1908–09 IAAUS men's basketball season
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{{Infobox NCAA Division I men's basketball season
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| helmschamp = Chicago (retroactive selection in 1943)
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| helmspoy = John Schommer, Chicago (retroactive selection in 1944)
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The 1908–09 IAAUS men's basketball season began in December 1908, progressed through the regular season, and concluded in March 1909.
Rule changes
- A dribbler was allowed to shoot. Previously, a player could not shoot immediately after dribbling the ball.{{cite web |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/Rules.pdf |title=Playing Rules History |author= |date= |website=ncaa.org |publisher=NCAA |access-date=June 25, 2024 |pages=2, 6}}
- The double dribble became illegal, with the dribble defined as "continuous passage of the ball."
- A second official was added to games in an attempt to reduce rough play.{{cite web |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/Rules.pdf |title=Playing Rules History |author= |date= |website=ncaa.org |publisher=NCAA |access-date=June 25, 2024 |pages=3, 7}}
Season headlines
- In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Chicago as its national champion for the 1908–09 season.{{cite web|first=Jon|last=Scott|date=Nov 9, 2010|title=The truth behind the Helms Committee|url=http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/helms.html|access-date=13 May 2021}}
- In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Chicago as its national champion for the 1908–09 season.{{cite book|title=ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game|editor-last=ESPN|publisher=ESPN Books|location=New York, NY|year=2009|page=526, 529–587|ISBN=978-0-345-51392-2}}
Conference membership changes
| class="wikitable sortable"
!School !Former Conference !New Conference |
| {{sort|Columbia|Columbia Lions}} |
| {{sort|Cornell|Cornell Big Red}} |
| {{sort|Penn|Penn Quakers}} |
| {{sort|Princeton|Princeton Tigers}} |
| {{sort|Yale|Yale Bulldogs}} |
Regular season
= Conferences =
==Conference winners==
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| Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association | {{nowrap|Nebraska (North)}}; {{nowrap|Kansas (South)}} | None selected | colspan=3 |No Tournament; Kansas was conference champion |
| Western Conference | Chicago | None selected | colspan=3|No Tournament |
==Conference standings==
| cellpadding="5"
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1908–09 Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association men's basketball standings}} |valign="top" width=25em|{{1908–09 Western Conference men's basketball standings}} |
=Independents=
A total of 113 college teams played as major independents. Among independents that played at least 10 games, {{cbb link|year=1908|school=University of California|team=California Golden Bears|title=California}} (10–0), New York University (13–0), {{cbb link|year=1908|school=Swarthmore College|team=Swarthmore Garnet|title=Swarthmore}} (12–0), and {{cbb link|year=1908|school=Whittier College|team=Whittier Poets|title=Whittier}} (14–0) were undefeated, and {{cbb link|year=1908|school=University of Notre Dame|team=Notre Dame Fighting Irish|title=Notre Dame}} (33–7) finished with the most wins.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/independent/men/1909.html |work=Sports Reference |title=1908-09 Men's Independent Season Summary |access-date=July 25, 2024}}
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|valign="top" width=25em|{{1908–09 IAAUS men's basketball independents standings}} |
= Statistical leaders =
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Awards
= Helms College Basketball All-Americans =
{{main|1909 NCAA Men's 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 1908–09 season.{{Cite web |last=Bradley |first=Robert |last2=Graham |first2=Rachel |title=NCAA All-American Teams, 1919-20 to 1998-99 |url=https://www.apbr.org/ncaa-aa.html |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=The Association for Professional Basketball Research}}
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| bgcolor="#CCCCCC" style="width:50%" | Player
! bgcolor="#CCCCCC" style="width:50%" | Team | |
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| Biaggio Cerussi | Columbia |
| Julian Hayward | Wesleyan (Conn.) |
| Tommy Johnson | Kansas |
| Charles Keinath | Penn |
| Ted Kiendl | Columbia |
| Pat Page | Chicago |
| John Ryan | Columbia |
| Raymond Scanlon | Notre Dame |
| John Schommer | Chicago |
| Helmer Swenholt | Wisconsin |
= Major player of the year awards =
- Helms Player of the Year: John Schommer, Chicago (retroactive selection in 1944)
Coaching changes
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