1952–53 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
1952–53 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball | |
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 10 |
AP | No. 11 |
1952–53 record | 18–4 (14-4 Big Ten) |
Head coach | |
Assistant coaches | |
MVP | Irv Bemoras |
Captain | Jim Bredar |
Home arena | Huff Hall |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 1 Indiana | 17 | – | 1 | .944 | 23 | – | 3 | .885 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 11 Illinois | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 18 | – | 4 | .818 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 14 | – | 8 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan State | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 13 | – | 9 | .591 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 13 | – | 9 | .591 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 12 | – | 10 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio State | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 10 | – | 12 | .455 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 6 | – | 16 | .273 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 6 | – | 16 | .273 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 4 | – | 18 | .182 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from AP Poll |
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The 1952–53 Illinois Fighting Illini men’s basketball team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
Regular season[]
Under the leadership of Harry Combes and coming off consecutive third-place finishes in the NCAA Tournament, the Fighting Illini men's basketball program had become one of the most powerful in the nation. The 1952-53 team returned one of the most dominant players in the NCAA, Johnny Kerr. It also returned United Press honorable mention all-American guards Irv Bemoras and Jim Bredar.
Unfortunately the Illini would lose 4 conference games during the Big Ten season which would give them a second-place finish. Three of the four losses came at the hands of ranked opponents. The starting lineup included captain Jim Bredar and Irving Bemoras at guard, Clive Follmer and Max Hooper at the forward slot with Robert Peterson and, future hall of famer Johnny "Red" Kerr at the center position. The team also included former University of Minnesota head coach Jim Dutcher.[1]
Roster[]
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Source[2]
Schedule[]
Source[3]
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state[4] | ||||||
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Non-Conference regular season | |||||||||||
12/10/1952* no, no |
No. NR | Loyola (Chicago) | W 71–57 | 1-0 |
Huff Hall (6,905) Champaign, IL | ||||||
12/15/1952 no, no |
No. NR | Michigan | W 96–66 | 2-0 (1-0) |
Huff Hall (6,905) Champaign, IL | ||||||
12/20/1952* no, no |
No. 3 | Butler | W 75–58 | 3-0 |
Huff Hall (6,905) Champaign, IL | ||||||
12/23/1952 no, no |
No. 2 | Minnesota (No. 17) | L 73–77 | 3-1 (1-1) |
Williams Arena (16,878) Minneapolis, MN | ||||||
12/27/1952 no, no |
No. 2 | Ohio State | W 87–62 | 4-1 (2-1) |
Huff Hall (6,905) Champaign, IL | ||||||
12/30/1952* no, no |
No. 4 | St. Mary's | W 94–65 | 5-1 |
Huff Hall (6,905) Champaign, IL | ||||||
1/5/1953 no, no |
No. 4 | Purdue | W 87–71 | 6-1 (3-1) |
Lambert Fieldhouse (-) West Lafayette, IN | ||||||
1/10/1953 no, no |
No. 4 | Wisconsin | W 71–61 | 7-1 (4-1) |
Huff Hall (6,905) Champaign, IL | ||||||
1/12/1953 no, no |
No. 4 | Northwestern | W 83–58 | 8-1 (5-1) |
Huff Hall (6,905) Champaign, IL | ||||||
1/17/1953 no, no |
No. 4 | Indiana (No. 6) Rivalry |
L 70–74 2OT | 8-2 (5-2) |
The Fieldhouse (10,000) Bloomington, IN | ||||||
1/19/1953 no, no |
No. 4 | Michigan State | W 76–64 | 9-2 (6-2) |
Jenison Fieldhouse (-) East Lansing, MI | ||||||
2/2/1953* no, no |
No. 6 | DePauw | W 93–50 | 10-2 |
Huff Hall (4,002) Champaign, IL | ||||||
2/7/1953 no, no |
No. 6 | Wisconsin | W 65–61 | 11-2 (7-2) |
Wisconsin Field House (13,500) Madison, WI | ||||||
2/9/1953 no, no |
No. 6 | Michigan | W 92–62 | 12-2 (8-2) |
Yost Field House (6,000) Ann Arbor, MI | ||||||
2/14/1953 no, no |
No. 5 | Iowa Rivalry |
W 80–63 | 13-2 (9-2) |
Huff Hall (6,905) Champaign, IL | ||||||
2/16/1953 no, no |
No. 5 | Purdue | W 93–67 | 14-2 (10-2) |
Huff Hall (6,905) Champaign, IL | ||||||
2/21/1953 no, no |
No. 5 | Iowa Rivalry |
L 62–67 | 14-3 (10-3) |
Iowa Field House (14,000) Iowa City, IA | ||||||
2/23/1953 no, no |
No. 5 | Minnesota | W 83–82 | 15-3 (11-3) |
Huff Hall (6,905) Champaign, IL | ||||||
2/28/1953 no, no |
No. 10 | Indiana (No. 2) Rivalry |
L 79–91 | 15-4 (11-4) |
Huff Hall (6,905) Champaign, IL | ||||||
3/2/1953 no, no |
No. 10 | Michigan State | W 66–53 | 16-4 (12-4) |
Huff Hall (6,905) Champaign, IL | ||||||
3/7/1953 no, no |
No. 10 | Ohio State | W 93–74 | 17-4 (13-4) |
Ohio Expo Center Coliseum (5,242) Columbus, OH | ||||||
3/9/1953 no, no |
No. 10 | Northwestern | W 86–70 | 18-4 (14-4) |
McGaw Memorial Hall (9,700) Evanston, IL | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time. |
Bold Italic connotes conference game
Rankings[]
Player stats[]
Player | Games Played | Field Goals | Free Throws | Points |
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John Kerr | 22 | 153 | 80 | 386 |
Irv Bemoras | 22 | 119 | 84 | 322 |
Jim Bredar | 22 | 106 | 50 | 262 |
Clive Follmer | 22 | 82 | 86 | 250 |
Max Hooper | 21 | 73 | 45 | 191 |
Bob Peterson | 22 | 53 | 54 | 160 |
Jim Schuldt | 19 | 14 | 11 | 39 |
Jim Wright | 17 | 15 | 7 | 37 |
Max Baumgardner | 9 | 13 | 10 | 36 |
Ed Makovsky | 16 | 9 | 15 | 33 |
Elmer Plew | 13 | 12 | 6 | 30 |
Jim Dutcher | 10 | 7 | 9 | 23 |
Morris Sterneck | 9 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
Awards and honors[]
Team players drafted into the NBA[]
Player | NBA Club |
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Jim Bredar | Ft. Wayne Pistons |
Rankings[]
References[]
- ^ Fighting Illini Basketball: A Hardwood History By News-Gazette, Sports Publishing LLC ISBN 1-58261-356-7
- ^ Men's Basketball Roster
- ^ University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1952-53, FightingIllini.com
- ^ Schedule
- ^ "Season Stats". Archived from the original on 2014-03-31. Retrieved 2014-03-31.
- ^ List of MVPs
- ^ 1953 NBA Draft Archived 2013-01-05 at the Wayback Machine
- 1952–53 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season
- Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball seasons
- 1952 in sports in Illinois
- 1953 in sports in Illinois