1923–24 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1923–24 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
Big Ten Conference Champions
Conference Big Ten Conference
1923–24 record 11–6 (8–4 Big Ten)
Head coach J. Craig Ruby
Home arena Kenney Gym
Seasons
« 1922–23 1924–25 »

The 1923–24 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

Contents

Regular season

Second year Fighting Illini coach, J. Craig Ruby, took advantage of 12 returning players from a team that finished tied for fourth in the Big Ten a season earlier. The 1923–24 campaign would be the first of two conference titles during Ruby's tenure as the Fighting Illini's head coach. Though the final conference record of eight wins and four losses was not impressive, the Illini were still able to tie Wisconsin and Chicago in the race to be the best in the Big Ten.[1] The overall record for this team would be 11 wins and 6 losses. The starting lineup included captain G.E. Potter, T.D. Karnes, and John Mauer at forward, Leland Stillwell at center, and Jack Lipe, and R.H. Popken as guards.[2]

Team

No. Player Position Class Hometown
1 G.E. Potter (capt.) Forward Senior Orange, California
2 Leland Stillwell Center Senior Olney, Illinois
3 R.H. Popken Guard Senior Oak Park, Illinois
4 Wally Roettger Forward Senior St. Louis, Missouri
5 Jack Lipe Guard Junior Decatur, Illinois
6 L.M. Plummer Forward
7 J.R. Broderick Forward
8 H.R. Helsing Forward
9 Leonard Haines Guard Sophomore Belvidere, Illinois
10 E.T. Britton Guard
11 John Mauer Forward Sophomore Batavia, Illinois
12 C.R. Parker Forward Junior Fort Wayne, Indiana
13 Russell Daugherity Forward Sophomore Streator, Illinois
14 Green Forward
15 Hollie Martin Forward Sophomore Perrysville, Indiana
16 C.F. Hollopeter Guard Junior Spencerville, Indiana
17 Valentine Center
18 J.W. Hansen Forward Senior Brookston, Indiana
19 E.M. Pattison Guard
20 Roth Forward
23 T.D. Karnes Forward Junior Fairbury, Illinois

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Schedule

Date Opponent Score Result Location
December 12, 1923 Depauw 28–29 Loss Urbana, IL
December 15, 1923 Washington University 15–17 Loss Urbana, IL
December 21, 1923 Iowa State 16–12 Win Urbana, IL
January 2, 1924 Notre Dame 29–21 Win Urbana, IL
January 2, 1924 Minnesota 20–36 Loss Minneapolis, MN
January 12, 1924 Ohio State 27–24 Win Columbus, OH
January 14, 1924 Michigan 23–24 Loss Ann Arbor, MI
January 17, 1924 Northwestern 38–18 Win Evanston, IL
February 11, 1924 Ohio State 22–25 Loss Urbana, IL
February 5, 1924 Butler 28–27 Win Urbana, IL
February 16, 1924 Wisconsin 12–13 Loss Madison, WI
February 23, 1924 Iowa 26–14 Win Iowa City, IA
February 25, 1924 Wisconsin 31–20 Win Urbana, IL
February 29, 1924 Iowa 38–19 Win Urbana, IL
March 4, 1924 Northwestern 36–35 Win Evanston, IL
March 8, 1924 Michigan 23–20 Win Urbana, IL
March 10, 1924 Minnesota 31–19 Win 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.18 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