1926–27 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1926–27 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball

Conference	Big Ten Conference
1926–27 record	10–7 (7–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	J. Craig Ruby
Assistant coach	Jack Lipe
Captain	Russell Daugherity
Home arena	Huff Hall

1926–27 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Michigan	10	–	2	.833	14	–	3	.824
Indiana	9	–	3	.750	13	–	4	.765
Purdue	9	–	3	.750	12	–	5	.706
Illinois	7	–	5	.583	10	–	7	.588
Wisconsin	7	–	5	.583	10	–	7	.588
Iowa	7	–	5	.583	9	–	8	.529
Ohio State	6	–	6	.500	11	–	6	.647
Chicago	3	–	9	.250	6	–	11	.353
Minnesota	1	–	11	.083	3	–	13	.188
Northwestern	1	–	11	.083	3	–	14	.176

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1926–27 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

Regular season

Craig Ruby entered his 5th season as head coach of the Fighting Illini. This team maintained only 5 returning letterman from a team that placed in a tie for fifth place in the Big Ten a year earlier. Slightly improved, the team finished with an overall record of 10 wins and 7 losses. In the conference they finshised with 7 wins and 5 losses. The starting lineup included captain Russell Daugherity at forward, Ernest Dorn and Robert Greene rotating at the other forward slot. The guards were Robert McKay and K.L. Reynolds with F.H. Lindsay at center.^[1]

Team

No.	Player	Position	Class	Hometown
1	Russell Daugherity (captain)	Forward	Senior	Streator, Illinois
2	Ernest Dorn	Forward	Sophomore	Chicago, Illinois
3	Forrest H. Lindsay	Center	Sophomore	Tulsa, Oklahoma
4	George Rea	Forward	Sophomore	Urbana, Illinois
5	C. Donnelly Gamble	Guard	Sophomore	Champaign, Illinois
6	Kenneth L. Reynolds	Guard	Senior	Villa Grove, Illinois
6	John D. How	Forward	Junior	Lakeville, Indiana
7	James R. Stewart	Guard	Junior	Oak Park, Illinois
8	Rufus Glass	Center	Sophomore	Kokomo, Indiana
9	John Tarwain	Forward	Sophomore	Sesser, Illinois
10	William Bunn	Forward	Junior	Byron, Illinois
11	H.G. Lind	Guard	Sophomore	Chicago, Illinois
12	Robert McKay	Guard	Senior	Champaign, Illinois
14	Stoughton LeRoy Reeder	Guard	Sophomore	Tuscola, Illinois
14	Omar C. Lee	Forward	Junior	Frankfort, Illinois
15	William Lincoln Julian	Forward	Sophomore	Grant Park, Illinois
16	Theodore J. Wachowski	Guard	Sophomore	Chicago, Illinois
17	Earl Drew	Guard	Sophomore	Champaign, Illinois
18	Werner Daib	Forward	Junior	Chicago, Illinois
19	Robert Greene	Forward	Sophomore	Renovo, Pennsylvania
20	Carl Elmer Westmark	Guard	Sophomore	Chicago, Illinois
21	Vance Cummins	Forward	Sophomore	Joliet, Illinois
22	Everette Olson	Forward	Junior	Champaign, Illinois
	Frank H. Beinhauer	Reserve	Junior	Des Moines, Iowa
	Leonard L. Hawkins	Reserve	Sophomore	Champaign, Illinois
	Robert Klaus	Reserve	Sophomore	Eureka, Illinois
	Harry Lambert Logan	Reserve	Sophomore	Salem, Illinois
	Roland Sanford Wachob	Reserve	Sophomore	Indiana, Pennsylvania
	Henry Thomas Winterbauer	Reserve	Sophomore	Athens, Illinois

Head Coach: Craig Ruby (5th year at Illinois)

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Schedule

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

12/11/1926* no, no	vs Bradley	W 37–24	1-0 (0-0)	New Gymnasium (6,336) Champaign, IL
12/17/1926* no, no	vs Coe College	L 22–28	1-1 (0-0)	New Gymnasium (5,994) Champaign, IL
12/20/1926* no, no	vs Drake	W 34–26	2-1 (0-0)	New Gymnasium (5,635) Champaign, IL
12/30/1926* no, no	vs North Dakota	W 36–28	3-1 (0-0)	New Gymnasium (1,336) Champaign, IL
1/3/1927 no, no	@ Minnesota	W 27–13	4-1 (1-0)	Kenwood Armory Minneapolis, MN
1/8/1927 no, no	@ Northwestern	W 27–23	5-1 (2-0)	Patten Gymnasium Evanston, IL
1/15/1927 no, no	@ Ohio State	L 28–29	5-2 (2-1)	Ohio Expo Center Coliseum Columbus, OH
1/17/1927 no, no	@ Michigan	L 24–25	5-3 (2-2)	Yost Field House Ann Arbor, MI
1/22/1927 no, no	vs Iowa	W 40–33	6-3 (3-2)	New Gymnasium (6,578) Champaign, IL
2/2/1927 no, no	vs Butler	L 30–32	6-4 (3-2)	New Gymnasium (4,823) Champaign, IL
2/5/1927 no, no	vs Minnesota	W 36–27	7-4 (4-2)	New Gymnasium (4,947) Champaign, IL
2/7/1927 no, no	vs Ohio State	W 43–30	8-4 (5-2)	New Gymnasium (6,569) Champaign, IL
2/22/1926 no, no	@ Iowa	L 24–26	8-5 (5-3)	Iowa Armory Iowa City, IA
2/16/1927 no, no	vs Northwestern	W 46–32	9-5 (6-3)	New Gymnasium (5,978) Champaign, IL
2/25/1927 no, no	vs Michigan	L 26–30	9-6 (6-4)	New Gymnasium (6,697) Champaign, IL
2/28/1927 no, no	vs Wisconsin	W 32–28	10-6 (7-4)	New Gymnasium (6,697) Champaign, IL
3/5/1927 no, no	@ Wisconsin	L 13–39	10-7 (7-5)	Red Gymnasium Madison, WI
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Bold Italic connotes conference game Source^[3]

References

↑ 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 1926-27, 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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