1912–13 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1912–13 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
1912–13 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	10–6 (7–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Ralph Jones (1st season);
Captain	Homer Dahringer
Home arena	Kenney Gym
	Seasons ← 1911–12 1913–14 →

1912–13 Western Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Wisconsin	11	–	1	.917	14	–	1	.933
Northwestern	7	–	2	.778	14	–	4	.778
Chicago	8	–	4	.667	20	–	6	.769
Purdue	6	–	5	.545	7	–	5	.583
Illinois	7	–	6	.538	10	–	6	.625
Ohio State	4	–	5	.444	13	–	7	.650
Minnesota	2	–	8	.200	3	–	8	.273
Iowa	1	–	5	.167	9	–	13	.409
Indiana	0	–	10	.000	5	–	11	.313

The 1912–13 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

Regular season

The 1912–13 season saw yet another head coach arrive in Champaign-Urbana to work with the Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team. Ralph Jones left an impressive legacy behind in West Lafayette, Indiana where he was head coach of Purdue for three years. During his tenure at Purdue, Jones compiled an impressive record of 32 wins with only 9 losses resulting in two conference championships. Jones was credited by some with originating the fast break in basketball.^[1] After leading the Fighting Illini to two additional conference championships and one national championship, Jones left to coach at Lake Forest Academy. In addition to coaching basketball, Jones was head coach of the Chicago Bears from 1930 to 1933, where, among other achievements, he was credited with the revival of the T-formation and the use of a man in motion to throw off the defense.^[2]

Roster

1912–13 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	Sven Duner	—	—	So	Downers Grove, Illinois
G	James G. White	—	—	Sr	Chicago, Illinois
C	Homer W. Dahringer (C)	—	—	Sr	Ludington, Michigan
F	Helmuth Kircher	—	—	So	Kalamazoo, Michigan
C	Edward Williford	—	—	So	Binghamton, New York
G	Robert William Hoffman	—	—	So	Detroit, Michigan
C	Daniel Franklin Comstock	—	—	So	Evanston, Illinois
F	Walter Boynton Erwin	—	—	So	Chicago, Illinois
F	George Harold Dubin	—	—	Jr	Chicago, Illinois
C	Leroy Frendenberg Pape	—	—	Sr	Chicago, Illinois

Head coach

Ralph Jones (Indianapolis YMCA Training School) (1st year)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

Source^[3]

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-Conference regular season
12/20/1912* no, no	vs Illinois Wesleyan	W 18–13	1-0	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
1/4/1913* no, no	at Decatur YMCA	W 27–13	2-0	Decatur YMCA Decatur, IL
1/6/1913* no, no	at Rose Polytechnic Institute	W 52–14	3-0	Indiana State Normal School North Hall Terre Haute, IN
Big Ten regular season
1/11/1913 no, no	Wisconsin	L 15–16	3-1 (0-1)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
1/21/1913 no, no	Purdue	W 22–18	4-1 (1-1)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
1/28/1913 no, no	Iowa Rivalry	W 35–9	5-1 (2-1)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
2/8/1913 no, no	Minnesota	W 19–12	6-1 (3-1)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
2/14/1913 no, no	Northwestern Rivalry	W 23–22	7-1 (4-1)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
2/21/1913 no, no	at Wisconsin	L 13–18	7-2 (4-2)	University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium Madison, WI
2/22/1913 no, no	at Minnesota	W 20–10	8-2 (5-2)	University of Minnesota Armory Minneapolis, MN
2/26/1913 no, no	University of Chicago	L 12–19	8-3 (5-3)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
3/1/1913 no, no	Indiana Rivalry	W 29–12	9-3 (6-3)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
3/7/1913 no, no	at Purdue	L 11–12	9-4 (6-4)	Memorial Gymnasium West Lafayette, IN
3/8/1913 no, no	at Indiana Rivalry	W 23–17	10-4 (7-4)	Old Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
3/14/1913 no, no	at University of Chicago	L 16–21	10-5 (7-5)	Bartlett Gymnasium Chicago, IL
3/15/1913 no, no	at Northwestern Rivalry	L 18–20	10-6 (7-6)	Patten Gymnasium Evanston, IL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

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
^ University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1912-13 Archived 2015-02-10 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com

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[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] University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1912-13 Archived 2015-02-10 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com

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