The 1918–19 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.
1918–19 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball | |
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
Record | 6–8 (5–7 Big Ten) |
Head coach |
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Captain | Burt Ingwersen |
Home arena | Kenney Gym |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 10 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 13 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chicago | 10 | – | 2 | .833 | 21 | – | 6 | .778 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 6 | – | 4 | .600 | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan | 5 | – | 5 | .500 | 18 | – | 6 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 4 | – | 6 | .400 | 10 | – | 7 | .588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 4 | – | 7 | .364 | 8 | – | 7 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 4 | – | 7 | .364 | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio State | 2 | – | 6 | .250 | 7 | – | 12 | .368 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Regular season
editThe 1918–19 season for the Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, was the lowest point for head coach Ralph Jones during his tenure at the University of Illinois. Jones experienced his only losing season as a Big Ten coach, as a matter of fact, this was the only losing season he would have in career spanning nearly 35 years. Jones, who coached the Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team for three seasons prior to coming to Illinois, had never lost more than 6 games during any conference campaign.[1] The record the Illini would possess at the conclusion of the 1918–19 season would overall be 6 wins, 8 losses with a 6 win 6 loss conference mark. The starting lineup included captain Burt Ingwersen, Benjamin Mittleman and Ralph Fletcher at the forward positions, K.L. Wilson at center, and W.K. Kopp and P.C. Taylor as guards.[2]
Roster
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Schedule
editSource[3]
Date time, TV |
Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | |||||||
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Non-Conference regular season | |||||||||||
1/3/1919* no, no |
Great Lakes | L 26–28 | 0-1 |
Kenney Gym (467) Urbana, IL | |||||||
1/10/1919* no, no |
Millikin University | W 37–17 | 1-1 |
Kenney Gym (577) Urbana, IL | |||||||
Big Ten regular season | |||||||||||
1/18/1919 no, no |
Purdue | L 13–16 | 1-2 (0-1) |
Kenney Gym (1,519) Urbana, IL | |||||||
1/20/1919 no, no |
Ohio State | W 25–20 | 2-2 (1-1) |
Kenney Gym (1,462) Urbana, IL | |||||||
1/25/1919 no, no |
at Wisconsin | W 25–15 | 3-2 (2-1) |
University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium (-) Madison, WI | |||||||
1/27/1919 no, no |
at Minnesota | L 17–36 | 3-3 (2-2) |
University of Minnesota Armory (-) Minneapolis, MN | |||||||
2/1/1919 no, no |
at Michigan | W 27–23 | 4-3 (3-2) |
Waterman Gymnasium (-) Ann Arbor, MI | |||||||
2/8/1919 no, no |
at University of Chicago | L 12–17 | 4-4 (3-3) |
Bartlett Gymnasium (-) Chicago, IL | |||||||
2/15/1919 no, no |
Wisconsin | W 16–14 | 5-4 (4-3) |
Kenney Gym (1,774) Urbana, IL | |||||||
2/21/1919 no, no |
at Purdue | W 25–18 | 6-4 (5-3) |
Memorial Gymnasium (-) West Lafayette, IN | |||||||
2/24/1919 no, no |
at Ohio State | L 15–32 | 6-5 (5-4) |
Ohio Expo Center Coliseum (-) Columbus, OH | |||||||
3/1/1919 no, no |
University of Chicago | L 15–17 | 6-6 (5-5) |
Kenney Gym (2,126) Urbana, IL | |||||||
3/3/1919 no, no |
Minnesota | L 9–26 | 6-7 (5-6) |
Kenney Gym (1,485) Urbana, IL | |||||||
3/10/1919 no, no |
Michigan | L 18–22 | 6-8 (5-7) |
Kenney Gym (1,329) Urbana, IL | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time. |
Player stats
editPlayer | Games Played | Field Goals | Free Throws | Points |
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Kenneth Wilson[4] | 14 | 28 | 53 | 109 |
Paul Taylor[5] | 12 | 24 | 6 | 54 |
Ralph Fletcher[6] | 12 | 23 | 2 | 48 |
Bert Ingwersen[7] | 13 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
Benjamin Mittleman[8] | 13 | 8 | 1 | 17 |
D.W. Smith[9] | 7 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
Awards and honors
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References
edit- ^ A Century of Orange and Blue: Celebrating 100 Years of Fighting Illini Basketball By Loren Tate, Jared Gelfond pg.17 ISBN 1-58261-793-7
- ^ Fighting Illini Basketball: A Hardwood History By News-Gazette, Sports Publishing LLC ISBN 1-58261-356-7
- ^ University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1918-19 Archived 2013-12-17 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 17, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
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