1906–07 IAAUS men's basketball season

1906–07 IAAUS men's basketball season
1906–07 IAAUS men's basketball season
Helms National Champions	Chicago (retroactive selection in 1943)
Player of the Year; (Helms)	Gilmore Kinney, Yale (retroactive selection in 1944)
NCAA Division I basketball seasons
«1905–06	1907–08»

The 1906–07 IAAUS men's basketball season began in December 1906, progressed through the regular season, and concluded in March 1907.

Season headlines[]

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.The 1906–07 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team represented Auburn University during the 1906–07 Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States college basketball season. The team captain was C.W. Woodruff.
In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Chicago as its national champion for the 1906–07 season.^[1]
In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Williams as its national champion for the 1906–07 season.^[2]
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[]

School	Former Conference	New Conference
Georgetown Hoyas	No basketball team	Independent
Northwestern Wildcats	No major basketball program	Western Conference

Regular season[]

Conference winners[]

Conference	Regular Season Winner^[3]	Conference Player of the Year	Conference Tournament	Tournament Venue (City)	Tournament Winner
Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League	Yale	None selected	No Tournament
Western Conference	Chicago, Minnesota, & Wisconsin	None selected	No Tournament

Statistical leaders[]

Awards[]

Helms College 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 1906–07 season.^[4]

Player	Team
	Wisconsin
George Flint	Penn
	Chicago
Marcus Hurley	Columbia
Charles Keinath	Penn
Gilmore Kinney	Yale
John Ryan	Columbia
John Schommer	Chicago
Oswald Tower	Williams
	Williams

Major player of the year awards[]

Helms Player of the Year: Gilmore Kinney, Yale (retroactive selection in 1944)

Coaching changes[]

A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.

Team	Former Coach	Interim Coach	New Coach	Reason
Georgetown	No coach			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.^[5]
Kansas	James Naismith		Phog Allen	Future Hall of Famer Allen launched his coaching career, taking over from the sport's founder Naismith.

References[]

^ Scott, Jon (Nov 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved 13 May 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 14 February 2009.
^ 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 original on 2017-05-27. Retrieved 2014-01-21.

[jps-1] Scott, Jon (Nov 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved 13 May 2021.

[ESPN_526-2] 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.

[3] "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2009.

[4] The Association for Professional Basketball Research "NCAA All-American Teams, 1919–20 to 1998–99"

[5] "The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Head Coaches". Archived from the original on 2017-05-27. Retrieved 2014-01-21.

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