1906–07 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

The 1906–07 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

1906–07 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1906–07 record1–10 (0–8 Big Ten)
Head coach
CaptainHerbert Juul
Home arenaKenney Gym
1906–07 Western Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Chicago62 .750  212  .913
Minnesota62 .750  102  .833
Wisconsin62 .750  113  .786
Purdue26 .250  78  .467
Illinois08 .000  110  .091
Indiana--   95  .643
Iowa--   55  .500
Northwestern--   15  .167
Rankings from AP Poll

Regular season

Frank Loyer Pinckney took over the coaching reins from Elwood Brown for the 1906–1907 season. After a very promising start to the season, where more than 100 student athletes tried out for the team, Pinckney had three freshman declared ineligible by the Western Conference.[1] Due to this unfortunate circumstance, the Fighting Illini played the season with a depleted lineup and finished the season with the worst record in the history of the school. The decision to make freshmen ineligible gave Pinckney the same problem Brown had faced one season earlier.[2]

"1906-07 Fighting Illini team"

Roster

1906–07 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightWeightYearHometown
F Charles Stewart
Jr New York, New York
G Edward Ryan
Jr Chicago, Illinois
F Maurice Dadant
Sr Hamilton, Illinois
G Herb Juul (C)
Sr Chicago, Illinois
C Curtis C. Westfall
Sr Chicago, Illinois
G Thomas E. Thompson
Fr Williams Bay, Wisconsin
G Roy Rennacker
Fr Winnetka, Illinois
G Avery Brundage
So Chicago, Illinois
F Henry Popperfuss
Fr Tomah, Wisconsin
F C. E. Norenberg
Sr Chicago, Illinois
F/C Robert Herman Reische
So Chicago, Illinois
G Roy Clifton Caul
Jr Chicago, Illinois
C William Sommerfield
So Peoria, Illinois
G Joseph Julius Cermack
Fr Chicago, Illinois
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

All-Time Illini Rosters Roster

Source[3]

Schedule

Source[4]

Date
time, TV
Opponent Result Record Site
city, state
Non-Conference regular season
12/15/1906*
no, no
@ Peoria YMCA W 38-19  1-0
Peoria YMCA 
Peoria, IL
1/2/1907*
no, no
@ Chicago YMCA L 26–31  1-1
Chicago YMCA 
Chicago, IL
Big Ten regular season
1/12/1907
no, no
vs. Purdue L 27–32  1-2 (0-1)
Kenney Gym 
Urbana, IL
1/19/1907
no, no
vs. Wisconsin L 16–22  1-3 (0-2)
Kenney Gym 
Urbana, IL
1/31/1907
no, no
@ Minnesota L 3–42  1-4 (0-3)
University of Minnesota Armory 
Minneapolis, MN
2/1/1907
no, no
@ Wisconsin L 13–47  1-5 (0-4)
University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium 
Madison, WI
2/2/1907
no, no
@ University of Chicago L 20–53  1-6 (0-5)
Bartlett Gymnasium 
Chicago, IL
2/15/1907*
no, no
@ Wabash College L 13–50  1-7 (0-5)
Wabash College 
Crawfordsville, IN
2/16/1907
no, no
@ Purdue L 18–45  1-8 (0-6)
Lafayette Colliseum 
West Lafayette, IN
2/23/1907
no, no
vs. University of Chicago L 20–35  1-9 (0-7)
Kenney Gym 
Urbana, IL
3/1/1907
no, no
vs. Minnesota L 29–36  1-10 (0-8)
Kenney Gym 
Urbana, IL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

References

  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 1906-07 Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com


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