Craig Ruby entered the 1933–34 season as the winningest coach in the history at the University of Illinois with 96 wins. Ruby had 10 returning lettermen from a team that had finished tied for fifth place in the Big Ten the year before. For the third season in a row, 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 7 losses. The starting lineup included captain Hudson Hellmich at center, Jack Benyon and Albert Kamm at guard, with Fred Fencl and Alfred Kamm as forwards.[2]
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1933–34 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
^University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1933–34 pg.79, FightingIllini.com
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The 1933 34 Illinois Fighting Illini men s basketball team represented the University of Illinois 1933 34 Illinois Fighting Illini men s basketballConferenceBig Ten ConferenceRecord13 6 7 5 Big Ten Head coachJ Craig RubyAssistant coachLeland StillwellDavid M Bullock Trainer 1 CaptainHudson HellmichHome arenaHuff HallSeasons 1932 331934 35 1933 34 Big Ten Conference men s basketball standings vte Conf OverallTeam W L PCT W L PCTPurdue 10 2 833 17 3 850Wisconsin 8 4 667 14 6 700Northwestern 8 4 667 11 8 579Illinois 7 5 583 13 6 684Iowa 6 6 500 13 7 650Indiana 6 6 500 13 7 650Minnesota 5 7 417 9 11 450Ohio State 4 8 333 8 12 400Michigan 4 8 333 6 14 300Chicago 2 10 167 5 15 250Rankings from AP Poll 1933 34 Fighting Illini men s basketball team Contents 1 Regular season 1 1 Roster 2 Schedule 3 Awards and honors 4 ReferencesRegular season editCraig Ruby entered the 1933 34 season as the winningest coach in the history at the University of Illinois with 96 wins Ruby had 10 returning lettermen from a team that had finished tied for fifth place in the Big Ten the year before For the third season in a row 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 7 losses The starting lineup included captain Hudson Hellmich at center Jack Benyon and Albert Kamm at guard with Fred Fencl and Alfred Kamm as forwards 2 Roster edit 1933 34 Illinois Fighting Illini men s basketball teamPlayers CoachesPos Name Height Weight Year HometownF 4 Hudson Hellmich C Sr Webster Groves MissouriF 5 Harold Benham So Downers Grove IllinoisG 6 Jack Beynon Jr Rockford IllinoisG 7 Lester Lindberg So Lockport IllinoisF 8 Frank Froschauer Jr Harvey IllinoisF 9 Karl Rohlen Jr Chicago IllinoisC 10 Martin Markworth So Cleveland OhioF 11 Coke Mills So Galesburg IllinoisG 14 Elbert Gragg Jr Denver ColoradoF 15 Fred Fencl Sr Cicero IllinoisC 18 Alfred J Kamm Sr Lakewood WashingtonG 19 Albert C Kamm Sr Lakewood WashingtonF 20 Roy Guttschow Jr Simi Valley CaliforniaG 22 Howard Braun So Champaign IllinoisF 24 Robert Wright So Hinsdale IllinoisF 25 William Gates So Rockford Illinois Head coachCraig Ruby University of Missouri 12th year Assistant coach es Leland Stillwell University of Illinois 1st year Legend C Team captain S Suspended I Ineligible W Walk on nbsp Injured nbsp Current redshirtAll Time Illini Rosters RosterSource 3 Schedule editDatetime TV Opponent Result Record Site attendance city stateNon Conference regular season12 12 1933 no no St Louis L 21 22 0 1 0 0 Huff Hall 4 000 Champaign IL12 16 1933 no no Illinois Wesleyan W 37 19 1 1 0 0 Huff Hall 4 500 Champaign IL12 22 1933 no no Washington St Louis W 40 36 2 1 0 0 Francis Gymnasium 3 000 St Louis MO12 29 1933 no no Knox College W 21 18 3 1 0 0 Auxiliary Gymnasium 3 000 Galesburg IL12 30 1933 no no Augustana W 21 18 4 1 0 0 Old Main Gymnasium 3 000 Rock Island IL1 3 1934 no no Missouri Braggin Rights W 36 24 5 1 0 0 Huff Hall 6 000 Champaign ILBig Ten regular season1 7 1934 no no Wisconsin W 20 17 6 1 1 0 Huff Hall 4 000 Champaign IL1 8 1934 no no Purdue L 21 36 6 2 1 1 Jefferson High School 4 500 West Lafayette IN1 13 1934 no no University of Chicago W 32 26 7 2 2 1 Henry Crown Field House 3 600 Chicago IL1 15 1934 no no Iowa Rivalry L 14 36 7 3 2 2 Iowa Field House 12 000 Iowa City IA1 20 1934 no no Northwestern W 34 20 8 3 3 2 Huff Hall 6 000 Champaign IL2 6 1934 no no Bradley W 38 26 9 3 3 2 Huff Hall 6 000 Champaign IL2 10 1934 no no Indiana Rivalry W 28 25 10 3 4 2 Huff Hall 6 000 Champaign IL2 12 1934 no no University of Chicago W 42 21 11 3 5 2 Huff Hall 6 000 Champaign IL2 17 1934 no no Wisconsin L 22 28 11 4 5 3 Wisconsin Field House 8 000 Madison WI2 19 1934 no no Northwestern L 25 32 11 5 5 4 Patten Gymnasium 4 300 Evanston IL2 24 1934 no no Indiana Rivalry L 24 36 11 6 5 5 IU Fieldhouse 8 000 Bloomington IN2 26 1934 no no Iowa Rivalry W 35 31 12 6 6 5 Huff Hall 6 000 Champaign IL3 5 1934 no no Purdue W 27 26 13 6 7 5 Huff Hall 7 000 Champaign IL Non conference game Rankings from AP Poll Tournament seedings in parentheses All times are in Central Time Bold Italic connotes conference game 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 1933 34 pg 79 FightingIllini com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1933 34 Illinois Fighting Illini men 27s basketball team amp oldid 1170757757, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
