# 1907–08 IAAUS men's basketball season

The 1907–08 IAAUS men's basketball season began in December 1907, progressed through the regular season, and concluded in March 1908.

## Rule changes

* The position of inspector, a type of game official, was abolished. Previously, two inspectors — who had no decision-making powers — had worked each game as assistants to the referee, stationed at each end of the court and responsible for determining whether goals were scored in accordance with the rules, which they reported to the referee.

## Season headlines

* The Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association began play, with six original members for basketball.
* Wabash (24–0) went undefeated during the season.
* Plagued by disagreements over playing rules and player eligibility, violent play, and teams failing to meet their obligation to play a complete league schedule on some occasions, the Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League (EIBL) collapsed after the season. For the next two seasons, its teams played as independents. After a reorganization, the EIBL resumed competition in the 1910–11 season.
* In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Chicago as its national champion for the 1907–08 season.
* In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Wabash as its national champion for the 1907–08 season.

## Conference membership changes

| School | Former Conference | New Conference |
| Drake Bulldogs | Independent | Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
| Harvard Crimson | Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League | Independent |
| Iowa State Cyclones | No major basketball program | Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
| Kansas Jayhawks | Independent | Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
| Missouri Tigers | Independent | Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
| Nebraska Cornhuskers | Independent | Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
| Washington University Bears | Independent | Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association |

## Regular season
### Conferences
#### Conference winners

| Conference | Regular Season Winner | Conference Player of the Year | Conference Tournament | Tournament Venue (City) | Tournament Winner |
| Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League | Penn | None selected | No Tournament | No Tournament | No Tournament |
| Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Nebraska (North); Kansas (South) | None selected | No Tournament; Kansas was conference champion | No Tournament; Kansas was conference champion | No Tournament; Kansas was conference champion |
| Western Conference | Chicago & Wisconsin | None selected | No Tournament | No Tournament | No Tournament |

#### Conference standings

1907–08 Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League standings :
| 1907–08 Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League standings vteConfOverall TeamW L PCTW L PCT Penn8–0 1.00024–4  .857 Yale5–3 .62520–9  .690 Columbia5–3 .62510–11  .476 Princeton1–7 .1257–10  .412 Cornell1–7 .1255–8  .385 | 1907–08 Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association men's basketball standings vteConfOverall TeamW L PCTW L PCT North Division Nebraska0–0 –7–3  .700 Iowa State1–0 1.0001–1  .500 Drake0–1 .0001–6  .143 South Division Kansas†6–0 1.00018–6  .750 Washington University1–0 1.0004–2  .667 Missouri0–5 .0008–10  .444 † Conference championship winner | 1907–08 Western Conference men's basketball standings vteConfOverall TeamW L PCTW L PCT Chicago7–1 .87523–2  .920 Wisconsin7–1 .87510–2  .833 Illinois6–5 .54520–6  .769 Minnesota2–6 .25012–7  .632 Purdue0–8 .0005–9  .357 Iowa-–- –10–6  .625 Indiana-–- –9–6  .600 Northwestern-–- –2–7  .222 |

