1933–34 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
1933–34 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball | |
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
1933–34 record | 13–6 (7–5 Big Ten) |
Head coach | |
Assistant coach | (Trainer)[1] |
Captain | |
Home arena | Huff Hall |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 10 | – | 2 | .833 | 17 | – | 3 | .850 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 14 | – | 6 | .700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 11 | – | 8 | .579 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 13 | – | 6 | .684 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 13 | – | 7 | .650 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 13 | – | 7 | .650 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | 9 | – | 11 | .450 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio State | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | 8 | – | 12 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | 6 | – | 14 | .300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chicago | 2 | – | 10 | .167 | 5 | – | 15 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from AP Poll |
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The 1933–34 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.
Regular season[]
Craig Ruby entered the 1933–34 season as the winningest coach in the history at the University of Illinois with 96 wins. Ruby had 10 returning lettermen from a team that had finished tied for fifth place in the Big Ten the year before. For the third season in a row, the team went through a nearly perfect non-conference season, losing only 1 game, however, the Fighting Illini showed no improvement in conference play by finishing with a record of 7 wins and 5 losses. The team finished the season with an overall record of 11 wins 7 losses. The starting lineup included captain Hudson Hellmich at center, Jack Benyon and Albert Kamm at guard, with Fred Fencl and Alfred Kamm as forwards.[2]
Roster[]
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Schedule[]
Date time, TV |
Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | |||||||
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Non-Conference regular season | |||||||||||
12/12/1933* no, no |
St. Louis | L 21–22 | 0–1 (0–0) |
Huff Hall (4,000) Champaign, IL | |||||||
12/16/1933* no, no |
Illinois Wesleyan | W 37–19 | 1–1 (0–0) |
Huff Hall (4,500) Champaign, IL | |||||||
12/22/1933* no, no |
Washington (St. Louis) | W 40–36 | 2–1 (0–0) |
Francis Gymnasium (3,000) St. Louis, MO | |||||||
12/29/1933* no, no |
Knox College | W 21–18 | 3–1 (0–0) |
Auxiliary Gymnasium (3,000) Galesburg, IL | |||||||
12/30/1933* no, no |
Augustana | W 21–18 | 4–1 (0–0) |
Old Main Gymnasium (3,000) Rock Island, IL | |||||||
1/3/1934* no, no |
Missouri Braggin' Rights |
W 36–24 | 5–1 (0–0) |
Huff Hall (6,000) Champaign, IL | |||||||
1/7/1934 no, no |
Wisconsin | W 20–17 | 6–1 (1–0) |
Huff Hall (4,000) Champaign, IL | |||||||
1/8/1934 no, no |
Purdue | L 21–36 | 6–2 (1–1) |
Jefferson High School (4,500) West Lafayette, IN | |||||||
1/13/1934 no, no |
University of Chicago | W 32–26 | 7–2 (2–1) |
Henry Crown Field House (3,600) Chicago, IL | |||||||
1/15/1934 no, no |
Iowa Rivalry |
L 14–36 | 7–3 (2–2) |
Iowa Field House (12,000) Iowa City, IA | |||||||
1/20/1934 no, no |
Northwestern | W 34–20 | 8–3 (3–2) |
Huff Hall (6,000) Champaign, IL | |||||||
2/6/1934* no, no |
Bradley | W 38–26 | 9–3 (3–2) |
Huff Hall (6,000) Champaign, IL | |||||||
2/10/1934 no, no |
Indiana Rivalry |
W 28–25 | 10–3 (4–2) |
Huff Hall (6,000) Champaign, IL | |||||||
2/12/1934 no, no |
University of Chicago | W 42–21 | 11–3 (5–2) |
Huff Hall (6,000) Champaign, IL | |||||||
2/17/1934 no, no |
Wisconsin | L 22–28 | 11–4 (5–3) |
Wisconsin Field House (8,000) Madison, WI | |||||||
2/19/1934 no, no |
Northwestern | L 25–32 | 11–5 (5–4) |
Patten Gymnasium (4,300) Evanston, IL | |||||||
2/24/1934 no, no |
Indiana Rivalry |
L 24–36 | 11–6 (5–5) |
IU Fieldhouse (8,000) Bloomington, IN | |||||||
2/26/1934 no, no |
Iowa Rivalry |
W 35–31 | 12–6 (6–5) |
Huff Hall (6,000) Champaign, IL | |||||||
3/5/1934 no, no |
Purdue | W 27–26 | 13–6 (7–5) |
Huff Hall (7,000) Champaign, IL | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time. |
Bold Italic connotes conference game Source[4]
Awards and honors[]
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References[]
- ^ National Athletic Trainer Association
- ^ 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 1933–34 pg.79, FightingIllini.com
- 1933–34 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season
- Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball seasons
- 1934 in sports in Illinois
- 1935 in sports in Illinois