1936–37 Stanford Indians men's basketball team

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 and was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.

1936–37 Stanford Indians men's basketball
Pacific Coast Conference Champions
Helms Foundation National Champions
Premo-Porretta National Champions
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
DivisionSouth
Record25–2 (10–2 PCC)
Head coach
Home arenaStanford Pavilion
1936–37 Pacific Coast Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
North
Washington State115 .688248  .750
Oregon115 .688209  .690
Washington115 .6881511  .577
Oregon State511 .3131115  .423
Idaho214 .125819  .296
South
Stanford102 .833252  .926
USC84 .667196  .760
California48 .3331710  .630
UCLA210 .167613  .316
† Conference playoff series winner
As of 1937
Rankings from AP Poll

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.

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