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Men's collegiate basketball season From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1906–07 IAAUS men's basketball season began in December 1906, progressed through the regular season, and concluded in March 1907.
1906–07 NCAA Division I men's basketball season | |
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Helms National Champions | Chicago (retroactive selection in 1943) |
Player of the Year (Helms) | Gilmore Kinney, Yale (retroactive selection in 1944) |
School | Former Conference | New Conference |
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Georgetown Hoyas | No basketball team | Independent |
Northwestern Wildcats | No major basketball program | Western Conference |
Conference | Regular Season Winner[4] |
Conference Player of the Year |
Conference Tournament |
Tournament Venue (City) |
Tournament Winner |
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Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League | Yale | None selected | No Tournament[5] | ||
Western Conference | Chicago, Minnesota, & Wisconsin | None selected | No Tournament[6] |
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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]
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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