1926–27 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
1926–27 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball | |
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
1926–27 record | 10–7 (7–5 Big Ten) |
Head coach | J. Craig Ruby |
Assistant coach | Jack Lipe |
Captain | Russell Daugherity |
Home arena | Huff Hall |
1926–27 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan | 10 | – | 2 | .833 | 14 | – | 3 | .824 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 13 | – | 4 | .765 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 12 | – | 5 | .706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 10 | – | 7 | .588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 10 | – | 7 | .588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 9 | – | 8 | .529 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio State | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 11 | – | 6 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chicago | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 6 | – | 11 | .353 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 1 | – | 11 | .083 | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 1 | – | 11 | .083 | 3 | – | 14 | .176 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1926–27 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.
Regular season
Craig Ruby entered his 5th season as head coach of the Fighting Illini. This team maintained only 5 returning letterman from a team that placed in a tie for fifth place in the Big Ten a year earlier. Slightly improved, the team finished with an overall record of 10 wins and 7 losses. In the conference they finshised with 7 wins and 5 losses. The starting lineup included captain Russell Daugherity at forward, Ernest Dorn and Robert Greene rotating at the other forward slot. The guards were Robert McKay and K.L. Reynolds with F.H. Lindsay at center.[1]
Team
No. | Player | Position | Class | Hometown |
1 | Russell Daugherity (captain) | Forward | Senior | Streator, Illinois |
2 | Ernest Dorn | Forward | Sophomore | Chicago, Illinois |
3 | Forrest H. Lindsay | Center | Sophomore | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
4 | George Rea | Forward | Sophomore | Urbana, Illinois |
5 | C. Donnelly Gamble | Guard | Sophomore | Champaign, Illinois |
6 | Kenneth L. Reynolds | Guard | Senior | Villa Grove, Illinois |
6 | John D. How | Forward | Junior | Lakeville, Indiana |
7 | James R. Stewart | Guard | Junior | Oak Park, Illinois |
8 | Rufus Glass | Center | Sophomore | Kokomo, Indiana |
9 | John Tarwain | Forward | Sophomore | Sesser, Illinois |
10 | William Bunn | Forward | Junior | Byron, Illinois |
11 | H.G. Lind | Guard | Sophomore | Chicago, Illinois |
12 | Robert McKay | Guard | Senior | Champaign, Illinois |
14 | Stoughton LeRoy Reeder | Guard | Sophomore | Tuscola, Illinois |
14 | Omar C. Lee | Forward | Junior | Frankfort, Illinois |
15 | William Lincoln Julian | Forward | Sophomore | Grant Park, Illinois |
16 | Theodore J. Wachowski | Guard | Sophomore | Chicago, Illinois |
17 | Earl Drew | Guard | Sophomore | Champaign, Illinois |
18 | Werner Daib | Forward | Junior | Chicago, Illinois |
19 | Robert Greene | Forward | Sophomore | Renovo, Pennsylvania |
20 | Carl Elmer Westmark | Guard | Sophomore | Chicago, Illinois |
21 | Vance Cummins | Forward | Sophomore | Joliet, Illinois |
22 | Everette Olson | Forward | Junior | Champaign, Illinois |
Frank H. Beinhauer | Reserve | Junior | Des Moines, Iowa | |
Leonard L. Hawkins | Reserve | Sophomore | Champaign, Illinois | |
Robert Klaus | Reserve | Sophomore | Eureka, Illinois | |
Harry Lambert Logan | Reserve | Sophomore | Salem, Illinois | |
Roland Sanford Wachob | Reserve | Sophomore | Indiana, Pennsylvania | |
Henry Thomas Winterbauer | Reserve | Sophomore | Athens, Illinois |
- Head Coach: Craig Ruby (5th year at Illinois)
Schedule
Date Time, TV |
Opponent | Result | Record | Site (Attendance) City, State | |||||||
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12/11/1926* no, no |
vs Bradley | W 37–24 | 1-0 (0-0) |
New Gymnasium (6,336) Champaign, IL | |||||||
12/17/1926* no, no |
vs Coe College | L 22–28 | 1-1 (0-0) |
New Gymnasium (5,994) Champaign, IL | |||||||
12/20/1926* no, no |
vs Drake | W 34–26 | 2-1 (0-0) |
New Gymnasium (5,635) Champaign, IL | |||||||
12/30/1926* no, no |
vs North Dakota | W 36–28 | 3-1 (0-0) |
New Gymnasium (1,336) Champaign, IL | |||||||
1/3/1927 no, no |
@ Minnesota | W 27–13 | 4-1 (1-0) |
Kenwood Armory Minneapolis, MN | |||||||
1/8/1927 no, no |
@ Northwestern | W 27–23 | 5-1 (2-0) |
Patten Gymnasium Evanston, IL | |||||||
1/15/1927 no, no |
@ Ohio State | L 28–29 | 5-2 (2-1) |
Ohio Expo Center Coliseum Columbus, OH | |||||||
1/17/1927 no, no |
@ Michigan | L 24–25 | 5-3 (2-2) |
Yost Field House Ann Arbor, MI | |||||||
1/22/1927 no, no |
vs Iowa | W 40–33 | 6-3 (3-2) |
New Gymnasium (6,578) Champaign, IL | |||||||
2/2/1927 no, no |
vs Butler | L 30–32 | 6-4 (3-2) |
New Gymnasium (4,823) Champaign, IL | |||||||
2/5/1927 no, no |
vs Minnesota | W 36–27 | 7-4 (4-2) |
New Gymnasium (4,947) Champaign, IL | |||||||
2/7/1927 no, no |
vs Ohio State | W 43–30 | 8-4 (5-2) |
New Gymnasium (6,569) Champaign, IL | |||||||
2/22/1926 no, no |
@ Iowa | L 24–26 | 8-5 (5-3) |
Iowa Armory Iowa City, IA | |||||||
2/16/1927 no, no |
vs Northwestern | W 46–32 | 9-5 (6-3) |
New Gymnasium (5,978) Champaign, IL | |||||||
2/25/1927 no, no |
vs Michigan | L 26–30 | 9-6 (6-4) |
New Gymnasium (6,697) Champaign, IL | |||||||
2/28/1927 no, no |
vs Wisconsin | W 32–28 | 10-6 (7-4) |
New Gymnasium (6,697) Champaign, IL | |||||||
3/5/1927 no, no |
@ Wisconsin | L 13–39 | 10-7 (7-5) |
Red Gymnasium Madison, WI | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. |
Bold Italic connotes conference game Source[3]
References
- ↑ Fighting Illini Basketball: A Hardwood History By News-Gazette, Sports Publishing LLC ISBN 1-58261-356-7
- ↑ All-Time Illini Rosters
- ↑ University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1926-27, FightingIllini.com
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