1908–09 Chicago Maroons men's basketball team

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 and was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll. This was the third consecutive season for which Chicago was later named the Helms national champion. The team played their home games on campus at Frank Dickinson Bartlett Gymnasium.

1908–09 Chicago Maroons men's basketball
Western Conference Champions
Helms Foundation National Champions
Premo-Porretta National Champions
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record12–0 (12–0 Western)
Head coach
CaptainWilliam Georgen
Home arenaBartlett Gymnasium
1908–09 Western Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Chicago120 1.000120  1.000
Purdue64 .60084  .667
Wisconsin54 .55684  .667
Illinois56 .45576  .538
Minnesota36 .33386  .571
Indiana26 .25059  .357
Northwestern14 .20017  .125
Iowa15 .16787  .533
Rankings from AP Poll

Both Pat Page and John Schommer were named All-Americans, while Schommer was also named the Helms Foundation National Player of the Year. 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).

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