1907–08 IAAUS men's basketball season

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The 1907–08 IAAUS men's basketball season began in December 1907, progressed through the regular season, and concluded in March 1908.

Season headlines[]

Conference membership changes[]

School Former Conference New Conference
Drake Bulldogs Independent Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Harvard Crimson Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League Independent
Iowa State Cyclones No major basketball program Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Kansas Jayhawks Independent Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Missouri Tigers Independent Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Nebraska Cornhuskers Independent Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Washington University Bears Independent Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association

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 Penn None selected No Tournament
Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association Nebraska (North);
Kansas (South)
None selected No Tournament;
Kansas was conference champion
Western Conference Chicago & 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 1907–08 season.[4]

Player Team
Hugh Harper Wisconsin
Wesleyan (Conn.)
Charles Keinath Penn
Haskell Noyes Yale
Pat Page Chicago
Brown
John Ryan Columbia
John Schommer Chicago
CCNY
Helmer Swenholt Wisconsin

Major player of the year awards[]

Coaching changes[]

References[]

  1. ^ Scott, Jon (Nov 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  2. ^ ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. p. 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"
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