1905–06 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
Record | 6–8 (3–6 Big Ten) |
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Captain | Elected each game |
Home arena | Kenney Gym |
Seasons 1906–07 → |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 6 | – | 1 | .857 | 13 | – | 2 | .867 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 6 | – | 2 | .750 | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 2 | – | 2 | .500 | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chicago | 3 | – | 5 | .375 | 5 | – | 5 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 3 | – | 6 | .333 | 4 | – | 7 | .364 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 3 | – | 6 | .333 | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | - | – | - | – | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1905–06 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.
Regular season
Gym manager and instructor Leo Hana, was put in charge of building the basketball program. The first University of Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, led by its playing captain Roy Riley, beat Champaign High School January 6, 1906, two weeks before Hana was able to replace Riley with a “professional” coach.[1] Elwood Brown became Illinois’ first basketball coach January 20, 1906.[2] In the first season of Illinois basketball the Illini went 6-8, 3-6 in the Big Ten.
Roster
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All-Time Illini Rosters Roster |
Source[3]
Schedule
Source[4]
Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site city, state | |||||||
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1/6/1906* | Champaign High School | W 71-4 | 1-0 | Kenney Gym Urbana, IL | |||||||
1/20/1906 | Indiana Rivalry | W 27–24 | 2-0 (1-0) | Kenney Gym Urbana, IL | |||||||
1/27/1906 | Purdue | W 25–19 | 3-0 (2-0) | Kenney Gym Urbana, IL | |||||||
2/2/1906 | at Minnesota | L 19–32 | 3-1 (2-1) | University of Minnesota Armory Minneapolis, MN | |||||||
2/5/1906* | Wheaton College | W 23–21 | 4-1 | Kenney Gym Urbana, IL | |||||||
2/8/1906* | at Evanston YMCA | L 15–51 | 4-2 (2-1) | Evanston YMCA Evanston, IL | |||||||
2/9/1906 | at University of Chicago | L 14–49 | 4-3 (2-2) | Bartlett Gymnasium Chicago, IL | |||||||
2/10/1906* | at Wheaton College | L 28–37 | 4-4 | Adams Hall Wheaton, IL | |||||||
2/14/1906* | Oberlin College | W 31–25 | 5-4 | Kenney Gym Urbana, IL | |||||||
2/16/1906 | at Indiana Rivalry | L 7–38 | 5-5 (2-3) | Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN | |||||||
2/17/1906 | at Purdue | L 22–48 | 5-6 (2-4) | Lafayette Colliseum West Lafayette, IN | |||||||
2/24/1906 | University of Chicago | W 24–21 | 6-6 (3-4) | Kenney Gym Urbana, IL | |||||||
2/28/1906 | Minnesota | L 25–27 | 6-7 (3-5) | Kenney Gym Urbana, IL | |||||||
3/3/1906 | Wisconsin | L 32–35 | 6-8 (3-6) | Kenney Gym Urbana, IL | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. |
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 1905-06 Archived 2015-02-10 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com
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