1910–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1910–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
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
	Seasons ← 1909–10 1911–12 →

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 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

^ 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 1910-11 Archived 2015-02-10 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com

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[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

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Venues	Kenney Gym (1906–1925) Huff Hall (1926–1963) State Farm Center (1963–present) Prairie Capital Convention Center (2015)
Rivalries	Indiana Iowa Missouri Northwestern
Culture & lore	Whiz Kids Flyin' Illini Orange Krush Fighting Illini Sports Network Oskee Wow-Wow Illinois Loyalty Chief Illiniwek 1960s slush fund scandal
People	Head coaches NBA draftees Statistical leaders
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Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics