A new decade had begun for the Fighting Illini, a decade which brought much success to Illinois basketball. Head Coach Doug Mills led the Illini to consecutive Big Ten titles in 1942 and 1943. The Illini would add another league championship under Harry Combes in 1949. The Illini were the 13th-winningest Division I team in the nation in the 1940s. Illinois’ 150-57 record and .725 winning percentage was the best in the Big Ten. In 1941, Mills added to his coaching duties when he was named the school’s athletic director as well as continuing on as the head coach. Mills entered his fifth season with the Illini and, just as his teams had done the previous 4 seasons, had a nearly perfect record on the home court finishing with an 8-2 record. Unfortunately for the Illini they finished with a 5-5 record on the road to finish in a third place tie overall in conference action. Mills' team featured 8 returning letterman and had a starting lineup including team captainJohn Drish and Harold Shapiro at forward, Art Mathisen at the center position, and Victor Wukovits and Robert Richmond as guards. The team also featured future major league baseball player Walter Evers[2]
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The 1940 41 Illinois Fighting Illini men s basketball team represented the University of Illinois 1940 41 Illinois Fighting Illini men s basketballConferenceBig Ten ConferenceRecord13 7 7 5 Big Ten Head coachDouglas MillsAssistant coachesHowie Braun Wally RoettgerDavid M Bullock Trainer 1 MVPBob RichmondCaptainJohn DrishHome arenaHuff HallSeasons 1939 401941 42 1940 41 Big Ten Conference men s basketball standings vte Conf OverallTeam W L PCT W L PCTWisconsin 11 1 917 20 3 870Indiana 10 2 833 17 3 850Illinois 7 5 583 13 7 650Minnesota 7 5 583 11 9 550Ohio State 7 5 583 10 10 500Purdue 6 6 500 13 7 650Michigan 5 7 417 9 10 474Iowa 4 8 333 12 8 600Northwestern 3 9 250 7 11 389Chicago 0 12 000 4 16 200Rankings from AP Poll Contents 1 Regular season 1 1 Roster 2 Schedule 3 Player stats 4 Awards and honors 5 ReferencesRegular season editA new decade had begun for the Fighting Illini a decade which brought much success to Illinois basketball Head Coach Doug Mills led the Illini to consecutive Big Ten titles in 1942 and 1943 The Illini would add another league championship under Harry Combes in 1949 The Illini were the 13th winningest Division I team in the nation in the 1940s Illinois 150 57 record and 725 winning percentage was the best in the Big Ten In 1941 Mills added to his coaching duties when he was named the school s athletic director as well as continuing on as the head coach Mills entered his fifth season with the Illini and just as his teams had done the previous 4 seasons had a nearly perfect record on the home court finishing with an 8 2 record Unfortunately for the Illini they finished with a 5 5 record on the road to finish in a third place tie overall in conference action Mills team featured 8 returning letterman and had a starting lineup including team captain John Drish and Harold Shapiro at forward Art Mathisen at the center position and Victor Wukovits and Robert Richmond as guards The team also featured future major league baseball player Walter Evers 2 Roster edit 1940 41 Illinois Fighting Illini men s basketball teamPlayers CoachesPos Name Height Weight Year HometownG 4 Henry Sachs Jr Chicago IllinoisF 5 Walter Evers Jr Collinsville IllinoisC 6 Robert O