1906–07 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
1906–07 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball | |
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
1906–07 record | 1–10 (0–8 Big Ten) |
Head coach | Frank L. Pinckney |
Captain | Herbert Juul |
Home arena | Kenney Gym |
1906–07 Western Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chicago | 6 | – | 2 | .750 | 21 | – | 2 | .913 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 6 | – | 2 | .750 | 10 | – | 2 | .833 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 6 | – | 2 | .750 | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 2 | – | 6 | .250 | 7 | – | 8 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 0 | – | 8 | .000 | 1 | – | 10 | .091 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | - | – | - | – | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | - | – | - | – | 5 | – | 5 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | - | – | - | – | 1 | – | 5 | .167 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1906–07 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.
Regular season
Frank Loyer Pinckney took over the coaching reins from Elwood Brown for the 1906–1907 season. After a very promising start to the season, where more than 100 student athletes tried out for the team, Pinckney had three freshman declared ineligible by the Western Conference.[1] Due to this unfortunate circumstance, the Fighting Illini played the season with a depleted lineup and finished the season with the worst record in the history of the school. The decision to make freshmen ineligible gave Pinckney the same problem Brown had faced one season earlier.[2]
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"1906-07 Fighting Illini team"
Roster
Player | Position | Class | Hometown |
Charles Stewart | Right Forward | Junior | New York, New York |
Edward Ryan | Right Guard | Junior | Chicago, Illinois |
Maurice Dadant | Forward | Senior | Hamilton, Illinois |
Herbert Juul | Right Guard, Left Guard | Senior | Chicago, Illinois |
Curtis C. Westfall | Center | Senior | Chicago, Illinois |
Thomas E. Thompson | Right Guard | Freshman | Williams Bay, Wisconsin |
Roy Rennacker | Left Guard | Freshman | Winnetka, Illinois |
Avery Brundage | Right Forward | Sophomore | Chicago, Illinois |
Henry Popperfuss | Left Forward | Freshman | Tomah, Wisconsin |
C. E. Norenberg | Left Forward, Right Forward | ||
R. H. Reische | Right Forward, Center | ||
R. C. Caul | Right Guard | ||
W. Sommerfield | Center | ||
J. Cermack | |||
- Head Coach: Frank L. Pinckney (1st year at Illinois)
Schedule
Source[4]
Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Site | |||||||
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12/15/1906* | @ Peoria YMCA | W 38-19 | 1-0 | Peoria YMCA | |||||||
1/2/1907* | @ Chicago YMCA | L 26–31 | 1-1 | Chicago YMCA | |||||||
1/12/1907 | vs. Purdue | L 27–32 | 1-2 (0-1) | Kenney Gym | |||||||
1/19/1907 | vs. Wisconsin | L 16–22 | 1-3 (0-2) | Kenney Gym | |||||||
1/31/1907 | @ Minnesota | L 3–42 | 1-4 (0-3) | University of Minnesota Armory | |||||||
2/1/1907 | @ Wisconsin | L 13–47 | 1-5 (0-4) | University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium | |||||||
2/2/1907 | @ University of Chicago | L 20–53 | 1-6 (0-5) | University of Chicago | |||||||
2/15/1907* | @ Wabash College | L 13–50 | 1-7 (0-5) | Wabash College | |||||||
2/16/1907 | @ Purdue | L 18–45 | 1-8 (0-6) | Lafayette Colliseum | |||||||
2/23/1907 | vs. University of Chicago | L 20–35 | 1-9 (0-7) | Kenney Gym | |||||||
3/1/1907 | vs. Minnesota | L 29–36 | 1-10 (0-8) | Kenney Gym | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. |
References
- ↑ A Century of Orange and Blue: Celebrating 100 Years of Fighting Illini Basketball By Loren Tate, Jared Gelfond pg.20 ISBN 1-58261-793-7
- ↑ Fighting Illini Basketball: A Hardwood History By News-Gazette, Sports Publishing LLC ISBN 1-58261-356-7
- ↑ All-Time Illini Rosters
- ↑ University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1906-07, FightingIllini.com