1909–10 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1909–10 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball

Conference	Big Ten Conference
1909–10 record	5–4 (5–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Herb V. Juul
Captain	Carl Watson
Home arena	Kenney Gym

	Conf				Overall
1909–10 Western Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Chicago	9	–	3	.750	10	–	3	.769
Minnesota	7	–	3	.700	10	–	3	.769
Wisconsin	7	–	5	.583	9	–	5	.643
Illinois	5	–	4	.556	5	–	4	.556
Purdue	5	–	5	.500	8	–	5	.615
Iowa	2	–	2	.500	11	–	3	.786
Indiana	3	–	7	.300	5	–	8	.385
Northwestern	0	–	9	.000	0	–	9	.000

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1909–10 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

Regular season

For the first time since organized basketball became a sanctioned sport within the university, the Fighting Illini basketball team was led by a returning head coach.^[1] Herb V. Juul remained as the head coach of a team that played only nine games, each being a conference game. The Illini finished their season with a record of five wins, four losses and a fourth place finish in the Western Conference. The starting lineup for the team included Albert L. Hall and Henry J. Popperfuss as forwards, captain Carl P. Watson at center, and Louis S. Bernstein and Thomas Thompson as guards.^[2]

Roster

Player	Position	Class	Hometown
Emmett V. Poston	Center	Junior	Springfield, Illinois
Carl Watson	Left Forward, Right Forward	Senior	DeKalb, Illinois
Henry Popperfuss	Left Forward	Senior	Tomah, Wisconsin
Thomas E. Thompson	Right Guard	Senior	Williams Bay, Wisconsin
Louis S. Bernstein	Left Guard, Right Guard	Junior	Niagara Falls, New York
Albert L. Hall	Right Forward	Sophomore	Libertyville, Illinois
Chouncey B. Oliver	Center	Sophomore	Blue Diamond, Nevada
James G. White	Right Guard	Freshman	Chicago, Illinois
C. E. Lord	Left Forward
C. Jack Levey	Forward
R. P. Gates	Reserve
V. Rockwell	Reserve

^[3]

Head Coach Herb Juul (2nd year at Illinois)

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Location
January 15, 1910	Wisconsin	16–28	Loss	Madison, WI
January 21, 1910	Wisconsin	34–14	Win	Urbana, IL
January 29, 1910	Purdue	33–17	Win	Urbana, IL
February 5, 1910	Indiana	30–20	Win	Urbana, IL
February 8, 1910	University of Chicago	11–21	Loss	Urbana, IL
February 26, 1910	University of Chicago	24–15	Win	Chicago, IL
March 4, 1910	Purdue	10–28	Loss	West Lafayette, IN
March 5, 1910	Indiana	26–12	Win	Bloomington, IN
March 9, 1910	Minnesota	9–22	Loss	Urbana, IL

Bold Italic connotes conference game

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

Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball

Venues	Kenney Gym (1906–1925) Huff Hall (1926–1963) State Farm Center (1963–present)

Rivalries	Missouri

Culture & lore	Whiz Kids Flyin' Illini Orange Krush Fighting Illini Sports Network Oskee Wow-Wow Illinois Loyalty Chief Illiniwek

People	Head coaches NBA draftees Consensus All-Americans

Seasons	1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Helms and NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics