1924–25 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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Assistant coach | Jack Lipe (1st season) |
Captain | John Mauer |
Home arena | Kenney Gym |
Seasons |
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Ohio State | 11 | – | 1 | .917 | 14 | – | 2 | .875 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 12 | – | 5 | .706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 11 | – | 6 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 7 | – | 4 | .636 | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan | 6 | – | 5 | .545 | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | 6 | – | 11 | .353 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 6 | – | 11 | .353 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chicago | 1 | – | 11 | .083 | 3 | – | 14 | .176 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1924–25 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.
Regular season
The 1924–25 season for Fighting Illini coach, Craig Ruby, had an identical record both overall as well as within the conference as the previous season. Both seasons finished with overall records of 11 wins and 6 losses with 8 wins and 4 losses within the conference. The 1924–25 Fighting Illini tied for third place within the conference. Huff Hall's construction was completed in 1925 and this season was the Illini's final full season in Kenney Gym.[1] The starting lineup included captain John Mauer, Jack Lipe and Leonard Haines at guard, T.D. Karnes and Russell Daugherity at forward, with Hollie Martin at center.[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 | |||||||||||
12/13/1924* no, no | Depauw | W 27–23 | 1-0 | Kenney Gym (4,288) Urbana, IL | |||||||
12/19/1924* no, no | Washington University | W 36–19 | 2-0 | Kenney Gym (3,969) Urbana, IL | |||||||
12/30/1924* no, no | at Butler | L 22–24 | 2-1 | Butler Gymnasium (-) Indianapolis, IN | |||||||
1/2/1925* no, no | Kentucky | W 36–26 | 3-1 | Kenney Gym (4,381) Urbana, IL | |||||||
Big Ten regular season | |||||||||||
1/10/1925 no, no | at University of Chicago | W 27–16 | 4-1 (1-0) | Bartlett Gymnasium (2,695) Chicago, IL | |||||||
1/14/1925 no, no | at Northwestern Rivalry | W 27–16 | 5-1 (2-0) | Patten Gymnasium (-) Evanston, IL | |||||||
1/17/1925 no, no | Indiana Rivalry | W 34–24 | 6-1 (3-0) | Kenney Gym (4,722) Urbana, IL | |||||||
1/24/1925 no, no | Iowa Rivalry | W 23–15 | 7-1 (4-0) | Kenney Gym (4,725) Urbana, IL | |||||||
2/7/1925* no, no | at Notre Dame | L 18–29 | 7-2 | Notre Dame Fieldhouse (-) Notre Dame, IN | |||||||
2/12/1925 no, no | Northwestern Rivalry | W 30–20 | 8-2 (5-0) | Kenney Gym (4,710) Urbana, IL | |||||||
2/14/1925 no, no | University of Chicago | W 19–15 | 9-2 (6-0) | Kenney Gym (4,712) Urbana, IL | |||||||
2/21/1925 no, no | Wisconsin | W 35–25 | 10-2 (7-0) | Kenney Gym (4,714) Urbana, IL | |||||||
2/23/1925 no, no | at Indiana Rivalry | L 24–30 | 10-3 (7-1) | Men's Gymnasium (-) Bloomington, IN | |||||||
2/27/1925 no, no | Iowa Rivalry | L 25–33 | 10-4 (7-2) | Iowa Armory (-) Iowa City, IA | |||||||
3/2/1925 no, no | at Purdue | L 18–34 | 10-5 (7-3) | Memorial Gymnasium (-) West Lafayette, IN | |||||||
3/6/1925 no, no | Purdue | W 37–27 | 11-5 (8-3) | Kenney Gym (4,713) Urbana, IL | |||||||
3/9/1925 no, no | at Wisconsin | L 9–24 | 11-6 (8-4) | University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium (-) Madison, WI | |||||||
*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 1924-25 Archived 2015-02-10 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com
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