1915–16 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

The 1915–16 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

1915–16 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1915–16 record13–3 (9–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
CaptainRay Woods
Home arenaKenney Gym
1915–16 Western Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Wisconsin11–1 .917  20–1  .952
Illinois9–3 .750  13–3  .813
Northwestern9–3 .750  13–3  .813
Minnesota6–6 .500  11–6  .647
Indiana3–5 .375  6–7  .462
Chicago4–8 .333  15–11  .577
Iowa2–4 .333  11–4  .733
Ohio State2–8 .200  9–13  .409
Purdue2–10 .167  4–10  .286
Rankings from AP Poll

Regular season

The 1915–16 season was a follow up to an undefeated season, in which the Fighting Illini men's basketball team won both a national and Big Ten Conference championship. Coached by Ralph Jones, the Illini continued their winning ways by finishing the season with an overall record of 13 wins and 3 losses and a 9 win 3 loss conference mark. Taking second in the Western Conference to the National Champion Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team. During the season, the Illini dropped two games to Northwestern and one to eventual champion Wisconsin, but the first loss to the Wildcats was the Illini’s first-ever overtime game as Northwestern scored two points in the overtime period to beat Illinois, 23-21, February 12, 1916, at what is now the Kenney Gym Annex. The starting lineup included Gordon Otto, Dan W. Elwell and Ralf Woods rotating at the forward position, center C. G. Alwood, and guards Clarence Applegran and captain Ray Woods.[2] Woods was named an All-American for his work during this season.[3] Woods and Alwood were named All-Big Ten players for the season.

Roster
1915–16 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightWeightYearHometown
F Clarence O. Applegran
—
—
 Fr Chicago, Illinois
F Clyde Alwood
—
—
 Jr Clinton, Illinois
G Ray Woods (C)
—
—
 Jr Oak Park, Illinois
G Ralf Woods
—
—
 Jr Oak Park, Illinois
F John B. Felmley
—
—
 So Bloomington, Illinois
F Gordon Otto
—
—
 Jr Miami, Florida
C Elmer T. Rundquist
—
—
 So San Antonio, Texas
F Dan William Elwell
—
—
 Jr Champaign, Illinois
G Vaughn Waldow Dean
—
—
 Jr Decatur, Illinois
Head coach
  • Ralph Jones (Indianapolis YMCA Training School) (4th year)
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

All-Time Illini Rosters Roster

Source[4]

Schedule

Source[5]

Date
time, TV		 Opponent Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-Conference regular season
12/13/1915*
no, no		 vs Millikin University W 36–16  1-0 (0-0)
 Kenney Gym (1,892)
Urbana, IL
12/17/1915*
no, no		 @ Millikin University W 34–19  2-0 (0-0)
 Millikin Gymnasium (-)
Decatur, IL
1/1/1916*
no, no		 @ Illinois Wesleyan W 25–18  3-0 (0-0)
 Bloomington YMCA (-)
Bloomington, IL
1/4/1916*
no, no		 vs Wabash College W 24–16  4-0 (0-0)
 Kenney Gym (-)
Urbana, IL
Big Ten regular season
1/11/1916
no, no		 vs Purdue W 22–11  5-0 (1-0)
 Kenney Gym (2,507)
Urbana, IL
1/15/1916
no, no		 vs Ohio State W 21–10  6-0 (2-0)
 Kenney Gym (2,497)
Urbana, IL
1/22/1916
no, no		 vs Wisconsin W 27–20  7-0 (3-0)
 Kenney Gym (3,383)
Urbana, IL
2/9/1916
no, no		 @ University of Chicago W 30–17  8-0 (4-0)
 Bartlett Gymnasium (-)
Chicago, IL
2/12/1916
no, no		 vs Northwestern L 21–23(OT)  8-1 (4-1)
 Kenney Gym (3,147)
Urbana, IL
2/19/1916
no, no		 @ Wisconsin L 14–34  8-2 (4-2)
 University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium (-)
Madison, WI
2/21/1916
no, no		 @ Minnesota W 27–22  9-2 (5-2)
 University of Minnesota Armory (-)
Minneapolis, MN
2/26/1916
no, no		 vs University of Chicago W 31–13  10-2 (6-2)
 Kenney Gym (3,218)
Urbana, IL
2/29/1916
no, no		 @ Northwestern L 16–25  10-3 (6-3)
 Patten Gymnasium (-)
Evanston, IL
3/4/1916
no, no		 @ Purdue W 29–19  11-3 (7-3)
 Memorial Gymnasium (-)
West Lafayette, IN
3/6/1916
no, no		 @ Ohio State W 28–22  12-3 (8-3)
 The Armory (-)
Columbus, OH
3/13/1916
no, no		 vs Minnesota W 20–9  13-3 (9-3)
 Kenney Gym (-)
Urbana, IL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Bold Italic connotes conference game

Player stats
Player Games Played Field Goals Free Throws Points
Ralf Woods[6]103552122
Gordon Otto[7]15254090
Clyde Alwood[8]1545090
Ray Woods[9]1626052
John Felmley[10]512226
Dan Elwell[11]106112
Clarence Applegran[12]16306

Awards and honors

Ray Woods was elected to the "Illini Men's Basketball All-Century Team" in 2004. Woods was also selected as an All-American for the 1915–16 season.

References
  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.20 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 1915-16 Archived 2013-12-17 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com
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