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1915–16 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
American college basketball season
American college basketball season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| mode | Basketball |
| year | 1915–16 |
| team | Illinois Fighting Illini |
| image | File:1915-16_Fighting_Illini_men's_basketball_team.jpg |
| image_size | 300px |
| conference | Big Ten Conference |
| short_conf | Big Ten |
| record | 13–3 |
| conf_record | 9–3 |
| head_coach | Ralph Jones |
| hc_year | 4th |
| captain | Ray Woods |
| stadium | Kenney Gym |
The 1915–16 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.
Regular season
The 1915–16 season was a follow-up to an undefeated season, in which the Fighting Illini men's basketball team won both a national and Big Ten Conference championship. 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 9 win 3 loss conference mark. Taking second in the Western Conference to the National Champion Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team. During the season, the Illini dropped two games to Northwestern and one to eventual champion Wisconsin, but the first loss to the Wildcats was the Illini's first-ever overtime game as Northwestern scored two points in the overtime period to beat Illinois, 23-21, February 12, 1916, at what is now the Kenney Gym Annex. The starting lineup included Gordon Otto, Dan W. Elwell and Ralf Woods rotating at the forward position, center C. G. Alwood, and guards Clarence Applegran and captain Ray Woods. Woods was named an All-American for his work during this season. Woods and Alwood were named All-Big Ten players for the season.
Roster
- Ralph Jones (Indianapolis YMCA Training School) (4th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url=http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/records/year-1915.html | title=Archived copy | access-date=2013-12-17 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217224509/http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/records/year-1915.html | archive-date=2013-12-17 | url-status=dead }} | 10 | 35 | 52 | 122 | |||||
| Gordon Otto | 15 | 25 | 40 | 90 | ||||||||||
| Clyde Alwood | 15 | 45 | 0 | 90 | ||||||||||
| Ray Woods | 16 | 26 | 0 | 52 | ||||||||||
| John Felmley | 5 | 12 | 2 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Dan Elwell | 10 | 6 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Clarence Applegran | 16 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
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 1915–16 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
- 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-1915.html University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1915-16] {{Webarchive. link. (2013-12-17 , FightingIllini.com)
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