1908–09 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
1908–09 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball | |
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
1908–09 record | 7–6 (5–6 Big Ten) |
Head coach | |
Captain | Henry Popperfuss |
Home arena | Kenney Gym |
1908–09 Western Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chicago | 12 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 12 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 6 | – | 4 | .600 | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 5 | – | 4 | .556 | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 5 | – | 6 | .455 | 7 | – | 6 | .538 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 3 | – | 6 | .333 | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 2 | – | 6 | .250 | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 1 | – | 4 | .200 | 1 | – | 7 | .125 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 1 | – | 5 | .167 | 8 | – | 7 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1908–09 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.
Regular season[]
The 1908–09 season witnessed the fourth coach in just four years to head up the University of Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team. The only difference for this season, however; was that Herb V. Juul became the first coach to stay for more than one year.[1] He also became the first former Fighting Illini player to head the Illinois basketball program, serving as captain of the 1906–07 team. The starting lineup for the team included captain and at the forward positions, as the center, and a combination of , and Thomas E. Thompson at guard. The Illini finished their season with an overall record of seven wins and six losses with a conference record of five wins, six losses and a fourth-place finish in the Western Conference.[2]
Roster[]
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Source[3]
Schedule[]
Source[4]
Date time, TV |
Opponent | Result | Record | Site city, state | |||||||
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Non-Conference regular season | |||||||||||
12/22/1908* no, no |
vs. | W 93–19 | 1-0 |
Kenney Gym Urbana, IL | |||||||
12/23/1908* no, no |
@ Mt. Vernon | W 47–25 | 2-0 |
Mt. Vernon High School Mt. Vernon, IL | |||||||
1/9/1909 no, no |
vs. Indiana Rivalry |
W 30–2 | 3-0 (1-0) |
Kenney Gym Urbana, IL | |||||||
1/16/1909 no, no |
Wisconsin | W 28–19 | 4-0 (2-0) |
Kenney Gym Urbana, IL | |||||||
1/22/1909 no, no |
@ Minnesota | L 17–18 | 4-1 (2-1) |
University of Minnesota Armory Minneapolis, MN | |||||||
1/23/1909 no, no |
@ Wisconsin | L 10–20 | 4-2 (2-2) |
University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium Madison, WI | |||||||
2/10/1909 no, no |
vs. Minnesota | W 21–20 | 5-2 (3-2) |
Kenney Gym Urbana, IL | |||||||
2/13/1909 no, no |
vs. University of Chicago | L 15–17 | 5-3 (3-3) |
Kenney Gym Urbana, IL | |||||||
2/17/1909 no, no |
vs. Purdue | W 24–18 | 6-3 (4-3) |
Kenney Gym Urbana, IL | |||||||
2/26/1909 no, no |
@ University of Chicago | L 10–23 | 6-4 (4-4) |
Bartlett Gymnasium Chicago, IL | |||||||
2/27/1909 no, no |
@ Northwestern | W 35–4 | 7-4 (5-4) |
Patten Gymnasium Evanston, IL | |||||||
3/5/1909 no, no |
@ Purdue | L 20–30 | 7-5 (5-5) |
Lafayette Colliseum West Lafayette, IN | |||||||
3/6/1909 no, no |
@ Indiana Rivalry |
L 12–20 | 7-6 (5-6) |
Old Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time. |
Bold Italic connotes conference game
References[]
- ^ A Century of Orange and Blue: Celebrating 100 Years of Fighting Illini Basketball By , Jared Gelfond pg.20 ISBN 1-58261-793-7
- ^ Fighting Illini Basketball: A Hardwood History By News-Gazette, Sports Publishing LLC ISBN 1-58261-356-7
- ^ FightingIllini.com
- ^ University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1908-09 Archived 2015-02-10 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com
- 1908–09 Western Conference men's basketball season
- Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball seasons
- 1908 in sports in Illinois
- 1909 in sports in Illinois
- College basketball season stubs