1918–19 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
American college basketball season
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The 1918â19 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.
- Ralph Jones (7th season)
| 1918â19 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball | |
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Record | 6â8 (5â7 Big Ten) |
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| Captain | Burt Ingwersen |
| Home arena | Kenney Gym |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 10 | â | 0 | 1.000 | 13 | â | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago | 10 | â | 2 | .833 | 21 | â | 6 | .778 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 6 | â | 4 | .600 | 6 | â | 6 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan | 5 | â | 5 | .500 | 18 | â | 6 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 5 | â | 7 | .417 | 6 | â | 8 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 4 | â | 6 | .400 | 10 | â | 7 | .588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 4 | â | 7 | .364 | 8 | â | 7 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 4 | â | 7 | .364 | 6 | â | 8 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 3 | â | 9 | .250 | 5 | â | 11 | .313 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 2 | â | 6 | .250 | 7 | â | 12 | .368 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Regular season
The 1918â19 season for the Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, was the lowest point for head coach Ralph Jones during his tenure at the University of Illinois. Jones experienced his only losing season as a Big Ten coach, as a matter of fact, this was the only losing season he would have in career spanning nearly 35 years. Jones, who coached the Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team for three seasons prior to coming to Illinois, had never lost more than 6 games during any conference campaign.[1] The record the Illini would possess at the conclusion of the 1918â19 season would overall be 6 wins, 8 losses with a 6 win 6 loss conference mark. The starting lineup included captain Burt Ingwersen, Benjamin Mittleman and Ralph Fletcher at the forward positions, K.L. Wilson at center, and W.K. Kopp and P.C. Taylor as guards.[2]
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 | |||||||||||
| 1/3/1919* |
Great Lakes | L 26â28 | 0-1 |
Kenney Gym (467) Urbana, IL | |||||||
| 1/10/1919* |
Millikin University | W 37â17 | 1-1 |
Kenney Gym (577) Urbana, IL | |||||||
| Big Ten regular season | |||||||||||
| 1/18/1919 |
Purdue | L 13â16 | 1-2 (0-1) |
Kenney Gym (1,519) Urbana, IL | |||||||
| 1/20/1919 |
Ohio State | W 25â20 | 2-2 (1-1) |
Kenney Gym (1,462) Urbana, IL | |||||||
| 1/25/1919 |
at Wisconsin | W 25â15 | 3-2 (2-1) |
University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium (-) Madison, WI | |||||||
| 1/27/1919 |
at Minnesota | L 17â36 | 3-3 (2-2) |
University of Minnesota Armory (-) Minneapolis, MN | |||||||
| 2/1/1919 |
at Michigan | W 27â23 | 4-3 (3-2) |
Waterman Gymnasium (-) Ann Arbor, MI | |||||||
| 2/8/1919 |
at University of Chicago | L 12â17 | 4-4 (3-3) |
Bartlett Gymnasium (-) Chicago, IL | |||||||
| 2/15/1919 |
Wisconsin | W 16â14 | 5-4 (4-3) |
Kenney Gym (1,774) Urbana, IL | |||||||
| 2/21/1919 |
at Purdue | W 25â18 | 6-4 (5-3) |
Memorial Gymnasium (-) West Lafayette, IN | |||||||
| 2/24/1919 |
at Ohio State | L 15â32 | 6-5 (5-4) |
Ohio Expo Center Coliseum (-) Columbus, OH | |||||||
| 3/1/1919 |
University of Chicago | L 15â17 | 6-6 (5-5) |
Kenney Gym (2,126) Urbana, IL | |||||||
| 3/3/1919 |
Minnesota | L 9â26 | 6-7 (5-6) |
Kenney Gym (1,485) Urbana, IL | |||||||
| 3/10/1919 |
Michigan | L 18â22 | 6-8 (5-7) |
Kenney Gym (1,329) Urbana, IL | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. | |||||||||||
