# 1906–07 IAAUS men's basketball season

The 1906–07 IAAUS men's basketball season began in December 1906, progressed through the regular season, and concluded in March 1907.

## Rule changes

* The free-throw line, which had been at 20 feet (6.1 m) since 1894, is moved to 15 feet (4.6 m).

## Season headlines

* The 1906–07 season was the first to be played after the founding of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (IAAUS), which renamed itself the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in 1910.
* In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Chicago as its national champion for the 1906–07 season.
* In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Williams as its national champion for the 1906–07 season.
* The 1906–07 Army Cadets men's basketball team represented United States Military Academy during the 1906–07 college men's basketball season. The head coach was Harry Fisher, coaching his first season with the cadets. The team captain was Lewis Rockwell.

## Conference membership changes

| School | Former Conference | New Conference |
| Georgetown Hoyas | No basketball team | Independent |
| Northwestern Wildcats | No major basketball program | Western Conference |

## Regular season
### Conferences

| Conference | Regular Season Winner | Conference Player of the Year | Conference Tournament | Tournament Venue (City) | Tournament Winner |
| Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League | Yale | None selected | No Tournament | No Tournament | No Tournament |
| Western Conference | Chicago, Minnesota, & Wisconsin | None selected | No Tournament | No Tournament | No Tournament |
1906–07 Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League standings :
| 1906–07 Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League standings vteConfOverall TeamW L PCTW L PCT Yale9–1 .90030–7  .811 Columbia8–2 .80011–2  .846 Penn6–4 .60015–8  .652 Harvard4–6 .4007–9  .438 Princeton2–8 .2004–10  .286 Cornell1–9 .1001–11  .083 | 1906–07 Western Conference men's basketball standings vteConfOverall TeamW L PCTW L PCT Chicago6–2 .75021–2  .913 Minnesota6–2 .75010–2  .833 Wisconsin6–2 .75011–3  .786 Purdue2–6 .2507–8  .467 Illinois0–8 .0001–10  .091 Indiana-–- –9–5  .643 Iowa-–- –5–5  .500 Northwestern-–- –1–5  .167 |

### Independents

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.
1906–07 IAAUS men's basketball independents standings :
* 1906–07 IAAUS men's basketball independents standings
* vteConfOverall
* TeamW L PCTW L PCT
* Baker– –14–0
* 1.000
* Concordia Seminary– –5–0
* 1.000
* Dayton– –14–0
* 1.000
* Georgia– –2–0
* 1.000
* North Dakota– –7–0
* 1.000
* Rhode Island– –5–0
* 1.000
* Wake Forest– –4–0
* 1.000
* Oregon Agricultural– –17–1
* .944
* Williams– –15–1
* .938
* North Dakota State– –11–1
* .917
* Allegheny– –10–1
* .909
* Bucknell– –10–1
* .909
* Wabash– –17–2
* .895
* CCNY– –8–1
* .889
* Michigan State– –14–2
* .875
* Westminster (Pa.)– –7–1
* .875
* Vanderbilt– –6–1
* .857
* Wisconsin–Stevens Point– –6–1
* .857
* Grinnell– –9–2
* .818
* Lehigh– –9–2
* .818
* Cincinnati– –7–2
* .778
* Dartmouth– –13–4
* .765
* Arizona– –3–1
* .750
* Buffalo– –6–2
* .750
* Lake Forest– –6–2
* .750
* New York University– –6–2
* .750
* Akron– –5–2
* .714
* Brigham Young– –7–3
* .700
* Canisius– –9–4
* .692
* Auburn– –4–2
* .667
* Drake– –2–1
* .667
* Trinity (N.C.)– –4–2
* .667
* Montana State– –4–2
* .667
* Washburn– –10–5
* .667
* Widener– –6–3
* .667
* Wooster– –8–4
* .667
* Southwestern (Kan.)– –13–7
* .650
* Army– –9–5
* .643
* Colgate– –9–5
* .643
* Denison– –9–5
* .643
* Fordham– –16–9
* .640
* Maine– –7–4
* .636
* Colorado Agricultural– –5–3
* .625
* Illinois State– –5–3
* .625
* Missouri– –10–6
* .625
* Nebraska– –10–6
* .625
* Virginia– –5–3
* .625
* Colorado– –6–4
* .600
* Washington (Mo.)– –6–4
* .600
* Brown– –10–7
* .588
* Ohio State– –7–5
* .583
* Muhlenberg– –4–3
* .571
* Oregon– –4–3
* .571
* Syracuse– –4–3
* .571
* Temple– –5–4
* .556
* Washington State– –5–4
* .556
* Delaware– –6–5
* .545
* Grove City– –6–5
* .545
* Pittsburgh– –6–5
* .545
* USC– –6–5
* .545
* Bradley– –7–6
* .538
* Georgetown– –2–2
* .500
* Gettysburg– –3–3
* .500
* Idaho– –3–3
* .500
* Mount Union– –7–7
* .500
* Nebraska Wesleyan– –5–5
* .500
* New Mexico– –1–1
* .500
* Niagara– –5–5
* .500
* Texas– –4–4
* .500
* Wesleyan (Conn.)– –9–9
* .500
* Kansas– –7–8
* .467
* Baylor– –5–6
* .455
* Kansas State– –5–6
* .455
* Penn State– –5–6
* .455
* Trinity (Conn.)– –5–6
* .455
* Bloomsburg– –6–8
* .429
* Union (N.Y.)– –6–8
* .429
* Wyoming– –3–4
* .429
* Connecticut– –5–7
* .417
* Denver– –7–10
* .412
* Butler– –2–4
* .333
* Kentucky– –3–6
* .333
* Miami (Ohio)– –2–4
* .333
* West Virginia– –4–8
* .333
* Fairmount– –3–6
* .333
* Utah State– –2–6
* .250
* Manhattan– –2–7
* .222
* Tulane– –2–8
* .200
* Washington and Lee– –2–8
* .200
* William & Mary– –1–4
* .200
* Indiana State– –1–8
* .111
* Franklin (Ind.)– –0–1
* .000
* New Mexico A&M– –0–1
* .000

### 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 1906–07 season.
| Player | Team |
| 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 |

### Major player of the year awards

* Helms Player of the Year: Gilmore Kinney, Yale (retroactive selection in 1944)

## Coaching changes

A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.
| Team | Former Coach | Interim Coach | New Coach | Reason |
| 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. |
| Kansas | James Naismith | | Phog Allen | Future Hall of Famer Allen launched his coaching career, taking over from the sport's founder Naismith. |