1911–12 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1911–12 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
1911–12 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	8–8 (4–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	Thomas E. Thompson (2nd season);
Captain	William Woolston
Home arena	Kenney Gym
	Seasons ← 1910–11 1912–13 →

1911–12 Western Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Wisconsin†	12	–	0	1.000	15	–	0	1.000
Purdue†	10	–	0	1.000	12	–	0	1.000
Chicago	7	–	5	.583	12	–	6	.667
Minnesota	6	–	6	.500	7	–	6	.538
Illinois	4	–	8	.333	8	–	8	.500
Indiana	2	–	9	.182	6	–	11	.353
Iowa	0	–	4	.000	6	–	8	.429
Northwestern	0	–	8	.000	4	–	9	.308
Ohio State	0	–	0	–	7	–	5	.583

† Conference co-championship winner

The 1911–12 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

Regular season

The 1911–12 season was Thomas E. Thompson's second year as head coach of the Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team. Under Thompson's guidance the Illini experienced a perfect non-conference season while at the same time having a less than perfect conference record.^[1] Overall the team played to an eight win, eight loss record, however; all of the season's losses were within Western Conference play. During conference play the team won six times and placed fifth overall. The starting lineup for the team included; Albert L. Hall, Homer W. Dahringer and R. P. Gates as forwards, H. T. Leo as the center, with James G. White and captain William H. Woolston at the guard positions.^[2]

Roster

1911–12 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	Earl E. Rathbun	—	—	Jr	Glen Ellyn, Illinois
F	Albert L. Hall	—	—	Sr	Libertyville, Illinois
G	James G. White	—	—	Jr	Chicago, Illinois
C	Homer W. Dahringer	—	—	Jr	Ludington, Michigan
G	William H. Woolston (C)	—	—	Jr	Albuquerque, New Mexico
C	Herbert T. Leo	—	—	Sr	Anaheim, California
C	Chouncey B. Oliver	—	—	Sr	Blue Diamond, Nevada
F	Ralph Pillsbury Gates	—	—	Sr	Chicago, Illinois
G	John Edwin Lewis	—	—	So	Wheaton, Illinois
C	Edward Everette Waters	—	—	Sr	Chicago, Illinois
C	Anthony Power Lagoria	—	—	Sr	Chicago, Illinois

Head coach

Thomas E. Thompson (University of Illinois) (2nd year)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

Source^[3]

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-Conference regular season
12/16/1911* no, no	at Millikin	W 48–8	1-0	Millikin Gymnasium Decatur, IL
12/29/1911* no, no	at Evanston YMCA	W 43–8	2-0	Evanston YMCA Evanston, IL
12/30/1911* no, no	at Evanston YMCA	W 37–7	3-0	Evanston YMCA Evanston, IL
1/5/1912* no, no	Illinois Wesleyan	W 44–12	4-0	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
Big Ten regular season
1/12/1912 no, no	at Minnesota	L 16–22	4-1 (0-1)	University of Minnesota Armory Minneapolis, MN
1/14/1912 no, no	at Wisconsin	L 10–27	4-2 (0-2)	University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium Madison, WI
1/20/1912 no, no	at University of Chicago	L 20–21	4-3 (0-3)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
1/27/1912 no, no	Purdue	L 20–35	4-4 (0-4)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
2/6/1912 no, no	at Purdue	L 14–28	4-5 (0-5)	Memorial Gymnasium West Lafayette, IN
2/7/1912 no, no	at Indiana Rivalry	L 24–25	4-6 (0-6)	Old Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/10/1912 no, no	Minnesota	W 13–10	5-6 (1-6)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
2/23/1912 no, no	Indiana Rivalry	W 41–16	6-6 (2-6)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
3/2/1912 no, no	Northwestern Rivalry	W 25–10	7-6 (3-6)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
3/8/1912 no, no	at University of Chicago	L 12–17	7-7 (3-7)	Bartlett Gymnasium Chicago, IL
3/9/1912 no, no	at Northwestern	W 30–19	8-7 (4-7)	Patten Gymnasium Evanston, IL
3/15/1912 no, no	Wisconsin	L 15–23	8-8 (4-8)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

^ 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
^ Fighting Illini Basketball: A Hardwood History By News-Gazette, Sports Publishing LLC ISBN 1-58261-356-7
^ University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1911-12 Archived 2015-02-10 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com

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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 1911-12 Archived 2015-02-10 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com

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