1927–28 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

The 1927–28 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

1927–28 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	5–12 (2–10 Big Ten)
Head coach	J. Craig Ruby (6th season)
Assistant coach	Jack Lipe (4th season)
Captain	Everett Olson
Home arena	Huff Hall

1927–28 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Indiana	10	–	2		.833			15	–	2		.882
Purdue	10	–	2		.833			15	–	2		.882
Wisconsin	9	–	3		.750			13	–	4		.765
Northwestern	9	–	3		.750			12	–	5		.706
Michigan	7	–	5		.583			10	–	7		.588
Chicago	5	–	7		.417			8	–	9		.471
Iowa	3	–	9		.250			6	–	11		.353
Ohio State	3	–	9		.250			5	–	12		.294
Illinois	2	–	10		.167			5	–	12		.294
Minnesota	2	–	10		.167			4	–	12		.250

Regular season

The 1927-28 season produced the only losing campaign in the 14 year tenure of head coach Craig Ruby at the University of Illinois. Having only one returning senior on a team predominantly consisting of Juniors, Ruby entered his sixth season as head coach of the Fighting Illini with an overall record of 50 wins and 33 losses. This season also produced the Ruby's only losing season in the Big Ten with a conference record of 2 wins and 10 losses. The starting lineup included captain Everett Olson at center, Ernest Dorn and Earl H. Drew at forward, and future head coach Douglas R. Mills, Keston J. Deimling and Andrew R. Solyom at guard.

Roster

1927–28 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown C 3 Forrest H. Lindsay — — Jr Tulsa, Oklahoma F 4 Huber Hughes Edwards — — Jr Newton, Illinois F 5 Ernest Dorn — — Jr Chicago, Illinois G 6 Fremont G. Cann — — Jr Oregon, Illinois G 7 Douglas R. Mills — — So Elgin, Illinois C 8 Andrew R. Solyom — — So Hammond, Indiana F 9 Omar C. Lee — — Sr Frankfort, Illinois F 10 John D. How — — Jr Lakeville, Indiana G 11 Earl H. Johnson — — So Batavia, Illinois G 12 C. Donnelly Gamble — — Jr Champaign, Illinois G 14 Keston J. Deimling — — Jr Stevens Point, Wisconsin G 15 James W. Lewis — — So Waukegan, Illinois G 16 Roy Greene — — Jr Renovo, Pennsylvania G 17 Carl H. Bergeson — — So Batavia, Illinois G 18 Raymond Eugene Fisher — — So Champaign, Illinois G 19 Edwin J. Simionich — — Jr Joliet, Illinois F 20 William Lincoln Julian — — Jr Grant Park, Illinois F 21 Vance Cummins — — Jr Joliet, Illinois G 22 Everette Olson (C) — — Sr Champaign, Illinois C 23 Lee Hickox — — So Evanston, Illinois G 24 Herbert Gustave Lind — — Jr Chicago, Illinois F 25 William E. Short — — So Frontenac, Kansas F 26 Herbert K. Smock — — So Moweaqua, Illinois F 27 William Bunn — — Sr Byron, Illinois F 28 Earl Drew — — Jr Champaign, Illinois C 29 Rufus Glass — — Jr Kokomo, Indiana G R Henry Thomas Winterbauer — — Jr Athens, Illinois F R Richard Anthony Floberg — — So Rockford, Illinois G R Harry Lambert Logan — — Jr Salem, Illinois F R Darrell Ova Overpeck — — So Clinton, Indiana G R John H. Pribble — — So Salem, Illinois G R Ernest W. Schultz — — Sr Geneseo, Illinois F R Roland Sanford Wachob — — Jr Cherry Tree, Pennsylvania	Head coach Craig Ruby (University of Missouri) (6th year) Assistant coach(es) Jack Lipe (University of Illinois) (4th year) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-Conference regular season
12/10/1927*	Knox	W 22–18	1–0	New Gymnasium (6,007) Champaign, IL
12/17/1927*	Bradley	W 41–35	2–0	New Gymnasium (6,149) Champaign, IL
12/27/1927*	at Washington Pavilion dedication	L 23–34	2–1	UW Pavilion (7,500) Seattle, WA
12/29/1927*	at Washington	W 34–24	3–1	UW Pavilion  Seattle, WA
12/30/1927*	at Washington	L 26–32	3–2	UW Pavilion  Seattle, WA
Big Ten regular season
1/7/1928	Purdue	L 24–30	3-3 (0-1)	New Gymnasium (7,176) Champaign, IL
1/13/1928	at Iowa Rivalry	L 30–36	3-4 (0-2)	Iowa Field House  Iowa City, IA
1/16/1928	at Wisconsin	W 34–33	4-4 (1-2)	UW Armory and Gymnasium  Madison, WI
1/21/1928	at Indiana Rivalry	L 29–44	4-5 (1-3)	Men's Gymnasium  Bloomington, IN
2/8/1928	Northwestern Rivalry	W 32–20	5-5 (2-3)	New Gymnasium (6,675) Champaign, IL
2/14/1928	at Purdue	L 14–40	5-6 (2-4)	Memorial Gymnasium  West Lafayette, IN
2/17/1928	at Chicago	L 26–52	5-7 (2-5)	Bartlett Gymnasium  Chicago, IL
2/24/1928	Iowa Rivalry	L 27–41	5-8 (2-6)	New Gymnasium (5,359) Champaign, IL
3/1/1928	at Northwestern Rivalry	L 31–39	5-9 (2-7)	Patten Gymnasium  Evanston, IL
3/3/1928	Chicago	L 18–19	5-10 (2-8)	New Gymnasium (5,457) Champaign, IL
3/6/1928	Indiana Rivalry	L 23–27	5-11 (2-9)	New Gymnasium (5,737) Champaign, IL
3/9/1928	Wisconsin	L 22–32	5-12 (2-10)	New Gymnasium (5,642) Champaign, IL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central time.

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