1915–16 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
American college basketball season
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The 1915â16 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.
- Ralph Jones (4th season)
| 1915â16 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball | |
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Record | 13â3 (9â3 Big Ten) |
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| Captain | Ray Woods |
| Home arena | Kenney Gym |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 11 | â | 1 | .917 | 20 | â | 1 | .952 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 9 | â | 3 | .750 | 13 | â | 3 | .813 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 9 | â | 3 | .750 | 13 | â | 3 | .813 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 6 | â | 6 | .500 | 11 | â | 6 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 3 | â | 5 | .375 | 6 | â | 7 | .462 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago | 4 | â | 8 | .333 | 15 | â | 11 | .577 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 2 | â | 4 | .333 | 11 | â | 4 | .733 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 2 | â | 8 | .200 | 9 | â | 13 | .409 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 2 | â | 10 | .167 | 4 | â | 10 | .286 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Regular season
The 1915â16 season was a follow-up to an undefeated season, in which the Fighting Illini men's basketball team won both a national and Big Ten Conference championship. Coached by Ralph Jones, the Illini continued their winning ways by finishing the season with an overall record of 13 wins and 3 losses and a 9 win 3 loss conference mark. Taking second in the Western Conference to the National Champion Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team. During the season, the Illini dropped two games to Northwestern and one to eventual champion Wisconsin, but the first loss to the Wildcats was the Illini's first-ever overtime game as Northwestern scored two points in the overtime period to beat Illinois, 23-21, February 12, 1916, at what is now the Kenney Gym Annex. The starting lineup included Gordon Otto, Dan W. Elwell and Ralf Woods rotating at the forward position, center C. G. Alwood, and guards Clarence Applegran and captain Ray Woods.[1] Woods was named an All-American for his work during this season.[2] Woods and Alwood were named All-Big Ten players for the season.
Roster
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Schedule
Source[3]
| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| Non-Conference regular season | |||||||||||
| 12/13/1915* |
Millikin | W 36â16 | 1-0 |
Kenney Gym (1,892) Urbana, IL | |||||||
| 12/17/1915* |
at Millikin University | W 34â19 | 2-0 |
Millikin Gymnasium (-) Decatur, IL | |||||||
| 1/1/1916* |
at Illinois Wesleyan | W 25â18 | 3-0 |
Bloomington YMCA (-) Bloomington, IL | |||||||
| 1/4/1916* |
Wabash College | W 24â16 | 4-0 |
Kenney Gym (-) Urbana, IL | |||||||
| Big Ten regular season | |||||||||||
| 1/11/1916 |
Purdue | W 22â11 | 5-0 (1-0) |
Kenney Gym (2,507) Urbana, IL | |||||||
| 1/15/1916 |
Ohio State | W 21â10 | 6-0 (2-0) |
Kenney Gym (2,497) Urbana, IL | |||||||
| 1/22/1916 |
Wisconsin | W 27â20 | 7-0 (3-0) |
Kenney Gym (3,383) Urbana, IL | |||||||
| 2/9/1916 |
at University of Chicago | W 30â17 | 8-0 (4-0) |
Bartlett Gymnasium (-) Chicago, IL | |||||||
| 2/12/1916 |
Northwestern Rivalry |
L 21â23 OT | 8-1 (4-1) |
Kenney Gym (3,147) Urbana, IL | |||||||
| 2/19/1916 |
at Wisconsin | L 14â34 | 8-2 (4-2) |
University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium (-) Madison, WI | |||||||
| 2/21/1916 |
at Minnesota | W 27â22 | 9-2 (5-2) |
University of Minnesota Armory (-) Minneapolis, MN | |||||||
| 2/26/1916 |
University of Chicago | W 31â13 | 10-2 (6-2) |
Kenney Gym (3,218) Urbana, IL | |||||||
| 2/29/1916 |
at Northwestern Rivalry |
L 16â25 | 10-3 (6-3) |
Patten Gymnasium (-) Evanston, IL | |||||||
| 3/4/1916 |
at Purdue | W 29â19 | 11-3 (7-3) |
Memorial Gymnasium (-) West Lafayette, IN | |||||||
| 3/6/1916 |
at Ohio State | W 28â22 | 12-3 (8-3) |
The Armory (-) Columbus, OH | |||||||
| 3/13/1916 |
Minnesota | W 20â9 | 13-3 (9-3) |
Kenney Gym (-) Urbana, IL | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. | |||||||||||
Player stats
Awards and honors
Ray Woods was elected to the "Illini Men's Basketball All-Century Team" in 2004. Woods was also selected as an All-American for the 1915â16 season.