1908–09 Chicago Maroons men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1908–09 Chicago Maroons University of Chicago Basketball, 1909.jpg 300px Big Ten Conference Western 12–0 12–0 Joseph Raycroft 3rd William Georgen Bartlett Gymnasium Western Conference ChampionsHelms Foundation National Champions The 1908–09 Chicago Maroons men's basketball team represented the University of Chicago in intercollegiate basketball during the 1908–09 season. The team finished the season with a 12–0 recordChicago Maroons season-by-season results sports-reference.com Sports Reference LLC 2014 https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/chicago/ May 13, 2014 and won the Western Conference. The team was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and was retroactively listed as the top team of the season by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.NCAA Division I Mens Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions Rauzulu's Street 2004 http://www.rauzulusstreet.com/basketball/college/helmscollegechampionship.htm May 13, 2014 October 1, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181001213129/http://www.rauzulusstreet.com/basketball/college/helmscollegechampionship.htm deadESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game ESPN ESPN Books New York, NY 2009 531 978-0-345-51392-2 This was the third consecutive season for which Chicago was later named the Helms national champion. The team played their home games on campus at Frank Dickinson Bartlett Gymnasium. Both Pat Page and John Schommer were named All-Americans, while Schommer was also named the Helms Foundation National Player of the Year.2013–14 Chicago Maroons Men's Basketball Media Guide History University of Chicago 2013 http://static.psbin.com/r/r/4kbkpifzert7y5/Chicago-MBB-Yearbook-2013-14.pdf May 13, 2014 December 8, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131208162228/http://static.psbin.com/r/r/4kbkpifzert7y5/Chicago-MBB-Yearbook-2013-14.pdf dead For Schommer, it was his fourth consecutive All-American honor; for Page, it was his second (the following season, he would earn his third and also be named the Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year). Roster PlayerPositionClassHometownJoy Reichelt ClarkGuardSophomoreOmaha, NEAlfred Crenshaw Kelly, Jr.GuardSophomoreEwing, ILEdwin Powell HubbleForwardJuniorMarshfield, MOHarlan "Pat" PageGuardJuniorChicago, IllinoisArthur Charles HoffmanGuardJuniorChicago, IllinoisWilliam Matthias Georgen, captainForwardSeniorBelvidere, ILJohn Joseph SchommerCenterSeniorChicago, IL Head coach: Joseph Raycroft (3rd year at Chicago) Schedule Source, The Cap and Gown no no no no no |- 1/15/1909 no no no no vs. Indiana Bartlett Gymnasium Chicago, IL 18–12 1-0 (1-0) 1/23/1909 no no no no vs. Purdue Bartlett Gymnasium Chicago, IL 31–11 2-0 (2-0) 1/25/1909 no no no no @ Northwestern Patten Gymnasium Evanston, IL 28–4 3-0 (3-0) 1/28/1909 no no no no @ Iowa Iowa Armory Iowa City, IA 29–10 4-0 (4-0) 2/6/1909 no no no no @ Wisconsin University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium Madison, WI 18–15 5-0 (5-0) 2/12/1909 no no no no vs. Minnesota Bartlett Gymnasium Chicago, IL 27–2 6-0 (6-0) 2/13/1909 no no no no @ Illinois Kenney Gym Urbana, IL 17–15 7-0 (7-0) |- align="center" bgcolor="" 2/19/1909 no no no no @ Indiana Old Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN 17–10 8-0 (8-0) 2/20/1909 no no no no vs. Purdue Bartlett Gymnasium Chicago, IL 30–13 9-0 (9-0) 2/26/1909 no no no no vs. Illinois Bartlett Gymnasium Chicago, IL 23–10 10-0 (10-0) 3/6/1909 no no no no vs. Wisconsin Bartlett Gymnasium Chicago, IL 18–4 11-0 (11-0) 3/13/1909 no no no no @ Minnesota University of Minnesota Armory Minneapolis, MN 20–15 12-0 (12-0) |- Central Time Cap and Gown 1909 Awards and honors John Schommer Helms Foundation National Player of the Year All-American Pat Page All-American References Category:Chicago Maroons men's basketball seasons Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament championship seasons Chicago Chicago Maroons Men's Basketball Team Chicago Maroons Men's Basketball Team Category:1900s in Chicago