1913–14 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1913–14 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball

Conference	Big Ten Conference
1913–14 record	9–4 (7–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Ralph Jones
Captain	Edward Williford
Home arena	Kenney Gym

	Conf				Overall
1913–14 Western Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Wisconsin	12	–	0	1.000	15	–	0	1.000
Ohio State	5	–	1	.833	11	–	4	.733
Chicago	8	–	4	.667	19	–	9	.679
Illinois	7	–	3	.700	9	–	4	.692
Northwestern	5	–	5	.500	11	–	6	.647
Minnesota	4	–	8	.333	4	–	11	.267
Purdue	3	–	9	.250	5	–	9	.357
Iowa	1	–	5	.167	9	–	7	.563
Indiana	1	–	11	.083	2	–	12	.143

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1913–14 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

Regular season

The 1913–14 University of Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, under the direction of second year coach Ralph Jones, took a step in a positive direction regarding the team's status in the Western Conference. The addition of key players, including future National Player of the Year, Ray Woods, helped guide the Illini to an overall record of nine wins and four losses.^[1] The conference record, however, of seven wins and three losses marked, to date, the highest league winning percentage in the history of the university. Even though the team finished fourth in the conference, the starting squad of Kircher, Williford, Bane, Crane & Duner would return the following season.^[2]

Roster

Player	Position	Class	Hometown
Sven Duner	Left Guard, Right Guard	Junior	Downers Grove, Illinois
Helmuth Kircher	Right Forward, Left Forward	Junior	Kalamazoo, Michigan
Edward Williford	Left Forward, Center	Junior	Binghamton, New York
Ray Woods	Right Guard	Freshman	Oak Park, Illinois
Frank Bane	Center	Junior	Pontiac, Illinois
Dudley Crane	Left Guard, Right Guard	Sophomore	Columbus, Ohio
Clyde Alwood	Right Forward	Freshman	Clinton, Illinois
George Clark	Left Forward	Sophomore	Lincoln, Nebraska
Robert W. Hoffman	Right Guard, Left Guard	Junior
D. F. Comstock	Left Guard, Forward, Center	Junior
W. B. Erwin	Left Forward	Junior
M. O. Jensen	Right Forward
S. R. Dirby

Head Coach: Ralph Jones (2nd year at Illinois)

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Schedule

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Location
December 18, 1913	Millikin University	19–10	Win	Urbana, IL
January 2, 1914	Riverside High School	46–17	Win	LaGrange, IL
January 3, 1914	Evanston YMCA	20–24	Loss	Evanston, IL
January 6, 1914	Indiana	35–6	Win	Urbana, IL
January 10, 1914	Wisconsin	25–26	Loss	Urbana, IL
January 17, 1914	Purdue	26–20	Win	Urbana, IL
January 20, 1914	University of Chicago	11–12	Loss	Urbana, IL
January 23, 1914	Minnesota	18–16	Win	Urbana, IL
February 6, 1914	Purdue	30–25	Win	West Lafayette, IN
February 7, 1914	Indiana	31–15	Win	Bloomington, IN
February 14, 1914	Northwestern	35–15	Win	Urbana, IL
February 20, 1914	Wisconsin	16–29	Loss	Madison, WI
February 21, 1914	Minnesota	26–11	Win	Minneapolis, MN

Bold Italic connotes conference game

Awards and honors

Ray Woods was elected to the "Illini Men's Basketball All-Century Team" in 2004.

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