1922–23 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
Record | 9–6 (7–5 Big Ten) |
Head coach |
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Captain | Norton Hellstrom |
Home arena | Kenney Gym |
Seasons |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 11 | – | 1 | .917 | 13 | – | 2 | .867 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 11 | – | 1 | .917 | 12 | – | 3 | .800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 11 | – | 4 | .733 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 9 | – | 6 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 9 | – | 6 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chicago | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 6 | – | 9 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | 8 | – | 7 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 5 | – | 10 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio State | 1 | – | 11 | .083 | 4 | – | 11 | .267 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 1 | – | 11 | .083 | 2 | – | 13 | .133 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1922–23 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.
Regular season
Craig Ruby, a two-time All-American and All-Missouri Valley Conference forward for the University of Missouri Tigers, came to the University of Illinois after being the head coach of his alma-mater from 1920–1922. Compiling a record of 33 wins and only 2 losses at Missouri, Ruby was recruited by University of Illinois athletic director George Huff to take over the Fighting Illini’s men’s basketball coaching duties. The 1922–23 season, the first of 14 for Ruby, was also the first of twelve winning seasons as head coach. During this season, five of the Illini's six losses were at the hands of Big Ten Conference opponents, placing them in a tie for fourth place.[1] The overall record for this team was nine wins and six losses. The Big Ten record for the season was seven wins and five losses. The starting lineup included captain Norton Hellstrom, Wally Roettger and G.E. Potter at forward, Leland Stillwell at center, and Jack Lipe and R.H. Popken as guards.[2]
Roster
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Schedule
Source[3]
Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | |||||||
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Non-Conference regular season | |||||||||||
12/16/1922* no, no | Washington University | W 29–14 | 1-0 | Kenney Gym (4,630) Urbana, IL | |||||||
12/21/1922* no, no | Notre Dame | W 41–38 | 2-0 | Kenney Gym (-) Urbana, IL | |||||||
12/22/1922* no, no | Butler | L 25–29 | 2-1 | Kenney Gym (-) Urbana, IL | |||||||
Big Ten regular season | |||||||||||
1/8/1923 no, no | at Ohio State | W 36–31 | 3-1 (1-0) | Ohio Expo Center Coliseum (-) Columbus, OH | |||||||
1/13/1923 no, no | Indiana Rivalry | W 31–22 | 4-1 (2-0) | Kenney Gym (3,794) Urbana, IL | |||||||
1/16/1923 no, no | at Michigan | L 13–30 | 4-2 (2-1) | Waterman Gymnasium (-) Ann Arbor, MI | |||||||
1/20/1923 no, no | Purdue | L 20–24 | 4-3 (2-2) | Kenney Gym (-) Urbana, IL | |||||||
2/2/1923 no, no | at Minnesota | W 24–21 | 5-3 (3-2) | University of Minnesota Armory (-) Minneapolis, MN | |||||||
2/7/1923 no, no | University of Chicago | W 20–18 | 6-3 (4-2) | Kenney Gym (-) Urbana, IL | |||||||
2/12/1923 no, no | at Indiana Rivalry | L 24–31 | 6-4 (4-3) | Men's Gymnasium (-) Bloomington, IN | |||||||
2/17/1923 no, no | at Purdue | W 28–26 | 7-4 (5-3) | Memorial Gymnasium (-) West Lafayette, IN | |||||||
2/19/1923 no, no | Minnesota | W 25–18 | 8-4 (6-3) | Kenney Gym (-) Urbana, IL | |||||||
2/24/1924 no, no | at University of Chicago | L 20–24 | 8-5 (6-4) | Bartlett Gymnasium (-) Chicago, IL | |||||||
2/26/1923 no, no | Michigan | L 20–27 | 8-6 (6-5) | Kenney Gym (-) Urbana, IL | |||||||
3/5/1923 no, no | Ohio State | W 37–21 | 9-6 (7-5) | 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.18 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 1922-23 Archived 2015-02-10 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com