1906–07 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team
1906–07 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball | |
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Conference | Independent |
Record | 2–2 |
Head coach |
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Captain | Harold Schumm (1st year) |
Home arena | Washington Light Infantry Armory |
The 1906–07 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented
Founding of the team
Maurice Joyce had introduced the new sport of
The team had no head coach, the only team in Georgetown men's basketball history that did not have one. Instead, college student Lou Murray was elected student manager of the team, responsible for providing leadership, monitoring the team's finances, and scheduling games and practices – roles now performed by the school's athletic department and coach. The role of student manager would remain a prominent one in the seasons to come, as even after Joyce became the team's first formal head coach the following season, he and future head coaches for many years limited their role to that of teacher and faculty advisor, available to the team during games merely to offer advice if the players asked for it; it was not until the late 1920s that the modern role of the head coach as in-game leader emerged.[3]
Season recap
The new basketball team began practices early in January 1907, and Murray arranged a game against highly rated
The next game – on February 27, 1907 – was against
George Washington came to the Washington Light Infantry Armory for Georgetown's third game on March 2, 1907, witnessed by a crowd of 1,100 – enormous for a college athletic event in Washington by 1907 standards. Basketball's rules were not as clearly established in 1907 as they later became, and the game was delayed for an hour while Joyce and Robey negotiated over them. The crowd occupied itself with loud cheering during the delay, and the cheering became louder after the manager of a theater next door threatened to have play stopped if the crowd continued to make so much noise. Fred Rice played poorly in the first half, missing all five free throws he attempted and scoring no field goals, and Georgetown led 8-4 at halftime. Rice scored the first five George Washington points of the second half to reduce the Hoyas' lead to 10-9. With Georgetown leading 15-13 with less than a minute to go, George Washington held the ball for the final shot in an attempt to tie the game and force overtime, but the shot went through the basket after time had expired. This time, a Georgetown celebration spilled out into the streets.[3]
Georgetown's fourth and final game of the season, also against George Washington, was postponed until March 16, 1907. By then some of Georgetown's players had left the basketball team to take part in spring sports, and Fred Rice starred in a 22-10 (or 24-10)[note 1] George Washington victory.[3]
When George Washington decided not to field a basketball team for the 1907-08 season, Joyce convinced Fred Rice to enroll in Georgetown University Law School and play for the Hoyas. Rice would go on to star for Georgetown for three seasons before graduating from the Law School.[3]
Roster
Name | Height | Weight (lbs.) | Position | Class | Hometown | Previous Team(s) |
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Richard Downey | N/A | C | Grad. Stud. | N/A | N/A | |
John Drury | N/A | F
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N/A | N/A | N/A | |
William Lavelle | N/A | N/A | Grad. Stud. | N/A | N/A | |
Herb Munhall | N/A | F
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So. | Pittsburgh, PA, U.S. | N/A | |
MacDougall "Doug" Pallen | N/A | G
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So. | N/A | N/A | |
Bill Rice | N/A | G
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Grad. Stud. | Kingston, NY, U.S.
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N/A | |
Harold Schumm | N/A | F
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Fr. | N/A | N/A | |
Gerhard "Sam" Simon | N/A | F
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Sr. | Washington, DC, U.S.
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N/A |
1906–07 schedule and results
Date time, TV |
Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | |||||||
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Regular Season | |||||||||||
Sat., Feb. 9, 1907 no, no |
Virginia | W 22–11 | 1-0 |
Washington Light Infantry Armory (N/A) Washington, DC
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Wed., Feb. 27, 1907 no, no |
vs. George Washington
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L 16–18 | 1-1 |
Carroll Institute (N/A) Washington, DC | |||||||
Sat., Mar. 2, 1907 no, no |
George Washington | W 15–13 | 2-1 |
Washington Light Infantry Armory (1,100) Washington, DC | |||||||
Sat., Mar. 16, 1907 no, no |
vs. George Washington | L 10–22 (or 10–24)[note 1] |
2-2 |
YMCA Hall (N/A) Washington, DC | |||||||
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
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Notes
- ^ a b The Georgetown Basketball History Project: 1910s Records and The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Records vs. All Opponents Archived 2013-11-03 at the Wayback Machine both say the score of the last game of the season was George Washington 22, Georgetown 10, while The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Basketball's Roots at Georgetown Archived 2014-02-02 at the Wayback Machine claims the score was George Washington 24, Georgetown 10.
References
- ^ The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Home Courts
- ^ "The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Head Coaches". Archived from the original on January 25, 2012. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Basketball's Roots at Georgetown". Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
- ^ "The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Original Hoya Five?". Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
- ^ Reagan, John, "Forgotten Rivals," The Georgetown Basketball History Project, June 4, 2018 Accessed 26 June 2021
- ^ "The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Rosters 1906-07 to 1909-1910". Archived from the original on February 12, 2017. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
- ^ "The Georgetown Basketball History Project: All-Time Player Directory". Georgetown University. Archived from the original on March 28, 2022. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
- ^ Georgetown Basketball History Project: 1900s Records
- ^ "The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Records vs. All Opponents". Archived from the original on November 3, 2013. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
- ^ 2012-2013 Georgetown Men's Basketball Media Guide, p. 58.
- ^ "1906-07 Georgetown Hoyas Schedule and Results | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". March 5, 2016. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved March 19, 2018.