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.[2] 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-captainEarl Anderson and B.E. Mittleman at the forward positions, J.S. Probst and P.C. Taylor at center, and co-captainGeorge Halas and Burt Ingwersen as guards.[3] Anderson would be named a consensus All-American for the season.
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1917–18 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
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The 1917 18 Illinois Fighting Illini men s basketball team represented the University of Illinois 1917 18 Illinois Fighting Illini men s basketballConferenceBig Ten ConferenceRecord9 6 6 6 Big Ten Head coachRalph JonesAssistant coachDavid M Bullock Trainer 1 CaptainGeorge Halas Earl AndersonHome arenaKenney GymSeasons 1916 171918 19 1917 18 Big Ten Conference men s basketball standings vte Conf OverallTeam W L PCT W L PCTWisconsin 9 3 750 14 3 824Minnesota 7 3 700 13 3 813Northwestern 5 3 625 7 4 636Illinois 6 6 500 9 6 600Chicago 6 6 500 14 10 583Purdue 5 5 500 11 5 688Ohio State 5 5 500 12 7 632Indiana 3 3 500 10 4 714Iowa 4 6 400 6 8 429Michigan 0 10 000 6 12 333Rankings from AP Poll Contents 1 Regular season 1 1 Roster 2 Schedule 3 Player stats 4 Awards and honors 5 ReferencesRegular season EditUnder 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 2 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 3 Anderson would be named a consensus All American for the season Roster Edit 1917 18 Illinois Fighting Illini men s basketball teamPlayers CoachesPos Name Height Weight Year HometownF Earl Anderson C Sr Charleston IllinoisG George Halas C Sr Chicago IllinoisC John S Probst So East Aurora IllinoisC Paul C Taylor So New Orleans LouisianaG Charles W Vail Fr Chicago IllinoisF Burt Ingwersen So Urbana IllinoisG F William K Kopp Fr Beverly Farms MassachusettsF Benjamin F Mittleman Jr East Farmingdale New YorkF James Garfield Stevens Jr Alfred New YorkG Raymond Christian Haas So Evansville Indiana Head coachRalph Jones Indianapolis YMCA Training School 6th year Assistant coach es Legend C Team captain S Suspended I Ineligible W Walk on Injured Current redshirtAll Time Illini Rosters RosterSource 4 Schedule EditSource 5 Datetime TV Opponent Result Record Site attendance city stateNon Conference regular season12 15 1917 no no vs Millikin University W 40 13 1 0 0 0 Kenney Gym 199 Urbana IL12 19 1917 no no Millikin University W 31 13 2 0 0 0 Millikin Gymnasium Decatur IL1 5 1918 no no vs Wabash College W 24 9 3 0 0 0 Kenney Gym Urbana ILBig Ten regular season1 9 1918 no no vs Purdue W 27 17 4 0 1 0 Kenney Gym 635 Urbana IL1 14 1918 no no vs Minnesota W 28 17 5 0 2 0 Kenney Gym 1 008 Urbana IL1 19 1918 no no vs Wisconsin L 21 22 5 1 2 1 Kenney Gym 1 108 Urbana IL2 2 1918 no no University of Chicago L 19 23 5 2 2 2 Bartlett Gymnasium Chicago IL2 9 1918 no no vs Northwestern W 38 22 6 2 3 2 Kenney Gym 925 Urbana IL2 11 1918 no no vs Ohio State W 35 21 7 2 4 2 Kenney Gym 673 Urbana IL2 16 1918 no no Purdue L 26 29 7 3 4 3 Memorial Gymnasium West Lafayette IN2 18 1918 no no Ohio State W 26 23 8 3 5 3 The Armory Columbus OH2 23 1918 no no Wisconsin L 15 23 8 4 5 4 University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium Madison WI2 25 1918 no no Minnesota L 22 35 8 5 5 5 University of Minnesota Armory Minneapolis MN3 2 1918 no no Northwestern L 14 29 8 6 5 6 Patten Gymnasium Evanston IL3 6 1918 no no vs University of Chicago W 20 17 9 6 6 6 Kenney Gym 518 Urbana IL Non conference game Rankings from AP Poll Tournament seedings in parentheses All times are in Central Time Bold Italic connotes conference gamePlayer stats EditPlayer Games Played Field Goals Free Throws PointsEarl Anderson 6 15 67 67 201Bert Ingwersen 7 15 24 1 49Paul Taylor 8 14 24 0 48J S Probst 9 10 15 0 30Benjamin Mittleman 10 7 13 0 26Charles Vail 11 11 8 0 16J G Stevens 12 7 5 0 10George Halas 13 5 1 0 2Awards and honors EditGeorge 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 Edit National Athletic Trainer Association 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 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 1917 18 Archived 2013 12 17 at the Wayback Machine FightingIllini com 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 archived copy as title link Archived copy Archived from the original on December 17 2013 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