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1916–17 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

American college basketball season

American college basketball season

FieldValue
modeBasketball
year1916–17
teamIllinois Fighting Illini
imageFile:1916-17_Fighting_Illini_men's_basketball_team.jpg
image_size300px
conferenceBig Ten Conference
short_confBig Ten
record13–3
conf_record10–2
head_coachRalph Jones
hc_year5th
captainClyde Alwood
stadiumKenney Gym
championBig Ten Conference Champions

The 1916–17 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

Regular season

The 1916–17 season was the second Big Ten Conference championship for the Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team. 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 10-win 2-loss conference mark. The starting lineup included E. G. McKay, J. B. Felmley and Ralf Woods rotating at the forward position, captain and center C. G. Alwood, and guards George Halas and Ray Woods. Woods was named the Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year for his work this season.

Roster

  • Ralph Jones (Indianapolis YMCA Training School) (5th 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

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Ralf Woods165470178
Clyde Alwood15570114
Ernest McKay1539381
Ray Woods1619038
John Felmley67418
George Halas115010
R.C. Haas3102
Gordon Otto4102

Awards and honors

Ray Woods was elected to the "Illini Men's Basketball All-Century Team" in 2004. Woods was also selected as the Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year for the 1916–17 season.

Clyde Alwood was named a Consensus All-American for the 1916-17 season.

George Halas was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame (1963), for his role in the development of the National Football League as well as for his coaching and playing for the Chicago Bears.

References

References

  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 [[The News-Gazette (Champaign-Urbana). News-Gazette]], Sports Publishing LLC {{ISBN. 1-58261-356-7
  3. [http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/records/year-1916.html University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1916-17] {{Webarchive. link. (2013-12-17 , FightingIllini.com)
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