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1921–22 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

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1921–22 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record14–5 (7–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
CaptainCharles Carney
Home arenaKenney Gym
Seasons
1921–22 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Purdue 8 1   .889 15 3   .833
Michigan 8 4   .667 15 4   .789
Wisconsin 8 4   .667 14 5   .737
Illinois 7 5   .583 14 5   .737
Iowa 5 6   .455 11 7   .611
Chicago 5 7   .417 15 15   .500
Ohio State 5 7   .417 8 10   .444
Minnesota 4 7   .364 5 8   .385
Indiana 3 7   .300 10 10   .500
Northwestern 3 9   .250 7 11   .389

The 1921–22 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

Regular season

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The 1921–22 season was the second and final one for head coach Frank Winters at the University of Illinois. For Winters and the Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, the season was highlighted by the play of All-American Chuck Carney. Carney was selected as an All-American and named the Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year at the completion of the season. The Illini's only losses were at the hands of Big Ten Conference opponents, ultimately placing them in a tie for fourth place.[1] The overall record for this team was 14 wins and 5 losses. The Big Ten record for the season was 7 wins 5 losses. The starting lineup included Carney, R.H. Popken and G.E. Potter at forward, W.H. Roettger at center, and Laurie Walquist and John Sabo as guards.[2]

Roster

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1921–22 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown
F 1 Chuck Carney (C)
Sr Evanston, Illinois
G 2 Walter Samuel Collins
Sr Rockford, Illinois
G 3 John Sabo
Sr Toledo, Ohio
C 4 Wally Roettger
So St. Louis, Missouri
C 5 Leland "Slim" Stillwell
So Olney, Illinois
G 6 Otto Vogel
Jr Iowa City, Iowa
F 7 Roland H. Popken
So Oak Park, Illinois
F 8 Charles Franklin Gipson
So Amboy, Illinois
F 9 Glenn E. Potter
So Orange, California
G 10 Hubert Tabor
Sr Sullivan, Illinois
F 11 Charles Milton White
Jr Chicago, Illinois
F 12 Harry Clay Neville
Jr Pinckneyville, Illinois
G 13 John Wilbur Hansen
Jr Brookston, Indiana
F 14 Cecil Reynolds Danielson
Jr Rockford, Illinois
G 15 L. Elden
So Buffalo, New York
G 16 Lawrence Walquist
Sr Chicago, Illinois
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

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Source[3]

Date
time, TV
Opponent Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-Conference regular season
12/16/1921*
no, no
Illinois Wesleyan W 35–19  1-0
Kenney Gym (2,835)
Urbana, IL
12/17/1921*
no, no
Knox College W 32–24  2-0
Kenney Gym (2,508)
Urbana, IL
12/30/1921*
no, no
Millikin University W 33–20  3-0
Kenney Gym (800)
Urbana, IL
1/2/1922*
no, no
Notre Dame W 49–38  4-0
Kenney Gym (1,000)
Urbana, IL
1/3/1922*
no, no
Notre Dame W 40–27  5-0
Kenney Gym (3,118)
Urbana, IL
1/7/1922*
no, no
Butler W 26–20  6-0
Kenney Gym (4,107)
Urbana, IL
Big Ten regular season
1/14/1922
no, no
at Ohio State W 48–36  7-0
(1-0)
Ohio Expo Center Coliseum (-)
Columbus, OH
1/16/1922
no, no
Michigan W 20–17  8-0
(2-0)
Kenney Gym (4,285)
Urbana, IL
1/19/1922*
no, no
at Millikin University W 34–33  9-0
Millikin Gymnasium (-)
Decatur, IL
2/4/1922
no, no
at University of Chicago L 16–22  9-1
(2-1)
Bartlett Gymnasium (-)
Chicago, IL
2/7/1922
no, no
Purdue L 19–29  9-2
(2-2)
Kenney Gym (4,294)
Urbana, IL
2/10/1922
no, no
at Wisconsin L 23–25  10-2
(3-2)
University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium (-)
Madison, WI
2/11/1922
no, no
at Minnesota W 29–28  11-2
(4-2)
University of Minnesota Armory (-)
Minneapolis, MN
2/18/1922
no, no
Minnesota W 28–18  12-2
(5-2)
Kenney Gym (4,289)
Urbana, IL
2/20/1922
no, no
Ohio State W 41–22  13-2
(6-2)
Kenney Gym (4,289)
Urbana, IL
2/25/1922
no, no
at Michigan L 16–42  13-3
(6-3)
Waterman Gymnasium (-)
Ann Arbor, MI
2/27/1922
no, no
Wisconsin W 37–35  14-3
(7-3)
Kenney Gym (4,293)
Urbana, IL
3/3/1922
no, no
University of Chicago L 25–26  14-4
(7-4)
Kenney Gym (4,294)
Urbana, IL
3/7/1922
no, no
at Purdue L 31–39  14-5
(7-5)
Memorial Gymnasium (-)
West Lafayette, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Player stats

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Player Games Played Field Goals Free Throws Points
Charles Carney[4] 19 79 100 258
Leland Stillwell[4] 19 54 0 108
Roland Popken[4] 19 20 11 51
Glenn Potter[4] 13 20 0 40
John Sabo[4] 19 19 0 38
Laurie Walquist[4] 8 16 0 32
Walter Roettger[4] 9 14 0 28
Hubert Tabor[4] 12 14 0 28
Walter Collins[4] 18 5 0 10

Awards and honors

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References

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  1. ^ A Century of Orange and Blue: Celebrating 100 Years of Fighting Illini Basketball By Loren Tate, Jared Gelfond pg.18 ISBN 1-58261-793-7
  2. ^ Fighting Illini Basketball: A Hardwood History By News-Gazette, Sports Publishing LLC ISBN 1-58261-356-7
  3. ^ University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1920-21 Archived 2013-12-17 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 17, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)