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1914–15 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
American college basketball season
American college basketball season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| mode | Basketball |
| year | 1914–15 |
| team | Illinois Fighting Illini |
| image | File:1914-15_Fighting_Illini_men's_basketball_team.jpg |
| image_size | 300px |
| conference | Big Ten Conference |
| short_conf | Big Ten |
| record | 16–0 |
| conf_record | 12–0 |
| head_coach | Ralph Jones |
| hc_year | 3rd |
| captain | Sven Duner |
| stadium | Kenney Gym |
| champion | Helms Foundation National Champions |
| Big Ten Conference Champions |
Big Ten Conference Champions The 1914–15 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.
Regular season
Coached by Ralph Jones, the 1914–15 Fighting Illini men's basketball team became the first undefeated Big Ten champion in the history of the school as well as the fourth Big Ten National Champion. That 1915 season was the third in the eight-year tenure of head coach Ralph Jones and it produced the only unbeaten season in Illini history and the first Big Ten title for the Illinois basketball program. The Illinois team was retroactively named national champions by the Helms Athletic Foundation and was listed as the top team of the season by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll. Jones’ 1915 team scored twice as many points as its opponents and won the conference title by three games over Chicago. The arrival of the Woods brothers in 1914 had a lot to do with the success of this era. Guard Ray Woods was named first-team All-America all three years he competed (1915–17), and twin brother Ralf, a forward, led the team in scoring in both 1916 and 1917. His consistency at the free throw line led to the establishment of the Ralf Woods Award, which is still given annually to the Fighting Illini player with the best free-throw percentage. The starting lineup included Frank Bane at center, Clyde Alwood and Edward Allan Williford at the forward positions, captain Sven Duner at guard and brothers Ralf Woods and Ray Woods. Ray Woods was named an All-American during this season.
Roster
- Ralph Jones (Indianapolis YMCA Training School) (3rd year)
Schedule
Source
|- !colspan=12 style="background:#DF4E38; color:white;"| Non-Conference regular season |- align="center" bgcolor=""
|- !colspan=9 style="background:#DF4E38; color:#FFFFFF;"|Big Ten regular season
Player stats
| Illinois Fighting Illini | color=white}}" | Player | Illinois Fighting Illini | color=white}}" | Games played | Illinois Fighting Illini | color=white}}" | Field goals | Illinois Fighting Illini | color=white}}" | Free throws | Illinois Fighting Illini | color=white}}" | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Williford | 12 | 31 | 56 | 118 | ||||||||||
| Frank Bane | 16 | 50 | 1 | 101 | ||||||||||
| Ralf Woods | 15 | 35 | 17 | 87 | ||||||||||
| Ray Woods | 16 | 29 | 0 | 58 | ||||||||||
| Clyde Alwood | 11 | 19 | 0 | 38 | ||||||||||
| Sven Duner | 16 | 8 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Dudley Crane | 5 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
Awards and honors
Ray Woods was elected to the "Illini Men's Basketball All-Century Team" in 2004. Woods was also selected as an All-American for the 1914–15 season.
References
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
- (2009). "ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game". ESPN Books.
- Fighting Illini Basketball: A Hardwood History By [[The News-Gazette (Champaign-Urbana). News-Gazette]], Sports Publishing LLC {{ISBN. 1-58261-356-7
- [http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/records/year-1914.html University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1914-15] {{Webarchive. link. (2013-12-17 , FightingIllini.com)
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