1916–17 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1916–17 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball

Big Ten Conference Champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1916–17 record	13–3 (10–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Ralph Jones
Captain	Clyde Alwood
Home arena	Kenney Gym

1916–17 Western Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Minnesota	10	–	2	.833	17	–	2	.895
Illinois	10	–	2	.833	13	–	3	.813
Purdue	7	–	2	.778	11	–	3	.786
Wisconsin	9	–	3	.750	15	–	3	.833
Indiana	3	–	5	.375	13	–	6	.684
Chicago	4	–	8	.333	13	–	15	.464
Ohio State	3	–	9	.250	15	–	11	.577
Northwestern	2	–	10	.167	3	–	11	.214
Iowa	1	–	8	.111	7	–	9	.438

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1916–17 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

Regular season

The 1916–17 season was the second Big Ten Conference championship for the Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team. Coached by Ralph Jones, the Illini continued their winning ways by finishing the season with an overall record of 13 wins and 3 losses and a 10 win 2 loss conference mark. The starting lineup included E. G. McKay, J. B. Felmley and Ralf Woods rotating at the forward position, captain and center C. G. Alwood, and guards George Halas and Ray Woods.^[1] Woods was named the Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year for his work during this season.^[2]

Roster

Player	Position	Class	Hometown
Clarence O. Applegran	Right Forward	Sophomore	Chicago, Illinois
George Halas	Right Guard, Left Guard	Junior	Chicago, Illinois
Clyde Alwood	Right Forward	Senior	Clinton, Illinois
Ray Woods	Right Guard	Senior	Oak Park, Illinois
Ralf Woods	Left Forward	Senior	Oak Park, Illinois
Gordon Otto	Right Forward	Senior	Miami, Florida
John B. Felmley	Left Forward	Junior	Bloomington, Illinois
Elmer T. Rundquist	Center	Junior	San Antonio, Texas
Dan W. Elwell	Left Forward	Senior	Champaign, Illinois
Ernest G. McKay	Right Forward, Left Forward	Freshman	Tampa, Florida
Vaughn Waldow Dean	Reserve	Senior	Decatur, Illinois
Raymond Christian Haas	Guard	Freshman	Evansville, Indiana

Head Coach: Ralph Jones (5th year at Illinois)

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Schedule

Source^[4]

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State

12/9/1916* no, no	@ Millikin University	W 38–18	1-0 (0-0)	Millikin Gymnasium (-) Decatur, IL
12/15/1916* no, no	vs Wabash College	L 26–28	1-1 (0-0)	Kenney Gym (-) Urbana, IL
12/18/1916* no, no	vs Millikin University	W 38–16	2-1 (0-0)	Kenney Gym (-) Urbana, IL
1/3/1917* no, no	vs Northwestern College	W 52–10	3-1 (0-0)	Kenney Gym (-) Urbana, IL
1/6/1917 no, no	@ Purdue	W 28–24	4-1 (1-0)	Memorial Gymnasium (-) West Lafayette, IN
1/8/1917 no, no	@ Ohio State	W 38–14	5-1 (2-0)	The Armory (-) Columbus, OH
1/12/1917 no, no	vs Northwestern	W 45–17	6-1 (3-0)	Kenney Gym (-) Urbana, IL
1/16/1917 no, no	vs University of Chicago	W 20–10	7-1 (4-0)	Kenney Gym (-) Urbana, IL
1/20/1917 no, no	@ Wisconsin	L 14–25	7-2 (4-1)	University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium (-) Madison, WI
1/22/1917 no, no	@ Minnesota	L 11–20	7-3 (4-2)	University of Minnesota Armory (-) Minneapolis, MN
2/3/1917 no, no	@ University of Chicago	W 19–16	8-3 (5-2)	Bartlett Gymnasium (-) Chicago, IL
2/5/1917 no, no	vs Ohio State	W 34–21	9-3 (6-2)	Kenney Gym (2,315) Urbana, IL
2/10/1917 no, no	vs Minnesota	L 18–17	10-3 (7-2)	Kenney Gym (-) Urbana, IL
2/17/1917 no, no	vs Purdue	W 27–16	11-3 (8-2)	Kenney Gym (-) Urbana, IL
2/24/1917 no, no	vs Wisconsin	W 28–22	12-3 (9-2)	Kenney Gym (4,102) Urbana, IL
3/2/1917 no, no	vs Northwestern	W 21–12	13-3 (10-2)	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

Player stats

Player	Games Played	Field Goals	Free Throws	Points
Ralf Woods^[5]	16	54	70	178
Clyde Alwood^[6]	15	57	0	114
Ernest McKay^[7]	15	39	3	81
Ray Woods^[8]	16	19	0	38
John Felmley^[9]	6	7	4	18
George Halas^[10]	11	5	0	10
R.C. Haas^[11]	3	1	0	2
Gordon Otto^[12]	4	1	0	2

Awards and honors

Ray Woods was elected to the "Illini Men's Basketball All-Century Team" in 2004. Woods was also selected as the Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year for the 1916–17 season.

Clyde Alwood was named a Consensus All-American for the 1916-17 season.^[13]

George Halas was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame (1963), for his role in the development of the National Football League as well as for his coaching and playing for the Chicago Bears.

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 1916-17, FightingIllini.com
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Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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