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1909–10 IAAUS men's basketball season

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The 1909–10 IAAUS men's basketball season began in December 1909, progressed through the regular season, and concluded in March 1910.

HelmsNationalChampionsColumbia (retroactive selection in 1943)
Player of the Year
(Helms)Harlan "Pat" Page, Chicago (retroactive selection in 1944)
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1909–10 IAAUS men's basketball season
The 1909–10 LSU team.
Helms National ChampionsColumbia (retroactive selection in 1943)
Player of the Year
(Helms)		Harlan "Pat" Page, Chicago (retroactive selection in 1944)
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Basketball court diagram
An old-fashioned basketball
From Spalding's Official Collegiate Basket Ball Guide 1909–10. LEFT: A diagram of a regulation basketball court.
RIGHT: A regulation basketball.

Rule changes

  • Continuous dribbling became legal; previously, a player could bounce the ball only once at a time, the bounce had to be higher than his head, and he had to recover the ball himself, in effect passing the ball to himself.[1]
  • The double dribble became illegal; previously, a player could make as many single-bounce dribbles as he wanted as long as he recovered the ball after each bounce (as if passing to himself each time).[2]
  • A player who dribbled the ball was allowed to shoot off the dribble for the first time; previously, a dribbler was not allowed to shoot the ball immediately after dribbling and had to pass it to someone else to shoot it.[1][3]

Season headlines

  • The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (IAAUS) renamed itself the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) after the end of the season.
  • The new rules allowing continuous dribbling rule and permitting a dribbler to shoot the ball off a dribble converted dribbling from a defensive tactic into a powerful offensive one.[1]
  • In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Columbia as its national champion for the 1909–10 season.[4]
  • In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Williams as its top-ranked team for the 1909–10 season.[5]

Conference membership changes

More information School, Former Conference ...
School Former Conference New Conference
Denver Pioneers Independent No major basketball program
Harvard Crimson Independent No major basketball program
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Regular season

Conferences

Conference winners

More information Conference, Regular Season Winner ...
Conference Regular
Season Winner[6]		 Conference
Player of the Year		 Conference
Tournament		 Tournament
Venue (City)		 Tournament
Winner
Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic AssociationIowa State (North);
Kansas (South)		None selectedNo Tournament;
Kansas was conference champion
Western ConferenceChicagoNone selectedNo Tournament
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Conference standings

More information Conf., Overall ...
1909–10 Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
North Division
Nebraska6–2 .7506–10  .375
Iowa State6–2 .7509–7  .563
Drake0–8 .0000–12  .000
South Division
Kansas†7–1 .87518–1  .947
Washington University4–4 .5007–5  .583
Missouri1–7 .1257–11  .389
† Conference championship winner
1909–10 Western Conference men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Chicago9–3 .75010–3  .769
Minnesota7–3 .70010–3  .769
Wisconsin7–5 .5839–5  .643
Illinois5–4 .5565–4  .556
Purdue5–5 .5008–5  .615
Iowa2–2 .50011–3  .786
Indiana3–7 .3005–8  .385
Northwestern0–9 .0000–9  .000
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Independents

A total of 115 college teams played as major independents. Among independents that played at least 10 games, Columbia (11–0), Virginia Tech (11–0), and Williams (11–0) were undefeated, and Southern California (21–3) finished with the most wins.[7]

