1923–24 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
Record | 11–6 (8–4 Big Ten) |
Head coach |
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Captain | Glenn Potter |
Home arena | Kenney Gym |
Seasons |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chicago | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 11 | – | 6 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 11 | – | 6 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio State | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 12 | – | 5 | .706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 12 | – | 5 | .706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 11 | – | 6 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 10 | – | 7 | .588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | 9 | – | 8 | .529 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | 7 | – | 10 | .412 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 0 | – | 12 | .000 | 0 | – | 16 | .000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1923–24 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.
Regular season
Second year Fighting Illini coach, Craig Ruby, took advantage of 12 returning players from a team that finished tied for fourth in the Big Ten a season earlier. The 1923–24 campaign was the first of two conference titles during Ruby's tenure as the Fighting Illini's head coach. The final conference record of eight wins and four losses tied the Illini with Wisconsin and Chicago in the race to be the best in the Big Ten.[1] The overall record for this team was 11 wins and 6 losses. The starting lineup included captain G.E. Potter, T.D. Karnes and John Mauer 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 | |||||||||||
12/12/1923* no, no | Depauw | L 28–29 | 0-1 | Kenney Gym (3,592) Urbana, IL | |||||||
12/15/1923* no, no | Washington University | L 15–17 | 0-2 | Kenney Gym (3,692) Urbana, IL | |||||||
12/21/1923* no, no | Iowa State | W 16–12 | 1-2 | Kenney Gym (3,131) Urbana, IL | |||||||
1/2/1924* no, no | Notre Dame | W 29–21 | 2-2 | Kenney Gym (1,887) Urbana, IL | |||||||
Big Ten regular season | |||||||||||
1/5/1924 no, no | at Minnesota | L 20–36 | 2-3 (0-1) | University of Minnesota Armory (-) Minneapolis, MN | |||||||
1/12/1924 no, no | at Ohio State | W 27–24 | 3-3 (1-1) | Ohio Expo Center Coliseum (-) Columbus, OH | |||||||
1/14/1924 no, no | at Michigan | L 23–24 | 3-4 (1-2) | Yost Field House (-) Ann Arbor, MI | |||||||
1/17/1924 no, no | Northwestern Rivalry | W 38–18 | 4-4 (2-2) | Kenney Gym (4,124) Urbana, IL | |||||||
2/5/1924* no, no | Butler | W 28–27 | 5-4 | Kenney Gym (3,455) Urbana, IL | |||||||
2/11/1924 no, no | Ohio State | L 22–25 | 5-5 (2-3) | Kenney Gym (4,145) Urbana, IL | |||||||
2/16/1924 no, no | at Wisconsin | L 12–13 | 5-6 (2-4) | University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium (-) Madison, WI | |||||||
2/23/1924 no, no | at Iowa Rivalry | W 26–14 | 6-6 (3-4) | Iowa Armory (-) Iowa City, IA | |||||||
2/25/1924 no, no | Wisconsin | W 31–20 | 7-6 (4-4) | Kenney Gym (4,393) Urbana, IL | |||||||
2/29/1924 no, no | Iowa Rivalry | W 38–19 | 8-6 (5-4) | Kenney Gym (4,209) Urbana, IL | |||||||
3/4/1924 no, no | at Northwestern Rivalry | W 36–35 | 9-6 (6-4) | Patten Gymnasium (-) Evanston, IL | |||||||
3/8/1924 no, no | Michigan | W 23–20 | 10-6 (7-4) | Kenney Gym (4,556) Urbana, IL | |||||||
3/10/1924 no, no | Minnesota | W 31–19 | 11-6 (8-4) | Kenney Gym (4,664) 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 1923-24 Archived 2015-02-10 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com