1912–13 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1912–13 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball

Conference	Big Ten Conference
1912–13 record	10–6 (7–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Ralph Jones
Captain	Homer Dahringer
Home arena	Kenney Gym

	Conf				Overall
1912–13 Western Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Wisconsin	11	–	1	.917	14	–	1	.933
Northwestern	7	–	2	.778	14	–	4	.778
Chicago	8	–	4	.667	20	–	6	.769
Purdue	6	–	5	.545	7	–	5	.583
Illinois	7	–	6	.538	10	–	6	.625
Ohio State	4	–	5	.444	13	–	7	.650
Minnesota	2	–	8	.200	3	–	8	.273
Iowa	1	–	5	.167	9	–	13	.409
Indiana	0	–	10	.000	5	–	11	.313

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1912–13 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

Regular season

The 1912–13 season saw yet another head coach arrive in Champaign-Urbana to work with the Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team. Ralph Jones left an impressive legacy behind in West Lafayette, Indiana where he was head coach of Purdue for three years. During his tenure at Purdue, Jones compiled an impressive record of 32 wins with only 9 losses resulting in two conference championships. Jones was credited by some with originating the fast break in basketball.^[1] After leading the Fighting Illini to two additional conference championships and one national championship, Jones left to coach at Lake Forest Academy. In addition to coaching basketball, Jones was head coach of the Chicago Bears from 1930–33, where, among other achievements, he was credited with the revival of the T-formation and the use of a man in motion to throw off the defense.^[2]

Roster

Player	Position	Class	Hometown
Sven Duner	Left Guard, Right Guard	Sophomore	Downers Grove, Illinois
James G. White	Right Guard	Senior	Chicago, Illinois
Homer W. Dahringer	Center	Senior	Ludington, Michigan
Helmuth Kircher	Right Forward, Left Forward	Sophomore	Kalamazoo, Michigan
Edward Williford	Left Forward, Center	Sophomore	Binghamton, New York
Robert W. Hoffman	Right Guard, Left Guard	Sophomore
D. F. Comstock	Left Guard, Forward, Center	Sophomore
W. B. Erwin	Left Forward	Sophomore
George H. Dubin	Forward
L. F. Pape	Center

Head Coach: Ralph Jones (1st year at Illinois)

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Schedule

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Location
December 20, 1912	Illinois Wesleyan	18–13	Win	Urbana, IL
January 4, 1913	Decatur YMCA	27–13	Win	Decatur, IL
January 6, 1913	Rose Polytechnic Institute	52–14	Win	Terre Haute, IN
January 11, 1913	Wisconsin	15–16	Loss	Urbana, IL
January 21, 1913	Purdue	22–18	Win	Urbana, IL
January 28, 1913	Iowa	35–9	Win	Urbana, IL
February 8, 1913	Minnesota	19–12	Win	Urbana, IL
February 21, 1913	Wisconsin	13–18	Loss	Madison, WI
February 14, 1913	Northwestern	23–22	Win	Urbana, IL
February 22, 1913	Minnesota	20–10	Win	Minneapolis, MN
February 26, 1913	University of Chicago	12–19	Loss	Urbana, IL
March 1, 1913	Indiana	29–12	Win	Urbana, IL
March 7, 1913	Purdue	11–12	Loss	West Lafayette, IN
March 8, 1913	Indiana	23–17	Win	Bloomington, IN
March 14, 1913	University of Chicago	16–21	Loss	Chicago, IL
March 15, 1913	Northwestern	18–20	Loss	Evanston, 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