1921–22 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1921–22 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
1921–22 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	14–5 (7–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Frank Winters;
Assistant coach	David M. Bullock (Trainer)
Captain	Charles Carney
Home arena	Kenney Gym
	Seasons ← 1920–21 1922–23 →

1921–22 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Purdue	8	–	1	.889	15	–	3	.833
Michigan	8	–	4	.667	15	–	4	.789
Wisconsin	8	–	4	.667	14	–	5	.737
Illinois	7	–	5	.583	14	–	5	.737
Iowa	5	–	6	.455	11	–	7	.611
Chicago	5	–	7	.417	15	–	15	.500
Ohio State	5	–	7	.417	8	–	10	.444
Minnesota	4	–	7	.364	5	–	8	.385
Indiana	3	–	7	.300	10	–	10	.500
Northwestern	3	–	9	.250	7	–	11	.389

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1921–22 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

Regular season[edit]

The 1921–22 season was the second and final one for head coach Frank Winters at the University of Illinois. For Winters and the Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, the season was highlighted by the play of All-American Chuck Carney. Carney was selected as an All-American and named the Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year at the completion of the season. The Illini's only losses were at the hands of Big Ten Conference opponents, ultimately placing them in a tie for fourth place.^[2] The overall record for this team was 14 wins and 5 losses. The Big Ten record for the season was 7 wins 5 losses. The starting lineup included Carney, R.H. Popken and G.E. Potter at forward, W.H. Roettger at center, and Laurie Walquist and John Sabo as guards.^[3]

Roster[edit]

1921–22 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	1	Chuck Carney (C)	—	—	Sr	Evanston, Illinois
G	2	Walter Samuel Collins	—	—	Sr	Rockford, Illinois
G	3	John Sabo	—	—	Sr	Toledo, Ohio
C	4	Wally Roettger	—	—	So	St. Louis, Missouri
C	5	Leland "Slim" Stillwell	—	—	So	Olney, Illinois
G	6	Otto Vogel	—	—	Jr	Iowa City, Iowa
F	7	Roland H. Popken	—	—	So	Oak Park, Illinois
F	8	Charles Franklin Gipson	—	—	So	Amboy, Illinois
F	9	Glenn E. Potter	—	—	So	Orange, California
G	10	Hubert Tabor	—	—	Sr	Sullivan, Illinois
F	11	Charles Milton White	—	—	Jr	Chicago, Illinois
F	12	Harry Clay Neville	—	—	Jr	Pinckneyville, Illinois
G	13	John Wilbur Hansen	—	—	Jr	Brookston, Indiana
F	14	Cecil Reynolds Danielson	—	—	Jr	Rockford, Illinois
G	15	L. Elden	—	—	So	Buffalo, New York
G	16	Lawrence Walquist	—	—	Sr	Chicago, Illinois

Head coach

Frank Winters (Springfield (MA)) (2nd year)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

All-Time Illini Rosters Roster

Source^[4]

Schedule[edit]

Source^[5]

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-Conference regular season
12/16/1921* no, no	Illinois Wesleyan	W 35–19	1-0	Kenney Gym (2,835) Urbana, IL
12/17/1921* no, no	Knox College	W 32–24	2-0	Kenney Gym (2,508) Urbana, IL
12/30/1921* no, no	Millikin University	W 33–20	3-0	Kenney Gym (800) Urbana, IL
1/2/1922* no, no	Notre Dame	W 49–38	4-0	Kenney Gym (1,000) Urbana, IL
1/3/1922* no, no	Notre Dame	W 40–27	5-0	Kenney Gym (3,118) Urbana, IL
1/7/1922* no, no	Butler	W 26–20	6-0	Kenney Gym (4,107) Urbana, IL
Big Ten regular season
1/14/1922 no, no	at Ohio State	W 48–36	7-0 (1-0)	Ohio Expo Center Coliseum (-) Columbus, OH
1/16/1922 no, no	Michigan	W 20–17	8-0 (2-0)	Kenney Gym (4,285) Urbana, IL
1/19/1922* no, no	at Millikin University	W 34–33	9-0	Millikin Gymnasium (-) Decatur, IL
2/4/1922 no, no	at University of Chicago	L 16–22	9-1 (2-1)	Bartlett Gymnasium (-) Chicago, IL
2/7/1922 no, no	Purdue	L 19–29	9-2 (2-2)	Kenney Gym (4,294) Urbana, IL
2/10/1922 no, no	at Wisconsin	L 23–25	10-2 (3-2)	University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium (-) Madison, WI
2/11/1922 no, no	at Minnesota	W 29–28	11-2 (4-2)	University of Minnesota Armory (-) Minneapolis, MN
2/18/1922 no, no	Minnesota	W 28–18	12-2 (5-2)	Kenney Gym (4,289) Urbana, IL
2/20/1922 no, no	Ohio State	W 41–22	13-2 (6-2)	Kenney Gym (4,289) Urbana, IL
2/25/1922 no, no	at Michigan	L 16–42	13-3 (6-3)	Waterman Gymnasium (-) Ann Arbor, MI
2/27/1922 no, no	Wisconsin	W 37–35	14-3 (7-3)	Kenney Gym (4,293) Urbana, IL
3/3/1922 no, no	University of Chicago	L 25–26	14-4 (7-4)	Kenney Gym (4,294) Urbana, IL
3/7/1922 no, no	at Purdue	L 31–39	14-5 (7-5)	Memorial Gymnasium (-) West Lafayette, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Player stats[edit]

Player	Games Played	Field Goals	Free Throws	Points
Charles Carney^[6]	19	79	100	258
Leland Stillwell^[6]	19	54	0	108
Roland Popken^[6]	19	20	11	51
Glenn Potter^[6]	13	20	0	40
John Sabo^[6]	19	19	0	38
Laurie Walquist^[6]	8	16	0	32
Walter Roettger^[6]	9	14	0	28
Hubert Tabor^[6]	12	14	0	28
Walter Collins^[6]	18	5	0	10

Awards and honors[edit]

Chuck Carney was elected to the "Illini Men's Basketball All-Century Team" in 2004. Carney was also selected as the Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year for his play during the 1921–22 season.
Otto Vogel received the Big Ten Medal of Honor for his proficiency in athletics and scholastic work following the 1922 season.

References[edit]

^ National Athletic Trainer Association
^ A Century of Orange and Blue: Celebrating 100 Years of Fighting Illini Basketball By Loren Tate, Jared Gelfond pg.18 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 1920-21 Archived 2013-12-17 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 17, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[1] National Athletic Trainer Association

[2] A Century of Orange and Blue: Celebrating 100 Years of Fighting Illini Basketball By Loren Tate, Jared Gelfond pg.18 ISBN 1-58261-793-7

[3] Fighting Illini Basketball: A Hardwood History By News-Gazette, Sports Publishing LLC ISBN 1-58261-356-7

[4] FightingIllini.com

[5] University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1920-21 Archived 2013-12-17 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com

[www.fightingillini.com-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 17, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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