1910–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1910–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball

Conference	Big Ten Conference
1910–11 record	6–6 (6–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Thomas E. Thompson
Captain	Louis Bernstein
Home arena	Kenney Gym

	Conf				Overall
1910–11 Western Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Purdue	8	–	4	.667	12	–	4	.750
Minnesota	8	–	4	.667	10	–	4	.714
Chicago	7	–	5	.583	10	–	4	.714
Illinois	6	–	5	.545	6	–	6	.500
Wisconsin	6	–	6	.500	6	–	6	.500
Indiana	5	–	5	.500	11	–	5	.688
Iowa	2	–	2	.500	9	–	4	.692
Northwestern	1	–	12	.077	4	–	15	.211

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1910–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

Regular season

The 1910–11 season witnessed only the second coach to remain for more than one season since the beginning of the program. Thomas E. Thompson led the Fighting Illini's basketball program for both the 1910–11 season and 1911–12 season compiling an overall record of 14 wins and 14 losses. Thompson claimed, at the time, to be the only player in Western Conference history to have played five years of collegiate basketball. He was at Northwestern for one year before playing at Illinois for four additional seasons. After leaving the coaching ranks, he founded The Thomas Thompson Company in Highland Park, IL, a manufacturer of enamel products.^[1]

The Illini finished the 1910–11 season with an overall record of six wins and six losses with a conference record of six wins, five losses and a fourth place finish in the conference.^[2]

Roster

"1910-11 Fighting Illini team"

Player	Position	Class	Hometown
Emmett V. Poston	Center	Senior	Springfield, Illinois
Carl Watson	Left Forward, Right Forward	Senior	DeKalb, Illinois
Louis S. Bernstein	Left Guard, Right Guard	Senior	Niagara Falls, New York
James G. White	Right Guard	Sophomore	Chicago, Illinois
Albert L. Hall	Right Forward	Junior	Libertyville, Illinois
Chouncey B. Oliver	Center	Junior	Blue Diamond, Nevada
Herbert T. Leo	Center	Junior	Anaheim, California
William H. Woolston	Right Guard	Sophomore	Albuquerque, New Mexico
Homer W. Dahringer	Center	Freshman	Ludington, Michigan
Herbert J. Matter	Left Forward	Senior	Naperville, Illinois
C. Jack Levey	Forward
C. M. Plochman	Forward
R.P. Gates	Left Forward, Right Forward	Junior

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Head Coach: Thomas E. Thompson (1st year at Illinois)

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Location
December 31, 1910	Evanston YMCA	19–28	Loss	Evanston, IL
January 7, 1911	Indiana	32–22	Win	Urbana, IL
January 14, 1911	University of Chicago	17–23	Loss	Urbana, IL
January 20, 1911	Minnesota	18–17	Win	Minneapolis, MN
January 21, 1911	Wisconsin	17–20	Loss	Madison, WI
January 28, 1911	Purdue	29–33	Loss	Urbana, IL
February 17, 1911	Indiana	14–19	Loss	Bloomington, IN
February 18, 1911	Purdue	25–15	Win	West Lafayette, IN
February 24, 1911	University of Chicago	18–19	Loss	Chicago, IL
February 25, 1911	Northwestern	26–15	Win	Evanston, IL
March 2, 1911	Minnesota	22–12	Win	Urbana, IL
March 11, 1911	Wisconsin	21–18	Win	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