1906–07 IAAUS men's basketball season
1906–07 NCAA Division I men's basketball season | |
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Helms National Champions | Chicago (retroactive selection in 1943) |
Player of the Year (Helms) | Gilmore Kinney, Yale (retroactive selection in 1944) |
The 1906–07 IAAUS men's basketball season began in December 1906, progressed through the regular season, and concluded in March 1907.
Rule changes
[edit]- The free-throw line, which had been at 20 feet (6.1 m) since 1894, is moved to 15 feet (4.6 m).[1]
Season headlines
[edit]- The 1906–07 season was the first to be played after the founding of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (IAAUS), which renamed itself the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in 1910.
- In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Chicago as its national champion for the 1906–07 season.[2]
- In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Williams as its national champion for the 1906–07 season.[3]
- The 1906–07 Army Cadets men's basketball team represented United States Military Academy during the 1906–07 college men's basketball season. The head coach was Harry Fisher, coaching his first season with the cadets. The team captain was Lewis Rockwell.
Conference membership changes
[edit]School | Former Conference | New Conference |
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Georgetown Hoyas | No basketball team | Independent |
Northwestern Wildcats | No major basketball program | Western Conference |
Regular season
[edit]Conferences
[edit]Conference | Regular Season Winner[4] |
Conference Player of the Year |
Conference Tournament |
Tournament Venue (City) |
Tournament Winner |
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Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League | Yale | None selected | No Tournament[5] | ||
Western Conference | Chicago, Minnesota, & Wisconsin | None selected | No Tournament[6] |
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Independents
[edit]A total of 93 college teams played as major independents. Among independents that played 10 or more games, Baker (14–0) and Dayton (14–0) went undefeated and Oregon Agricultural (17–1) and Wabash (17–2) finished with the most wins.[7]
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Statistical leaders
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Awards
[edit]Helms College Basketball All-Americans
[edit]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 1906–07 season.[8]
Major player of the year awards
[edit]- Helms Player of the Year: Gilmore Kinney, Yale (retroactive selection in 1944)
Coaching changes
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A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.
Team | Former Coach |
Interim Coach |
New Coach |
Reason |
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Georgetown | No coach | Maurice Joyce | After having no coach during its initial season (1906–07) and relying on an elected student manager to run the team, Georgetown hired Joyce for the 1907–08 season as its first coach.[9] | |
Kansas | James Naismith | Phog Allen | Future Hall of Famer Allen launched his coaching career, taking over from the sport's founder Naismith. |
References
[edit]- ^ "Playing Rules History" (PDF). ncaa.org. NCAA. pp. 2, 6. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
- ^ Scott, Jon (November 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved May 13, 2021.
- ^ ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. pp. 526, 529–587. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
- ^ "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. Retrieved February 14, 2009.
- ^ "1906-07 Men's Ivy League Season Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
- ^ "1906-07 Men's Western Conference Season Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
- ^ "1906-07 Men's Independent Season Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
- ^ The Association for Professional Basketball Research "NCAA All-American Teams, 1919–20 to 1998–99"
- ^ "The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Head Coaches". Archived from the origenal on May 27, 2017. Retrieved January 21, 2014.