1923–24 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1923–24 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball

Big Ten Conference Champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1923–24 record	11–6 (8–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	J. Craig Ruby
Captain	Glenn Potter
Home arena	Kenney Gym

	Conf				Overall
1923–24 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Wisconsin	8	–	4	.667	11	–	5	.688
Chicago	8	–	4	.667	11	–	6	.647
Illinois	8	–	4	.667	11	–	6	.647
Ohio State	7	–	5	.583	12	–	5	.706
Purdue	7	–	5	.583	12	–	5	.706
Indiana	7	–	5	.583	11	–	6	.647
Michigan	6	–	6	.500	10	–	7	.588
Minnesota	5	–	7	.417	9	–	8	.529
Iowa	4	–	8	.333	7	–	10	.412
Northwestern	0	–	12	.000	0	–	16	.000

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1923–24 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

Regular season

Second year Fighting Illini coach, Craig Ruby, took advantage of 12 returning players from a team that finished tied for fourth in the Big Ten a season earlier. The 1923–24 campaign would be the first of two conference titles during Ruby's tenure as the Fighting Illini's head coach. Though the final conference record of eight wins and four losses was not impressive, the Illini were still able to tie Wisconsin and Chicago in the race to be the best in the Big Ten.^[1] The overall record for this team would be 11 wins and 6 losses. The starting lineup included captain G.E. Potter, T.D. Karnes, and John Mauer at forward, Leland Stillwell at center, and Jack Lipe, and R.H. Popken as guards.^[2]

Team

"1923-24 Fighting Illini men's basketball team"

No.	Player	Position	Class	Hometown
1	Glenn E. Potter (capt.)	Forward	Senior	Orange, California
2	Leland Stillwell	Center	Senior	Olney, Illinois
3	Roland H. Popken	Guard	Senior	Oak Park, Illinois
4	Wally Roettger	Forward	Senior	St. Louis, Missouri
5	Jack Lipe	Guard	Junior	Decatur, Illinois
6	L.M. Plummer	Forward
7	J.R. Broderick	Forward
8	H.R. Helsing	Forward
9	Leonard Haines	Guard	Sophomore	Belvidere, Illinois
10	Earl T. Britton	Guard
11	John Mauer	Forward	Sophomore	Batavia, Illinois
12	Curtis R. Parker	Forward	Junior	Fort Wayne, Indiana
13	Russell Daugherity	Forward	Sophomore	Streator, Illinois
14	Green	Forward
15	Hollie Martin	Forward	Sophomore	Perrysville, Indiana
16	Cecil F. Hollopeter	Guard	Junior	Spencerville, Indiana
17	Valentine	Center
18	J.W. Hansen	Forward	Senior	Brookston, Indiana
19	E.M. Pattison	Guard
20	Roth	Forward
23	T. Don Karnes	Forward	Junior	Fairbury, Illinois

Head Coach: Craig Ruby (2nd year at Illinois)

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Schedule

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Location	Attendance
December 12, 1923	Depauw	28–29	Loss	Urbana, IL	3,592
December 15, 1923	Washington University	15–17	Loss	Urbana, IL	3,692
December 21, 1923	Iowa State	16–12	Win	Urbana, IL	3,131
January 2, 1924	Notre Dame	29–21	Win	Urbana, IL	1,887
January 2, 1924	Minnesota	20–36	Loss	Minneapolis, MN	-
January 12, 1924	Ohio State	27–24	Win	Columbus, OH	-
January 14, 1924	Michigan	23–24	Loss	Ann Arbor, MI	-
January 17, 1924	Northwestern	38–18	Win	Urbana, IL	4,124
February 5, 1924	Butler	28–27	Win	Urbana, IL	3,455
February 11, 1924	Ohio State	22–25	Loss	Urbana, IL	4,145
February 16, 1924	Wisconsin	12–13	Loss	Madison, WI	-
February 23, 1924	Iowa	26–14	Win	Iowa City, IA	-
February 25, 1924	Wisconsin	31–20	Win	Urbana, IL	4,393
February 29, 1924	Iowa	38–19	Win	Urbana, IL	4,209
March 4, 1924	Northwestern	36–35	Win	Evanston, IL	-
March 8, 1924	Michigan	23–20	Win	Urbana, IL	4,556
March 10, 1924	Minnesota	31–19	Win	Urbana, IL	4,664

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.18 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