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1917–18 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

American college basketball season

American college basketball season

FieldValue
modeBasketball
year1917–18
teamIllinois Fighting Illini
imageFile:1917-18_Fighting_Illini_men's_basketball_team.jpg
image_size300px
conferenceBig Ten Conference
short_confBig Ten
record9–6
conf_record6–6
head_coachRalph Jones
hc_year6th
captainGeorge Halas
stadiumKenney Gym

The 1917–18 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

Regular season

Under the direction of coach Ralph Jones, the 1917–18 season for the Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, was unusual because World War I was happening in Europe. Co-captain George Halas, for example, left the team in January 1918 to help out with the war effort. In only the second season of having 10 members, the Big Ten Conference continued their 12-game schedule of home and road competitions. The Illini finished their season with an overall record of 9 wins and 6 losses and a 6-win 6-loss conference mark. The starting lineup included co-captain Earl Anderson and B.E. Mittleman at the forward positions, J.S. Probst and P.C. Taylor at center, and co-captain George Halas and Burt Ingwersen as guards. Anderson would be named a consensus All-American for the season.

Roster

  • Ralph Jones (Indianapolis YMCA Training School) (6th 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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Earl Anderson156767201
Bert Ingwersen1524149
Paul Taylor1424048
J.S. Probst1015030
Benjamin Mittleman713026
Charles Vail118016
J.G. Stevens75010
George Halas5102

Awards and honors

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.

Earl Anderson was named a Consensus All-American for the 1917-18 season.

References

References

  1. A Century of Orange and Blue: Celebrating 100 Years of Fighting Illini Basketball By Loren Tate, Jared Gelfond pg.17 {{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-1917.html University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1917-18] {{Webarchive. link. (2013-12-17 , FightingIllini.com)
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