# 1926–27 NCAA men's basketball season

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 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected California as its national champion for the 1926–27 season.

## Regular season
### Conferences
#### Conference winners and tournaments

| Conference | Regular season winner | Conference player of the year | Conference tournament | Tournament venue (City) | Tournament winner |
| Big Ten Conference | Michigan | None selected | No Tournament | No Tournament | No Tournament |
| Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League | Dartmouth | None selected | No Tournament | No Tournament | No Tournament |
| Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Kansas | None selected | No Tournament | No Tournament | No Tournament |
| Pacific Coast Conference | Oregon (North); California (South) | | No Tournament; California defeated Oregon in best-of-three conference championship playoff series | No Tournament; California defeated Oregon in best-of-three conference championship playoff series | No Tournament; California defeated Oregon in best-of-three conference championship playoff series |
| Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference | Colorado College (Eastern); Montana State (Western) | | No Tournament | No Tournament | No Tournament |
| Southern Conference | South Carolina | None selected | 1927 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament | Municipal Auditorium (Atlanta, Georgia) | Vanderbilt |
| Southwest Conference | Arkansas | None selected | No Tournament | No Tournament | No Tournament |

#### Conference standings

1926–27 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings :
| 1926–27 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings vteConfOverall TeamW L PCTW L PCT Michigan10–2 .83314–3  .824 Indiana9–3 .75013–4  .765 Purdue9–3 .75012–5  .706 Illinois7–5 .58310–7  .588 Wisconsin7–5 .58310–7  .588 Iowa7–5 .5839–8  .529 Ohio State6–6 .50011–6  .647 Chicago3–9 .2506–11  .353 Minnesota1–11 .0833–13  .188 Northwestern1–11 .0833–14  .176 | 1926–27 Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League standings vteConfOverall TeamW L PCTW L PCT Dartmouth†7–3 .70017–6  .739 Princeton7–3 .70011–11  .500 Penn5–5 .50016–10  .615 Columbia5–5 .5008–9  .471 Cornell4–6 .4005–13  .278 Yale2–8 .20011–12  .478 † Conference championship winner | 1926–27 Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association men's basketball standings vteConfOverall TeamW L PCTW L PCT Kansas10–2 .83315–2  .882 Oklahoma8–4 .66712–5  .706 Missouri6–4 .6009–8  .529 Nebraska7–5 .58312–6  .667 Kansas State6–6 .50010–8  .556 Oklahoma A&M6–6 .5008–9  .471 Drake6–6 .5008–10  .444 Iowa State7–8 .4679–9  .500 Washington University2–8 .2005–10  .333 Grinnell2–10 .1672–15  .118 |
| 1926–27 Pacific Coast Conference men's basketball standings vteConfOverall TeamW L PCTW L PCT North Oregon8–2 .80024–4  .857 Washington7–3 .70015–4  .789 Idaho7–3 .70024–7  .774 Oregon Agricultural4–6 .40014–11  .560 Washington State3–7 .30011–10  .524 Montana1–9 .1005–11  .313 South California †5–0 1.00013–0  1.000 Stanford3–2 .6009–9  .500 USC0–6 .00010–8  .556 † Conference playoff series winner | 1926–27 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference standings ConfOverall TeamW L PCTW L PCT Eastern Colorado College12–2 .85712–4  .750 Northern Colorado10–4 .71410–4  .714 Wyoming8–4 .6679–5  .643 Colorado7–5 .5837–5  .583 Denver5–7 .4175–7  .417 Colorado Agricultural4–8 .3334–8  .333 Colorado Mines2–10 .1673–10  .231 Western State0–7 .0005–7  .417 Western Montana State10–2 .83330–7  .811 Utah Agricultural9–3 .75011–3  .786 Utah4–8 .3335–10  .333 BYU1–11 .0835–14  .263 |
| 1926–27 Southern Conference men's basketball standings vteConfOverall TeamW L PCTW L PCT South Carolina9–1 .90014–4  .778 Vanderbilt†7–1 .87520–4  .833 Georgia Tech8–2 .80017–10  .630 Auburn12–4 .75013–6  .684 Washington and Lee6–2 .75010–6  .625 Mississippi10–4 .71413–5  .722 NC State5–2 .71412–5  .706 North Carolina7–3 .70017–7  .708 Maryland6–4 .60010–10  .500 Mississippi A&M7–5 .58317–7  .708 Tennessee5–4 .5567–12  .368 Alabama4–5 .4445–8  .385 Virginia5–7 .4179–10  .474 Tulane7–10 .4127–10  .412 LSU3–5 .3757–9  .438 Georgia3–6 .33314–8  .636 Virginia Tech2–6 .2506–8  .429 Kentucky1–6 .1433–13  .188 Clemson1–7 .1252–13  .133 Florida1–8 .1116–20  .231 VMI0–7 .0004–11  .267 Sewanee0–10 .0003–11  .214 † Southern Conference Tournament winner | 1926–27 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings vteConfOverall TeamW L PCTW L PCT Arkansas8–2 .80014–2  .875 SMU7–4 .63612–5  .706 Texas7–4 .63613–9  .591 TCU6–4 .6009–8  .529 Texas A&M4–6 .40010–7  .588 Baylor0–3 .0008–4  .667 Rice0–9 .0000–9  .000 |

