1935–36 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
American college basketball season
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The 1935â36 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.
- J. Craig Ruby (14th season)
| 1935â36 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball | |
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Record | 13â6 (7â5 Big Ten) |
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| Assistant coach | Wally Roettger (1st season) |
| Captain | Howard Braun |
| Home arena | Huff Hall |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 11 | â | 1 | .917 | 18 | â | 2 | .900 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 11 | â | 1 | .917 | 16 | â | 4 | .800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan | 7 | â | 5 | .583 | 15 | â | 5 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 7 | â | 5 | .583 | 13 | â | 6 | .684 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 7 | â | 5 | .583 | 13 | â | 6 | .684 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 5 | â | 7 | .417 | 12 | â | 8 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 5 | â | 7 | .417 | 9 | â | 10 | .474 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 4 | â | 8 | .333 | 11 | â | 9 | .550 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 3 | â | 9 | .250 | 7 | â | 17 | .292 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago | 0 | â | 12 | .000 | 6 | â | 14 | .300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Regular season
The 1935â36 season would turn out to be Craig Ruby's 14th and final year of coaching at the University of Illinois. It would also turn out to be Ruby's final head coaching job anywhere as he would leave to pursue a career with Hallmark Greeting Cards. Ruby's tenure at Illinois ranks 3rd behind Lou Henson (21 years) and Harry Combes (20 years). His 148 wins also ranks 5th behind Henson (423) Combes (316) and Bruce Weber (210) and Doug Mills (151). Along with future head coach Harry Combes, the Illini returned 10 lettermen from a team that had finished in first place in the Big Ten the year before. Unfortunately for the Illini, they lost 3 conference games at home and finished with a record of 7 wins and 5 losses. The team finished the season with an overall record of 13 wins 6 losses. The starting lineup included captain Howard Braun and Wilbur Henry at guard, Harry Combes, Harold Benham and James Vopicka at forward, with Robert Riegel at the center position.[1]
Roster
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Schedule
| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| 12/7/1935* |
St. Louis | W 35â27 | 1â0 |
Huff Hall (4,960) Champaign, IL | |||||||
| 12/11/1935* |
Wabash | W 40â22 | 2â0 |
Huff Hall (4,804) Champaign, IL | |||||||
| 12/17/1935* |
DePauw | W 47â14 | 3â0 |
Huff Hall (5,000) Champaign, IL | |||||||
| 12/20/1935* |
at DePaul | W 26â24 | 4â0 |
Chicago Stadium (6,000) Chicago, IL | |||||||
| 12/28/1935* |
at Knox College | W 48â31 | 5â0 |
Auxiliary Gymnasium (1,500) Galesburg, IL | |||||||
| 12/30/1935* |
California | W 42â17 | 6â0 |
Huff Hall (3,000) Champaign, IL | |||||||
| Big Ten regular season | |||||||||||
| 1/4/1936 |
at Iowa Rivalry |
L 26â27 | 6â1 (0â1) |
Iowa Field House (â) Iowa City, IA | |||||||
| 1/6/1936 |
at Minnesota | W 42â19 | 7â1 (1â1) |
Williams Arena (â) Minneapolis, MN | |||||||
| 1/11/1936 |
at Wisconsin | W 29â27 | 8â1 (2â1) |
Wisconsin Field House (7,500) Madison, WI | |||||||
| 1/13/1936 |
Ohio State | L 13â18 | 8â2 (2â2) |
Huff Hall (5,500) Champaign, IL | |||||||
| 1/18/1936 |
Northwestern Rivalry |
L 28â40 | 8â3 (2â3) |
Huff Hall (4,500) Champaign, IL | |||||||
| 2/5/1936* |
at Notre Dame | L 23â33 | 8â4 |
Notre Dame Fieldhouse (â) Notre Dame, IN | |||||||
| 2/10/1936 |
Iowa Rivalry |
W 36â14 | 9â4 (3â3) |
Huff Hall (4,000) Champaign, IL | |||||||
| 2/15/1936 |
Wisconsin | W 36â20 | 10â4 (4â3) |
Huff Hall (4,500) Champaign, IL | |||||||
| 2/17/1936 |
at Northwestern Rivalry |
W 39â38 | 11â4 (5â3) |
Patten Gymnasium (â) Evanston, IL | |||||||
| 2/22/1936 |
Minnesota | W 35â33 | 12â4 (6â3) |
Huff Hall (4,500) Champaign, IL | |||||||
| 2/24/1936 |
Michigan | L 37â42 | 12â5 (6â4) |
Huff Hall (5,500) Champaign, IL | |||||||
| 2/29/1936 |
at Ohio State | W 30â20 | 13â5 (7â4) |
Ohio Expo Center Coliseum (5,500) Columbus, OH | |||||||
| 3/2/1936 |
at Michigan | L 22â35 | 13â6 (7â5) |
Yost Field House (â) Ann Arbor, MI | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. | |||||||||||
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