1906–07 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1906–07 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
1906–07 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	1–10 (0–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	Frank L. Pinckney (1st season);
Captain	Herbert Juul
Home arena	Kenney Gym
	Seasons ← 1905–06 1907–08 →

1906–07 Western Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Chicago	6	–	2	.750	21	–	2	.913
Minnesota	6	–	2	.750	10	–	2	.833
Wisconsin	6	–	2	.750	11	–	3	.786
Purdue	2	–	6	.250	7	–	8	.467
Illinois	0	–	8	.000	1	–	10	.091
Indiana	-	–	-	–	9	–	5	.643
Iowa	-	–	-	–	5	–	5	.500
Northwestern	-	–	-	–	1	–	5	.167

The 1906–07 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

Regular season

Frank Loyer Pinckney took over the coaching reins from Elwood Brown for the 1906–1907 season. After a very promising start to the season, where more than 100 student athletes tried out for the team, Pinckney had three freshmen declared ineligible by the Western Conference.^[1] Due to this unfortunate circumstance, the Fighting Illini played the season with a depleted lineup and finished the season with the worst record in the history of the school. The decision to make freshmen ineligible gave Pinckney the same problem Brown had faced one season earlier.^[2]

Roster

1906–07 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	Charles Stewart	—	—	Jr	New York, New York
G	Edward Ryan	—	—	Jr	Chicago, Illinois
F	Maurice Dadant	—	—	Sr	Hamilton, Illinois
G	Herb Juul (C)	—	—	Sr	Chicago, Illinois
C	Curtis C. Westfall	—	—	Sr	Chicago, Illinois
G	Thomas E. Thompson	—	—	Fr	Williams Bay, Wisconsin
G	Roy Rennacker	—	—	Fr	Winnetka, Illinois
G	Avery Brundage	—	—	So	Chicago, Illinois
F	Henry Popperfuss	—	—	Fr	Tomah, Wisconsin
F	C. E. Norenberg	—	—	Sr	Chicago, Illinois
F/C	Robert Herman Reische	—	—	So	Chicago, Illinois
G	Roy Clifton Caul	—	—	Jr	Chicago, Illinois
C	William Sommerfield	—	—	So	Peoria, Illinois
G	Joseph Julius Cermack	—	—	Fr	Chicago, Illinois

Head coach

Frank Loyer Pinckney (University of Illinois) (1st 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
12/15/1906* no, no	at Peoria YMCA	W 38-19	1-0	Peoria YMCA Peoria, IL
1/2/1907* no, no	at Chicago YMCA	L 26–31	1-1	Chicago YMCA Chicago, IL
Big Ten regular season
1/12/1907 no, no	Purdue	L 27–32	1-2 (0-1)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
1/19/1907 no, no	Wisconsin	L 16–22	1-3 (0-2)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
1/31/1907 no, no	at Minnesota	L 3–42	1-4 (0-3)	University of Minnesota Armory Minneapolis, MN
2/1/1907 no, no	at Wisconsin	L 13–47	1-5 (0-4)	University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium Madison, WI
2/2/1907 no, no	at University of Chicago	L 20–53	1-6 (0-5)	Bartlett Gymnasium Chicago, IL
2/15/1907* no, no	at Wabash College	L 13–50	1-7	Wabash College Crawfordsville, IN
2/16/1907 no, no	at Purdue	L 18–45	1-8 (0-6)	Lafayette Colliseum West Lafayette, IN
2/23/1907 no, no	University of Chicago	L 20–35	1-9 (0-7)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
3/1/1907 no, no	Minnesota	L 29–36	1-10 (0-8)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Awards and honors

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 1906-07 Archived 2015-04-02 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 1906-07 Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com

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v t e Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
Venues	Kenney Gym (1906–1925) Huff Hall (1926–1963) State Farm Center (1963–present) Prairie Capital Convention Center (2015)
Rivalries	Indiana Iowa Missouri Northwestern
Culture & lore	Whiz Kids Flyin' Illini Orange Krush Fighting Illini Sports Network Oskee Wow-Wow Illinois Loyalty Chief Illiniwek 1960s slush fund scandal
People	Head coaches NBA draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics