1910–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
The 1910–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.
1910–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball | |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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
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Source[3]
Schedule
Source[4]
Date time, TV |
Opponent | Result | Record | Site city, state | |||||||
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Non-Conference regular season | |||||||||||
12/31/1910* no, no |
@ Evanston YMCA | L 19–28 | 0-1 (0-0) |
Evanston YMCA Evanston, IL | |||||||
Big Ten regular season | |||||||||||
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
Awards and honors
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 Archived 2015-02-10 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com