1918–19 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team American college basketball season
"1918-19 Fighting Illini men's basketball team" The 1918–19 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois .
Regular season
The 1918–19 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] 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
1918–19 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Name
Height
Weight
Year
Hometown
F
Ralph Fletcher —
—
So
Champaign, Illinois
F
Burt Ingwersen (C)
—
—
Jr
Urbana, Illinois
C
John S. Probst —
—
Jr
East Aurora, Illinois
C
Paul C. Taylor —
—
Jr
New Orleans, Louisiana
C
Kenneth L. Wilson —
—
Jr
Wilmette, Illinois
G
William K. Kopp —
—
So
Beverly Farms, Massachusetts
F
Benjamin F. Mittleman —
—
Sr
East Farmingdale, New York
G
George Buchheit —
—
So
Beardstown, Illinois
F
Daniel Willard Smith —
—
Fr
Bellflower, Illinois
F
Thomas Johnson —
—
So
Homer, Illinois
Head coach Ralph Jones (Indianapolis YMCA Training School) (7th year)Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) Ineligible(W) Walk-on Roster
Schedule
Source[ 3]
Date
Opponent
Result
Record
Site (attendance)
Non-Conference regular season
1/3/1919 *no, no
Great Lakes L 26–28 0-1
Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
1/10/1919 *no, no
Millikin University W 37–17 1-1
Kenney Gym (577)Urbana, IL
Big Ten regular season
1/18/1919 no, no
Purdue L 13–16 1-2
Kenney Gym (1,519)Urbana, IL
1/20/1919 no, no
Ohio State W 25–20 2-2
Kenney Gym (1,462)Urbana, IL
1/25/1919 no, no
at Wisconsin
W 25–15 3-2
University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium Madison, WI
1/27/1919 no, no
at Minnesota
L 17–36 3-3
University of Minnesota Armory Minneapolis, MN
2/1/1919 no, no
at Michigan
W 27–23 4-3
Waterman Gymnasium Ann Arbor, MI
2/8/1919 no, no
at University of Chicago
L 12–17 4-4
Bartlett Gymnasium Chicago, IL
2/15/1919 no, no
Wisconsin W 16–14 5-4
Kenney Gym (1,774)Urbana, IL
2/21/1919 no, no
at Purdue
W 25–18 6-4
Memorial Gymnasium West Lafayette, IN
2/24/1919 no, no
at Ohio State
L 15–32 6-5
Ohio Expo Center Coliseum Columbus, OH
3/1/1919 no, no
University of Chicago L 15–17 6-6
Kenney Gym (2,126)Urbana, IL
3/3/1919 no, no
Minnesota L 9–26 6-7
Kenney Gym (1,485)Urbana, IL
3/10/1919 no, no
Michigan L 18–22 6-8
Kenney Gym (1,329)Urbana, IL
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in
Central Time .
Player stats
Player
Games Played
Field Goals
Free Throws
Points
Kenneth Wilson[ 4]
14
28
53
109
Paul Taylor[ 5]
12
24
6
54
Ralph Fletcher[ 6]
12
23
2
48
Bert Ingwersen[ 7]
13
10
0
20
Benjamin Mittleman[ 8]
13
8
1
17
D.W. Smith[ 9]
7
6
1
13
Awards and honors
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References
^ A Century of Orange and Blue: Celebrating 100 Years of Fighting Illini Basketball By Loren Tate, Jared Gelfond pg.17 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 1918-19 Archived 2013-12-17 at the Wayback Machine , FightingIllini.com^ "Archived copy" . Archived from the original on December 17, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2013 .{{cite web }}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link )^ "Archived copy" . Archived from the original on December 17, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2013 .{{cite web }}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link )^ "Archived copy" . Archived from the original on December 17, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2013 .{{cite web }}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link )^ "Archived copy" . Archived from the original on December 17, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2013 .{{cite web }}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link )^ "Archived copy" . Archived from the original on December 17, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2013 .{{cite web }}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link )^ "Archived copy" . Archived from the original on December 17, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2013 .{{cite web }}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link )
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