The 1913–14 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.
| 1913–14 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball | |
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Record | 9–4 (7–3 Big Ten) |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Edward Williford |
| Home arena | Kenney Gymnasium Arena |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 12 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 15 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 5 | – | 1 | .833 | 11 | – | 4 | .733 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 19 | – | 9 | .679 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 7 | – | 3 | .700 | 9 | – | 4 | .692 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 5 | – | 5 | .500 | 11 | – | 6 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | 4 | – | 11 | .267 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 1 | – | 5 | .167 | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 1 | – | 11 | .083 | 2 | – | 12 | .143 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Regular season
editThe 1913–14 University of Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, under the direction of second year coach Ralph Jones, took a step in a positive direction regarding the team's status in the Western Conference. The addition of key players, including future National Player of the Year, Ray Woods, helped guide the Illini to an overall record of nine wins and four losses.[1] The conference record, however, of seven wins and three losses marked, to date, the highest league winning percentage in the history of the university. Unfortunately for the Illini, a scarlet fever scare caused the last two games of the year to be cancelled, including a game at Chicago and at Northwestern. The team finished fourth in the conference with a starting squad of Kircher, Williford, Bane, Crane & Duner would return the following season.[2]
Roster
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Schedule
editSource[3]
| Date time, TV |
Opponent | Result | Record | Site city, state | |||||||
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| Non-Conference regular season | |||||||||||
| 12/18/1913* no, no |
Millikin | W 19–10 | 1-0 |
Kenney Gym Urbana, IL | |||||||
| 1/2/1914* no, no |
at Riverside High School | W 46–17 | 2-0 |
Riverside High School LaGrange, IL | |||||||
| 1/3/1914* no, no |
at Evanston YMCA | L 20–24 | 2-1 |
Evanston YMCA Evanston, IL | |||||||
| Big Ten regular season | |||||||||||
| 1/6/1914 no, no |
Indiana Rivalry |
W 35–6 | 3-1 (1-0) |
Kenney Gym Urbana, IL | |||||||
| 1/10/1914 no, no |
Wisconsin | L 25–26 | 3-2 (1-1) |
Kenney Gym Urbana, IL | |||||||
| 1/17/1914 no, no |
Purdue | W 26–20 | 4-2 (2-1) |
Kenney Gym Urbana, IL | |||||||
| 1/20/1914 no, no |
University of Chicago | L 11–12 | 4-3 (2-2) |
Kenney Gym Urbana, IL | |||||||
| 1/23/1914 no, no |
Minnesota | W 18–16 | 5-3 (3-2) |
Kenney Gym Urbana, IL | |||||||
| 2/6/1914 no, no |
at Purdue | W 30–25 | 6-3 (4-2) |
Memorial Gymnasium West Lafayette, IN | |||||||
| 2/7/1914 no, no |
at Indiana Rivalry |
W 31–15 | 7-3 (5-2) |
Old Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN | |||||||
| 2/14/1914 no, no |
Northwestern Rivalry |
W 35–15 | 8-3 (6-2) |
Kenney Gym Urbana, IL | |||||||
| 2/20/1914 no, no |
at Wisconsin | L 16–29 | 8-4 (6-3) |
University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium Madison, WI | |||||||
| 2/21/1914 no, no |
at Minnesota | W 26–11 | 9-4 (7-3) |
University of Minnesota Armory Minneapolis, MN | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time. | |||||||||||
Awards and honors
editRay Woods was elected to the "Illini Men's Basketball All-Century Team" in 2004.
References
edit- ^ 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
- ^ Fighting Illini Basketball: A Hardwood History By News-Gazette, Sports Publishing LLC ISBN 1-58261-356-7
- ^ University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1913-14 Archived 2015-02-10 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com
