1938–39 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
Record | 14–5 (8-4 Big Ten) |
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Captain | Tom Nisbet |
Home arena | Huff Hall |
Seasons |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio State | 10 | – | 2 | .833 | 16 | – | 7 | .696 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 17 | – | 3 | .850 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 14 | – | 5 | .737 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 14 | – | 6 | .700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 12 | – | 7 | .632 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | 7 | – | 13 | .350 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | 11 | – | 9 | .550 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | 10 | – | 10 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chicago | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | 9 | – | 11 | .450 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 8 | – | 11 | .421 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1938–39 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.
Regular season
The 1938-39 season was year number three for head coach Doug Mills. Overall the team regrouped from a miserable eighth-place finish in the Big Ten a year earlier by winning 9 of their 10 home games only losing to conference rival Indiana. Unfortunately for the Fighting Illini they finished with a 5-5 record on the road to finish in third place overall in conference action. Mills' Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team featured only 5 returning letterman. Along with team captain Tom Nisbit, the Illini also featured a starting lineup of Lewis Dehner at the center position, John Drish, Joe Frank and William Hapac at forward and George Wardley, 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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12/10/1938* no, no | Washington (St. Louis) | W 49–31 | 1–0 | Huff Hall (5,000) Champaign, IL | |||||||
12/17/1938* no, no | North Dakota | W 61–33 | 2–0 | Huff Hall (4,000) Champaign, IL | |||||||
12/21/1938* no, no | Connecticut State | W 49–33 | 3–0 | Huff Hall (4,763) Champaign, IL | |||||||
12/27/1938* no, no | at Manhattan | W 60–41 | 4–0 | Madison Square Garden (17,000) New York, NY | |||||||
12/29/1938* no, no | at Villanova | W 28–22 | 5–0 | Municipal Auditorium (9,000) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
1/3/1939* no, no | Cornell | W 35-34 | 6–0 | Huff Hall (8,500) Champaign, IL | |||||||
Big Ten regular season | |||||||||||
1/7/1939 no, no | Michigan | W 30–20 | 7–0 (1–0) | Huff Hall (6,553) Champaign, IL | |||||||
1/9/1939 no, no | Indiana Rivalry | L 28–29 | 7–1 (1–1) | Huff Hall (6,706) Champaign, IL | |||||||
1/14/1939 no, no | at University of Chicago | W 43–33 | 8–1 (2–1) | Henry Crown Field House (3,500) Chicago, IL | |||||||
1/16/1939 no, no | Ohio State | W 45–31 | 9–1 (3–1) | Huff Hall (6,846) Champaign, IL | |||||||
1/21/1939 no, no | at Wisconsin | W 37-34 | 10–1 (4–1) | Wisconsin Field House (11,200) Madison, WI | |||||||
1/23/1939 no, no | at Minnesota | L 33–35 | 10–2 (4–2) | Williams Arena (16,500) Minneapolis, MN | |||||||
2/3/1939* no, no | at Notre Dame | L 24–38 | 10–3 | Notre Dame Fieldhouse (5,500) Notre Dame, IN | |||||||
2/6/1939 no, no | Iowa Rivalry | W 34–26 | 11–3 (5–2) | Huff Hall (6,000) Champaign, IL | |||||||
2/11/1939 no, no | at Purdue | L 30–34 | 11–4 (5–3) | Lambert Fieldhouse (5,000) West Lafayette, IN | |||||||
2/13/1939 no, no | at Michigan | W 35–28 | 12–4 (6–3) | Yost Field House (4,000) Ann Arbor, MI | |||||||
2/20/1939 no, no | Purdue | W 35–28 | 13–4 (7–3) | Huff Hall (6,900) Champaign, IL | |||||||
2/25/1939 no, no | at Northwestern Rivalry | L 34–36 | 13–5 (7–4) | Patten Gymnasium (5,000) Evanston, IL | |||||||
2/27/1939 no, no | University of Chicago | W 49–26 | 14–5 (8–4) | Huff Hall (6,500) Champaign, IL | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. |
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