1948–49 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
Appearance
1948–49 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball | |
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
Ranking | |
AP | No. 4 |
Record | 21–4 (10–2 Big Ten) |
Head coach | |
Assistant coaches | |
MVP | Dike Eddleman |
Captain | Dike Eddleman |
Home arena | Huff Hall |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 4 Illinois | 10 | – | 2 | .833 | 21 | – | 4 | .840 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 6 Minnesota | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 18 | – | 3 | .857 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 15 | – | 6 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 20 Ohio State | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 14 | – | 7 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 14 | – | 8 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 13 | – | 9 | .591 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | 12 | – | 10 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 10 | – | 10 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 2 | – | 10 | .167 | 5 | – | 16 | .238 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1948–49 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.
Regular season
The 1948-49 squad, led by Dike Eddleman, Bill Erickson, and Walter Osterkorn, was Illinois’ first 20-game winner since 1908, finishing 21-4. Illinois beat Yale, 71-67, to advance to a national semifinal showdown with Kentucky at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Illini fell to the Wildcats, 76-47, forcing Illinois to defeat Oregon State, 57-53, in Seattle for third place.
Roster
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Source[1]
Schedule
Source[2]
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Non-Conference regular season | |||||||||||
12/3/1948* no, no |
Butler | W 67–62 | 1–0 |
Huff Hall (–) Champaign, IL | |||||||
12/8/1948* no, no |
at Notre Dame | W 59–58 OT | 2–0 |
Notre Dame Fieldhouse (–) Notre Dame, IN | |||||||
12/11/1948* no, no |
vs. DePaul | L 50–60 | 2–1 |
Chicago Stadium (17,189) Chicago, IL | |||||||
12/13/1948* no, no |
Oklahoma | W 73–68 | 3–1 |
Huff Hall (6,902) Champaign, IL | |||||||
12/18/1948* no, no |
Pennsylvania | W 80–61 | 4–1 |
Huff Hall (3,943) Champaign, IL | |||||||
12/20/1948* no, no |
DePaul | W 89–51 | 5–1 |
Huff Hall (6,013) Champaign, IL | |||||||
12/21/1948* no, no |
Cornell | W 71–47 | 6–1 |
Huff Hall (3,042) Champaign, IL | |||||||
12/29/1948* no, no |
Colgate | W 77–54 | 7–1 |
Huff Hall (4,541) Champaign, IL | |||||||
12/30/1948* no, no |
Colgate | W 85–55 | 8–1 |
Huff Hall (3,880) Champaign, IL | |||||||
Big Ten regular season | |||||||||||
1/3/1949 no, no |
Wisconsin | W 62–50 | 9–1 (1–0) |
Huff Hall (–) Champaign, IL | |||||||
1/8/1949 no, no |
at Indiana Rivalry |
W 44–42 2OT | 10–1 (2–0) |
The Field House (10,000) Bloomington, IN | |||||||
1/10/1949 no, no |
at Ohio State | W 64–63 | 11–1 (3–0) |
Ohio Expo Center Coliseum (6,958) Columbus, OH | |||||||
1/15/1949* no, no |
Creighton | W 96–30 | 12–1 |
Huff Hall (6,958) Champaign, IL | |||||||
1/29/1949 no, no |
No. 7 | No. 4 Minnesota | W 45–44 | 13–1 (4–0) |
Huff Hall (6,905) Champaign, IL | ||||||
1/31/1949 no, no |
No. 6 | at Purdue | L 53–55 | 13–2 (4–1) |
Lambert Fieldhouse (10,000) West Lafayette, IN | ||||||
2/5/1949 no, no |
No. 4 | at Wisconsin | W 61–54 | 14–2 (5–1) |
Wisconsin Field House (13,500) Madison, WI | ||||||
2/7/1949 no, no |
No. 4 | Northwestern | W 85–66 | 15–2 (6–1) |
Huff Hall (12,088) Champaign, IL | ||||||
2/12/1949 no, no |
No. 4 | No. 18 Ohio State | W 64–49 | 16–2 (7–1) |
Huff Hall (6,905) Champaign, IL | ||||||
2/21/1949 no, no |
No. 4 | Iowa Rivalry |
W 80–49 | 17–2 (8–1) |
Huff Hall (–) Champaign, IL | ||||||
2/26/1949 no, no |
No. 4 | vs. Northwestern | W 81–64 | 18–2 (9–1) |
Chicago Stadium (17,905) Chicago, IL | ||||||
2/28/1949 no, no |
No. 4 | Indiana Rivalry |
W 91–28 | 19–2 (10–1) |
Huff Hall (–) Champaign, IL | ||||||
3/7/1949 no, no |
No. 4 | at Michigan | L 53–70 | 19–3 (10–2) |
Yost Field House (–) Ann Arbor, MI | ||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
3/21/1949* no, no |
No. 4 | vs. Yale NCAA tournament[3] |
W 71–67 | 20–3 |
Madison Square Garden (18,051) New York, NY | ||||||
3/22/1949* no, no |
No. 4 | vs. No. 1 Kentucky NCAA Tournament Final Four |
L 47–76 | 20–4 |
Madison Square Garden (15,126) New York, NY | ||||||
3/26/1949* no, no |
No. 4 | vs. Oregon State NCAA Tournament 3rd place game |
W 57–53 | 21–4 |
Hec Edmundson Pavilion (–) Seattle, WA | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time. |
NCAA basketball tournament
- Eastern
- Illinois 71, Yale 67
- Final Four
- Kentucky 76, Illinois 47
- Third-place game
- Illinois 57, Oregon State 53
Rankings
Player stats
Player | Games Played | Field Goals | Free Throws | Points |
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Dwight Eddleman | 25 | 130 | 69 | 329 |
Wally Osterkorn | 25 | 90 | 81 | 261 |
Bill Erickson | 25 | 91 | 79 | 261 |
Fred Green | 25 | 65 | 24 | 154 |
Don Sunderlage | 25 | 57 | 39 | 153 |
Jim Marks | 20 | 53 | 27 | 133 |
Walt Kersulis | 20 | 43 | 23 | 109 |
Burdette Thurlby | 17 | 36 | 21 | 93 |
Van Anderson | 23 | 32 | 8 | 72 |
Dick Foley | 24 | 24 | 11 | 59 |
Ted Beach | 14 | 13 | 8 | 34 |
Roy Gatewood | 9 | 9 | 4 | 22 |
Richard Brogren | 6 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
Glen Trugillo | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Benton Odum | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Jim Cottrell | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Bill Boyer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Awards and honors
- Dwight Eddleman
- Converse 1st team All-American (1949)
- Associated Press 2nd team All-American (1949)
- United Press International 2nd team All-American (1949)
- Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball award (1949)
- Big Ten Player of the Year (1949)
- Fighting Illini All-Century team (2005)
- Team Most Valuable Player [5]
- Bill Erickson
- Consensus 2nd team All-American (1949)
- Helms 1st team All-American (1949)
- Collier's Weekly 1st team All-American (1949)
- National Association of Basketball Coaches 1st team All-American (1949)
- United Press International 3rd team All-American (1949)
- Sporting News 3rd team All-American (1949)
- Converse Honorable Mention All-American (1949)
Team players drafted into the NBA
Round | Pick | Player | NBA Club |
3 | N/A | Dike Eddleman | Chicago Stags |
Rankings
References
- ^ Men's Basketball Roster
- ^ University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1948-49 Archived 2014-04-07 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com
- ^ a b "RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More".
- ^ "Season Stats". Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
- ^ "List of MVPs" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
- ^ 1949 NBA draft Archived 2012-05-03 at the Wayback Machine