The 1936–37 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1936, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded in March 1937.
Season headlines
* In February 1943, the
Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected
Stanford as its national champion for the 1936–37 season.
* In 1995, the
Premo-Porretta Power Poll
The Premo-Porretta Power Poll is a retroactive end-of-year ranking for American college basketball teams competing in the 1895–96 through the 1947–48 seasons.
The Premo-Porretta Polls are intended to serve collectively as a source of informa ...
retroactively selected
Stanford as its national champion for the 1936–37 season.
Conference membership changes
Regular season
Conference winners and tournaments
Statistical leaders
Awards
Consensus All-American team
Major player of the year awards
*
Helms Player of the Year:
Hank Luisetti
Angelo-Giuseppi "Hank" Luisetti (June 16, 1916 – December 17, 2002) was an American college men's basketball player. He is considered to be one of the great innovators of the sport. In an era that featured the traditional two-handed set shot, ...
,
Stanford (retroactive selection in 1944)
Other major awards
*
Haggerty Award __NOTOC__
The Lt. Frank J. Haggerty Award is given to the All-New York Metropolitan NCAA Division I men's college basketball player of the year, presented by the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) and the Met Basketball Writers Association (MBWA) ...
(Top player in
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Un ...
metro area):
Ben Kramer,
Long Island
Coaching changes
References
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