1924–25 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1924–25 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
1924–25 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	11–6 (8–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	J. Craig Ruby;
Assistant coach	Jack Lipe; David M. Bullock (Trainer)
Captain	John Mauer
Home arena	Kenney Gym
	Seasons ← 1923–24 1925–26 →

1924–25 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Ohio State	11	–	1	.917	14	–	2	.875
Indiana	8	–	4	.667	12	–	5	.706
Illinois	8	–	4	.667	11	–	6	.647
Purdue	7	–	4	.636	9	–	5	.643
Michigan	6	–	5	.545	8	–	6	.571
Minnesota	6	–	6	.500	9	–	7	.563
Iowa	5	–	7	.417	6	–	10	.375
Northwestern	4	–	8	.333	6	–	11	.353
Wisconsin	3	–	9	.250	6	–	11	.353
Chicago	1	–	11	.083	3	–	14	.176

The 1924–25 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

Regular season

The 1924–25 season for Fighting Illini coach, Craig Ruby, had an identical record both overall as well as within the conference as the previous season. Both seasons finished with overall records of 11 wins and 6 losses with 8 wins and 4 losses within the conference. The 1924–25 Fighting Illini, however, would place in a tie for third place within the conference. This campaign would produce a crossroad for the Fighting Illini's program. Huff Hall's construction would be completed in 1925 and this season would be the Illini's final full season in Kenney Gym.^[2] The starting lineup included captain John Mauer, Jack Lipe and Leonard Haines at guard, T.D. Karnes and Russell Daugherity at forward, with Hollie Martin at center.^[3]

Roster

1924–25 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	1	John Mauer (C)	—	—	Jr	Batavia, Illinois
G	2	Leonard Haines	—	—	Jr	Belvidere, Illinois
F	3	Russell Daugherity	—	—	So	Streator, Illinois
F	4	Hollie Martin	—	—	Jr	Perrysville, Indiana
G	5	Jack Lipe	—	—	Jr	Decatur, Illinois
G	6	Kenneth L. Reynolds	—	—	So	Villa Grove, Illinois
C	7	George Rea	—	—	So	Urbana, Illinois
F	8	William Summerland Weeks	—	—	So	Detroit, Minnesota
F	10	T. Don Karnes	—	—	Sr	Fairbury, Illinois
G	11	Cecil F. Hollopeter	—	—	Sr	Spencerville, Indiana
F	12	Willis J. Tewksbury	—	—	Jr	Lyons, Illinois
F	13	Donald C. Seaton	—	—	So	El Paso, Illinois
F	14	William Jennings Barmore	—	—	So	Villa Grove, Illinois
G	15	Chas Kassel	—	—	So	Melrose Park, Illinois

Head coach

Craig Ruby (University of Missouri) (3rd year)

Assistant coach(es)

Jack Lipe (Player/Coach)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

All-Time Illini Rosters Roster

Source^[4]

Schedule

Source^[5]

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-Conference regular season
12/13/1924* no, no	vs Depauw	W 27–23	1-0 (0-0)	Kenney Gym (4,288) Urbana, IL
12/19/1924* no, no	vs Washington University	W 36–19	2-0 (0-0)	Kenney Gym (3,969) Urbana, IL
12/30/1924* no, no	@ Butler	L 22–24	2-1 (0-0)	Butler Gymnasium (-) Indianapolis, IN
1/2/1925* no, no	vs Kentucky	W 36–26	3-1 (0-0)	Kenney Gym (4,381) Urbana, IL
Big Ten regular season
1/10/1925 no, no	@ University of Chicago	W 27–16	4-1 (1-0)	Bartlett Gymnasium (2,695) Chicago, IL
1/14/1925 no, no	@ Northwestern	W 27–16	5-1 (2-0)	Patten Gymnasium (-) Evanston, IL
1/17/1925 no, no	vs Indiana Rivalry	W 34–24	6-1 (3-0)	Kenney Gym (4,722) Urbana, IL
1/24/1925 no, no	vs Iowa Rivalry	W 23–15	7-1 (4-0)	Kenney Gym (4,725) Urbana, IL
2/7/1925* no, no	@ Notre Dame	L 18–29	7-2 (4-0)	Notre Dame Fieldhouse (-) Notre Dame, IN
2/12/1925 no, no	vs Northwestern	W 30–20	8-2 (5-0)	Kenney Gym (4,710) Urbana, IL
2/14/1925 no, no	vs University of Chicago	W 19–15	9-2 (6-0)	Kenney Gym (4,712) Urbana, IL
2/21/1925 no, no	vs Wisconsin	W 35–25	10-2 (7-0)	Kenney Gym (4,714) Urbana, IL
2/23/1925 no, no	@ Indiana Rivalry	L 24–30	10-3 (7-1)	Men's Gymnasium (-) Bloomington, IN
2/27/1925 no, no	vs Iowa Rivalry	L 25–33	10-4 (7-2)	Iowa Armory (-) Iowa City, IA
3/2/1925 no, no	@ Purdue	L 18–34	10-5 (7-3)	Memorial Gymnasium (-) West Lafayette, IN
3/6/1925 no, no	vs Purdue	W 37–27	11-5 (8-3)	Kenney Gym (4,713) Urbana, IL
3/9/1925 no, no	@ Wisconsin	L 9–24	11-6 (8-4)	University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium (-) Madison, WI
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Bold Italic connotes conference game

Awards and honors

References

^ 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 1924-25 Archived 2015-02-10 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com

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[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 1924-25 Archived 2015-02-10 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com

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