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1926–27 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

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1926–27 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record10–7 (7–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coachJack Lipe (3rd season)
CaptainRussell Daugherity
Home arenaHuff Hall
Seasons
1926–27 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Michigan 10 2   .833 14 3   .824
Indiana 9 3   .750 13 4   .765
Purdue 9 3   .750 12 5   .706
Illinois 7 5   .583 10 7   .588
Wisconsin 7 5   .583 10 7   .588
Iowa 7 5   .583 9 8   .529
Ohio State 6 6   .500 11 6   .647
Chicago 3 9   .250 6 11   .353
Minnesota 1 11   .083 3 13   .188
Northwestern 1 11   .083 3 14   .176

The 1926–27 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

Regular season

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Craig Ruby entered his fifth season as head coach of the Fighting Illini. This team returned only five letterman from a team that placed in a tie for fifth place in the Big Ten a year earlier. Slightly improved, the team finished with an overall record of 10 wins and 7 losses. In the conference they finished with 7 wins and 5 losses. The starting lineup included captain Russell Daugherity at forward, Ernest Dorn and Robert Greene rotating at the other forward slot, Robert McKay and K.L. Reynolds at guard, and F.H. Lindsay at center.[1]

Roster

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1926–27 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown
F 1 Russell Daugherity (C)
Sr Streator, Illinois
F 2 Ernest Dorn
So Chicago, Illinois
C 3 Forrest H. Lindsay
So Tulsa, Oklahoma
F 4 George Rea
So Urbana, Illinois
G 5 C. Donnelly Gamble
So Champaign, Illinois
G 6 Kenneth L. Reynolds
Sr Villa Grove, Illinois
F 6 John D. How
So Lakeville, Indiana
G 7 James R. Stewart
Jr Oak Park, Illinois
C 8 Rufus Glass
So Kokomo, Indiana
F 9 John Tarwain
So Sesser, Illinois
F 10 William Bunn
Jr Byron, Illinois
G 11 Herbert G. Lind
So Chicago, Illinois
G 12 Robert McKay
Sr Champaign, Illinois
G 14 Stoughton LeRoy Reeder
So Tuscola, Illinois
F 14 Omar C. Lee
Jr Frankfort, Illinois
F 15 William Lincoln Julian
So Grant Park, Illinois
G 16 Theodore J. Wachowski
So Chicago, Illinois
G 17 Earl Drew
So Champaign, Illinois
F 18 Werner Daib
Jr Chicago, Illinois
F 19 Robert Greene
So Renovo, Pennsylvania
G 20 Carl Elmer Westmark
So Chicago, Illinois
F 21 Vance Cummins
So Joliet, Illinois
G 22 Everette Olson
Jr Champaign, Illinois
F R Frank H. Beinhauer
Jr Des Moines, Iowa
G R Leonard L. Hawkins
Sr Champaign, Illinois
F R Robert Klaus
So Eureka, Illinois
F R Harry Lambert Logan
So Salem, Illinois
F R Roland Sanford Wachob
So Indiana, Pennsylvania
G R Henry Thomas Winterbauer
So Athens, Illinois
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Jack Lipe (University of Illinois) (3rd year)

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

Roster

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Opponent Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-Conference regular season
12/11/1926*
no, no
Bradley W 37–24  1-0
New Gymnasium (6,336)
Champaign, IL
12/17/1926*
no, no
Coe College L 22–28  1-1
New Gymnasium (5,994)
Champaign, IL
12/20/1926*
no, no
Drake W 34–26  2-1
New Gymnasium (5,635)
Champaign, IL
12/30/1926*
no, no
North Dakota W 36–28  3-1
New Gymnasium (1,336)
Champaign, IL
Big Ten regular season
1/3/1927
no, no
at Minnesota W 27–13  4-1
(1-0)
Kenwood Armory 
Minneapolis, MN
1/8/1927
no, no
at Northwestern
Rivalry
W 27–23  5-1
(2-0)
Patten Gymnasium 
Evanston, IL
1/15/1927
no, no
at Ohio State L 28–29  5-2
(2-1)
Ohio Expo Center Coliseum 
Columbus, OH
1/17/1927
no, no
at Michigan L 24–25  5-3
(2-2)
Yost Field House 
Ann Arbor, MI
1/22/1927
no, no
Iowa
Rivalry
W 40–33  6-3
(3-2)
New Gymnasium (6,578)
Champaign, IL
2/2/1927*
no, no
Butler L 30–32  6-4
New Gymnasium (4,823)
Champaign, IL
2/5/1927
no, no
Minnesota W 36–27  7-4
(4-2)
New Gymnasium (4,947)
Champaign, IL
2/7/1927
no, no
Ohio State W 43–30  8-4
(5-2)
New Gymnasium (6,569)
Champaign, IL
2/12/1926
no, no
at Iowa
Rivalry
L 24–26  8-5
(5-3)
Iowa Armory 
Iowa City, IA
2/16/1927
no, no
Northwestern
Rivalry
W 46–32  9-5
(6-3)
New Gymnasium (5,978)
Champaign, IL
2/25/1927
no, no
Michigan L 26–30  9-6
(6-4)
New Gymnasium (6,697)
Champaign, IL
2/28/1927
no, no
Wisconsin W 32–28  10-6
(7-4)
New Gymnasium (6,697)
Champaign, IL
3/5/1927
no, no
at Wisconsin L 13–39  10-7
(7-5)
Red Gymnasium 
Madison, WI
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Source[2]

Awards and honors

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References

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  1. ^ Fighting Illini Basketball: A Hardwood History By News-Gazette, Sports Publishing LLC ISBN 1-58261-356-7
  2. ^ University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1926-27 Archived 2015-02-10 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com