1907–08 Chicago Maroons men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1907–08 Chicago Maroons 1907-08 UofC Men's Basketball Team.JPG 300px Big Ten Conference Western 23–2 7–1 Joseph Raycroft 2nd John Schommer Bartlett Gymnasium Intercollegiate National ChampionsWestern Conference ChampionsHelms Foundation National Champions The 1907–08 Chicago Maroons men's basketball team represented the University of Chicago in intercollegiate basketball during the 1907–08 season. The team finished the season with a 23–2 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 were retroactively named national champions by the Helms Athletic Foundation.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 dead This was the second straight year that Chicago was later named the Helms national championship. The team played their home games on campus at Frank Dickinson Bartlett Gymnasium. Both Pat Page and John Schommer were named All-Americans.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 third consecutive All-American honor; for Page, it was his second. Championship For the first time in college basketball's short history, a true national championship was awarded based on a "best-of-three" playoff series played by the presumptuous best two teams in the nation. In order to get to this series, however, the Maroons had to win the Western Conference. Based on the fact the Maroons and the Wisconsin Badgers had split the two games during the regular season, Coach Raycroft and Wisconsin physical education director Charles P. Hutchins agreed that a title game needed to be played.The Cap and Gown, 1908, The University of Chicago, page 252 The game was played in Madison, however, the Maroons came out victorious and were not only awarded the conference title, this also determined who would meet the Quakers of Pennsylvania. It would only take two games for the Maroons to win the series. The first game was played at Bartlett Gymnasium with a final score of 21 to 18. The second game was played in Philadelphia with a final score of 18 to 16. Besides the fact that a series of games were played to determine a national champion, the Maroons proved that they were worthy of the title by defeating 23 of the 25 opponents they faced during the season. Meanwhile, with a season that included over 20 games, Pennsylvania met and defeated all of the teams they faced in the east. Roster PlayerPositionClassHometownFrederick H. Falls ForwardSophomoreChicago, IllinoisWilliam M. GeorgenForwardJuniorBelvidere, IllinoisHarlan "Pat" PageGuardSophomoreChicago, IllinoisArthur HoffmanGuardSophomoreChicago, IllinoisRobert HarrisGuardSeniorChicago, IllinoisJohn Schommer, captainCenterJuniorChicago, IllinoisEdwin HubbleForwardSophomoreMarshfield, MissouriPaul BuhligForwardSeniorChicago, IllinoisMansfield ClearyGuardSophomoreOak Park, IllinoisAlfred KellyGuardFreshmanEwing, Illinois Head coach: Joseph Raycroft (2nd year at Chicago) Schedule Source, The Cap and Gown no no no no no |- 12/20/1907 no no no no @ Iowa Iowa Armory Iowa City, IA 35–26 1-0 (0-0) |- align="center" bgcolor="" 12/21/1907 no no no yes @ Washington University Francis Gymnasium St. Louis, MO 30-10 2-0 (0-0) |- align="center" bgcolor="" 12/23/1907 no no no yes @ Kansas City A.A. Kansas City A.A. Kansas City, MO 49-19 3-0 (0-0) 12/25/1907 no no no yes @ Des Moines YMCA Des Moines Coliseum Des Moines, IA 31–23 4-0 (0-0) 12/26/1907 no no no yes @ Muscatine YMCA Muscatine YMCA Muscatine, IA 60–26 5-0 (0-0) |- align="center" bgcolor="" 1/4/1908 no no no yes vs. Columbia Bartlett Gymnasium Chicago, IL 28-13 6-0 (0-0) 1/10/1908 no no no no vs. Indiana Bartlett Gymnasium Chicago, IL 49–18 7-0 (0-0) 1/18/1908 no no no no vs. Iowa Bartlett Gymnasium Chicago, IL 29–10 8-0 (0-0) 1/21/1908 no no no yes @ Central YMCA Central YMCA Chicago, IL 17–27 8-1 (0-0) 1/25/1908 no no no no vs. Purdue Bartlett Gymnasium Chicago, IL 53–11 9-1 (1-0) 1/31/1908 no no no no @ Wisconsin University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium Madison, WI 17–29 9-2 (1-1) 2/6/1908 no no no yes vs. Central YMCA Bartlett Gymnasium Chicago, IL 30–14 10-2 (1-1) 2/8/1908 no no no no @ Illinois Kenney Gym Urbana, IL 35–21 11-2 (2-1) |- align="center" bgcolor="" 2/13/1908 no no no no vs. Northwestern Bartlett Gymnasium Chicago, IL 41-6 12-2 (2-1) 2/15/1908 no no no no @ Purdue Lafayette Colliseum West Lafayette, IN 31–19 13-2 (3-1) 2/22/1908 no no no no @ Minnesota University of Minnesota Armory Minneapolis, MN 26–23 14-2 (4-1) 2/28/1908 no no no no vs. Wisconsin Bartlett Gymnasium Chicago, IL 24–19 15-2 (5-1) 2/29/1908 no no no no @ Northwestern Patten Gymnasium Evanston, IL 18–10 16-2 (6-1) 3/6/1908 no no no no vs. Illinois Bartlett Gymnasium Chicago, IL 42–17 17-2 (6-1) 3/12/1908 no no no yes @ Wisconsin University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium Madison, WI Conference Title Game 18–16 18-2 (6-1) 3/14/1908 no no no no vs. Minnesota Bartlett Gymnasium Chicago, IL 22–12 19-2 (7-1) 3/21/1908 no no no yes vs. Pennsylvania Bartlett Gymnasium Chicago, IL 21–18 20-2 (7-1) 3/25/1908 no no no yes @ Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 16–15 21-2 (7-1) |- Central Time Cap and Gown 1907 Player stats Player Games Played Field Goals Free Throws Made PointsJohn Schommerhttps://archive.org/stream/capgown00univ_0#page/253/mode/1up The cap and gown 1908 228482250Frederick Falls 227244188William Georgen 2040080Robert Harris 20281167Pat Page 2014129Arthur Hoffman 1312024 References External links http://athletics.uchicago.edu/ 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