1935–36 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team

American college basketball season

1935–36 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	15–5 (7–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Franklin Cappon
Captain	Chelso Tamango
Home arena	Yost Field House
Seasons ← 1934–35 1936–37 →

1935–36 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Indiana	11	–	1	.917	18	–	2	.900
Purdue	11	–	1	.917	16	–	4	.800
Michigan	7	–	5	.583	15	–	5	.750
Illinois	7	–	5	.583	13	–	6	.684
Northwestern	7	–	5	.583	13	–	6	.684
Ohio State	5	–	7	.417	12	–	8	.600
Iowa	5	–	7	.417	9	–	10	.474
Wisconsin	4	–	8	.333	11	–	9	.550
Minnesota	3	–	9	.250	7	–	17	.292
Chicago	0	–	12	.000	6	–	14	.300

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1935–36 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate basketball during the 1935–36 season.^[1] The team compiled a 15–5 record, and 7–5 against Big Ten Conference opponents. The team scored 700 points in 20 games for an average of 35.0 points per game – the highest point total and scoring per game in school history up to that time. Michigan finished tied for third place in the Big Ten.

Scoring statistics

Player	Games	Field goals	Free throws	Points	Points per game^[1]
John "Jake" Townsend	20	59	36	154	7.7
George Rudness^[2]	20	46	39	131	6.6
Earl Townsend	20	48	19	115	5.8
Chelso Tamagno	18	39	9	87	4.8
John Gee	17	25	24	74	4.4
John Jablonski	19	14	16	44	2.3
Earl Meyers	14	14	7	35	2.5
Herman Fishman	15	11	4	26	1.7
Matt Patanelli	15	3	4	10	0.7
Manuel Slavin	6	3	3	9	1.5
William Barclay	5	2	3	7	1.4
Arthur Evans	11	2	0	4	0.4
William Lane	4	1	0	2	0.5
Donald Brewer	4	1	0	2	0.5
Totals	20	268	164	700	35.0

Coaching staff

Franklin Cappon - coach
Fielding H. Yost - athletic director

References

^ ^a ^b "University of Michigan Basketball Record Book" (PDF). University of Michigan. p. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2018. Retrieved April 1, 2012.
^ Rudness was inducted into the Upper Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame in 1975. He was the first 10-letter athlete at Negaunee High School and competed on the baseball and basketball teams at Michigan. He was twice selected as the captain of the baseball team. He died in February 1961.

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