1905–06 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1905–06 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball

Conference	Big Ten Conference
1905–06 record	6–8 (3–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Elwood Brown
Captain	Selected each game
Home arena	Kenney Gym

1905–06 Western Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Minnesota	6	–	1	.857	13	–	2	.867
Wisconsin	6	–	2	.750	12	–	2	.857
Indiana	2	–	2	.500	7	–	9	.438
Chicago	3	–	5	.375	5	–	5	.500
Purdue	3	–	6	.333	4	–	7	.364
Illinois	3	–	6	.333	6	–	8	.429
Iowa	-	–	-	–	11	–	5	.688

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1905–06 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

Regular season

Gym manager and instructor Leo Hana, was put in charge of building the basketball program. The first University of Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, led by its playing captain Roy Riley, beat Champaign High School January 6, 1906, two weeks before Hana was able to replace Riley with a “professional” coach.^[1] Elwood Brown became Illinois’ first basketball coach January 20, 1906.^[2] In the first season of Illinois basketball the Illini went 6-8, 3-6 in the Big Ten.

Roster

Player	Position	Class	Hometown
Charles Stewart	Right Forward	Sophomore	New York, New York
Floyd Tallmadge	Guard	Freshman	Geneva, Nebraska
Roy Riley	Center	Freshman	Morrison, Illinois
Maurice Dadant	Forward	Junior	Hamilton, Illinois
Herbert Juul	Right Guard, Left Guard	Junior	Chicago, Illinois
Edward Ryan	Right Guard	Sophomore	Chicago, Illinois
Victor Cicero Kays	Left Forward	Senior	Magnolia, Illinois
Hugh L. Ray	Right Guard, Left Guard	Junior	Chicago, Illinois
Albert Penn	Left Forward	Freshman	Chicago, Illinois

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Head Coach: Elwood Brown (1st year at Illinois)

Schedule

Source^[4]

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State

1/6/1906* no, no	vs. Champaign High School	W 71-4	1-0	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
1/20/1906 no, no	vs. Indiana	W 27–24	2-0 (1-0)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
1/27/1906 no, no	vs. Purdue	W 25–19	3-0 (2-0)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
2/2/1906 no, no	@ Minnesota	L 19–32	3-1 (2-1)	University of Minnesota Armory Minneapolis, MN
2/5/1906* no, no	vs. Wheaton College	W 23–21	4-1 (2-1)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
2/8/1906* no, no	@ Evanston YMCA	L 15–51	4-2 (2-1)	Evanston YMCA Evanston, IL
2/9/1906 no, no	@ University of Chicago	L 14–49	4-3 (2-2)	Bartlett Gymnasium Chicago, IL
2/10/1906* no, no	@ Wheaton College	L 28–37	4-4 (2-2)	Adams Hall Wheaton, IL
2/14/1906* no, no	vs. Oberlin College	W 31–25	5-4 (2-2)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
2/16/1906 no, no	@ Indiana	L 7–38	5-5 (2-3)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/17/1906 no, no	@ Purdue	L 22–48	5-6 (2-4)	Lafayette Colliseum West Lafayette, IN
2/24/1906 no, no	vs. University of Chicago	W 24–21	6-6 (3-4)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
2/28/1906 no, no	vs. Minnesota	L 25–27	6-7 (3-5)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
3/3/1906 no, no	vs. Wisconsin	L 32–35	6-8 (3-6)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

↑ 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
↑ Fighting Illini Basketball: A Hardwood History By News-Gazette, Sports Publishing LLC ISBN 1-58261-356-7
↑ All-Time Illini Rosters
↑ University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1905-06, FightingIllini.com

Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball

Venues	Kenney Gym (1906–1925) Huff Hall (1926–1963) State Farm Center (1963–present) Prairie Capital Convention Center (2015)

Rivalries	Indiana Missouri

Culture & lore	Whiz Kids Flyin' Illini Orange Krush Fighting Illini Sports Network Oskee Wow-Wow Illinois Loyalty Chief Illiniwek

People	Head coaches NBA draftees Consensus All-Americans

Seasons	1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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1905–06 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

Regular season

Roster

Schedule

References

See also