1908–09 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1908–09 Western Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Chicago	12	–	0	1.000	12	–	0	1.000
Purdue	6	–	4	.600	8	–	4	.667
Wisconsin	5	–	4	.556	8	–	4	.667
Illinois	5	–	6	.455	7	–	6	.538
Minnesota	3	–	6	.333	8	–	6	.571
Indiana	2	–	6	.250	5	–	9	.357
Northwestern	1	–	4	.200	1	–	7	.125
Iowa	1	–	5	.167	8	–	7	.533

The 1908–09 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

Regular season

The 1908–09 season witnessed the fourth coach in just four years to head up the University of Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team. The only difference for this season, however; was that Herb V. Juul became the first coach to stay for more than one year.^[1] He also became the first former Fighting Illini player to head the Illinois basketball program, serving as captain of the 1906–07 team. The starting lineup for the team included captain H. J. Popperfuss and Carl P. Watson at the forward positions, Emmett V. Poston as the center, and a combination of Roy G. Rennacker, Louis S. Bernstein and Thomas E. Thompson at guard. The Illini finished their season with an overall record of seven wins and six losses with a conference record of five wins, six losses and a fourth-place finish in the Western Conference.^[2]

Roster

1908–09 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	Carl Watson	—	—	So	DeKalb, Illinois
C	Emmett V. Poston	—	—	So	Springfield, Illinois
F	Henry Popperfuss (C)	—	—	Jr	Tomah, Wisconsin
G	Roy Rennacker	—	—	Jr	Winnetka, Illinois
G	Thomas E. Thompson	—	—	Jr	Williams Bay, Wisconsin
F	Avery Brundage	—	—	Sr	Chicago, Illinois
G	Louis S. Bernstein	—	—	So	Niagara Falls, New York
F	Charles M. Bunn	—	—	Jr	DeKalb, Illinois
F	Chester Arthur Lord	—	—	Jr	Sioux Falls, South Dakota
G	David Roy Palmquist	—	—	So	Moline, Illinois

Head coach

Herb V. Juul (University of Illinois) (1st year)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

All-Time Illini Rosters Roster

Source^[3]

Schedule

Source^[4]

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-Conference regular season
12/22/1908* no, no	vs. Shelbyville Business College	W 93–19	1-0	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
12/23/1908* no, no	@ Mt. Vernon	W 47–25	2-0	Mt. Vernon High School Mt. Vernon, IL
Big Ten regular season
1/9/1909 no, no	vs. Indiana Rivalry	W 30–2	3-0 (1-0)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
1/16/1909 no, no	Wisconsin	W 28–19	4-0 (2-0)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
1/22/1909 no, no	@ Minnesota	L 17–18	4-1 (2-1)	University of Minnesota Armory Minneapolis, MN
1/23/1909 no, no	@ Wisconsin	L 10–20	4-2 (2-2)	University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium Madison, WI
2/10/1909 no, no	vs. Minnesota	W 21–20	5-2 (3-2)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
2/13/1909 no, no	vs. University of Chicago	L 15–17	5-3 (3-3)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
2/17/1909 no, no	vs. Purdue	W 24–18	6-3 (4-3)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
2/26/1909 no, no	@ University of Chicago	L 10–23	6-4 (4-4)	Bartlett Gymnasium Chicago, IL
2/27/1909 no, no	@ Northwestern	W 35–4	7-4 (5-4)	Patten Gymnasium Evanston, IL
3/5/1909 no, no	@ Purdue	L 20–30	7-5 (5-5)	Lafayette Colliseum West Lafayette, IN
3/6/1909 no, no	@ Indiana Rivalry	L 12–20	7-6 (5-6)	Old Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Bold Italic connotes conference game

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
^ FightingIllini.com
^ University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1908-09 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] FightingIllini.com

[4] University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1908-09 Archived 2015-02-10 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com

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Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics