1926–27 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
Appearance
1926–27 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball | |
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
Record | 10–7 (7–5 Big Ten) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coach | Jack Lipe (3rd season) |
Captain | Russell Daugherity |
Home arena | Huff Hall |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1926–27 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.
Regular season
[edit]Craig Ruby entered his fifth season as head coach of the Fighting Illini. This team returned only five 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 finished 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, Robert McKay and K.L. Reynolds at guard, and F.H. Lindsay at center.[1]
Roster
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Schedule
[edit]Date time, TV |
Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | |||||||
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Non-Conference regular season | |||||||||||
12/11/1926* no, no |
Bradley | W 37–24 | 1-0 |
New Gymnasium (6,336) Champaign, IL | |||||||
12/17/1926* no, no |
Coe College | L 22–28 | 1-1 |
New Gymnasium (5,994) Champaign, IL | |||||||
12/20/1926* no, no |
Drake | W 34–26 | 2-1 |
New Gymnasium (5,635) Champaign, IL | |||||||
12/30/1926* no, no |
North Dakota | W 36–28 | 3-1 |
New Gymnasium (1,336) Champaign, IL | |||||||
Big Ten regular season | |||||||||||
1/3/1927 no, no |
at Minnesota | W 27–13 | 4-1 (1-0) |
Kenwood Armory Minneapolis, MN | |||||||
1/8/1927 no, no |
at Northwestern Rivalry |
W 27–23 | 5-1 (2-0) |
Patten Gymnasium Evanston, IL | |||||||
1/15/1927 no, no |
at Ohio State | L 28–29 | 5-2 (2-1) |
Ohio Expo Center Coliseum Columbus, OH | |||||||
1/17/1927 no, no |
at Michigan | L 24–25 | 5-3 (2-2) |
Yost Field House Ann Arbor, MI | |||||||
1/22/1927 no, no |
Iowa Rivalry |
W 40–33 | 6-3 (3-2) |
New Gymnasium (6,578) Champaign, IL | |||||||
2/2/1927* no, no |
Butler | L 30–32 | 6-4 |
New Gymnasium (4,823) Champaign, IL | |||||||
2/5/1927 no, no |
Minnesota | W 36–27 | 7-4 (4-2) |
New Gymnasium (4,947) Champaign, IL | |||||||
2/7/1927 no, no |
Ohio State | W 43–30 | 8-4 (5-2) |
New Gymnasium (6,569) Champaign, IL | |||||||
2/12/1926 no, no |
at Iowa Rivalry |
L 24–26 | 8-5 (5-3) |
Iowa Armory Iowa City, IA | |||||||
2/16/1927 no, no |
Northwestern Rivalry |
W 46–32 | 9-5 (6-3) |
New Gymnasium (5,978) Champaign, IL | |||||||
2/25/1927 no, no |
Michigan | L 26–30 | 9-6 (6-4) |
New Gymnasium (6,697) Champaign, IL | |||||||
2/28/1927 no, no |
Wisconsin | W 32–28 | 10-6 (7-4) |
New Gymnasium (6,697) Champaign, IL | |||||||
3/5/1927 no, no |
at 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. |
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Awards and honors
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References
[edit]- ^ 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 1926-27 Archived 2015-02-10 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com