1909–10 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1909–10 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball

Conference	Big Ten Conference
1909–10 record	5–4 (5–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Herb V. Juul
Captain	Carl Watson
Home arena	Kenney Gym

1909–10 Western Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Chicago	9	–	3	.750	10	–	3	.769
Minnesota	7	–	3	.700	10	–	3	.769
Wisconsin	7	–	5	.583	9	–	5	.643
Illinois	5	–	4	.556	5	–	4	.556
Purdue	5	–	5	.500	8	–	5	.615
Iowa	2	–	2	.500	11	–	3	.786
Indiana	3	–	7	.300	5	–	8	.385
Northwestern	0	–	9	.000	0	–	9	.000

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1909–10 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

Regular season

For the first time since organized basketball became a sanctioned sport within the university, the Fighting Illini basketball team was led by a returning head coach.^[1] Herb V. Juul remained as the head coach of a team that played only nine games, each being a conference game. The Illini finished their season with a record of five wins, four losses and a fourth-place finish in the Western Conference. The starting lineup for the team included Albert L. Hall and Henry J. Popperfuss as forwards, captain Carl P. Watson at center, and Louis S. Bernstein and Thomas Thompson as guards.^[2]

Roster

Player	Position	Class	Hometown
Emmett V. Poston	Center	Junior	Springfield, Illinois
Carl Watson	Left Forward, Right Forward	Senior	DeKalb, Illinois
Henry Popperfuss	Left Forward	Senior	Tomah, Wisconsin
Thomas E. Thompson	Right Guard	Senior	Williams Bay, Wisconsin
Louis S. Bernstein	Left Guard, Right Guard	Junior	Niagara Falls, New York
Albert L. Hall	Right Forward	Sophomore	Libertyville, Illinois
Chouncey B. Oliver	Center	Sophomore	Blue Diamond, Nevada
James G. White	Right Guard	Freshman	Chicago, Illinois
Chester Arthur Lord	Left Forward	Senior	Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Clarence John Levey	Forward	Sophomore	Chicago, Illinois
Ralph Pillsbury Gates	Reserve	Sophomore	Chicago, Illinois
Van Rockwell	Reserve	Junior	St. Charles, Illinois

^[3]

Head Coach Herb Juul (2nd year at Illinois)

Schedule

Source^[4]

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State

1/15/1910 no, no	@ Wisconsin	L 16–28	0-1 (0-1)	University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium Madison, WI
1/21/1910 no, no	vs. Wisconsin	W 34–14	1-1 (1-1)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
1/29/1910 no, no	vs. Purdue	W 33–17	2-1 (2-1)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
2/5/1910 no, no	vs. Indiana	W 30–20	3-1 (3-1)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
2/8/1910 no, no	vs University of Chicago	L 11–21	3-2 (3-2)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
2/26/1910 no, no	@ University of Chicago	W 24–15	4-2 (4-2)	Bartlett Gymnasium Chicago, IL
3/4/1910 no, no	@ Purdue	L 10–27	4-3 (4-3)	Memorial Gymnasium West Lafayette, IN
3/5/1910 no, no	@ Indiana	W 27–12	5-3 (5-3)	Old Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
3/9/1910 no, no	vs. Minnesota	L 9–22	5-4 (5-4)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Bold Italic connotes conference game

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
↑ All-Time Illini Rosters
↑ University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1909-10, FightingIllini.com

Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball

Venues	Kenney Gym (1906–1925) Huff Hall (1926–1963) State Farm Center (1963–present) Prairie Capital Convention Center (2015)

Rivalries	Indiana Missouri

Culture & lore	Whiz Kids Flyin' Illini Orange Krush Fighting Illini Sports Network Oskee Wow-Wow Illinois Loyalty Chief Illiniwek

People	Head coaches NBA draftees Consensus All-Americans

Seasons	1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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1909–10 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

Regular season

Roster

Schedule

References

See also