NCAA All-American Teams, 1919–20 to 1998–99"
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 A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended. TeamFormerCoachInterimCoachNewCoachReason Army Ernest Blood Leo Novak Baylor Frank Bridges Ralph Wolf Brown Harold Evans Tuss McLaughry Bucknell Malcolm Musser John Plant Butler Harlan Page Tony Hinkle The Citadel Locke Brown Benny Blatt Denver Jimmy Middlebrook Burt Potter Georgia Tech Harold Hansen Roy Mundorff Kentucky Ray Eklund Basil Hayden Lehigh Charles Lingle Roy Geary Loyola (Md.) William Schuerholz Pat Miller Manhattan Arthur T. Carroll Chief Muller Marshall Charles Tallman Bill Strickling Michigan State John Kobs Benjamin Van Alstyne Missouri George Bond George R. Edwards Navy Herb Underwood John Wilson Nebraska Ernest Bearg Charlie T. Black North Carolina Harlan Sanborn James N. Ashmore North Dakota Agricultural Ion Cortright Leonard Saalwaechter Northern Arizona State Talbert D. Jessuppe Emzy Harvey Lynch Saint Joseph's John Lavin Tom Temple Saint Louis Dan J. Savage Squint Hunter Santa Clara Russell T. Wilson Harlan Dykes St. Bonaventure Glen Carberry Jack Flavin St. Francis (N.Y.) Frank Brennan Nip Lynch Stanford Andrew Kerr Husky Hunt Temple Samuel Dienes James Usilton Tennessee M. B. Banks W. H. Britton Toledo Louis Moorhead David V. Connelly Valparaiso Millard Anderson Conrad Moll Villanova Michael Saxe John Cashman Virginia Tech M. Buford Blair Henry Redd Wake Forest R. S. Hayes James A. Baldwin Washington State Fred Bohler Karl Schlademan
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