1908–09 IAAUS men's basketball season

None July 2022 July 2022 1908 Chicago (retroactive selection in 1943) John Schommer, Chicago (retroactive selection in 1944) The 1908–09 IAAUS men's basketball season began in December 1908, progressed through the regular season, and concluded in March 1909. Rule changes A dribbler was allowed to shoot. Previously, a player could not shoot immediately after dribbling the ball.http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/Rules.pdf Playing Rules History ncaa.org NCAA June 25, 2024 2, 6 The double dribble became illegal, with the dribble defined as "continuous passage of the ball." A second official was added to games in an attempt to reduce rough play.http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/Rules.pdf Playing Rules History ncaa.org NCAA June 25, 2024 3, 7 Season headlines Chicago finished with a 12–0 record and won the Western Conference championship for a second straight season. The Maroons attempted to schedule a postseason competition for the mythical national championship with Columbia (15–1) or Pennsylvania (19–6) — both former members of the Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League, which had collapsed after the previous season and would not resume conference play until the 1910–11 season — but without success.March 6, 1909 Series Now In Doubt — Chicago May Not Meet Columbia at Basketball https://www.newspapers.com/article/syracuse-herald-journal-1909-basketball/178281770/ Syracuse Herald-Journal It does not seem likely that Columbia and Chicago will meet at basketball to decide the intercollegiate championship of both the Eastern and Western leagues.March 16, 1909 Maroons Not To Play Quakers — National Basketball Title Will Be Undecided, as 'Pennsy' Has No Claim to Eastern Honors https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-1909-chicago-wont-play/178281781/ Chicago Tribune University of Chicago basketball players will not figure in a series for the national championship with the University of Pennsylvania, according to the declaration yesterday of Dr J. E. Raycroft, coach of the Maroon five. In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Chicago as its national champion for the 1908–09 season.Jon Scott Nov 9, 2010 The truth behind the Helms Committee http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/helms.html 13 May 2021 In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Chicago as its top-ranked team for the 1908–09 season.ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game ESPN ESPN Books New York, NY 2009 526, 529–587 978-0-345-51392-2 Conference membership changes SchoolFormer ConferenceNew Conference Columbia Columbia Lions Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League Independent Cornell Cornell Big Red Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League Independent Penn Penn Quakers Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League Independent Princeton Princeton Tigers Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League Independent Yale Yale Bulldogs Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League Independent Regular season Conferences Conference winners ConferenceRegular Season Winnerhttp://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2009/Standings.pdf 2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section 2009 NCAA 14 February 2009Conference Player of the YearConference TournamentTournament Venue (City)Tournament WinnerMissouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association Nebraska (North);Kansas (South) None selected No Tournament;Kansas was conference championWestern Conference Chicago None selected No Tournament Conference standings Independents A total of 113 college teams played as major independents. Among independents that played at least 10 games, 1908 University of California California Golden Bears California (10–0), New York University (13–0), 1908 Swarthmore College Swarthmore Garnet Swarthmore (12–0), and 1908 Whittier College Whittier Poets Whittier (14–0) were undefeated, and 1908 University of Notre Dame Notre Dame Fighting Irish Notre Dame (33–7) finished with the most wins.https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/independent/men/1909.html Sports Reference 1908-09 Men's Independent Season Summary July 25, 2024 Awards Helms College Basketball All-Americans 1909 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans The practice of selecting a Consensus All-American Team did not begin until the 1928–29 season. The Helms Athletic Foundation later retroactively selected a list of All-Americans for the 1908–09 season.Bradley Robert Graham Rachel NCAA All-American Teams, 1919-20 to 1998-99 https://www.apbr.org/ncaa-aa.html 2025-03-03 The Association for Professional Basketball Research Player Team Biaggio Cerussi Columbia Julian Hayward Wesleyan (Conn.) Tommy Johnson Kansas Charles Keinath Penn Ted Kiendl Columbia Pat Page Chicago John Ryan Columbia Raymond Scanlon Notre Dame John Schommer Chicago Helmer Swenholt Wisconsin Major player of the year awards Helms Player of the Year: John Schommer, Chicago (retroactive selection in 1944) Coaching changes A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended. TeamFormerCoachInterimCoachNewCoachReason Akron Dwight Bradley Clarence Weed Brown J. Donald Pryor Walter White Butler Jack McKay Walter Gipe Canisius John Mahoney Charles McCabe Cincinnati Amos Foster C. A. Shroetter Cornell Walter Haggerty David Coogan Drake Charles Pell John L. Griffith Fordham Chris Mahoney Edward Siskind Indiana Robert Harris John Georgen Indiana State Eddy Conners John Kimmell Kansas Phog Allen W. O. Hamilton Manhattan John O'Donnell Edward Hanrahan Nebraska R. G. Clapp T. J. Hewitt New Mexico A&M V. Kays George Lain Niagara Robert Yates Claude Allen North Dakota Agricultural Paul Magoffin Arthur Rueber Penn R. B. Smith Charles Keinath Purdue E. J. Stewart Ralph Jones St. John's P. Joseph Kersey Harry A. Fisher Seton Hall William Caffrey Dick McDonough South Carolina J. H. Brown F. E. Schofield TCU Jesse R. Langley Oscar Wise Utah Erastus Milne Robert Richardson Vanderbilt Ed Hamilton R. B. McGehee Hamilton left to coach the baseball team. Virginia Tech R. M. Brown Branch Bocock VMI Pete Krebs F. J. Pratt Wyoming Elmer Hoefer Harold I. Dean References 2