1910–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
American college basketball season
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The 1910â11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.
- Thomas E. Thompson (1st season)
| 1910â11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball | |
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Record | 6â6 (6â5 Big Ten) |
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| Captain | Louis Bernstein |
| Home arena | Kenney Gym |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 8 | â | 4 | .667 | 12 | â | 4 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 8 | â | 4 | .667 | 10 | â | 4 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago | 7 | â | 5 | .583 | 10 | â | 4 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 6 | â | 5 | .545 | 6 | â | 6 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 6 | â | 6 | .500 | 6 | â | 6 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 5 | â | 5 | .500 | 11 | â | 5 | .688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 2 | â | 2 | .500 | 9 | â | 4 | .692 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 1 | â | 12 | .077 | 4 | â | 15 | .211 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Regular season
The 1910â11 season witnessed only the second coach to remain for more than one season since the beginning of the program. Thomas E. Thompson led the Fighting Illini's basketball program for both the 1910â11 season and 1911â12 season compiling an overall record of 14 wins and 14 losses. Thompson claimed, at the time, to be the only player in Western Conference history to have played five years of collegiate basketball. He was at Northwestern for one year before playing at Illinois for four additional seasons. After leaving the coaching ranks, he founded The Thomas C. Thompson Company in Highland Park, IL, a manufacturer of enamel products.[1]
The Illini finished the 1910â11 season with an overall record of six wins and six losses with a conference record of six wins, five losses and a fourth-place finish in the conference.[2]
Roster
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Schedule
Source[3]
| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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| Non-Conference regular season | |||||||||||
| 12/31/1910* |
at Evanston YMCA | L 19â28 | 0-1 (0-0) |
Evanston YMCA Evanston, IL | |||||||
| Big Ten regular season | |||||||||||
| 1/7/1911 |
Indiana Rivalry |
W 32â22 | 1-1 (1-0) |
Kenney Gym Urbana, IL | |||||||
| 1/14/1911 |
University of Chicago | L 17â23 | 1-2 (1-1) |
Kenney Gym Urbana, IL | |||||||
| 1/20/1911 |
at Minnesota | W 18â17 | 2-2 (2-1) |
University of Minnesota Armory Minneapolis, MN | |||||||
| 1/21/1911 |
at Wisconsin | L 17â20 | 2-3 (2-2) |
University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium Madison, WI | |||||||
| 1/28/1911 |
Purdue | L 29â33 | 2-4 (2-3) |
Kenney Gym Urbana, IL | |||||||
| 2/17/1911 |
at Indiana Rivalry |
L 14â19 | 2-5 (2-4) |
Old Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN | |||||||
| 2/18/1911 |
at Purdue | W 25â15 | 3-5 (3-4) |
Memorial Gymnasium West Lafayette, IN | |||||||
| 2/24/1911 |
at University of Chicago | L 18â19 | 3-6 (3-5) |
Bartlett Gymnasium Chicago, IL | |||||||
| 2/25/1911 |
at Northwestern Rivalry |
W 26â15 | 4-6 (4-5) |
Patten Gymnasium Evanston, IL | |||||||
| 3/2/1911 |
Minnesota | W 22â12 | 5-6 (5-5) |
Kenney Gym Urbana, IL | |||||||
| 3/11/1911 |
Wisconsin | W 21â18 | 6-6 (6-5) |
Kenney Gym Urbana, IL | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. | |||||||||||
