1910–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

The 1910–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

1910–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record6–6 (6–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
CaptainLouis Bernstein
Home arenaKenney Gym
Seasons
1910–11 Western Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Purdue 8 4   .667 12 4   .750
Minnesota 8 4   .667 10 4   .714
Chicago 7 5   .583 10 4   .714
Illinois 6 5   .545 6 6   .500
Wisconsin 6 6   .500 6 6   .500
Indiana 5 5   .500 11 5   .688
Iowa 2 2   .500 9 4   .692
Northwestern 1 12   .077 4 15   .211

Regular season

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The 1910–11 season witnessed only the second coach to remain for more than one season since the beginning of the program. Thomas E. Thompson led the Fighting Illini's basketball program for both the 1910–11 season and 1911–12 season compiling an overall record of 14 wins and 14 losses. Thompson claimed, at the time, to be the only player in Western Conference history to have played five years of collegiate basketball. He was at Northwestern for one year before playing at Illinois for four additional seasons. After leaving the coaching ranks, he founded The Thomas C. Thompson Company in Highland Park, IL, a manufacturer of enamel products.[1]

The Illini finished the 1910–11 season with an overall record of six wins and six losses with a conference record of six wins, five losses and a fourth-place finish in the conference.[2]

Roster

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"1910-11 Fighting Illini team"
1910–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown
C Emmett V. Poston
Sr Springfield, Illinois
F Carl Watson
Sr DeKalb, Illinois
G Louis S. Bernstein (C)
Sr Niagara Falls, New York
G James G. White
So Chicago, Illinois
F Albert L. Hall
Jr Libertyville, Illinois
C Chouncey B. Oliver
Jr Blue Diamond, Nevada
C Herbert T. Leo
Jr Anaheim, California
G William H. Woolston
So Albuquerque, New Mexico
C Homer W. Dahringer
Fr Ludington, Michigan
F Herbert J. Matter
Sr Naperville, Illinois
F Clarence John "Jack" Levey
So Toronto, Ontario
F Ralph Pillsbury Gates
Jr Chicago, Illinois
F Carl Morris Plochman
Fr Evanston, Illinois
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

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Source[3]

Date
time, TV
Opponent Result Record Site
city, state
Non-Conference regular season
12/31/1910*
no, no
at Evanston YMCA L 19–28  0-1 (0-0)
Evanston YMCA 
Evanston, IL
Big Ten regular season
1/7/1911
no, no
Indiana
Rivalry
W 32–22  1-1
(1-0)
Kenney Gym 
Urbana, IL
1/14/1911
no, no
University of Chicago L 17–23  1-2
(1-1)
Kenney Gym 
Urbana, IL
1/20/1911
no, no
at Minnesota W 18–17  2-2
(2-1)
University of Minnesota Armory 
Minneapolis, MN
1/21/1911
no, no
at Wisconsin L 17–20  2-3
(2-2)
University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium 
Madison, WI
1/28/1911
no, no
Purdue L 29–33  2-4
(2-3)
Kenney Gym 
Urbana, IL
2/17/1911
no, no
at Indiana
Rivalry
L 14–19  2-5
(2-4)
Old Assembly Hall 
Bloomington, IN
2/18/1911
no, no
at Purdue W 25–15  3-5
(3-4)
Memorial Gymnasium 
West Lafayette, IN
2/24/1911
no, no
at University of Chicago L 18–19  3-6
(3-5)
Bartlett Gymnasium 
Chicago, IL
2/25/1911
no, no
at Northwestern
Rivalry
W 26–15  4-6
(4-5)
Patten Gymnasium 
Evanston, IL
3/2/1911
no, no
Minnesota W 22–12  5-6
(5-5)
Kenney Gym 
Urbana, IL
3/11/1911
no, no
Wisconsin W 21–18  6-6
(6-5)
Kenney Gym 
Urbana, IL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Awards and honors

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References

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  1. ^ A Century of Orange and Blue: Celebrating 100 Years of Fighting Illini Basketball By Loren Tate, Jared Gelfond pg.20 ISBN 1-58261-793-7
  2. ^ Fighting Illini Basketball: A Hardwood History By News-Gazette, Sports Publishing LLC ISBN 1-58261-356-7
  3. ^ University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1910-11 Archived 2015-02-10 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com