1917–18 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
American college basketball season
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The 1917â18 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.
- Ralph Jones (6th season)
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Record | 9â6 (6â6 Big Ten) |
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| Captain | George Halas |
| Home arena | Kenney Gym |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 9 | â | 3 | .750 | 14 | â | 3 | .824 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 7 | â | 3 | .700 | 13 | â | 3 | .813 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 5 | â | 3 | .625 | 7 | â | 4 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 6 | â | 6 | .500 | 9 | â | 6 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago | 6 | â | 6 | .500 | 14 | â | 10 | .583 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 5 | â | 5 | .500 | 11 | â | 5 | .688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 5 | â | 5 | .500 | 12 | â | 7 | .632 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 3 | â | 3 | .500 | 10 | â | 4 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 4 | â | 6 | .400 | 6 | â | 8 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan | 0 | â | 10 | .000 | 6 | â | 12 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Regular season
Under the direction of coach Ralph Jones, the 1917â18 season for the Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, was unusual because World War I was happening in Europe. Co-captain George Halas, for example, left the team in January 1918 to help out with the war effort.[1] In only the second season of having 10 members, the Big Ten Conference continued their 12-game schedule of home and road competitions. The Illini finished their season with an overall record of 9 wins and 6 losses and a 6-win 6-loss conference mark. The starting lineup included co-captain Earl Anderson and B.E. Mittleman at the forward positions, J.S. Probst and P.C. Taylor at center, and co-captain George Halas and Burt Ingwersen as guards.[2] Anderson would be named a consensus All-American 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 | |||||||||||
| 12/15/1917* |
Millikin | W 40â13 | 1-0 |
Kenney Gym (199) Urbana, IL | |||||||
| 12/19/1917* |
at Millikin University | W 31â13 | 2-0 |
Millikin Gymnasium (-) Decatur, IL | |||||||
| 1/5/1918* |
Wabash College | W 24â9 | 3-0 |
Kenney Gym (-) Urbana, IL | |||||||
| Big Ten regular season | |||||||||||
| 1/9/1918 |
Purdue | W 27â17 | 4-0 (1-0) |
Kenney Gym (635) Urbana, IL | |||||||
| 1/14/1918 |
Minnesota | W 28â17 | 5-0 (2-0) |
Kenney Gym (1,008) Urbana, IL | |||||||
| 1/19/1918 |
Wisconsin | L 21â22 | 5-1 (2-1) |
Kenney Gym (1,108) Urbana, IL | |||||||
| 2/2/1918 |
at University of Chicago | L 19â23 | 5-2 (2-2) |
Bartlett Gymnasium (-) Chicago, IL | |||||||
| 2/9/1918 |
Northwestern Rivalry |
W 38â22 | 6-2 (3-2) |
Kenney Gym (925) Urbana, IL | |||||||
| 2/11/1918 |
Ohio State | W 35â21 | 7-2 (4-2) |
Kenney Gym (673) Urbana, IL | |||||||
| 2/16/1918 |
at Purdue | L 26â29 | 7-3 (4-3) |
Memorial Gymnasium (-) West Lafayette, IN | |||||||
| 2/18/1918 |
at Ohio State | W 26â23 | 8-3 (5-3) |
The Armory (-) Columbus, OH | |||||||
| 2/23/1918 |
at Wisconsin | L 15â23 | 8-4 (5-4) |
University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium (-) Madison, WI | |||||||
| 2/25/1918 |
at Minnesota | L 22â35 | 8-5 (5-5) |
University of Minnesota Armory (-) Minneapolis, MN | |||||||
| 3/2/1918 |
at Northwestern Rivalry |
L 14â29 | 8-6 (5-6) |
Patten Gymnasium (-) Evanston, IL | |||||||
| 3/6/1918 |
University of Chicago | W 20â17 | 9-6 (6-6) |
Kenney Gym (518) Urbana, IL | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. | |||||||||||
Player stats
Awards and honors
George Halas was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame (1963), for his role in the development of the National Football League as well as for his coaching and playing for the Chicago Bears.
Earl Anderson was named a Consensus All-American for the 1917-18 season.