1930–31 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

The 1930–31 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

1930–31 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	12–5 (7-5 Big Ten)
Head coach	J. Craig Ruby
Assistant coaches	John P. Sabo Carl Voyles David M. Bullock (Trainer)
Captain	Charles Harper
Home arena	Huff Hall

1930–31 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Northwestern	11	–	1		.917			16	–	1		.941
Michigan	8	–	4		.667			13	–	4		.765
Minnesota	8	–	4		.667			13	–	4		.765
Purdue	8	–	4		.667			12	–	5		.706
Illinois	7	–	5		.583			12	–	5		.706
Indiana	5	–	7		.417			9	–	8		.529
Chicago	4	–	8		.333			8	–	9		.471
Wisconsin	4	–	8		.333			8	–	9		.471
Ohio State	3	–	9		.250			4	–	13		.235
Iowa	2	–	10		.167			5	–	12		.294
Rankings from AP Poll

Regular season

The 1930–31 season was head coach Craig Ruby's 9th at the University of Illinois, establishing the first time in the history of Illinois basketball that a head coach remained longer than 8 years. Ruby had 10 returning lettermen from a team that had finished in a fifth place tie in the Big Ten the year before. Even though they did not lose any non-conference games, the Fighting Illini showed no improvement in conference play by finishing with a record of 7 wins and 5 losses, however; the team improved to an overall record of 12 wins 5 losses. The starting lineup included captain Charles Harper, George Fencl and Elbert Kamp at forward, Elbridge May at center with Boyd Owen and Robert Kamp at the guard spots.

Roster

1930–31 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown F 3 Charles Harper (C) 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 163 lb (74 kg) Sr Chandlerville, Illinois G 4 Robert Kamp 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 150 lb (68 kg) Jr Mt. Carmel, Illinois F 5 Elbert Kamp 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 150 lb (68 kg) Jr Mt. Carmel, Illinois C 6 Elbridge Horace May 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr Chicago, Illinois G 8 Boyd Owen 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 179 lb (81 kg) So South Bend, Indiana G 9 Herbert R. Hill 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 145 lb (66 kg) Sr Elgin, Illinois C 10 Caslon Bennett 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Marshall, Illinois C 11 Vernon Moore 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 156 lb (71 kg) So Martinsville, Illinois F 12 Robert Y. Bartholomew 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 155 lb (70 kg) Jr Peoria, Illinois C 14 William Hagerman 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 154 lb (70 kg) So Champaign, Illinois G 15 William Theobald 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 155 lb (70 kg) So Du Quoin, Illinois F 17 Paul Chervinko 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) 155 lb (70 kg) So Witt, Illinois F 18 Norval Hodges 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 176 lb (80 kg) So Flora, Illinois C 19 Harold Thornburg 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 172 lb (78 kg) Sr Watseka, Illinois G 20 Charles R. Canfield 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Jr Maywood, Illinois G 21 George S. Fencl 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 159 lb (72 kg) Jr Cicero, Illinois G 22 David Tarwain 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 157 lb (71 kg) So Chicago, Illinois F 23 William Fuzak 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Sr Urbana, Illinois F 24 Charles Goldstein 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 160 lb (73 kg) So Chicago, Illinois F 25 Marvin L. Hadam 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 150 lb (68 kg) Sr Chicago, Illinois F 26 Homer Adams 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 150 lb (68 kg) Jr Pontiac, Illinois G 27 John Hadley 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 160 lb (73 kg) So Frankfort, Indiana G 28 Ralph W. Downing 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 150 lb (68 kg) Jr Mount Pulaski, Illinois G 29 Henry Howard 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) So Sheffield, Illinois F 30 Maurice Weintraub 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 148 lb (67 kg) So Chicago, Illinois F 31 Herbert B. Scharback 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 163 lb (74 kg) Jr Hobart, Indiana F 32 Thomas Plunk 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 160 lb (73 kg) So Mansfield, Illinois	Head coach Craig Ruby (University of Missouri) (9th year) Assistant coach(es) John Sabo (University of Illinois) (3rd year) Carl Voyles (Oklahoma A&M) (2nd year) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt All-Time Illini Rosters Roster

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-Conference regular season
12/8/1930* no, no	DePauw	W 27–15	1-0	New Gymnasium (3,625) Champaign, IL
12/13/1930* no, no	Carleton College	W 23–11	2-0	New Gymnasium (4,879) Champaign, IL
12/19/1930* no, no	Miami	W 40–17	3-0	New Gymnasium (1,500) Champaign, IL
12/22/1930* no, no	Wabash	W 28–13	4-0	New Gymnasium (2,473) Champaign, IL
1/1/1931* no, no	at Bradley	W 28–17	5-0	Hewitt Gymnasium (-) Peoria, IL
Big Ten regular season
1/5/1931 no, no	Wisconsin	L 9–12	5-1 (0-1)	New Gymnasium (6,696) Champaign, IL
1/10/1931 no, no	at Purdue	L 15–30	5-2 (0-2)	Memorial Gymnasium (-) West Lafayette, IN
1/12/1931 no, no	Northwestern Rivalry	L 27–29	5-3 (0-3)	New Gymnasium (7,092) Champaign, IL
1/17/1931 no, no	Indiana Rivalry	L 34–35	5-4 (0-4)	New Gymnasium (6,807) Champaign, IL
1/24/1931 no, no	at Wisconsin	L 20–30	5-5 (0-5)	Wisconsin Field House (-) Madison, WI
2/10/1931 no, no	Purdue	W 26–22	6-5 (1-5)	New Gymnasium (6,873) Champaign, IL
2/14/1931 no, no	at Iowa Rivalry	W 26–23	7-5 (2-5)	Iowa Field House (-) Iowa City, IA
2/16/1931 no, no	at Northwestern Rivalry	W 35–28	8-5 (3-5)	Patten Gymnasium (5,000) Evanston, IL
2/21/1931 no, no	University of Chicago	W 45–22	9-5 (4-5)	New Gymnasium (6,228) Champaign, IL
2/23/1931 no, no	at Indiana Rivalry	W 39-25	10-5 (5-5)	The IU Field House (4,200) Bloomington, IN
2/28/1931 no, no	Iowa Rivalry	W 31–13	11-5 (6-5)	New Gymnasium (6,267) Champaign, IL
3/2/1931 no, no	at University of Chicago	W 36–30	12-5 (7-5)	Bartlett Gymnasium (1,900) Chicago, IL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

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