1907–08 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 1907–08 Georgetown Hoyas basketball Independent 5–1 Maurice Joyce 1st Richard Downey Convention Hall The 1907–08 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University during the 1907–08 Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States college basketball season. Maurice Joyce coached the team in his first season as head coach.http://www.hoyabasketball.com/coaches/bb-coach.htm Georgetown Basketball History Project: Head Coaches 2017-05-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20170527235527/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/coaches/bb-coach.htm 2017-05-27 2018-03-19 Georgetown was an independent and played its home games at the Convention Hall at 5th and K Streets NW in downtown Washington, D.C.The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Home Courts Maurice Joyce Maurice Joyce introduced the new sport of basketball to Washington, D.C., in 1892 – the year after its invention by James Naismith – and had fostered its development there over the next 15 years as Director of Physical Education at the Carroll Institute. In the autumn of 1906, Georgetown had hired him as its athletic director with an eye toward developing a men's basketball program at the school, and he had founded the program late that year, in time to field Georgetowns first team in the 1906–07 season. That team had had no coach, relying instead on an elected student manager to provide leadership, monitor the teams finances, and schedule games and practices – roles now performed by the schools athletic department and coach. For Georgetowns second season in 1907–08, Joyce formally became the teams first head coach, although this did not diminish the role of the student manager, who continued in his duties; rather, the head coach acted as a teacher and faculty advisor, available to provide advice to the players during games rather than lead the team on the court. It was not until the late 1920s that the modern role of the head coach as in-game leader emerged.http://www.hoyabasketball.com/coaches/bb-coach.htm Georgetown Basketball History Project: History & Tradition 2016-04-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20160413010158/http://hoyabasketball.com/history/hist11.htm 2016-04-13 2018-03-19 Season recap During its inaugural season in 1906–07, Georgetown had played only four games, three of them against George Washington. George Washington had won two of the three games, led by center Fred Rice. When George Washington decided not to field a basketball team for the 1907-08 season, Joyce convinced Rice to enroll in Georgetown University Law School and play for the Hoyas in 1907–08.http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/f_schlosser.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Top 100: 56. Frank Schlosser 2014-02-23 2015-03-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20150329171205/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/f_schlosser.htm dead In a low-scoring era, Rice got off to a spectacular start with his new team, scoring 20 or more points in four of his first seven games. Starting all seven games he played, he had no free-throw attempts, but he scored 52 field goals, giving him 104 points and an average of 14.9 points per game; only one other Georgetown player would equal his per-game scoring average in the next 35 years. Rice would star for Georgetown for two more seasons before graduating from the Law School. Considered the first great team in Georgetown men's basketball history, the 1907-08 squad won its first five games before losing an exhibition game to Rutgers and suffering its only regular-season loss to a Pennsylvania team that went 23–4 for the year. The Hoyas finished the season with a record of 5–1 and claimed for itself the mythical title of "Champions of the South" for the 1907–08 season. Roster Sourceshttps://www.hoyabasketball.com/players/players.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: All-Time Player Directory Georgetown University 2022-04-09 live https://web.archive.org/web/20220328191824/https://www.hoyabasketball.com/players/players.htm 2022-03-28http://www.hoyabasketball.com/players/roster-1900s.htm#1908 Georgetown Basketball History Project: Team Rosters 2017-02-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20170212160452/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/players/roster-1900s.htm 2017-02-12 thumb|left|The 1907-1908 team photo. Bottom row: James Colliflower, Bill Rice. Center row: Fred Rice, Richard Downey, John Crogan. Top row: George Colliflower, Dilkes (first name unknown) (manager), Maurice Joyce (coach), O'Neill (first name unknown) (manager) NameHeightWeight (lbs.)PositionClassHometownPrevious Team(s)George ColliflowerN/AN/AGGrad. Stud.Washington, DC, U.S.Georgetown Preparatory School(North Bethesda, MD)James ColliflowerN/AN/AFGrad. Stud.Washington, DC, U.S.Georgetown Preparatory School(North Bethesda, MD)John CroganN/AN/AFFr.Washington, DC, U.S.N/ARichard DowneyN/AN/ACGrad. Stud.N/AN/ABill RiceN/AN/AGGrad. Stud.Kingston, NY, U.S.N/AFred RiceN/AN/ACGrad. Stud.Washington, DC, U.S.George Washington University 1907–08 schedule and results SourcesGeorgetown Basketball History Project: 1900s Recordshttp://www.hoyabasketball.com/opponents.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Records vs. All Opponents 2014-01-21 2013-11-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20131103211101/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/opponents.htm dead 2012-2013 Georgetown Men's Basketball Media Guide, p. 58.https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/georgetown/1908-schedule.html 1907-08 Georgetown Hoyas Schedule and Results College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com 2016-03-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304212348/http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/georgetown/1908-schedule.html 2016-03-04 no no no no no |- !colspan=9 style="background:#002147; color:#8D817B;"| Regular Season Wed., Dec. 18, 1907 no w yes no Maryland Carroll Institute Washington, DC no 58–3 1-0 Fri., Dec. 20, 1907 no w no Columbia Convention Hall Washington, DC no 22–18 2-0 Sat., Jan. 11, 1908 no w no William & Mary Convention Hall Washington, DC no 62–8 exhibition Sat., Jan. 18, 1908 no w no Fordham Convention Hall Washington, DC no 25–14 3-0 Fri., Jan. 24, 1908 no w yes no Virginia Fayerweather Gymnasium Charlottesville, VA no 42–19 4-0 Fri., Jan. 31, 1908 no w no Virginia Convention Hall Washington, DC no 64–12 5-0 Fri., Feb. 21, 1908 no l yes no Fordham Savage School Gymnasium New York, NY no 29–31 exhibition Sun., Mar. 1, 1908 no no Fordham Convention Hall Washington, DC no c cancelled – Sun., Mar. 15, 1908 no l yes no Pennsylvania Weightmann Hall Philadelphia, PA no 17–33 5-1 no no References Category:Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball seasons Georgetown Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team