1937–38 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
Record | 9–9 (4-8 Big Ten) |
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Captain | Lou Boudreau |
Home arena | Huff Hall |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 10 | – | 2 | .833 | 18 | – | 2 | .900 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 16 | – | 4 | .800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio State | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 12 | – | 8 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 10 | – | 10 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 12 | – | 8 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 11 | – | 9 | .550 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | 10 | – | 10 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | 10 | – | 10 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chicago | 2 | – | 10 | .167 | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1937–38 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.
Regular season
The 1937-38 season for second year head coach Doug Mills took a major step backward after finishing in a first place tie a year earlier. Mills' Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team dropped to a tie for eighth place in the Big Ten during his sophomore season. This team featured future major league baseball hall of fame shortstop and manager, Lou Boudreau. Even though they returned 6 letterman, the Illini finished the season with a conference record of 4 wins and 8 losses (the worst of Mills' career at Illinois). The team finished the season with an overall record of 9 wins 9 losses. Along with team captain Boudreau, the Illini also featured a starting lineup of Lewis Dehner at the center position, Joe Frank and William Hapac at forward and George Wardley, Tom Nisbit and Colin Handlon at guard.[1]
Roster
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Schedule
Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | |||||||
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12/7/1937* no, no | Carroll | W 48–25 | 1–0 | Huff Hall (6,500) Champaign, IL | |||||||
12/11/1937* no, no | at Augustana | W 43–27 | 2–0 | Old Main Gymnasium (5,000) Rock Island, IL | |||||||
12/15/1937* no, no | Washington (St. Louis) | W 40–36 | 3–0 | Huff Hall (6,800) Champaign, IL | |||||||
12/18/1937* no, no | at St. John's | W 60–45 | 4–0 | Madison Square Garden (17,000) New York, NY | |||||||
12/20/1937* no, no | at Temple | L 38–51 | 4–1 | Municipal Auditorium (4,000) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
12/28/1937* no, no | Notre Dame | W 33–32 | 5–1 | Huff Hall (8,500) Champaign, IL | |||||||
Big Ten regular season | |||||||||||
1/4/1938 no, no | at Indiana Rivalry | L 46–51 | 5–2 (0–1) | IU Fieldhouse (6,000) Bloomington, IN | |||||||
1/8/1938 no, no | at Michigan | L 37–45 | 5–3 (0–2) | Yost Field House (-) Ann Arbor, MI | |||||||
1/10/1938 no, no | Purdue | W 51–43 | 6–3 (1–2) | Huff Hall (7,100) Champaign, IL | |||||||
1/15/1938 no, no | University of Chicago | W 50–34 | 7–3 (2–2) | Huff Hall (7,100) Champaign, IL | |||||||
1/17/1938 no, no | Minnesota | L 29–41 | 7–4 (2–3) | Huff Hall (7,100) Champaign, IL | |||||||
1/22/1938 no, no | at Ohio State | L 26–46 | 7–5 (2–4) | Ohio Expo Center Coliseum (7,500) Columbus, OH | |||||||
2/7/1938 no, no | at Purdue | L 13–23 | 7–6 (2–5) | Lambert Fieldhouse (5,000) West Lafayette, IN | |||||||
2/12/1938 no, no | at Minnesota | L 23–28 | 7–7 (2–6) | Williams Arena (6,800) Minneapolis, MN | |||||||
2/19/1938 no, no | Ohio State | W 42–34 | 8–7 (3–6) | Huff Hall (7,000) Champaign, IL | |||||||
2/21/1938 no, no | at University of Chicago | L 39–43 | 8–8 (3–7) | Henry Crown Field House (5,000) Chicago, IL | |||||||
2/28/1938 no, no | Michigan | W 36–32 | 9–8 (4–7) | Huff Hall (7,000) Champaign, IL | |||||||
3/4/1938 no, no | Indiana Rivalry | L 35–45 | 9–9 (4–8) | 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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