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1906–07 IAAUS men's basketball season

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

Rule changes

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  • 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

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  • 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

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

Regular season

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Conferences

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Conference Regular
Season Winner[4]
Conference
Player of the Year
Conference
Tournament
Tournament
Venue (City)
Tournament
Winner
Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League Yale None selected No Tournament[5]
Western Conference Chicago, Minnesota, & Wisconsin None selected No Tournament[6]
1906–07 Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Yale 9 1   .900 30 7   .811
Columbia 8 2   .800 11 2   .846
Penn 6 4   .600 15 8   .652
Harvard 4 6   .400 7 9   .438
Princeton 2 8   .200 4 10   .286
Cornell 1 9   .100 1 11   .083
1906–07 Western Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Chicago 6 2   .750 21 2   .913
Minnesota 6 2   .750 10 2   .833
Wisconsin 6 2   .750 11 3   .786
Purdue 2 6   .250 7 8   .467
Illinois 0 8   .000 1 10   .091
Indiana - -   9 5   .643
Iowa - -   5 5   .500
Northwestern - -   1 5   .167

Independents

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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]

1906–07 IAAUS men's basketball independents standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Baker   14 0   1.000
Concordia Seminary   5 0   1.000
Dayton   14 0   1.000
Georgia   2 0   1.000
North Dakota   7 0   1.000
Rhode Island   5 0   1.000
Wake Forest   4 0   1.000
Oregon Agricultural   17 1   .944
Williams   15 1   .938
North Dakota State   11 1   .917
Allegheny   10 1   .909
Bucknell   10 1   .909
Wabash   17 2   .895
CCNY   8 1   .889
Michigan State   14 2   .875
Westminster (Pa.)   7 1   .875
Vanderbilt   6 1   .857
Wisconsin–Stevens Point   6 1   .857
Grinnell   9 2   .818
Lehigh   9 2   .818
Cincinnati   7 2   .778
Dartmouth   13 4   .765
Arizona   3 1   .750
Buffalo   6 2   .750
Lake Forest   6 2   .750
New York University   6 2   .750
Akron   5 2   .714
Brigham Young   7 3   .700
Canisius   9 4   .692
Auburn   4 2   .667
Drake   2 1   .667
Trinity (N.C.)   4 2   .667
Montana State   4 2   .667
Washburn   10 5   .667
Widener   6 3   .667
Wooster   8 4   .667
Southwestern (Kan.)   13 7   .650
Army   9 5   .643
Colgate   9 5   .643
Denison   9 5   .643
Fordham   16 9   .640
Maine   7 4   .636
Colorado Agricultural   5 3   .625
Illinois State   5 3   .625
Missouri   10 6   .625
Nebraska   10 6   .625
Virginia   5 3   .625
Colorado   6 4   .600
Washington (Mo.)   6 4   .600
Brown   10 7   .588
Ohio State   7 5   .583
Muhlenberg   4 3   .571
Oregon   4 3   .571
Syracuse   4 3   .571
Temple   5 4   .556
Washington State   5 4   .556
Delaware   6 5   .545
Grove City   6 5   .545
Pittsburgh   6 5   .545
USC   6 5   .545
Bradley   7 6   .538
Georgetown   2 2   .500
Gettysburg   3 3   .500
Idaho   3 3   .500
Mount Union   7 7   .500
Nebraska Wesleyan   5 5   .500
New Mexico   1 1   .500
Niagara   5 5   .500
Texas   4 4   .500
Wesleyan (Conn.)   9 9   .500
Kansas   7 8   .467
Baylor   5 6   .455
Kansas State   5 6   .455
Penn State   5 6   .455
Trinity (Conn.)   5 6   .455
Bloomsburg   6 8   .429
Union (N.Y.)   6 8   .429
Wyoming   3 4   .429
Connecticut   5 7   .417
Denver   7 10   .412
Butler   2 4   .333
Kentucky   3 6   .333
Miami (Ohio)   2 4   .333
West Virginia   4 8   .333
Fairmount   3 6   .333
Utah State   2 6   .250
Manhattan   2 7   .222
Tulane   2 8   .200
Washington and Lee   2 8   .200
William & Mary   1 4   .200
Indiana State   1 8   .111
Franklin (Ind.)   0 1   .000
New Mexico A&M   0 1   .000

Statistical leaders

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Awards

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Helms College Basketball All-Americans

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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]

Player Team
Frank Arthur Wisconsin
George Flint Penn
Albert Houghton Chicago
Marcus Hurley Columbia
Charles Keinath Penn
Gilmore Kinney Yale
John Ryan Columbia
John Schommer Chicago
Oswald Tower Williams
L. Parson Warren Williams

Major player of the year awards

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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
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

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  1. ^ "Playing Rules History" (PDF). ncaa.org. NCAA. pp. 2, 6. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  2. ^ Scott, Jon (November 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. Retrieved February 14, 2009.
  5. ^ "1906-07 Men's Ivy League Season Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
  6. ^ "1906-07 Men's Western Conference Season Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
  7. ^ "1906-07 Men's Independent Season Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
  8. ^ The Association for Professional Basketball Research "NCAA All-American Teams, 1919–20 to 1998–99"
  9. ^ "The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Head Coaches". Archived from the original on May 27, 2017. Retrieved January 21, 2014.