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1921–22 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
American college basketball season
American college basketball season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| mode | Basketball |
| year | 1921–22 |
| team | Illinois Fighting Illini |
| image | 1921-22_Fighting_Illini_men's_basketball_team.jpg |
| image_size | 300px |
| conference | Big Ten Conference |
| short_conf | Big Ten |
| record | 14–5 |
| conf_record | 7–5 |
| head_coach | Frank Winters |
| hc_year | 2nd |
| captain | Charles Carney |
| stadium | Kenney Gym |
The 1921–22 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.
Regular season
The 1921–22 season was the second and final one for head coach Frank Winters at the University of Illinois. For Winters and the Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, the season was highlighted by the play of All-American Chuck Carney. Carney was selected as an All-American and named the Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year at the completion of the season. The Illini's only losses were at the hands of Big Ten Conference opponents, ultimately placing them in a tie for fourth place. The overall record for this team was 14 wins and 5 losses. The Big Ten record for the season was 7 wins 5 losses. The starting lineup included Carney, R.H. Popken and G.E. Potter at forward, W.H. Roettger at center, and Laurie Walquist and John Sabo as guards.
Roster
- Frank Winters (Springfield (MA)) (2nd 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-1921.html | title=Archived copy | access-date=2013-12-17 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217224507/http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/records/year-1921.html | archive-date=2013-12-17 | url-status=dead }} | 19 | 79 | 100 | 258 | |||||
| Leland Stillwell | 19 | 54 | 0 | 108 | ||||||||||
| Roland Popken | 19 | 20 | 11 | 51 | ||||||||||
| Glenn Potter | 13 | 20 | 0 | 40 | ||||||||||
| John Sabo | 19 | 19 | 0 | 38 | ||||||||||
| Laurie Walquist | 8 | 16 | 0 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Walter Roettger | 9 | 14 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Hubert Tabor | 12 | 14 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Walter Collins | 18 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
Awards and honors
- Chuck Carney was elected to the "Illini Men's Basketball All-Century Team" in 2004. Carney was also selected as the Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year for his play during the 1921–22 season.
- Otto Vogel received the Big Ten Medal of Honor for his proficiency in athletics and scholastic work following the 1922 season.
References
References
- A Century of Orange and Blue: Celebrating 100 Years of Fighting Illini Basketball By Loren Tate, Jared Gelfond pg.18 {{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-1920.html University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1920-21] {{Webarchive. link. (2013-12-17 , FightingIllini.com)
- "Archived copy".
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