1905–06 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
American college basketball season
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The 1905â06 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record6â8 (3â6 Big Ten)
Headcoach
- Elwood Brown (1st season)
CaptainElected each game
| 1905â06 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball | |
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Record | 6â8 (3â6 Big Ten) |
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| Captain | Elected each game |
| Home arena | Kenney Gym |
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 âprofessionalâ coach.[1] Elwood Brown became Illinoisâ 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
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Source[3]
Schedule
Source[4]
| Date time, TV |
Opponent | Result | Record | Site city, state | |||||||
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| January 6, 1906* |
Champaign High School | W 71-4 | 1-0 |
Kenney Gym Urbana, IL | |||||||
| January 20, 1906 |
Indiana Rivalry |
W 27â24 | 2-0 (1-0) |
Kenney Gym Urbana, IL | |||||||
| January 27, 1906 |
Purdue | W 25â19 | 3-0 (2-0) |
Kenney Gym Urbana, IL | |||||||
| February 2, 1906 |
at Minnesota | L 19â32 | 3-1 (2-1) |
University of Minnesota Armory Minneapolis, MN | |||||||
| February 5, 1906* |
Wheaton College | W 23â21 | 4-1 |
Kenney Gym Urbana, IL | |||||||
| February 8, 1906* |
at Evanston YMCA | L 15â51 | 4-2 (2-1) |
Evanston YMCA Evanston, IL | |||||||
| February 9, 1906 |
at University of Chicago | L 14â49 | 4-3 (2-2) |
Bartlett Gymnasium Chicago, IL | |||||||
| February 10, 1906* |
at Wheaton College | L 28â37 | 4-4 |
Adams Hall Wheaton, IL | |||||||
| February 14, 1906* |
Oberlin College | W 31â25 | 5-4 |
Kenney Gym Urbana, IL | |||||||
| February 16, 1906 |
at Indiana Rivalry |
L 7â38 | 5-5 (2-3) |
Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN | |||||||
| February 17, 1906 |
at Purdue | L 22â48 | 5-6 (2-4) |
Lafayette Colliseum West Lafayette, IN | |||||||
| February 24, 1906 |
University of Chicago | W 24â21 | 6-6 (3-4) |
Kenney Gym Urbana, IL | |||||||
| February 28, 1906 |
Minnesota | L 25â27 | 6-7 (3-5) |
Kenney Gym Urbana, IL | |||||||
| March 3, 1906 |
Wisconsin | L 32â35 | 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. | |||||||||||
