1908–09 Chicago Maroons men's basketball team explained

Mode:Basketball
Year:1908–09
Team:Chicago Maroons
Conference:Big Ten Conference
Short Conf:Western
Record:12–0
Conf Record:12–0
Hc Year:3rd
Champion:Western Conference Champions
Helms Foundation National Champions
Premo-Porretta National Champions

The 1908–09 Chicago Maroons men's basketball team represented the University of Chicago in intercollegiate basketball during the 1908–09 season. The team finished the season with a 12–0 record[1] and was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.[2] [3] This was the third consecutive season for which Chicago was later named the Helms national champion.[2] The team played their home games on campus at Frank Dickinson Bartlett Gymnasium.

Both Pat Page and John Schommer were named All-Americans, while Schommer was also named the Helms Foundation National Player of the Year.[4] For Schommer, it was his fourth consecutive All-American honor; for Page, it was his second (the following season, he would earn his third and also be named the Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year).

Roster

PlayerPositionClassHometown
Joy Reichelt ClarkGuardSophomoreOmaha, NE
Alfred Crenshaw Kelly, Jr.GuardSophomoreEwing, IL
Edwin Powell HubbleForwardJuniorMarshfield, MO
Harlan "Pat" PageGuardJuniorChicago, Illinois
Arthur Charles HoffmanGuardJuniorChicago, Illinois
William Matthias Georgen, captainForwardSeniorBelvidere, IL
John Joseph SchommerCenterSeniorChicago, IL

Schedule

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Awards and honors

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chicago Maroons season-by-season results. sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. May 13, 2014.
  2. Web site: NCAA Division I Mens Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions. Rauzulu's Street. 2004. May 13, 2014.
  3. Book: ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. ESPN. ESPN Books. New York, NY. 2009. 531. 978-0-345-51392-2.
  4. Web site: 2013–14 Chicago Maroons Men's Basketball Media Guide. History. University of Chicago. 2013. May 13, 2014. December 8, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131208162228/http://static.psbin.com/r/r/4kbkpifzert7y5/Chicago-MBB-Yearbook-2013-14.pdf. dead.
  5. https://archive.org/stream/capgown00univ_0#page/254/mode/1up
  6. https://archive.org/stream/capgown12univ#page/223/mode/1up Cap and Gown 1909