1913–14 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
American college basketball season
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The 1913â14 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.
- Ralph Jones (2nd season)
| 1913â14 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball | |
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Record | 9â4 (7â3 Big Ten) |
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| Captain | Edward Williford |
| Home arena | Kenney Gymnasium Arena |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 12 | â | 0 | 1.000 | 15 | â | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 5 | â | 1 | .833 | 11 | â | 4 | .733 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago | 8 | â | 4 | .667 | 19 | â | 9 | .679 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 7 | â | 3 | .700 | 9 | â | 4 | .692 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 5 | â | 5 | .500 | 11 | â | 6 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 4 | â | 8 | .333 | 4 | â | 11 | .267 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 3 | â | 9 | .250 | 5 | â | 9 | .357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 1 | â | 5 | .167 | 9 | â | 7 | .563 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 1 | â | 11 | .083 | 2 | â | 12 | .143 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Regular season
The 1913â14 University of Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, under the direction of second year coach Ralph Jones, took a step in a positive direction regarding the team's status in the Western Conference. The addition of key players, including future National Player of the Year, Ray Woods, helped guide the Illini to an overall record of nine wins and four losses.[1] The conference record, however, of seven wins and three losses marked, to date, the highest league winning percentage in the history of the university. Unfortunately for the Illini, a scarlet fever scare caused the last two games of the year to be cancelled, including a game at Chicago and at Northwestern. The team finished fourth in the conference with a starting squad of Kircher, Williford, Bane, Crane & Duner would return the following season.[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 | |||||||||||
| 12/18/1913* |
Millikin | W 19â10 | 1-0 |
Kenney Gym Urbana, IL | |||||||
| 1/2/1914* |
at Riverside High School | W 46â17 | 2-0 |
Riverside High School LaGrange, IL | |||||||
| 1/3/1914* |
at Evanston YMCA | L 20â24 | 2-1 |
Evanston YMCA Evanston, IL | |||||||
| Big Ten regular season | |||||||||||
| 1/6/1914 |
Indiana Rivalry |
W 35â6 | 3-1 (1-0) |
Kenney Gym Urbana, IL | |||||||
| 1/10/1914 |
Wisconsin | L 25â26 | 3-2 (1-1) |
Kenney Gym Urbana, IL | |||||||
| 1/17/1914 |
Purdue | W 26â20 | 4-2 (2-1) |
Kenney Gym Urbana, IL | |||||||
| 1/20/1914 |
University of Chicago | L 11â12 | 4-3 (2-2) |
Kenney Gym Urbana, IL | |||||||
| 1/23/1914 |
Minnesota | W 18â16 | 5-3 (3-2) |
Kenney Gym Urbana, IL | |||||||
| 2/6/1914 |
at Purdue | W 30â25 | 6-3 (4-2) |
Memorial Gymnasium West Lafayette, IN | |||||||
| 2/7/1914 |
at Indiana Rivalry |
W 31â15 | 7-3 (5-2) |
Old Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN | |||||||
| 2/14/1914 |
Northwestern Rivalry |
W 35â15 | 8-3 (6-2) |
Kenney Gym Urbana, IL | |||||||
| 2/20/1914 |
at Wisconsin | L 16â29 | 8-4 (6-3) |
University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium Madison, WI | |||||||
| 2/21/1914 |
at Minnesota | W 26â11 | 9-4 (7-3) |
University of Minnesota Armory Minneapolis, MN | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. | |||||||||||
Awards and honors
Ray Woods was elected to the "Illini Men's Basketball All-Century Team" in 2004.
