1911–12 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1911–12 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball

Conference	Big Ten Conference
1911–12 record	8–8 (4–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	Thomas E. Thompson
Captain	William Woolston
Home arena	Kenney Gym

1911–12 Western Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Wisconsin	12	–	0	1.000	15	–	0	1.000
Purdue	10	–	0	1.000	12	–	0	1.000
Chicago	7	–	5	.583	12	–	6	.667
Minnesota	6	–	6	.500	7	–	6	.538
Illinois	4	–	8	.333	8	–	8	.500
Indiana	1	–	9	.100	6	–	11	.353
Iowa	0	–	4	.000	6	–	8	.429
Northwestern	0	–	8	.000	4	–	9	.308
Ohio State	0	–	0	–	7	–	5	.583

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1911–12 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

Regular season

The 1911–12 season was Thomas E. Thompson's second year as head coach of the Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team. Under Thompson's guidance the Illini experienced a perfect non-conference season while at the same time having a less than perfect conference record.^[1] Overall the team played to an eight win, eight loss record, however; all of the season's losses were within Western Conference play. During conference play the team won six times and placed fifth overall. The starting lineup for the team included; Albert L. Hall, Homer W. Dahringer and R. P. Gates as forwards, H. T. Leo as the center, with James G. White and captain William H. Woolston at the guard positions.^[2]

Roster

Player	Position	Class	Hometown
Earl E. Rathbun	Forward	Junior	Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Albert L. Hall	Right Forward	Senior	Libertyville, Illinois
James G. White	Right Guard	Junior	Chicago, Illinois
Homer W. Dahringer	Center	Junior	Ludington, Michigan
William H. Woolston	Right Guard	Junior	Albuquerque, New Mexico
Herbert T. Leo	Center	Senior	Anaheim, California
Chouncey B. Oliver	Center	Senior	Blue Diamond, Nevada
Ralph Pillsbury Gates	Left Forward, Right Forward	Senior	Chicago, Illinois
J.E. Lewis	Guard
Edward Everette Waters	Center	Senior	Chicago, Illinois
A.P. Lagoria	Forward, Center

^[3]

Head Coach: Thomas E. Thompson (2nd year at Illinois)

Schedule

Source^[4]

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State

12/16/1911* no, no	@ Millikin University	W 48–8	1-0 (0-0)	Millikin Gymnasium Decatur, IL
12/29/1911* no, no	@ Evanston YMCA	W 43–8	2-0 (0-0)	Evanston YMCA Evanston, IL
12/30/1911* no, no	@ Evanston YMCA	W 37–7	3-0 (0-0)	Evanston YMCA Evanston, IL
1/5/1912* no, no	vs Illinois Wesleyan	W 44–12	4-0 (0-0)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
1/12/1912 no, no	@ Minnesota	L 16–22	4-1 (0-1)	University of Minnesota Armory Minneapolis, MN
1/14/1912 no, no	@ Wisconsin	L 10–27	4-2 (0-2)	University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium Madison, WI
1/20/1912 no, no	@ University of Chicago	L 20–21	4-3 (0-3)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
1/27/1912 no, no	vs Purdue	L 20–35	4-4 (0-4)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
2/6/1912 no, no	@ Purdue	L 14–28	4-5 (0-5)	Memorial Gymnasium West Lafayette, IN
2/7/1912 no, no	@ Indiana	W 24–25	4-6 (0-6)	Old Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/10/1912 no, no	vs Minnesota	W 13–10	5-6 (1-6)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
2/23/1912 no, no	vs Indiana	W 41–16	6-6 (2-6)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
3/2/1912 no, no	vs Northwestern	W 25–10	7-6 (3-6)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
3/8/1912 no, no	@ University of Chicago	L 12–17	7-7 (3-7)	Bartlett Gymnasium Chicago, IL
3/9/1912 no, no	@ Northwestern	W 30–19	8-7 (4-7)	Patten Gymnasium Evanston, IL
3/15/1912 no, no	vs Wisconsin	L 15–23	8-8 (4-8)	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

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 1911-12, 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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1911–12 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

Regular season

Roster

Schedule

References

See also