More information Conf., Overall ...
1909–10 IAAUS men's basketball independents standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Columbia– –11–0  1.000
Oklahoma– –8–0  1.000
Virginia Tech– –11–0  1.000
Wake Forest– –1–0  1.000
Washburn– –4–0  1.000
Whittier– –8–0  1.000
Williams– –11–0  1.000
Army– –14–1  .933
Southwestern (Kan.)– –13–1  .929
Grinnell– –12–1  .923
Cotner– –11–1  .917
Ohio State– –11–1  .917
Navy– –10–1  .909
Rochester (N.Y.)– –17–2  .895
Fordham– –16–2  .889
Canisius– –15–2  .882
Southern California– –21–3  .875
Central University (Ky.)– –20–3  .870
Utah– –17–3  .850
North Dakota Agricultural– –11–2  .846
Brigham Young– –9–2  .818
Niagara– –13–3  .813
Washington State– –12–3  .800
Kansas State– –11–3  .786
Oberlin– –10–3  .769
Vanderbilt– –10–3  .769
New York University– –13–4  .765
Lehigh– –6–2  .750
LSU– –3–1  .750
Seton Hall– –6–2  .750
St. John's (N.Y.)– –15–5  .750
Swarthmore– –9–3  .750
Virginia– –12–4  .750
Allegheny– –8–3  .727
Notre Dame– –10–4  .714
Marietta– –7–3  .700
Washington– –14–6  .700
Georgia– –2–1  .667
Michigan State– –10–5  .667
Montana State– –6–3  .667
Rhode Island State– –6–3  .667
Wisconsin–Stevens Point– –2–1  .667
Auburn– –11–6  .647
Colgate– –9–5  .643
Wesleyan (Conn.)– –9–5  .643
Wooster– –7–4  .636
Akron– –5–3  .625
St. Joseph's– –5–3  .625
Baylor– –8–5  .615
Illinois State– –8–5  .615
Cincinnati– –3–2  .600
CCNY– –6–4  .600
Dartmouth– –6–4  .600
Maine– –6–4  .600
Miami (Ohio)– –6–4  .600
Bloomsburg– –7–5  .583
Bucknell– –7–5  .583
Colorado– –7–5  .583
Grove City– –7–5  .583
Wabash– –7–5  .583
Millikin– –4–3  .571
Penn State– –8–6  .571
Oregon Agricultural– –7–3  .700
SUNY-Potsdam– –11–9  .550
Cornell– –7–6  .538
Princeton– –7–6  .538
Pennsylvania– –11–10  .524
Arizona– –2–2  .500
Delaware– –6–6  .500
Trinity (N.C.)– –4–4  .500
Kalamazoo– –2–2  .500
Oklahoma A&M– –3–3  .500
Butler– –3–4  .429
Saint Mary's (Calif.)– –1–1  .500
Washington and Lee– –6–6  .500
Wyoming– –3–3  .500
Idaho– –8–9  .471
Tennessee– –7–8  .467
Bradley– –6–7  .462
Denison– –6–7  .462
Texas– –6–7  .462
Dayton– –5–6  .455
Gettysburg– –5–6  .455
Mount Union– –8–10  .444
Tulane– –3–4  .429
Georgetown– –5–7  .417
Davidson– –2–3  .400
Detroit– –2–3  .400
New Mexico– –2–3  .400
North Dakota– –4–6  .400
Temple– –4–6  .400
New Mexico A&M– –3–5  .375
Brown– –5–9  .357
Colorado Agricultural– –1–2  .333
Franklin– –3–6  .333
Kentucky– –4–8  .333
Lake Forest– –3–6  .333
Manhattan– –7–15  .318
Springfield (Mass.)– –3–7  .300
Union (N.Y.)– –3–7  .300
Utah State– –3–7  .300
Nebraska Wesleyan– –4–10  .286
Ohio– –8–11  .421
Trinity (Conn.)– –4–10  .286
VMI– –2–5  .286
Yale– –4–11  .267
William & Mary– –8–11  .421
Fairmount– –3–10  .231
Syracuse– –3–11  .214
Carleton– –1–4  .200
Indiana State– –2–9  .182
Oregon– –1–5  .167
Ole Miss– –0–7  .000
Santa Clara– –0–5  .000
South Carolina– –0–1  .000
Rankings from AP Poll
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Awards

Helms College Basketball All-Americans

Main article: 1910 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 1909–10 season.[8]

More information Player, Team ...
Player Team
William BroadheadNYU
Leon CampbellColgate
Dave ChartersPurdue
William CopthorneArmy
Charles EberleSwarthmore
Samuel HarmanRochester
Ted KiendlColumbia
Ernest LambertOklahoma
W. Vaughn LewisWilliams
Harlan "Pat" PageChicago
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Major player of the year awards

Coaching changes

A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.

More information Team, Former Coach ...
Team Former
Coach		 Interim
Coach		 New
Coach		 Reason
Akron Clarence Weed Frank Haggerty
Baylor Enoch J. Mills Ralph Glaze
Brown Walter White J. Russell McKay
Butler Walter Gipe Bill Diddle
BYU Fred Bennion Henry Rose Bennion left to coach at Utah.
Cincinnati C. A. Shroetter Russ Easton
Colorado Agricultural Claude Rothgeb George Cassidy
Cornell David Coogan Paul Sternberg
Dartmouth Benjamin Lang Tom Keady
Drake John L. Griffith A. R. Hackett
Georgia C. O. Heildler W. A. Cunningham
Idaho John S. Grogan John G. Griffith
Illinois Herb Juul Thomas E. Thompson
Illinois State George Binnewies Harrison Russell
Indiana John Georgen Oscar Rackle
Iowa John G. Griffith Walter Stewart
Michigan State Chester Brewer John Macklin Brewer left to coach at Missouri.
Missouri Guy Lowman Chester Brewer
Navy Billy Lush Bernard Willis Lush left for Yale.
Nebraska T. J. Hewitt Osmond F. Field
New Mexico Agricultural George Lain Art Badenoch
Niagara Claude Allen Alfred Heerdt
Northwestern Louis Gillesby Stuart Templeton
Oregon Agricultural E. D. Angell Clifford Reed Angell left to coach at Milwaukee Normal School
Rhode Island State Phil Wessels George Cobb
Saint Joseph's John Dever Edward Bennis
Saint Mary's (CA) Frank Boek Otto Rittler
Seton Hall Dick McDonough Jim Flanagan
St. John's Harry A. Fisher Claude Allen
Utah Robert Richardson Fred Bennion
Vanderbilt R. B. McGehee Zeke Martin
VMI F. J. Pratt J. Mitchell
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