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

1910–11 Western Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
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 C. 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"

1910–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
5.0 !C	V. Poston, EmmettEmmett V. Poston	—	—	4.0 !Sr	Springfield, Illinois
3.5 !F	Watson, CarlCarl Watson	—	—	4.0 !Sr	DeKalb, Illinois
1.5 !G	S. Bernstein, LouisLouis S. Bernstein (C)	—	—	4.0 !Sr	Niagara Falls, New York
1.5 !G	G. White, JamesJames G. White	—	—	2.0 !So	Chicago, Illinois
3.5 !F	L. Hall, AlbertAlbert L. Hall	—	—	3.0 !Jr	Libertyville, Illinois
5.0 !C	B. Oliver, ChounceyChouncey B. Oliver	—	—	3.0 !Jr	Blue Diamond, Nevada
5.0 !C	T. Leo, HerbertHerbert T. Leo	—	—	3.0 !Jr	Anaheim, California
1.5 !G	H. Woolston, WilliamWilliam H. Woolston	—	—	2.0 !So	Albuquerque, New Mexico
5.0 !C	W. Dahringer, HomerHomer W. Dahringer	—	—	1.0 !Fr	Ludington, Michigan
3.5 !F	J. Matter, HerbertHerbert J. Matter	—	—	4.0 !Sr	Naperville, Illinois
3.5 !F	John "Jack" Levey, ClarenceClarence John "Jack" Levey	—	—	2.0 !So	Toronto, Ontario
3.5 !F	Pillsbury Gates, RalphRalph Pillsbury Gates	—	—	3.0 !Jr	Chicago, Illinois
3.5 !F	Plochman, Carl MorrisCarl Morris Plochman	—	—	1.0 !Fr	Evanston, Illinois

Head coach

Thomas E. Thompson (University of Illinois) (1st year)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

All-Time Illini Rosters Roster

Source^[3]

Schedule

Source^[4]

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
12/31/1910* no, no	@ Evanston YMCA	L 19–28	0-1 (0-0)	Evanston YMCA Evanston, IL
1/7/1911 no, no	vs. Indiana Rivalry	W 32–22	1-1 (1-0)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
1/14/1911 no, no	vs. University of Chicago	L 17–23	1-2 (1-1)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
1/20/1911 no, no	@ Minnesota	W 18–17	2-2 (2-1)	University of Minnesota Armory Minneapolis, MN
1/21/1911 no, no	@ Wisconsin	L 17–20	2-3 (2-2)	University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium Madison, WI
1/28/1911 no, no	vs Purdue	L 29–33	2-4 (2-3)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
2/17/1911 no, no	@ Indiana Rivalry	L 14–19	2-5 (2-4)	Old Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/18/1911 no, no	@ Purdue	W 25–15	3-5 (3-4)	Memorial Gymnasium West Lafayette, IN
2/24/1911 no, no	@ University of Chicago	L 18–19	3-6 (3-5)	Bartlett Gymnasium Chicago, IL
2/25/1911 no, no	@ Northwestern	W 26–15	4-6 (4-5)	Patten Gymnasium Evanston, IL
3/2/1911 no, no	vs Minnesota	W 22–12	5-6 (5-5)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
3/11/1911 no, no	vs Wisconsin	W 21–18	6-6 (6-5)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

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
↑ FightingIllini.com
↑ University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1910-11, FightingIllini.com

Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
Venues	Kenney Gym (1906–1925) Huff Hall (1926–1963) State Farm Center (1963–present) Prairie Capital Convention Center (2015)
Rivalries	Indiana Missouri
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People	Head coaches NBA draftees Consensus All-Americans
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Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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