1910–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1910–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	6–6 (6–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Thomas E. Thompson (1st season)
Captain	Louis Bernstein
Home arena	Kenney Gym

1910–11 Western Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Purdue	8	–	4		.667			12	–	4		.750
Minnesota	8	–	4		.667			10	–	4		.714
Chicago	7	–	5		.583			10	–	4		.714
Illinois	6	–	5		.545			6	–	6		.500
Wisconsin	6	–	6		.500			6	–	6		.500
Indiana	5	–	5		.500			11	–	5		.688
Iowa	2	–	2		.500			9	–	4		.692
Northwestern	1	–	12		.077			4	–	15		.211

The 1910–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

Regular season

The 1910–11 season witnessed only the second coach to remain for more than one season since the beginning of the program. Thomas E. Thompson led the Fighting Illini's basketball program for both the 1910–11 season and 1911–12 season compiling an overall record of 14 wins and 14 losses. Thompson claimed, at the time, to be the only player in Western Conference history to have played five years of collegiate basketball. He was at Northwestern for one year before playing at Illinois for four additional seasons. After leaving the coaching ranks, he founded The Thomas C. Thompson Company in Highland Park, IL, a manufacturer of enamel products.[1]

The Illini finished the 1910–11 season with an overall record of six wins and six losses with a conference record of six wins, five losses and a fourth-place finish in the conference.[2]

Roster

"1910-11 Fighting Illini team"

1910–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown C Emmett V. Poston — — Sr Springfield, Illinois F Carl Watson — — Sr DeKalb, Illinois G Louis S. Bernstein (C) — — Sr Niagara Falls, New York G James G. White — — So Chicago, Illinois F Albert L. Hall — — Jr Libertyville, Illinois C Chouncey B. Oliver — — Jr Blue Diamond, Nevada C Herbert T. Leo — — Jr Anaheim, California G William H. Woolston — — So Albuquerque, New Mexico C Homer W. Dahringer — — Fr Ludington, Michigan F Herbert J. Matter — — Sr Naperville, Illinois F Clarence John "Jack" Levey — — So Toronto, Ontario F Ralph Pillsbury Gates — — Jr Chicago, Illinois F Carl Morris Plochman — — Fr Evanston, Illinois	Head coach Thomas E. Thompson (University of Illinois) (1st year) Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Source[3]

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-Conference regular season
12/31/1910* no, no	at Evanston YMCA	L 19–28	0-1 (0-0)	Evanston YMCA  Evanston, IL
Big Ten regular season
1/7/1911 no, no	Indiana Rivalry	W 32–22	1-1 (1-0)	Kenney Gym  Urbana, IL
1/14/1911 no, no	University of Chicago	L 17–23	1-2 (1-1)	Kenney Gym  Urbana, IL
1/20/1911 no, no	at Minnesota	W 18–17	2-2 (2-1)	University of Minnesota Armory  Minneapolis, MN
1/21/1911 no, no	at Wisconsin	L 17–20	2-3 (2-2)	University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium  Madison, WI
1/28/1911 no, no	Purdue	L 29–33	2-4 (2-3)	Kenney Gym  Urbana, IL
2/17/1911 no, no	at Indiana Rivalry	L 14–19	2-5 (2-4)	Old Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
2/18/1911 no, no	at Purdue	W 25–15	3-5 (3-4)	Memorial Gymnasium  West Lafayette, IN
2/24/1911 no, no	at University of Chicago	L 18–19	3-6 (3-5)	Bartlett Gymnasium  Chicago, IL
2/25/1911 no, no	at Northwestern Rivalry	W 26–15	4-6 (4-5)	Patten Gymnasium  Evanston, IL
3/2/1911 no, no	Minnesota	W 22–12	5-6 (5-5)	Kenney Gym  Urbana, IL
3/11/1911 no, no	Wisconsin	W 21–18	6-6 (6-5)	Kenney Gym  Urbana, IL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Awards and honors

References

1. A Century of Orange and Blue: Celebrating 100 Years of Fighting Illini Basketball By Loren Tate, Jared Gelfond pg.20 ISBN 1-58261-793-7
2. Fighting Illini Basketball: A Hardwood History By News-Gazette, Sports Publishing LLC ISBN 1-58261-356-7
3. University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1910-11 Archived 2015-02-10 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com