1911–12 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
1911–12 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball | |
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
1911–12 record | 8–8 (4–8 Big Ten) |
Head coach | |
Captain | |
Home arena | Kenney Gym |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 12 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 15 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 10 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 12 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chicago | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 7 | – | 6 | .538 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 2 | – | 9 | .182 | 6 | – | 11 | .353 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 0 | – | 4 | .000 | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 0 | – | 8 | .000 | 4 | – | 9 | .308 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1911–12 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.
Regular season[]
The 1911–12 season was Thomas E. Thompson's second year as head coach of the Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team. Under Thompson's guidance the Illini experienced a perfect non-conference season while at the same time having a less than perfect conference record.[1] Overall the team played to an eight win, eight loss record, however; all of the season's losses were within Western Conference play. During conference play the team won six times and placed fifth overall. The starting lineup for the team included; , and as forwards, as the center, with James G. White and captain at the guard positions.[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 | |||||||||||
12/16/1911* no, no |
@ Millikin University | W 48–8 | 1-0 (0-0) |
Millikin Gymnasium Decatur, IL | |||||||
12/29/1911* no, no |
@ | W 43–8 | 2-0 (0-0) |
Evanston YMCA Evanston, IL | |||||||
12/30/1911* no, no |
@ Evanston YMCA | W 37–7 | 3-0 (0-0) |
Evanston YMCA Evanston, IL | |||||||
1/5/1912* no, no |
vs Illinois Wesleyan | W 44–12 | 4-0 (0-0) |
Kenney Gym Urbana, IL | |||||||
1/12/1912 no, no |
@ Minnesota | L 16–22 | 4-1 (0-1) |
University of Minnesota Armory Minneapolis, MN | |||||||
1/14/1912 no, no |
@ Wisconsin | L 10–27 | 4-2 (0-2) |
University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium Madison, WI | |||||||
1/20/1912 no, no |
@ University of Chicago | L 20–21 | 4-3 (0-3) |
Kenney Gym Urbana, IL | |||||||
1/27/1912 no, no |
vs Purdue | L 20–35 | 4-4 (0-4) |
Kenney Gym Urbana, IL | |||||||
2/6/1912 no, no |
@ Purdue | L 14–28 | 4-5 (0-5) |
Memorial Gymnasium West Lafayette, IN | |||||||
2/7/1912 no, no |
@ Indiana Rivalry |
L 24–25 | 4-6 (0-6) |
Old Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN | |||||||
2/10/1912 no, no |
vs Minnesota | W 13–10 | 5-6 (1-6) |
Kenney Gym Urbana, IL | |||||||
2/23/1912 no, no |
vs Indiana Rivalry |
W 41–16 | 6-6 (2-6) |
Kenney Gym Urbana, IL | |||||||
3/2/1912 no, no |
vs Northwestern | W 25–10 | 7-6 (3-6) |
Kenney Gym Urbana, IL | |||||||
3/8/1912 no, no |
@ University of Chicago | L 12–17 | 7-7 (3-7) |
Bartlett Gymnasium Chicago, IL | |||||||
3/9/1912 no, no |
@ Northwestern | W 30–19 | 8-7 (4-7) |
Patten Gymnasium Evanston, IL | |||||||
3/15/1912 no, no |
vs Wisconsin | L 15–23 | 8-8 (4-8) |
Kenney Gym Urbana, IL | |||||||
*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 1911-12 Archived 2015-02-10 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com
- 1911–12 Western Conference men's basketball season
- Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball seasons
- 1911 in sports in Illinois
- 1912 in sports in Illinois
- College basketball season stubs