1918–19 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1918–19 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
Conference Big Ten Conference
1918–19 record 6–8 (5–7 Big Ten)
Head coach Ralph Jones
Home arena Kenney Gym
Seasons
« 1917–18 1919–20 »

The 1918–19 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

Contents

Regular season

The 1918–19 season for the Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, was the lowest point for head coach Ralph Jones during his tenure at the University of Illinois. Jones experienced his only losing season as a Big Ten coach, as a matter of fact, this was the only losing season he would have in career spanning nearly 35 years. Jones, who coached the Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team for three seasons prior to coming to Illinois, had never lost more than 6 games during any conference campaign.[1] The record the Illini would possess at the conclusion of the 1918–19 season would overall be 6 wins, 8 losses with a 6 win 6 loss conference mark. The starting lineup included captain Burt Ingwersen, B.E. Mittleman and Ralph Fletcher at the forward positions, K.L. Wilson at center, and W.K. Kopp and P.C. Taylor as guards.[2]

Roster

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Schedule

Date Opponent Score Result Location
January 3, 1919 Great Lakes 26–28 Loss Urbana, IL
January 10, 1919 Millikin University 37–17 Win Urbana, IL
January 18, 1919 Purdue 13–16 loss Urbana, IL
January 20, 1919 Ohio State 25–20 Win Urbana, IL
January 25, 1919 Wisconsin 25–15 Win Madison, WI
January 27, 1919 Minnesota 17–36 Loss Minneapolis, MN
February 1, 1919 Michigan 27–23 Win Ann Arbor, MI
February 8, 1919 University of Chicago 12–17 Loss Chicago, IL
February 15, 1919 Wisconsin 16–14 Win Urbana, IL
February 21, 1919 Purdue 25–18 Win West Lafayette, IN
February 24, 1919 Ohio State 15–32 Loss Columbus, OH
March 1, 1919 University of Chicago 15–17 Loss Urbana, IL
March 3, 1919 Minnesota 9–26 Loss Urbana, IL
March 10, 1919 Michigan 18–22 Loss Urbana, IL

Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ A Century of Orange and Blue: Celebrating 100 Years of Fighting Illini Basketball By Loren Tate, Jared Gelfond pg.17 ISBN 1582617937
  2. ^ Fighting Illini Basketball: A Hardwood History By News-Gazette, Sports Publishing LLC ISBN 1582613567
  3. ^ All-Time Illini Rosters

External links

Team
Head coaches
Elwood Brown · F. L. Pinckney · Fletcher Lane · Herb Juul · T. E. Thompson · Ralph Jones · Frank Winters · J. Craig Ruby · Douglas Mills · Harry Combes · Harv Schmidt · Gene Bartow · Lou Henson · Lon Kruger · Bill Self · Bruce Weber
National players of the year
Championships
Helm's Foundation (National): 1915
Big Ten (Regular season): 1915, 1917, 1924, 1935, 1937, 1942, 1943, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1963, 1984, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005
Big Ten (Tournament): 2003, 2005
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Bold Italic connotes national championship, Italic connotes final four appearance, underline connotes Big Ten regular season championship, * means Big Ten Tournament championship