1920–21 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
American college basketball season
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The 1920â21 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.
- Frank Winters (1st season)
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Record | 11â7 (7â5 Big Ten) |
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| Captain | Charles Vail |
| Home arena | Kenney Gym |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan | 8 | â | 4 | .667 | 18 | â | 4 | .818 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 8 | â | 4 | .667 | 13 | â | 4 | .765 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 8 | â | 4 | .667 | 13 | â | 7 | .650 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 7 | â | 5 | .583 | 10 | â | 5 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 7 | â | 5 | .583 | 11 | â | 7 | .611 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 6 | â | 5 | .545 | 15 | â | 6 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 6 | â | 5 | .545 | 9 | â | 9 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago | 6 | â | 6 | .500 | 14 | â | 6 | .700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 2 | â | 10 | .167 | 4 | â | 13 | .235 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 1 | â | 11 | .083 | 2 | â | 12 | .143 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Regular season
The 1920â21 season began a new era for the Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team. New head coach Frank Winters was coming to the University of Illinois after five successful years as head coach of Rockford Central High School in Rockford, Illinois. During his tenure in Rockford, he guided his Rabs teams to three round of 16 finishes, one quarterfinals finish and one team finished its season as state champions. Winters inherited a team whose best player, Chuck Carney, severely injured his knee in the last football game. The team went on to an overall record of 11â7.[1] The Big Ten record for the Illini, at the conclusion of the 1920â21 season was seven wins five losses and a tie for fourth place. The starting lineup included All-American Chuck Carney, Laurie Walquist and Norton Hellstrom at forward, Henry Reitsch at center, and Charles Vail, John Sabo and Walter Collins 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 | |||||||||||
| 12/8/1920* |
Millikin University | L 24â29 | 0-1 |
Kenney Gym (2,994) Urbana, IL | |||||||
| 12/20/1920* |
at Illinois Normal | W 32â21 | 1-1 |
John W. Cook Hall (-) Normal, IL | |||||||
| 1/1/1921* |
Nebraska | L 25â30 | 1-2 |
Kenney Gym (441) Urbana, IL | |||||||
| 1/3/1921* |
Nebraska | W 26â24 | 2-2 |
Kenney Gym (3,044) Urbana, IL | |||||||
| 1/10/1921* |
Illinois Normal | W 42â17 | 3-2 |
Kenney Gym (2,759) Urbana, IL | |||||||
| 1/14/1921* |
at Millikin University | W 26â20 | 4-2 |
Millikin Gymnasium (-) Decatur, IL | |||||||
| Big Ten regular season | |||||||||||
| 1/18/1921 |
University of Chicago | W 33â29 | 5-2 (1-0) |
Kenney Gym (4,233) Urbana, IL | |||||||
| 1/22/1921 |
at Wisconsin | L 18â23 | 5-3 (1-1) |
University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium (-) Madison, WI | |||||||
| 1/24/1921 |
at Minnesota | W 23â22 | 6-3 (2-1) |
University of Minnesota Armory (-) Minneapolis, MN | |||||||
| 2/5/1921 |
at Purdue | W 39â26 | 7-3 (3-1) |
Memorial Gymnasium (-) West Lafayette, IN | |||||||
| 2/7/1921 |
Ohio State | W 46â11 | 8-3 (4-1) |
Kenney Gym (4,272) Urbana, IL | |||||||
| 2/12/1921 |
Minnesota | W 24â20 | 9-3 (5-1) |
Kenney Gym (4,272) Urbana, IL | |||||||
| 2/19/1921 |
Wisconsin | W 17â9 | 10-3 (6-1) |
Kenney Gym (4,283) Urbana, IL | |||||||
| 2/22/1921 |
Purdue | L 19â29 | 10-4 (6-2) |
Kenney Gym (4,283) Urbana, IL | |||||||
| 2/26/1921 |
at Michigan | L 18â24 | 10-5 (6-3) |
Waterman Gymnasium (-) Ann Arbor, MI | |||||||
| 2/28/1921 |
at Ohio State | W 35â32 | 11-5 (7-3) |
Ohio Expo Center Coliseum (-) Columbus, OH | |||||||
| 3/5/1921 |
at University of Chicago | W 35â32 | 11-6 (7-4) |
Bartlett Gymnasium (3,260) Chicago, IL | |||||||
| 3/7/1921 |
at Michigan | L 26â28 | 11-7 (7-5) |
Kenney Gym (4,294) Urbana, IL | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. | |||||||||||
Player stats
Awards and honors
Chuck Carney was elected to the "Illini Men's Basketball All-Century Team" in 2004. Carney was also selected as the Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year for his play during the 1921â22 season.