1908–09 IAAUS men's basketball season

1908–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Helms National Champions	Chicago (retroactive selection in 1943)
Player of the Year (Helms)	John Schommer, Chicago (retroactive selection in 1944)
← 1907–08 1909–10 →

The 1908–09 IAAUS men's basketball season began in December 1908, progressed through the regular season, and concluded in March 1909.

Season headlines

In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Chicago as its national champion for the 1908–09 season.^[1]
In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Chicago as its national champion for the 1908–09 season.^[2]

Conference membership changes

School	Former Conference	New Conference
Columbia Lions	Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League	Independent
Cornell Big Red	Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League	Independent
Penn Quakers	Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League	Independent
Princeton Tigers	Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League	Independent
Yale Bulldogs	Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League	Independent

Regular season

Conference winners

Conference	Regular Season Winner^[3]	Conference Player of the Year	Conference Tournament	Tournament Venue (City)	Tournament Winner
Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Nebraska (North); Kansas (South)	None selected	No Tournament; Kansas was conference champion
Western Conference	Chicago	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 1908–09 season.^[4]

Player	Team
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

References

^ Scott, Jon (November 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved May 13, 2021.
^ 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.
^ "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. Retrieved February 14, 2009.
^ The Association for Professional Basketball Research "NCAA All-American Teams, 1919–20 to 1998–99"

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