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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.

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
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

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 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.[5]
Kansas James Naismith Phog Allen Future Hall of Famer Allen launched his coaching career, taking over from the sport's founder Naismith.

References

  1. ^ Scott, Jon (November 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  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 February 14, 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 May 27, 2017. Retrieved January 21, 2014.