1923–24 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1923–24 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
1923–24 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
Big Ten Conference Champion
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	11–6 (8–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	J. Craig Ruby (2nd season);
Captain	Glenn Potter
Home arena	Kenney Gym
	Seasons ← 1922–23 1924–25 →

1923–24 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Wisconsin	8	–	4	.667	11	–	5	.688
Chicago	8	–	4	.667	11	–	6	.647
Illinois	8	–	4	.667	11	–	6	.647
Ohio State	7	–	5	.583	12	–	5	.706
Purdue	7	–	5	.583	12	–	5	.706
Indiana	7	–	5	.583	11	–	6	.647
Michigan	6	–	6	.500	10	–	7	.588
Minnesota	5	–	7	.417	9	–	8	.529
Iowa	4	–	8	.333	7	–	10	.412
Northwestern	0	–	12	.000	0	–	16	.000

The 1923–24 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

Regular season

Second year Fighting Illini coach, Craig Ruby, took advantage of 12 returning players from a team that finished tied for fourth in the Big Ten a season earlier. The 1923–24 campaign was the first of two conference titles during Ruby's tenure as the Fighting Illini's head coach. The final conference record of eight wins and four losses tied the Illini with Wisconsin and Chicago in the race to be the best in the Big Ten.^[1] The overall record for this team was 11 wins and 6 losses. The starting lineup included captain G.E. Potter, T.D. Karnes and John Mauer at forward, Leland Stillwell at center, and Jack Lipe and R.H. Popken as guards.^[2]

Roster

1923–24 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	1	Glenn E. Potter (C)	—	—	Sr	Orange, California
C	2	Leland "Slim" Stillwell	—	—	Sr	Olney, Illinois
F	3	Roland H. Popken	—	—	Sr	Oak Park, Illinois
F	4	Wally Roettger	—	—	Sr	St. Louis, Missouri
G	5	Jack Lipe	—	—	So	Decatur, Illinois
F	6	Lawrence Moore Plummer	—	—	So	Wheaton, Illinois
F	7	James Richard Broderick	—	—	So	East St. Louis, Illinois
F	8	Herbert Roy Helsing	—	—	So	Chicago, Illinois
G	9	Leonard Haines	—	—	So	Belvidere, Illinois
G	10	Earl Tanner Britton	—	—	So	Elgin, Illinois
F	11	John Mauer	—	—	So	Batavia, Illinois
F	12	Curtis R. Parker	—	—	Jr	Fort Wayne, Indiana
F	13	Russell Daugherity	—	—	Fr	Streator, Illinois
F	14	William Green	—	—	So	Urbana, Illinois
F	15	Hollie Martin	—	—	So	Perrysville, Indiana
G	16	Cecil F. Hollopeter	—	—	Jr	Spencerville, Indiana
C	17	Richard Clifford Valentine	—	—	Jr	Rockford, Illinois
G	18	John Wilbur "Hank" Hansen	—	—	Sr	Brookston, Indiana
G	19	Eugene Melvin Pattison	—	—	So	Wilmette, Illinois
F	20	Harry Jackson Roth	—	—	So	Mattoon, Illinois
F	23	Don Karnes	—	—	Jr	Fairbury, Illinois

Head coach

Craig Ruby (University of Missouri) (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 (attendance) city, state
Non-Conference regular season
12/12/1923* no, no	Depauw	L 28–29	0-1	Kenney Gym (3,592) Urbana, IL
12/15/1923* no, no	Washington University	L 15–17	0-2	Kenney Gym (3,692) Urbana, IL
12/21/1923* no, no	Iowa State	W 16–12	1-2	Kenney Gym (3,131) Urbana, IL
1/2/1924* no, no	Notre Dame	W 29–21	2-2	Kenney Gym (1,887) Urbana, IL
Big Ten regular season
1/5/1924 no, no	at Minnesota	L 20–36	2-3 (0-1)	University of Minnesota Armory (-) Minneapolis, MN
1/12/1924 no, no	at Ohio State	W 27–24	3-3 (1-1)	Ohio Expo Center Coliseum (-) Columbus, OH
1/14/1924 no, no	at Michigan	L 23–24	3-4 (1-2)	Yost Field House (-) Ann Arbor, MI
1/17/1924 no, no	Northwestern Rivalry	W 38–18	4-4 (2-2)	Kenney Gym (4,124) Urbana, IL
2/5/1924* no, no	Butler	W 28–27	5-4	Kenney Gym (3,455) Urbana, IL
2/11/1924 no, no	Ohio State	L 22–25	5-5 (2-3)	Kenney Gym (4,145) Urbana, IL
2/16/1924 no, no	at Wisconsin	L 12–13	5-6 (2-4)	University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium (-) Madison, WI
2/23/1924 no, no	at Iowa Rivalry	W 26–14	6-6 (3-4)	Iowa Armory (-) Iowa City, IA
2/25/1924 no, no	Wisconsin	W 31–20	7-6 (4-4)	Kenney Gym (4,393) Urbana, IL
2/29/1924 no, no	Iowa Rivalry	W 38–19	8-6 (5-4)	Kenney Gym (4,209) Urbana, IL
3/4/1924 no, no	at Northwestern Rivalry	W 36–35	9-6 (6-4)	Patten Gymnasium (-) Evanston, IL
3/8/1924 no, no	Michigan	W 23–20	10-6 (7-4)	Kenney Gym (4,556) Urbana, IL
3/10/1924 no, no	Minnesota	W 31–19	11-6 (8-4)	Kenney Gym (4,664) 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.18 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 1923-24 Archived 2015-02-10 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com

[1] 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

[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 1923-24 Archived 2015-02-10 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com

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