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1909–10 IAAUS men's basketball season
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Men's collegiate basketball season
August 2023
March 2026
1909 LSU_basketball_team_1909.jpg The 1909–10 LSU team. Columbia (retroactive selection in 1943) Harlan "Pat" Page, Chicago (retroactive selection in 1944)
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Basketball court diagram
Basketball photo 1909.jpg An old-fashioned basketball
From Spalding's Official Collegiate Basket Ball Guide 1909–10. LEFT: A diagram of a regulation basketball court.RIGHT: A regulation basketball.
The 1909–10 IAAUS men's basketball season began in December 1909, progressed through the regular season, and concluded in March 1910.
Rule changes
Continuous dribbling became legal; previously, a player could bounce the ball only once at a time, the bounce had to be higher than his head, and he had to recover the ball himself, in effect passing the ball to himself.Hoop Tactics "The Evolution of Basketball: A Chronological Look At The Major Refinements" Accessed 15 May 2021
The double dribble became illegal; previously, a player could make as many single-bounce dribbles as he wanted as long as he recovered the ball after each bounce (as if passing to himself each time).orangehoops.org History of NCAA Basketball Rule Changes
A player who dribbled the ball was allowed to shoot off the dribble for the first time; previously, a dribbler was not allowed to shoot the ball immediately after dribbling and had to pass it to someone else to shoot it.Schleyer, Claudia, "The Rules of Basketball: Boy How They've Changed!", Youth Hoops 101 Accessed 15 May 2021
Season headlines
The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (IAAUS) renamed itself the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) after the end of the season.
The new rules allowing continuous dribbling rule and permitting a dribbler to shoot the ball off a dribble converted dribbling from a defensive tactic into a powerful offensive one.
In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Columbia as its national champion for the 1909–10 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 Williams as its top-ranked team for the 1909–10 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 Denver Denver Pioneers Independent No major basketball program Harvard Harvard Crimson Independent No major basketball program
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 Iowa State (North);Kansas (South) None selected No Tournament;Kansas was conference championWestern Conference Chicago None selected No Tournament
Conference standings
Independents
A total of 115 college teams played as major independents. Among independents that played at least 10 games, Columbia (11–0), 1909 Virginia Tech Virginia Tech Hokies Virginia Tech (11–0), and 1909 Williams College William Ephs Williams (11–0) were undefeated, and 1909 University of Southern California USC Trojans Southern California (21–3) finished with the most wins.https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/independent/men/1910.html Sports Reference 1909-10 Men's Independent Season Summary July 25, 2024
Awards
Helms College Basketball All-Americans
1910 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 1909–10 season.The Association for Professional Basketball Research "NCAA All-American Teams, 1919–20 to 1998–99"
Player Team William Broadhead NYU Leon Campbell Colgate Dave Charters Purdue William Copthorne Army Charles Eberle Swarthmore Samuel Harman Rochester Ted Kiendl Columbia Ernest Lambert Oklahoma W. Vaughn Lewis Williams Harlan "Pat" Page Chicago
Major player of the year awards
Helms Player of the Year: Harlan "Pat" Page, Chicago (retroactive selection in 1944)
Coaching changes
A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.
TeamFormerCoachInterimCoachNewCoachReason Akron Clarence Weed Frank Haggerty Baylor Enoch J. Mills Ralph Glaze Brown Walter White J. Russell McKay Butler Walter Gipe Bill Diddle BYU Fred Bennion Henry Rose Bennion left to coach at Utah. Cincinnati C. A. Shroetter Russ Easton Colorado Agricultural Claude Rothgeb George Cassidy Cornell David Coogan Paul Sternberg Dartmouth Benjamin Lang Tom Keady Drake John L. Griffith A. R. Hackett Georgia C. O. Heildler W. A. Cunningham Idaho John S. Grogan John G. Griffith Illinois Herb Juul Thomas E. Thompson Illinois State George Binnewies Harrison Russell Indiana John Georgen Oscar Rackle Iowa John G. Griffith Walter Stewart Michigan State Chester Brewer John Macklin Brewer left to coach at Missouri. Missouri Guy Lowman Chester Brewer Navy Billy Lush Bernard Willis Lush left for Yale. Nebraska T. J. Hewitt Osmond F. Field New Mexico Agricultural George Lain Art Badenoch Niagara Claude Allen Alfred Heerdt Northwestern Louis Gillesby Stuart Templeton Oregon Agricultural E. D. Angell Clifford Reed Angell left to coach at Milwaukee Normal School Rhode Island State Phil Wessels George Cobb Saint Joseph's John Dever Edward Bennis Saint Mary's (CA) Frank Boek Otto Rittler Seton Hall Dick McDonough Jim Flanagan St. John's Harry A. Fisher Claude Allen Utah Robert Richardson Fred Bennion Vanderbilt R. B. McGehee Zeke Martin VMI F. J. Pratt J. Mitchell
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