American college basketball season
1936–37 Pacific Coast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
PCT
W
L
PCT
Washington State
11
–
5
.688
24
–
8
.750
Oregon
11
–
5
.688
20
–
9
.690
Washington
11
–
5
.688
15
–
11
.577
Oregon State
5
–
11
.313
11
–
15
.423
Idaho
2
–
14
.125
8
–
19
.296
Stanford †
10
–
2
.833
25
–
2
.926
USC
8
–
4
.667
19
–
6
.760
California
4
–
8
.333
17
–
10
.630
UCLA
2
–
10
.167
6
–
13
.316
† Conference playoff series winner
The 1936–37 Stanford Indians men's basketball team represented Stanford University during the 1936–37 NCAA men's basketball season in the United States. The head coach was John Bunn , coaching in his seventh season with the Indians (now known as the Cardinal). The team finished the season with a 25–2 record[ 2] and was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll .[ 3] [ 4]
Hank Luisetti led the NCAA in scoring , was named a consensus All-American for the second consecutive season, and was named the Helms Foundation National Player of the Year . Luisetti was later inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame .
The National Invitation Tournament (NIT) debuted the next year , and the NCAA tournament in 1939 .
Schedule and results
Date time, TV
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
Site city, state
Regular season
*
California Aggies
W 41–16
1–0
Stanford Pavilion Stanford, CA
*
Olympic Club
W 60–49
2–0
Stanford Pavilion Stanford, CA
*
at San Jose State
W 31–24
3–0
San Jose, CA
*
vs. Warrensburg State
W 51–31
4–0
Kansas City, MO
*
Temple
W 45–38
5–0
Stanford Pavilion Stanford, CA
12/30/1936 *
at Long Island
W 45–31
6–0
New York, NY
*
at Canisius
W 39–29
7–0
Buffalo, NY
*
at Western Reserve
W 67–27
8–0
Cleveland, OH
*
at Hamline
W 58–26
9–0
Saint Paul, MN
*
at Montana State
Bozeman, MT
UCLA
W 63–40
11–0 (1–0)
Stanford Pavilion Stanford, CA
UCLA
W 69–36
12–0 (2–0)
Stanford Pavilion Stanford, CA
at California
W 51–35
13–0 (3–0)
Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA
*
Saint Mary's
W 50–23
14–0
Stanford Pavilion Stanford, CA
at USC
L 39–42
14–1 (3–1)
Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles, CA
at USC
W 61–49
15–1 (4–1)
Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles, CA
California
W 50–37
16–1 (5–1)
Stanford Pavilion Stanford, CA
*
at San Francisco
W 51–34
17–1
San Francisco Civic Auditorium San Francisco, CA
at UCLA
W 42–40
18–1 (6–1)
Men's Gym Los Angeles, CA
at UCLA
W 67–38
19–1 (7–1)
Men's Gym Los Angeles, CA
at California
W 36–32
20–1 (8–1)
Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA
*
Santa Clara
W 54–25
21–1
Stanford Pavilion Stanford, CA
USC
W 39–34
22–1 (9–1)
Stanford Pavilion Stanford, CA
USC
W 47–38
23–1 (10–1)
Stanford Pavilion Stanford, CA
California
L 31–44
23–2 (10–2)
Stanford Pavilion Stanford, CA
Pacific Coast Conference Playoff Series
3/26/1937 *
at Washington State
W 31–28
24–2
WSC Gymnasium Pullman, WA
3/27/1937 *
at Washington State
W 41–40
25–2
WSC Gymnasium Pullman, WA
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
Source [ 5]
References
Venues Culture & lore People Seasons Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics; NCAA championship in bolded italics