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1920–21 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

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1920–21 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record11–7 (7–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
CaptainCharles Vail
Home arenaKenney Gym
Seasons
1920–21 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Michigan 8 4   .667 18 4   .818
Wisconsin 8 4   .667 13 4   .765
Purdue 8 4   .667 13 7   .650
Minnesota 7 5   .583 10 5   .667
Illinois 7 5   .583 11 7   .611
Indiana 6 5   .545 15 6   .714
Iowa 6 5   .545 9 9   .500
Chicago 6 6   .500 14 6   .700
Ohio State 2 10   .167 4 13   .235
Northwestern 1 11   .083 2 12   .143
"1920-21 Fighting Illini men's basketball team"

The 1920–21 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

Regular season

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The 1920–21 season began a new era for the Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team. New head coach Frank Winters was coming to the University of Illinois after five successful years as head coach of Rockford Central High School in Rockford, Illinois. During his tenure in Rockford, he guided his Rabs teams to three round of 16 finishes, one quarterfinals finish and one team finished its season as state champions. Winters inherited a team whose best player, Chuck Carney, severely injured his knee in the last football game. The team went on to an overall record of 11–7.[1] The Big Ten record for the Illini, at the conclusion of the 1920–21 season was seven wins five losses and a tie for fourth place. The starting lineup included All-American Chuck Carney, Laurie Walquist and Norton Hellstrom at forward, Henry Reitsch at center, and Charles Vail, John Sabo and Walter Collins as guards.[2]

Roster

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1920–21 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown
F 1 Chuck Carney
Jr Evanston, Illinois
G 2 Walter Collins
Jr Rockford, Illinois
G 3 John Sabo
Jr Toledo, Ohio
C 4 Henry Reitsch
So Rockford, Illinois
C 5 Leland "Slim" Stillwell
Fr Olney, Illinois
G 6 Otto Vogel
So Iowa City, Iowa
F 7 Roland H. Popken
Fr Oak Park, Illinois
F 8 Norton Hellstrom
So Ft. Pierce, Florida
F 9 Glenn E. Potter
Fr Yuba City, California
G 10 Hubert Tabor
Jr Sullivan, Illinois
F 11 Charles Milton White
So Chicago, Illinois
F 12 Harry Clay Neville
So Pinckneyville, Illinois
G 13 John Wilbur Hansen
So Brookston, Indiana
F 14 Cecil Reynolds Danielson
So Rockford, Illinois
G 15 Charles W. Vail (C)
Jr Chicago, Illinois
G 16 Lawrence Walquist
Jr Chicago, Illinois
F 17 Julian Mee
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
12/8/1920*
no, no
Millikin University L 24–29  0-1
Kenney Gym (2,994)
Urbana, IL
12/20/1920*
no, no
at Illinois Normal W 32–21  1-1
John W. Cook Hall (-)
Normal, IL
1/1/1921*
no, no
Nebraska L 25–30  1-2
Kenney Gym (441)
Urbana, IL
1/3/1921*
no, no
Nebraska W 26–24  2-2
Kenney Gym (3,044)
Urbana, IL
1/10/1921*
no, no
Illinois Normal W 42–17  3-2
Kenney Gym (2,759)
Urbana, IL
1/14/1921*
no, no
at Millikin University W 26–20  4-2
Millikin Gymnasium (-)
Decatur, IL
Big Ten regular season
1/18/1921
no, no
University of Chicago W 33–29  5-2
(1-0)
Kenney Gym (4,233)
Urbana, IL
1/22/1921
no, no
at Wisconsin L 18–23  5-3
(1-1)
University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium (-)
Madison, WI
1/24/1921
no, no
at Minnesota W 23–22  6-3
(2-1)
University of Minnesota Armory (-)
Minneapolis, MN
2/5/1921
no, no
at Purdue W 39–26  7-3
(3-1)
Memorial Gymnasium (-)
West Lafayette, IN
2/7/1921
no, no
Ohio State W 46–11  8-3
(4-1)
Kenney Gym (4,272)
Urbana, IL
2/12/1921
no, no
Minnesota W 24–20  9-3
(5-1)
Kenney Gym (4,272)
Urbana, IL
2/19/1921
no, no
Wisconsin W 17–9  10-3
(6-1)
Kenney Gym (4,283)
Urbana, IL
2/22/1921
no, no
Purdue L 19–29  10-4
(6-2)
Kenney Gym (4,283)
Urbana, IL
2/26/1921
no, no
at Michigan L 18–24  10-5
(6-3)
Waterman Gymnasium (-)
Ann Arbor, MI
2/28/1921
no, no
at Ohio State W 35–32  11-5
(7-3)
Ohio Expo Center Coliseum (-)
Columbus, OH
3/5/1921
no, no
at University of Chicago W 35–32  11-6
(7-4)
Bartlett Gymnasium (3,260)
Chicago, IL
3/7/1921
no, no
at Michigan L 26–28  11-7
(7-5)
Kenney Gym (4,294)
Urbana, IL
*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
Henry Reitsch[4] 18 55 0 110
Charles Vail[5] 18 22 59 103
Julian Mee[6] 15 24 26 74
Laurie Walquist[7] 18 36 1 73
Norton Hellstrom[8] 13 25 4 54
Charles Carney[9] 8 19 0 38
Walter Collins[10] 14 12 0 24
John Sabo[11] 14 6 0 12

Awards and honors

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Chuck Carney was elected to the "Illini Men's Basketball All-Century Team" in 2004. Carney was also selected as the Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year for his play during the 1921–22 season.

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. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 17, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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