1933–34 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
Record | 13–6 (7–5 Big Ten) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coach | Leland Stillwell (1st season) |
Captain | Hudson Hellmich |
Home arena | Huff Hall |
Seasons |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 10 | – | 2 | .833 | 17 | – | 3 | .850 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 14 | – | 6 | .700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 11 | – | 8 | .579 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 13 | – | 6 | .684 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 13 | – | 7 | .650 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 13 | – | 7 | .650 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | 9 | – | 11 | .450 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio State | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | 8 | – | 12 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | 6 | – | 14 | .300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chicago | 2 | – | 10 | .167 | 5 | – | 15 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1933–34 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.
Regular season
Craig Ruby entered the 1933–34 season as the winningest coach in the history at the University of Illinois with 96 wins. Ruby had 10 returning lettermen from a team that had finished tied for fifth place in the Big Ten the year before. For the third season in a row, the team went through a nearly perfect non-conference season, losing only 1 game, however, the Fighting Illini showed no improvement in conference play by finishing with a record of 7 wins and 5 losses. The team finished the season with an overall record of 11 wins 7 losses. The starting lineup included captain Hudson Hellmich at center, Jack Benyon and Albert Kamm at guard, with Fred Fencl and Alfred Kamm as forwards.[1]
Roster
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Schedule
Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | |||||||
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Non-Conference regular season | |||||||||||
12/12/1933* no, no | St. Louis | L 21–22 | 0–1 | Huff Hall (4,000) Champaign, IL | |||||||
12/16/1933* no, no | Illinois Wesleyan | W 37–19 | 1–1 | Huff Hall (4,500) Champaign, IL | |||||||
12/22/1933* no, no | at Washington (St. Louis) | W 40–36 | 2–1 | Francis Gymnasium (3,000) St. Louis, MO | |||||||
12/29/1933* no, no | at Knox College | W 21–18 | 3–1 | Auxiliary Gymnasium (3,000) Galesburg, IL | |||||||
12/30/1933* no, no | at Augustana | W 21–18 | 4–1 | Old Main Gymnasium (3,000) Rock Island, IL | |||||||
1/3/1934* no, no | Missouri Braggin' Rights | W 36–24 | 5–1 | Huff Hall (6,000) Champaign, IL | |||||||
Big Ten regular season | |||||||||||
1/7/1934 no, no | Wisconsin | W 20–17 | 6–1 (1–0) | Huff Hall (4,000) Champaign, IL | |||||||
1/8/1934 no, no | at Purdue | L 21–36 | 6–2 (1–1) | Jefferson High School (4,500) West Lafayette, IN | |||||||
1/13/1934 no, no | at University of Chicago | W 32–26 | 7–2 (2–1) | Henry Crown Field House (3,600) Chicago, IL | |||||||
1/15/1934 no, no | at Iowa Rivalry | L 14–36 | 7–3 (2–2) | Iowa Field House (12,000) Iowa City, IA | |||||||
1/20/1934 no, no | Northwestern Rivalry | W 34–20 | 8–3 (3–2) | Huff Hall (6,000) Champaign, IL | |||||||
2/6/1934* no, no | Bradley | W 38–26 | 9–3 | Huff Hall (6,000) Champaign, IL | |||||||
2/10/1934 no, no | Indiana Rivalry | W 28–25 | 10–3 (4–2) | Huff Hall (6,000) Champaign, IL | |||||||
2/12/1934 no, no | University of Chicago | W 42–21 | 11–3 (5–2) | Huff Hall (6,000) Champaign, IL | |||||||
2/17/1934 no, no | at Wisconsin | L 22–28 | 11–4 (5–3) | Wisconsin Field House (8,000) Madison, WI | |||||||
2/19/1934 no, no | at Northwestern Rivalry | L 25–32 | 11–5 (5–4) | Patten Gymnasium (4,300) Evanston, IL | |||||||
2/24/1934 no, no | at Indiana Rivalry | L 24–36 | 11–6 (5–5) | IU Fieldhouse (8,000) Bloomington, IN | |||||||
2/26/1934 no, no | Iowa Rivalry | W 35–31 | 12–6 (6–5) | Huff Hall (6,000) Champaign, IL | |||||||
3/5/1934 no, no | Purdue | W 27–26 | 13–6 (7–5) | Huff Hall (7,000) Champaign, IL | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. |
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