1906–07 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1906–07 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
Conference Big Ten Conference
1906–07 record 1–10 (0–8 Big Ten)
Head coach Frank L. Pinckney
Captain Herbert Juul
Home arena Kenney Gym
1906–07 Western Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Chicago 6 2   .750     21 2   .913
Minnesota 6 2   .750     10 2   .833
Wisconsin 6 2   .750     11 3   .786
Purdue 2 6   .250     7 8   .467
Illinois 0 8   .000     1 10   .091
Indiana - -       9 5   .643
Iowa - -       5 5   .500
Northwestern - -       1 5   .167
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1906–07 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

Regular season

Frank Loyer Pinckney took over the coaching reins from Elwood Brown for the 1906–1907 season. After a very promising start to the season, where more than 100 student athletes tried out for the team, Pinckney had three freshman declared ineligible by the Western Conference.[1] Due to this unfortunate circumstance, the Fighting Illini played the season with a depleted lineup and finished the season with the worst record in the history of the school. The decision to make freshmen ineligible gave Pinckney the same problem Brown had faced one season earlier.[2]

"1906-07 Fighting Illini team"

Roster

Player Position Class Hometown
Charles Stewart Right Forward Junior New York, New York
Edward Ryan Right Guard Junior Chicago, Illinois
Maurice Dadant Forward Senior Hamilton, Illinois
Herbert Juul Right Guard, Left Guard Senior Chicago, Illinois
Curtis C. Westfall Center Senior Chicago, Illinois
Thomas E. Thompson Right Guard Freshman Williams Bay, Wisconsin
Roy Rennacker Left Guard Freshman Winnetka, Illinois
Avery Brundage Right Forward Sophomore Chicago, Illinois
Henry Popperfuss Left Forward Freshman Tomah, Wisconsin
C. E. Norenberg Left Forward, Right Forward Senior Chicago, Illinois
Robert Herman Reische Right Forward, Center Sophomore Chicago, Illinois
Roy Clifton Caul Right Guard Junior Chicago, Illinois
William Sommerfield Center Sophomore Peoria, Illinois
Joseph Julius Cermack Reserve Freshman Chicago, Illinois

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Schedule

Source[4]

Date
Time, TV
Opponent Result Record Site
City, State
12/15/1906*
no, no
@ Peoria YMCA W 38-19  1-0
Peoria YMCA 
Peoria, IL

1/2/1907*
no, no
@ Chicago YMCA L 26–31  1-1
Chicago YMCA 
Chicago, IL

1/12/1907
no, no
vs. Purdue L 27–32  1-2 (0-1)
Kenney Gym 
Urbana, IL

1/19/1907
no, no
vs. Wisconsin L 16–22  1-3 (0-2)
Kenney Gym 
Urbana, IL

1/31/1907
no, no
@ Minnesota L 3–42  1-4 (0-3)
University of Minnesota Armory 
Minneapolis, MN

2/1/1907
no, no
@ Wisconsin L 13–47  1-5 (0-4)
University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium 
Madison, WI

2/2/1907
no, no
@ University of Chicago L 20–53  1-6 (0-5)
Bartlett Gymnasium 
Chicago, IL

2/15/1907*
no, no
@ Wabash College L 13–50  1-7 (0-5)
Wabash College 
Crawfordsville, IN

2/16/1907
no, no
@ Purdue L 18–45  1-8 (0-6)
Lafayette Colliseum 
West Lafayette, IN

2/23/1907
no, no
vs. University of Chicago L 20–35  1-9 (0-7)
Kenney Gym 
Urbana, IL

3/1/1907
no, no
vs. Minnesota L 29–36  1-10 (0-8)
Kenney Gym 
Urbana, IL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

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. All-Time Illini Rosters
  4. University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1906-07, FightingIllini.com

See also

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