1948–49 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1948–49 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
Big Ten Conference champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Final Four
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
AP #4
1948–49 record 21–4 (10–2 Big Ten)
Head coach Harry Combes
Home arena Huff Hall
Seasons
« 1947–48 1949–50 »

The 1948–49 Illinois Fighting Illini men’s basketball team represented the University of Illiniois.

Contents

Roster

No. Player Position Height Weight Class Hometown
6 Jim Cottrell G 5–10 167 So. Champaign, Illinois
8 Roy Gatewood F 6–2 174 Jr. Salem, Illinois
9 Dick Foley G 6–0 165 Sr. Paris, Illinois
10 Bill Boyer C 6–4 190 So. Beardstown, Illinois
11 Don Sunderlage G 6–0 180 So. Elgin, Illinois
13 Wally Osterkorn F-C 6–4 1/2 207 Jr. Chicago, Illinois/Amundsen High School
15 Paul Eckert G 6–1 178 So. Herrin, Illinois
21 Walt Kersulis C 6–4 197 Jr. East St. Louis, Illinois
22 Van Anderson F 6–2 185 Jr. Sullivan, Illinois
23 Ted Beach F 6–1 165 So. Champaign, Illinois
24 Benton Odum F 6-1/2 175 Jr. Marion, Illinois
27 Jim Marks F 6–2 177 Sr. Edwardsville, Illinois
30 Glen Trugillo F 5–11 160 So. Rockford, Illinois/East High School
31 Bill Hoffman G 6–0 175 So. Chicago, Illinois/Wells High School
33 Bill Erickson G 6–1 184 Jr. Rockford, Illinois/East High School
36 Al Leavitt C 6–5 230 So. Chicago, Illinois/Sullivan High School
40 Dwight Eddleman F 6–2 189 Sr. Centralia, Illinois
48 Fred Green C 6–7 208 Sr. Urbana, Illinois

NCAA basketball tournament

[1]

Awards and honors

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round Pick Player NBA Club
3 N/A Dike Eddleman Chicago Stags

[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1949
  2. ^ http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1949&lg=N

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
1905–1925
1906 • 1907 • 1908 • 1909 • 1910 • 1911 • 1912 • 1913 • 1914 • 1915 • 1916 • 1917 • 1918 • 1919 • 1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 • 1925
1925–1950
1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929  • 1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939 • 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945  • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949 • 1950
1950–1975
1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956  • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975
1975–2000
1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000
2000–2025
2001 • 2002 • 2003* • 2004 • 2005* • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012
Bold Italic connotes national championship, Italic connotes final four appearance, underline connotes Big Ten regular season championship, * means Big Ten Tournament championship