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 captainRay Woods.[2] Woods was named an All-American for his work during this season.[3] Woods and Alwood were named All-Big Ten players for the season.
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The 1915 16 Illinois Fighting Illini men s basketball team represented the University of Illinois 1915 16 Illinois Fighting Illini men s basketballConferenceBig Ten ConferenceRecord13 3 9 3 Big Ten Head coachRalph JonesAssistant coachDavid M Bullock Trainer 1 CaptainRay WoodsHome arenaKenney GymSeasons 1914 151916 17 1915 16 Western Conference men s basketball standings vte Conf OverallTeam W L PCT W L PCTWisconsin 11 1 917 20 1 952Illinois 9 3 750 13 3 813Northwestern 9 3 750 13 3 813Minnesota 6 6 500 11 6 647Indiana 3 5 375 6 7 462Chicago 4 8 333 15 11 577Iowa 2 4 333 11 4 733Ohio State 2 8 200 9 13 409Purdue 2 10 167 4 10 286Rankings from AP Poll Contents 1 Regular season 1 1 Roster 2 Schedule 3 Player stats 4 Awards and honors 5 ReferencesRegular season editThe 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 2 Woods was named an All American for his work during this season 3 Woods and Alwood were named All Big Ten players for the season Roster edit 1915 16 Illinois Fighting Illini men s basketball teamPlayers CoachesPos Name Height Weight Year HometownF Clarence O Applegran Fr Chicago IllinoisF Clyde Alwood Jr Clinton IllinoisG Ray Woods C Jr Oak Park IllinoisG Ralf Woods Jr Oak Park IllinoisF John B Felmley So Bloomington IllinoisF Gordon Otto Jr Miami FloridaC Elmer T Rundquist So San Antonio TexasF Dan William Elwell Jr Champaign IllinoisG Vaughn Waldow Dean Jr Decatur Illinois Head coachRalph Jones Indianapolis YMCA Training School 4th year Assistant coach es Legend C Team captain S Suspended I Ineligible W Walk on nbsp Injured nbsp Current redshirtAll Time Illini Rosters RosterSource 4 Schedule editSource 5 Datetime TV Opponent Result Record Site attendance city stateNon Conference regular season12 13 1915 no no Millikin University W 36 16 1 0 Kenney Gym 1 892 Urbana IL12 17 1915 no no at Millikin University W 34 19 2 0 Millikin Gymnasium Decatur IL1 1 1916 no no at Illinois Wesleyan W 25 18 3 0 Bloomington YMCA Bloomington IL1 4 1916 no no Wabash College W 24 16 4 0 Kenney Gym Urbana ILBig Ten regular season1 11 1916 no no Purdue W 22 11 5 0 1 0 Kenney Gym 2 507 Urbana IL1 15 1916 no no Ohio State W 21 10 6 0 2 0 Kenney Gym 2 497 Urbana IL1 22 1916 no no Wisconsin W 27 20 7 0 3 0 Kenney Gym 3 383 Urbana IL2 9 1916 no no at University of Chicago W 30 17 8 0 4 0 Bartlett Gymnasium Chicago IL2 12 1916 no no Northwestern Rivalry L 21 23 OT 8 1 4 1 Kenney Gym 3 147 Urbana IL2 19 1916 no no at Wisconsin L 14 34 8 2 4 2 University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium Madison WI2 21 1916 no no at Minnesota W 27 22 9 2 5 2 University of Minnesota Armory Minneapolis MN2 26 1916 no no University of Chicago W 31 13 10 2 6 2 Kenney Gym 3 218 Urbana IL2 29 1916 no no at Northwestern Rivalry L 16 25 10 3 6 3 Patten Gymnasium Evanston IL3 4 1916 no no at Purdue W 29 19 11 3 7 3 Memorial Gymnasium West Lafayette IN3 6 1916 no no at Ohio State W 28 22 12 3 8 3 The Armory Columbus OH3 13 1916 no no Minnesota W 20 9 13 3 9 3 Kenney Gym Urbana IL Non conference game Rankings from AP Poll Tournament seedings in parentheses All times are in Central Time Player stats editPlayer Games Played Field Goals Free Throws PointsRalf Woods 6 10 35 52 122Gordon Otto 6 15 25 40 90Clyde Alwood 6 15 45 0 90Ray Woods 6 16 26 0 52John Felmley 6 5 12 2 26Dan Elwell 6 10 6 1 12Clarence Applegran 6 16 3 0 6Awards and honors editRay 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 edit National Athletic Trainer Association 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 News Gazette Sports Publishing LLC ISBN 1 58261 356 7 FightingIllini com University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1915 16 Archived 2013 12 17 at the Wayback Machine FightingIllini com a b c d e f g Archived copy Archived from the original on December 17 2013 Retrieved December 17 2013 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint 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