1913–14 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1913–14 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball

Conference	Big Ten Conference
1913–14 record	9–4 (7–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Ralph Jones
Captain	Edward Williford
Home arena	Kenney Gym

1913–14 Western Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
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

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1913–14 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

Regular season

The 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

Player	Position	Class	Hometown
Sven Duner	Left Guard, Right Guard	Junior	Downers Grove, Illinois
Helmuth Kircher	Right Forward, Left Forward	Junior	Kalamazoo, Michigan
Edward Williford	Left Forward, Center	Junior	Binghamton, New York
Ray Woods	Right Guard	Freshman	Oak Park, Illinois
Frank Bane	Center	Junior	Pontiac, Illinois
Dudley Crane	Left Guard, Right Guard	Sophomore	Columbus, Ohio
Clyde Alwood	Right Forward	Freshman	Clinton, Illinois
George Clark	Left Forward	Sophomore	Lincoln, Nebraska
Robert William Hoffman	Right Guard, Left Guard	Junior	Detroit, Michigan
Daniel Franklin Comstock	Left Guard, Forward, Center	Junior	Evanston, Illinois
Walter Boynton Erwin	Left Forward	Junior	Chicago, Illinois
Milton Owen Jensen	Right Forward	Junior	Kansas City, Missouri
S. R. Dirby

Head Coach: Ralph Jones (2nd year at Illinois)

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Schedule

Source^[4]

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State

12/18/1913* no, no	vs Millikin University	W 19–10	1-0 (0-0)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
1/2/1914* no, no	@ Riverside High School	W 46–17	2-0 (0-0)	Riverside High School LaGrange, IL
1/3/1914* no, no	@ Evanston YMCA	L 20–24	2-1 (0-0)	Evanston YMCA Evanston, IL
1/6/1914 no, no	vs Indiana	W 35–6	3-1 (1-0)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
1/10/1914 no, no	vs Wisconsin	L 25–26	3-2 (1-1)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
1/17/1914 no, no	vs Purdue	W 26–20	4-2 (2-1)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
1/20/1914 no, no	vs University of Chicago	L 11–12	4-3 (2-2)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
1/23/1914 no, no	vs Minnesota	W 18–16	5-3 (3-2)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
2/6/1914 no, no	@ Purdue	W 30–25	6-3 (4-2)	Memorial Gymnasium West Lafayette, IN
2/7/1914 no, no	@ Indiana	W 31–15	7-3 (5-2)	Old Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/14/1914 no, no	vs Northwestern	W 35–15	8-3 (6-2)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
2/20/1914 no, no	@ Wisconsin	L 16–29	8-4 (6-3)	University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium Madison, WI
2/21/1914 no, no	@ 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.

Bold Italic connotes conference game

Awards and honors

Ray Woods was elected to the "Illini Men's Basketball All-Century Team" in 2004.

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 1913-14, 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

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

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