1911–12 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1911–12 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball

Conference	Big Ten Conference
1911–12 record	8–8 (4–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	Thomas E. Thompson
Captain	William Woolston
Home arena	Kenney Gym

	Conf				Overall
1911–12 Western Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Wisconsin	12	–	0	1.000	15	–	0	1.000
Purdue	10	–	0	1.000	12	–	0	1.000
Chicago	7	–	5	.583	12	–	6	.667
Minnesota	6	–	6	.500	7	–	6	.538
Illinois	4	–	8	.333	8	–	8	.500
Indiana	1	–	9	.100	6	–	11	.353
Iowa	0	–	4	.000	6	–	8	.429
Northwestern	0	–	8	.000	4	–	9	.308
Ohio State	0	–	0	–	7	–	5	.583

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1911–12 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

Regular season

The 1911–12 season was Thomas E. Thompson's second year as head coach of the Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team. Under Thompson's guidance the Illini experienced a perfect non-conference season while at the same time having a less than perfect conference record.^[1] Overall the team played to an eight win, eight loss record, however; all of the season's losses were within Western Conference play. During conference play the team won six times and placed fifth overall. The starting lineup for the team included; Albert L. Hall, Homer W. Dahringer and R. P. Gates as forwards, H. T. Leo as the center, with James G. White and captain William H. Woolston at the guard positions.^[2]

Roster

Player	Position	Class	Hometown
Earl E. Rathbun	Forward	Junior	Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Albert L. Hall	Right Forward	Senior	Libertyville, Illinois
James G. White	Right Guard	Junior	Chicago, Illinois
Homer W. Dahringer	Center	Junior	Ludington, Michigan
William H. Woolston	Right Guard	Junior	Albuquerque, New Mexico
Herbert T. Leo	Center	Senior	Anaheim, California
Chouncey B. Oliver	Center	Senior	Blue Diamond, Nevada
R.P. Gates	Left Forward, Right Forward	Senior
J.E. Lewis	Guard
E.E. Waters	Center
A.P. Lagoria	Forward, Center

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Head Coach: Thomas E. Thompson (2nd year at Illinois)

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Location
December 16, 1911	Millikin University	48–8	Win	Decatur, IL
December 29, 1911	Evanston YMCA	43–8	Win	Evanston, IL
December 30, 1911	Evanston YMCA	37–7	Win	Evanston, IL
January 5, 1912	Illinois Wesleyan	44–12	Win	Urbana, IL
January 12, 1912	Minnesota	16–22	Loss	Minneapolis, MN
January 14, 1912	Wisconsin	10–27	Loss	Madison, WI
January 20, 1912	University of Chicago	20–21	Loss	Urbana, IL
January 27, 1912	Purdue	20–35	Loss	Urbana, IL
February 6, 1912	Purdue	14–28	Loss	West Lafayette, IN
February 7, 1912	Indiana	24–25	Loss	Bloomington, IN
February 10, 1912	Minnesota	13–10	Win	Urbana, IL
February 23, 1912	Indiana	41–16	Win	Urbana, IL
March 2, 1912	Northwestern	25–10	Win	Urbana, IL
March 8, 1912	University of Chicago	12–17	Loss	Chicago, IL
February 25, 1912	Northwestern	30–19	Win	Evanston, IL
March 15, 1912	Wisconsin	15–23	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

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