The 1931-32 season was head coach Craig Ruby's 10th at the University of Illinois. Ruby had 8 returning lettermen from a team that had finished in fourth place in the Big Ten the year before. The team went through a nearly perfect non-conference season, losing only 1 game, however, the Fighting Illini showed no improvement in conference play by finishing with a record of 7 wins and 5 losses. The team finished the season with an overall record of 11 wins 6 losses. The starting lineup included captain Elbert Kamp and Boyd Owen at guard, Robert Kamp and Robert Bartholomew as forwards and Caslon Bennett at center.[2]
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1931–32 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
^University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1931-32 pg.79, FightingIllini.com
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1931, illinois, fighting, illini, basketball, team, represented, university, illinois, 1931, illinois, fighting, illini, basketballconferencebig, conferencerecord11, head, coachj, craig, rubyassistant, coachesjohn, sabo, jerome, jordandavid, bullock, trainer, . The 1931 32 Illinois Fighting Illini men s basketball team represented the University of Illinois 1931 32 Illinois Fighting Illini men s basketballConferenceBig Ten ConferenceRecord11 6 7 5 Big Ten Head coachJ Craig RubyAssistant coachesJohn P Sabo Jerome J JordanDavid M Bullock Trainer 1 CaptainElbert KampHome arenaHuff HallSeasons 1930 311932 33 1931 32 Big Ten Conference men s basketball standings vte Conf Overall Team W L PCT W L PCT Purdue 11 1 917 17 1 944 Minnesota 9 3 750 15 3 833 Northwestern 9 3 750 13 5 722 Michigan 8 4 667 11 6 647 Illinois 7 5 583 11 6 647 Ohio State 5 7 417 9 9 500 Indiana 4 8 333 8 10 444 Wisconsin 3 9 250 8 10 444 Iowa 3 9 250 5 12 294 Chicago 1 11 083 2 15 118 Rankings from AP Poll Contents 1 Regular season 1 1 Roster 2 Schedule 3 Awards and honors 4 ReferencesRegular season editThe 1931 32 season was head coach Craig Ruby s 10th at the University of Illinois Ruby had 8 returning lettermen from a team that had finished in fourth place in the Big Ten the year before The team went through a nearly perfect non conference season losing only 1 game however the Fighting Illini showed no improvement in conference play by finishing with a record of 7 wins and 5 losses The team finished the season with an overall record of 11 wins 6 losses The starting lineup included captain Elbert Kamp and Boyd Owen at guard Robert Kamp and Robert Bartholomew as forwards and Caslon Bennett at center 2 Roster edit 1931 32 Illinois Fighting Illini men s basketball team Players Coaches Pos Name Height Weight Year Hometown F 4 Hudson Hellmich So Webster Groves Missouri F 5 Elbert Kamp C Sr Mt Carmel Illinois G 6 Robert Kamp Sr Mt Carmel Illinois F 7 Coslon Bennett Jr Marshall Illinois G 8 Boyd Owen Jr South Bend Indiana F 9 Robert Y Bartholomew Sr Peoria Illinois C 10 Sidney Port So Chicago Illinois F 12 Salway Fibby Fierberg So Benton Illinois C 14 Vernon Moore Jr Martinsville Illinois G 15 Norval Hodges So Flora Illinois G 17 George S Fencl Sr Cicero Illinois C 18 Alfred J Kamm So Lakewood Washington G 19 Albert C Kamm So Lakewood Washington G 22 William Theobald Jr Du Quoin Illinois F 23 Fred Fencl So Cicero Illinois F 24 Paul Carson So Fairbury Illinois G 26 John William Lehwald So Chicago Illinois F 28 Thomas Myers Plunk Jr Mansfield Illinois Head coach Craig Ruby University of Missouri 10th year Assistant coach es John Sabo University of Illinois 4th year Jerome J Jordan University of Illinois 1st year Legend C Team captain S Suspended I Ineligible W Walk on nbsp Injured nbsp Current redshirt All Time Illini Rosters Roster Source 3 Schedule editDatetime TV Opponent Result Record Site attendance city state Non Conference regular season 12 12 1931 no no St Louis University W 31 17 1 0 Huff Hall 5 000 Champaign IL 12 18 1931 no no at Miami OH W 35 19 2 0 Withrow Court 3 500 Oxford Ohio 12 20 1931 no no Butler L 17 22 2 1 Huff Hall 5 000 Champaign IL 1 1 1932 no no Cornell W 44 23 3 1 Huff Hall 4 000 Champaign IL Big Ten regular season 1 4 1932 no no Ohio State L 28 29 3 2 0 1 Huff Hall 6 500 Champaign IL 1 9 1932 no no Purdue W 28 21 4 2 1 1 Huff Hall 7 000 Champaign IL 1 11 1932 no no at Indiana Rivalry W 30 22 5 2 2 1 IU Field House 5 000 Bloomington IN 1 18 1932 no no at Michigan L 16 28 5 3 2 2 Yost Field House 5 000 Ann Arbor MI 1 23 1932 no no University of Chicago W 30 20 6 3 3 2 Huff Hall 6 000 Champaign IL 2 9 1932 no no Bradley W 28 17 7 3 3 2 Huff Hall 6 000 Champaign IL 2 13 1932 no no at Ohio State L 26 29 7 4 3 3 Ohio Expo Center Coliseum 5 000 Columbus OH 2 15 1932 no no Minnesota W 23 15 8 4 4 3 Huff Hall 6 000 Champaign IL 2 20 1932 no no Michigan W 29 23 9 4 5 3 Huff Hall 6 500 Champaign IL 2 27 1932 no no at Minnesota L 26 27 9 5 5 4 Williams Arena 5 000 Minneapolis MN 2 29 1932 no no at Purdue L 19 34 9 6 5 5 Memorial Gymnasium West Lafayette IN 3 5 1932 no no at University of Chicago W 41 20 10 6 6 5 Henry Crown Field House Chicago IL 3 7 1932 no no Indiana Rivalry W 33 32 11 6 7 5 Huff Hall 5 000 Champaign IL Non conference game Rankings from AP Poll Tournament seedings in parentheses All times are in Central Time Source 4 Awards and honors editThis section is empty You can help by adding to it June 2011 References edit National Athletic Trainer Association 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 1931 32 pg 79 FightingIllini com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1931 32 Illinois Fighting Illini men 27s basketball team amp oldid 1219487666, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,