1936–37 Stanford Indians men's basketball team

1936–37 Stanford Indians men's basketball
PCC South Division Champions Helms Foundation National Champions
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference South
1936–37 record	25–2 (10–2 PCC)
Head coach	John Bunn (7th year)
Home arena	Stanford Pavilion

	Conf				Overall
1936–37 Pacific Coast Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
North
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	2	–	14	.125
South
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

Rankings from AP Poll

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^[1] and were named national champions by the Helms Athletic Foundation.^[2]

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.

Schedule and results

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site
Regular season
*	California Aggies	W 41–16	1–0	Stanford Pavilion
*	Olympic Club	W 60–49	2–0	Stanford Pavilion
*	at San Jose State	W 31–24	3–0
*	vs. Warrensburg State	W 51–31	4–0
*	Temple	W 45–38	5–0	Stanford Pavilion
12/30/1936*	at Long Island	W 45–31	6–0
*	at Canisius	W 39–29	7–0
*	at Western Reserve	W 67–27	8–0
*	at Hamline	W 58–26	9–0
*	at Montana State	W ?8–28	10–0
	UCLA	W 63–40	11–0 (1–0)	Stanford Pavilion
	UCLA	W 69–36	12–0 (2–0)	Stanford Pavilion
	at California	W 51–35	13–0 (3–0)	Haas Pavilion
*	Saint Mary's	W 50–23	14–0	Stanford Pavilion
	at USC	L 39–42	14–1 (3–1)	Shrine Auditorium
	at USC	W 61–49	15–1 (4–1)	Shrine Auditorium
	California	W 50–37	16–1 (5–1)	Stanford Pavilion
*	at San Francisco	W 51–34	17–1	San Francisco Civic Auditorium
	at UCLA	W 42–40	18–1 (6–1)	Men's Gym
	at UCLA	W 67–38	19–1 (7–1)	Men's Gym
	at California	W 36–32	20–1 (8–1)	Haas Pavilion
*	Santa Clara	W 54–25	21–1	Stanford Pavilion
	USC	W 39–34	22–1 (9–1)	Stanford Pavilion
	USC	W 47–38	23–1 (10–1)	Stanford Pavilion
	California	L 31–44	23–2 (10–2)	Stanford Pavilion
3/26/1937*	at Washington State	W 31–28	24–2	Bohler Gymnasium
3/27/1937*	at Washington State	W 41–40	25–2	Bohler Gymnasium
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source^[3]

References

↑ "Stanford Cardinal season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved July 23, 2014.
↑ "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions". Rauzulu's Street. 2004. Retrieved July 23, 2014.
↑ "History" (PDF). 2013–14 Men's Basketball Media Guide. Stanford University. 2013. Retrieved July 23, 2014.

Stanford Cardinal men's basketball

Venues	Stanford Pavilion (1922–1968) Maples Pavilion (1968–present)

Culture & lore	Stanford Tree "Come Join the Band"

People	Head coaches

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Helms and NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics