title: 1908–09 IAAUS men's basketball season
text: # 1908–09 IAAUS men's basketball season
  
  The 1908–09 IAAUS men's basketball season began in December 1908, progressed through the regular season, and concluded in March 1909.
  
  ## Season headlines
  
  * In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Chicago as its national champion for the 1908–09 season.
  * In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Chicago as its national champion for the 1908–09 season.
  
  ## Conference membership changes
  
  | School | Former Conference | New Conference |
  | - | - | - |
  | Columbia Lions | Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League | Independent |
  | Cornell Big Red | Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League | Independent |
  | Penn Quakers | Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League | Independent |
  | Princeton Tigers | Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League | Independent |
  | Yale Bulldogs | Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League | Independent |
  
  ## Regular season
  
  ### Conference winners
  
  | Conference | Regular Season Winner | Conference Player of the Year | Conference Tournament | Tournament Venue (City) | Tournament Winner |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 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 | None selected | No Tournament | No Tournament | No Tournament |
  
  ## 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 1908–09 season.
  
  | Player | Team |
  | - | - |
  | Biaggio Cerussi | Columbia |
  | Julian Hayward | Wesleyan (Conn.) |
  | Tommy Johnson | Kansas |
  | Charles Keinath | Penn |
  | Ted Kiendl | Columbia |
  | Pat Page | Chicago |
  | John Ryan | Columbia |
  | Raymond Scanlon | Notre Dame |
  | John Schommer | Chicago |
  | Helmer Swenholt | Wisconsin |
  
  ### Major player of the year awards
  
  * Helms Player of the Year: John Schommer, Chicago (retroactive selection in 1944)
  