View source for 1935-36 Midwest Basketball Conference season

{| class="wikitable"
|+Seasons
|Inaugural season
|'''1935-36'''
|[[1936-37 Midwest Basketball Conference season|1936-37]]
|}

== Teams and Alignment ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Division
!Team
!Primary Venue
!Municipality
|-
| rowspan="4" |Eastern Division
|Akron Firestone Nonskids
|Firestone Clubhouse
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|Buffalo Bisons
|Buffalo Broadway Auditorium
|Buffalo, New York
|-
|Dayton Metropolitan Clothes
|Montgomery County Fairgrounds Coliseum
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|Pittsburgh Y.M.H.A.
|Y.M.H.A. Gymnasium
|Pittsburgh
|-
| rowspan="5" |Western Division
|Chicago Duffy Florals (''joined during season'')
|St. Rita of Cascia High School Gym
|Chicago
|-
|Detroit Hed-Aids
|Detroit Naval Armory
|Detroit
|-
|Indianapolis Kautsky A.C.
|Tyndall Armory
|Indianapolis
|-
|Indianapolis U.S. Tires
|Tyndall Armory
|Indianapolis
|-
|Windsor Cooper Buses
|Kennedy Collegiate Gym
|Windsor, Ontario
|}

=== Changes ===

* League established and aligned into Eastern Division and Western Division.
* Akron Firestone Nonskids join from independent play and aligned into Eastern Division, playing at Firestone Clubhouse in Akron, Ohio.
* Buffalo Bisons join from independent play and aligned into Eastern Division, playing at Buffalo Broadway Auditorium in Buffalo, New York.
* Dayton Metropolitan Clothes enfranchised in Eastern Division, playing at Montgomery County Fairgrounds Coliseum in Dayton, Ohio.
* Detroit Hed-Aids enfranchised in Western Division, playing at Detroit Naval Armory in Detroit.
* Indianapolis Kautsky A.C. join from independent play and aligned into Western Division, playing at Tyndall Armory in Indianapolis.
* Indianapolis U.S. Tires enfranchised in Western Division, playing at Tyndall Armory in Indianapolis.
* Pittsburgh Y.M.H.A. join from independent play and aligned into Eastern Division, playing at Y.M.H.A. Gymnasium in Pittsburgh.
* Windsor Cooper Buses enfranchised in Western Division, playing at Kennedy Collegiate Gym in Windsor, Ontario.
* Chicago Duffy Florals join during season from independent play and aligned into Western Division, playing at St. Rita of Cascia High School Gym in Chicago.

== Regular Season Results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Division
!Team
!W
!L
!GB
|-
| rowspan="4" |Eastern Division
|'''Akron Firestone Nonskids'''
|'''11'''
|'''7'''
|
|-
|'''Pittsburgh Y.M.H.A.'''
|'''10'''
|'''7'''
|'''0.5'''
|-
|Buffalo Bisons
|7
|8
|2.5
|-
|Dayton Metropolitan Clothes
|4*
|6*
|3
|-
| rowspan="5" |Western Division
|'''Indianapolis Kautsky A.C.'''
|'''9'''
|'''3'''
|
|-
|'''Chicago Duffy Florals'''
|'''3'''
|'''2'''
|'''2.5'''
|-
|Detroit Hed-Aids
|9
|7
|2
|-
|Indianapolis U.S. Tires
|5
|9
|5
|-
|Windsor Cooper Buses
|2*
|11*
|7.5
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Includes one forfeit by Dayton Metropolitan Clothes to Windsor Cooper Buses and one forfeit by Windsor Cooper Buses to Dayton Metropolitan Clothes.

== Postseason Results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="2" |Team (Single-Game)
! colspan="2" |Team (Single-Game)
!Champions
|-
|Akron Firestone Nonskids
|30
|Indianapolis Kautsky A.C.
|35
| rowspan="4" |'''Chicago Duffy Florals'''
|-
|'''Chicago Duffy Florals'''
|'''33'''
|'''Chicago Duffy Florals'''
|'''39'''
|-
|'''Indianapolis Kautsky A.C.'''
|'''46'''
|'''Akron Firestone Nonskids'''
|'''33'''
|-
|Pittsburgh Y.M.H.A.
|18
|Pittsburgh Y.M.H.A.
|29
|}
Akron Firestone Nonskids vs. Pittsburgh Y.M.H.A. served as third-place match.

== Markets and Venues ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Combined Statistical Area
!Metropolitan / Micropolitan Statistical Area
!Metropolitan Division
!County / Equivalent
!Municipality
!Venue
!Team / Event
!Regular
!Postseason
!Total
|-
|Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Olean, NY Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Erie County, New York
|Buffalo, New York
|Buffalo Broadway Auditorium
|Buffalo Bisons
|Seven
|
|Seven
|-
| rowspan="4" |Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI Combined Statistical Area
| rowspan="4" |Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area
| rowspan="4" |Chicago-Naperville-Schaumburg, IL Metropolitan Division
| rowspan="4" |Cook County, Illinois
| rowspan="4" |Chicago
|St. Rita of Cascia High School Gym
|Chicago Duffy Florals
|Two
|
|Two
|-
| rowspan="3" |White City Gymnasium
|Chicago Duffy Florals
|
|Two
|Two
|-
|Akron Firestone Nonskids
|
|One
|One
|-
|Indianapolis Kautsky A.C.
|
|One
|One
|-
|Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Akron, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Summit County, Ohio
|Akron, Ohio
|Firestone Clubhouse
|Akron Firestone Nonskids
|Nine
|
|Nine
|-
|Dayton-Springfield-Kettering, OH Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Montgomery County, Ohio
|Dayton, Ohio
|Montgomery County Fairgrounds Coliseum
|Dayton Metropolitan Clothes
|Three
|
|Three
|-
|Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI Combined Statistical Area
|Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, MI Metropolitan Division
|Wayne County, Michigan
|Detroit
|Detroit Naval Armory
|Detroit Hed-Aids
|Nine
|
|Nine
|-
| rowspan="2" |Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |Marion County, Indiana
| rowspan="2" |Indianapolis
| rowspan="2" |Tyndall Armory
|Indianapolis Kautsky A.C.
|Six
|
|Six
|-
|Indianapolis U.S. Tires
|Five
|
|Five
|-
| colspan="3" |Marion, IN Micropolitan Statistical Area
|Grant County, Indiana
|Marion, Indiana
|Memorial Coliseum
|Indianapolis U.S. Tires
|One
|
|One
|-
|Pittsburgh-Weirton-Steubenville, PA-OH-WV Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Pittsburgh, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
|Pittsburgh
|Y.M.H.A. Gymnasium
|Pittsburgh Y.M.H.A.
|Nine
|
|Nine
|-
| colspan="4" |Rush County, Indiana
|Rushville, Indiana
|Memorial Gymnasium
|Indianapolis Kautsky A.C.
|One
|
|One
|-
| colspan="4" rowspan="2" |Windsor Census Metropolitan Area
| rowspan="2" |Windsor, Ontario
|Honourable W.C. Kennedy Collegiate Institute Gym
|Windsor Cooper Buses
|Five
|
|Five
|-
|J.C. Patterson Collegiate Institute Gym
|Windsor Cooper Buses
|One
|
|One
|-
| colspan="7" |'''Total'''
|'''58'''
|'''Four'''
|'''62'''
|}
[[Category:1935-36]]
[[Category:Midwest Basketball Conference seasons]]