1905–06 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

The 1905–06 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

1905–06 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	6–8 (3–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Elwood Brown
Captain	Selected each game
Home arena	Kenney Gym
Seasons 1906–07 →

1905–06 Western Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Minnesota	6	–	1		.857			13	–	2		.867
Wisconsin	6	–	2		.750			12	–	2		.857
Indiana	2	–	2		.500			7	–	9		.438
Chicago	3	–	5		.375			5	–	5		.500
Purdue	3	–	6		.333			4	–	7		.364
Illinois	3	–	6		.333			6	–	8		.429
Iowa	-	–	-		–			11	–	5		.688
Rankings from AP Poll

Regular season

Gym manager and instructor Leo Hana, was put in charge of building the basketball program. The first University of Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, led by its playing captain Roy Riley, beat Champaign High School January 6, 1906, two weeks before Hana was able to replace Riley with a “professional” coach.^[1]Elwood Brown became Illinois’ first basketball coach January 20, 1906.^[2] In the first season of Illinois basketball the Illini went 6-8, 3-6 in the Big Ten.

Roster

1905–06 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown F Charles Stewart — — So New York, New York G Floyd Tallmadge — — Fr Geneva, Nebraska C Roy Riley — — Fr Morrison, Illinois F Maurice Dadant — — Jr Hamilton, Illinois G Herb Juul — — Jr Chicago, Illinois G Edward Ryan — — So Chicago, Illinois F Victor Cicero Kays — — Sr Magnolia, Illinois G Hugh L. Ray — — Jr Chicago, Illinois F Albert Penn — — Fr Chicago, Illinois	Head coach Elwood Brown (Wheaton College) (1st year) Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt All-Time Illini Rosters Roster

Source^[3]

Schedule

Source^[4]

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
1/6/1906* no, no	Champaign High School	W 71-4	1-0	Kenney Gym  Urbana, IL
1/20/1906 no, no	Indiana Rivalry	W 27–24	2-0 (1-0)	Kenney Gym  Urbana, IL
1/27/1906 no, no	Purdue	W 25–19	3-0 (2-0)	Kenney Gym  Urbana, IL
2/2/1906 no, no	at Minnesota	L 19–32	3-1 (2-1)	University of Minnesota Armory  Minneapolis, MN
2/5/1906* no, no	Wheaton College	W 23–21	4-1	Kenney Gym  Urbana, IL
2/8/1906* no, no	at Evanston YMCA	L 15–51	4-2 (2-1)	Evanston YMCA  Evanston, IL
2/9/1906 no, no	at University of Chicago	L 14–49	4-3 (2-2)	Bartlett Gymnasium  Chicago, IL
2/10/1906* no, no	at Wheaton College	L 28–37	4-4	Adams Hall  Wheaton, IL
2/14/1906* no, no	Oberlin College	W 31–25	5-4	Kenney Gym  Urbana, IL
2/16/1906 no, no	at Indiana Rivalry	L 7–38	5-5 (2-3)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
2/17/1906 no, no	at Purdue	L 22–48	5-6 (2-4)	Lafayette Colliseum  West Lafayette, IN
2/24/1906 no, no	University of Chicago	W 24–21	6-6 (3-4)	Kenney Gym  Urbana, IL
2/28/1906 no, no	Minnesota	L 25–27	6-7 (3-5)	Kenney Gym  Urbana, IL
3/3/1906 no, no	Wisconsin	L 32–35	6-8 (3-6)	Kenney Gym  Urbana, IL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Awards and honors

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 News-Gazette, Sports Publishing LLC ISBN 1-58261-356-7
3. FightingIllini.com
4. University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1905-06 2015-02-10 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com