### Independents

A total of 93 college teams played as major independents. Notre Dame (19–1) had the highest winning percentage (.950) and West Texas State (23–3) finished with the most wins.
1926–27 NCAA men's basketball independents standings :
* 1926–27 NCAA men's basketball independents standings
* vteConfOverall
* TeamW L PCTW L PCT
* Notre Dame– –19–1
* .950
* New Hampshire– –14–1
* .933
* Springfield (Mass.)– –13–1
* .929
* Fordham– –20–2
* .909
* Northern Illinois State– –20–2
* .909
* Muskingum– –19–2
* .905
* Wichita Municipal– –19–2
* .905
* The Citadel– –17–2
* .895
* Pittsburg State– –16–2
* .889
* Western State Normal– –16–2
* .889
* West Texas State– –23–3
* .885
* Navy– –15–2
* .882
* Wake Forest– –22–3
* .880
* Colgate– –17–3
* .850
* Northern Arizona State– –17–3
* .850
* Denison– –16–3
* .842
* Rhode Island State– –13–3
* .813
* Butler– –17–4
* .810
* Duquesne– –16–4
* .800
* Evansville– –16–4
* .800
* Furman– –16–4
* .800
* Syracuse– –15–4
* .789
* Army– –11–3
* .786
* Xavier– –11–3
* .786
* Bucknell– –14–4
* .778
* Penn State– –14–4
* .778
* Richmond– –14–4
* .778
* Rutgers– –10–3
* .769
* Seton Hall– –10–3
* .769
* Arizona– –13–4
* .765
* Loyola (Ill.)– –13–4
* .765
* New Mexico– –13–4
* .765
* CCNY– –9–3
* .750
* UCLA– –12–4
* .750
* Creighton– –14–5
* .737
* Temple– –14–5
* .737
* Buffalo– –11–4
* .733
* Cincinnati– –13–5
* .722
* St. Bonaventure– –13–5
* .722
* Carleton– –12–5
* .706
* Westminster (Pa.)– –12–5
* .706
* Harvard– –10–5
* .667
* Mount Union– –12–6
* .667
* Canisius– –9–5
* .643
* Bowling Green State– –12–7
* .632
* Western Kentucky State– –12–7
* .632
* Villanova– –11–7
* .611
* Lehigh– –9–6
* .600
* Miami (Ohio)– –9–6
* .600
* St. John's (N.Y.)– –15–10
* .600
* Washburn– –12–8
* .600
* Pittsburgh– –10–7
* .588
* Louisville– –7–5
* .583
* Connecticut– –9–7
* .563
* Muhlenberg– –9–7
* .563
* Saint Mary's (Calif.)– –9–7
* .563
* Wooster– –9–7
* .563
* Davidson– –10–8
* .556
* Georgetown– –5–4
* .556
* West Virginia– –10–8
* .556
* Holy Cross– –7–6
* .538
* Loyola (Md.)– –7–6
* .538
* Santa Clara– –7–6
* .538
* George Washington– –8–7
* .533
* Niagara– –8–7
* .533
* St. Ignatius– –8–7
* .533
* Manhattan– –9–8
* .529
* Dayton– –10–9
* .526
* DePaul– –7–7
* .500
* DePauw– –8–8
* .500
* Valparaiso– –10–10
* .500
* Detroit– –8–9
* .471
* Bradley– –7–8
* .467
* William & Mary– –7–8
* .467
* Boston University– –6–7
* .462
* Texas Tech– –8–10
* .444
* Marshall– –7–9
* .438
* Brown– –6–9
* .400
* Toledo– –6–9
* .400
* Michigan State– –7–11
* .389
* Ohio– –8–13
* .381
* New York University– –4–7
* .364
* St. Joseph's– –6–11
* .353
* Tempe State– –4–8
* .333
* Marquette– –5–10
* .333
* Tulsa– –3–6
* .333
* New Mexico A&M– –6–13
* .316
* Kent State Normal– –5–11
* .313
* Duke– –4–10
* .286
* Indiana State– –3–13
* .188
* Lafayette– –3–14
* .176
* Saint Francis (N.Y.)– –2–12
* .143
* Saint Louis– –0–14
* .000

### 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 1926–27 season.
| 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.
| Team | Former Coach | New Coach | Reason |
| Georgetown | John O'Reilly | Elmer Ripley | O'Reilly retired after the end of the season. |
| Marshall | Bill Strickling | Johnny Stuart | |
| Northwestern | Maury Kent | Dutch Lonborg | |