Neill Sr Pitman New JerseyG 12 Robert Richmond Sr Johnston City IllinoisC 13 Victor Wukovits Jr Mishawaka IndianaG 14 Raymond Bergeson So Bridgeton New JerseyF 15 Ralph Hooker So Sidell IllinoisG 16 William Hocking Jr Evanston IllinoisF 17 Richard Albaugh So Darien IllinoisG 18 R Keith Brown Fr Pekin IllinoisC 19 Arthur Mathisen So Dwight IllinoisG 20 Harold Shapiro Sr Chicago IllinoisF 21 John Drish C Sr Evanston IllinoisG 22 Dick Driggs So Granger IndianaF 23 Alton Shirley Fr Edmond OklahomaG 26 Kenneth Brown So Catlin IllinoisG 27 J Wayne Staley So Springfield Illinois Head coachDouglas Mills University of Illinois 5th year Assistant coach es Wally Roettger University of Illinois 6th year Howie Braun University of Illinois 4th 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 6 1940 no no Georgia W 38 34 1 0 Huff Hall 4 822 Champaign IL12 20 1940 no no Pittsburgh L 41 43 1 1 Huff Hall 4 926 Champaign IL12 23 1940 no no at Notre Dame W 41 39 2 1 Notre Dame Fieldhouse 2 000 Notre Dame IN12 26 1940 no no at Manhattan W 56 40 3 1 Madison Square Garden 12 237 New York NY12 28 1940 no no at Temple L 41 42 3 2 Municipal Auditorium 7 247 Philadelphia PA12 31 1940 no no at Marquette W 40 32 4 2 Marquette Gymnasium 5 800 Milwaukee WI1 2 1941 no no Kansas State W 45 29 5 2 Huff Hall 5 829 Champaign ILBig Ten regular season1 6 1941 no no Purdue W 49 34 6 2 1 0 Huff Hall 7 183 Champaign IL1 11 1941 no no Indiana Rivalry L 38 48 6 3 1 1 Huff Hall 6 946 Champaign IL1 13 1941 no no Michigan W 47 41 7 3 2 1 Huff Hall 5 619 Champaign IL1 18 1941 no no at Northwestern Rivalry W 42 41 8 3 3 1 Patten Gymnasium 2 400 Evanston IL1 29 1941 no no Mexico W 53 30 9 3 3 1 Huff Hall 3 910 Champaign IL2 3 1941 no no at Purdue L 29 46 9 4 3 2 Lambert Fieldhouse 8 500 West Lafayette IN2 8 1941 no no Minnesota L 38 50 9 5 3 3 Huff Hall 10 500 Champaign IL2 10 1941 no no at University of Chicago W 55 29 10 5 4 3 Henry Crown Field House 3 500 Chicago IL2 15 1941 no no at Wisconsin L 30 46 10 6 4 4 Wisconsin Field House 13 300 Madison WI2 17 1941 no no Iowa Rivalry W 56 53 11 6 5 4 Huff Hall 4 500 Champaign IL2 22 1941 no no at Michigan L 31 47 11 7 5 5 Yost Fieldhouse 6 250 Ann Arbor MI2 24 1941 no no Ohio State W 53 36 12 7 6 5 Huff Hall 4 480 Champaign IL3 1 1941 no no University of Chicago W 52 33 13 7 7 5 Huff Hall 4 518 Champaign IL Non conference game Rankings from AP Poll Tournament seedings in parentheses All times are in Central Time Source 4 Player stats editPlayer Games Played Field Goals Free Throws PointsArthur Mathisen 20 65 48 178Robert Richmond 20 47 47 141Walter Evers 11 49 27 125John Drish 20 39 16 94Victor Wukovits 20 25 30 80Harold Shapiro 18 32 9 73David Dillon 9 18 5 41Henry Sachs 10 16 5 37Alton Shirley 16 11 6 28William Hocking 17 10 7 27Robert O Neill 14 5 5 15Stanley Wayne 7 7 0 14Dick Driggs 8 3 6 12Keith Brown 7 1 2 4Ralph Hooker 3 1 0 2Richard Albaugh 9 1 0 2Kenneth Brown 4 0 2 2 5 Awards and honors editBob Richmond Team Most Valuable Player 6 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 1939 40 pg 79 FightingIllini com Season Stats Archived from the original on April 19 2014 Retrieved April 17 2014 List of MVPs PDF Archived from the original PDF on October 30 2014 Retrieved January 15 2013 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1940 41 Illinois Fighting Illini men 27s basketball team amp oldid 1216647244, 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