### Independents

A total of 98 college teams played as major independents. Among independents that played at least 10 games, Wabash (24–0), Allegheny (12–0), and Bucknell (12-0) were undefeated, and Wabash and Haskell (24–11) finished with the most wins.
1907–08 IAAUS men's basketball independents standings :
* 1907–08 IAAUS men's basketball independents standings
* vteConfOverall
* TeamW L PCTW L PCT
* Allegheny– –12–0
* 1.000
* Bucknell– –12–0
* 1.000
* California– –1–0
* 1.000
* Cincinnati– –9–0
* 1.000
* Colorado Mines– –5–0
* 1.000
* Wabash– –24–0
* 1.000
* Washington and Lee– –8–0
* 1.000
* Brigham Young College– –10–1
* .909
* Montana State– –8–1
* .889
* Canisius– –6–1
* .857
* Lehigh– –6–1
* .857
* Mount Union– –18–3
* .857
* Georgetown– –5–1
* .833
* Illinois State– –5–1
* .833
* Grinnell– –14–3
* .824
* CCNY– –9–2
* .818
* St. Lawrence– –9–2
* .818
* Muhlenberg– –4–1
* .800
* Washington State– –12–3
* .800
* Nebraska Wesleyan– –11–3
* .786
* Dayton– –10–3
* .769
* Syracuse– –10–3
* .769
* Army– –9–3
* .750
* Michigan State– –15–5
* .750
* Notre Dame– –12–4
* .750
* Temple– –6–2
* .750
* Dartmouth– –11–4
* .733
* Hope– –8–3
* .727
* Wake Forest– –8–3
* .727
* Penn State– –10–4
* .714
* Loyola (Md.)– –12–5
* .706
* Wesleyan (Conn.)– –12–5
* .706
* Southwestern (Kan.)– –14–6
* .700
* Denison– –11–5
* .688
* Haskell (Kan.)– –24–11
* .686
* Baker– –13–6
* .684
* Brigham Young– –4–2
* .667
* Holy Cross– –12–6
* .667
* Kalamazoo– –2–1
* .667
* Bradley– –9–5
* .643
* New York University– –9–5
* .643
* Ohio– –7–4
* .636
* Oregon Agricutural– –7–4
* .636
* Pittsburgh– –10–6
* .625
* Springfield (Mass.)– –5–3
* .625
* Tulane– –5–3
* .625
* Wooster– –10–6
* .625
* Marietta– –8–5
* .615
* Fordham– –18–12
* .600
* Grove City– –9–6
* .600
* North Dakota Agricultural– –6–4
* .600
* Brown– –11–8
* .579
* Oklahoma– –4–3
* .571
* Auburn– –5–5
* .500
* Butler– –4–4
* .500
* Colorado– –6–6
* .500
* Georgia– –2–2
* .500
* Idaho– –4–4
* .500
* Maine– –5–5
* .500
* Navy– –2–2
* .500
* Niagara– –6–6
* .500
* Rhode Island A&M– –8–8
* .500
* Southern California– –3–3
* .500
* Virginia– –5–5
* .500
* Wisconsin–Stevens Point– –4–4
* .500
* Colgate– –8–9
* .471
* Oregon– –8–9
* .471
* Delaware– –5–6
* .455
* Kentucky– –5–6
* .455
* Ohio State– –5–6
* .455
* Akron– –4–5
* .444
* Manhattan– –7–9
* .438
* Colorado Agricultural– –2–3
* .400
* Connecticut– –6–9
* .400
* Trinity (N.C.)– –2–3
* .400
* Oklahoma A&M– –2–3
* .400
* Westminster (Pa.)– –6–9
* .400
* Fairmount– –2–3
* .400
* Wyoming– –2–3
* .400
* Vanderbilt– –6–10
* .375
* Arizona– –1–2
* .333
* Denver– –1–2
* .333
* St. John's (NY)– –4–8
* .333
* West Virginia– –3–7
* .300
* Lake Forest– –3–8
* .273
* Bloomsburg– –3–9
* .250
* Harvard– –4–12
* .250
* Indiana State– –2–6
* .250
* William & Mary– –1–4
* .200
* Trinity (Conn.)– –2–10
* .167
* Union (N.Y.)– –2–10
* .167
* Miami (Ohio)– –1–7
* .125
* Kansas State– –1–12
* .077
* New Mexico A&M– –0–1
* .000
* Utah State– –0–8
* .000
* Widener– –0–2
* .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 1907–08 season.
| Player | Team |
| Hugh Harper | Wisconsin |
| Julian Hayward | Wesleyan (Conn.) |
| Charles Keinath | Penn |
| Haskell Noyes | Yale |
| Pat Page | Chicago |
| John Pryor | Brown |
| John Ryan | Columbia |
| John Schommer | Chicago |
| Ira Streusand | CCNY |
| Helmer Swenholt | Wisconsin |

### Major player of the year awards

* Helms Player of the Year: Charles Keinath, Penn (retroactive selection in 1944)