1926–27 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1926–27 Illinois Fighting Illini File:1926–27_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_men's_basketball_team.jpg 300px Big Ten Conference Big Ten 10–7 7–5 J. Craig Ruby Jack Lipe 5th 3rd Russell Daugherity Huff Hall The 1926–27 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois. Regular season 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.Fighting Illini Basketball: A Hardwood History By News-Gazette, Sports Publishing LLC 1-58261-356-7 Roster 1926 Illinois Fighting Illini y Russell Daugherity 1 F SR Streator, Illinois y C Ernest Dorn 2 F SO Chicago, Illinois n Forrest H. Lindsay 3 C SO Tulsa, Oklahoma n George Rea 4 F SO Urbana, Illinois n C. Donnelly Gamble 5 G SO Champaign, Illinois n Kenneth L. Reynolds 6 G SR Villa Grove, Illinois n John D. How 6 F SO Lakeville, Indiana n James R. Stewart 7 G JR Oak Park, Illinois n Rufus Glass 8 C SO Kokomo, Indiana n John Tarwain 9 F SO Sesser, Illinois n William Bunn 10 F JR Byron, Illinois n Herbert G. Lind 11 G SO Chicago, Illinois n Robert McKay 12 G SR Champaign, Illinois n Stoughton LeRoy Reeder 14 G SO Tuscola, Illinois n Omar C. Lee 14 F JR Frankfort, Illinois n William Lincoln Julian 15 F SO Grant Park, Illinois n Theodore J. Wachowski 16 G SO Chicago, Illinois n Earl Drew 17 G SO Champaign, Illinois n Werner Daib 18 F JR Chicago, Illinois n Robert Greene 19 F SO Renovo, Pennsylvania n Carl Elmer Westmark 20 G SO Chicago, Illinois n Vance Cummins 21 F SO Joliet, Illinois n Everette Olson 22 G JR Champaign, Illinois n Frank H. Beinhauer R F JR Des Moines, Iowa n Leonard L. Hawkins R G SR Champaign, Illinois n Robert Klaus R F SO Eureka, Illinois n Harry Lambert Logan R F SO Salem, Illinois n Roland Sanford Wachob R F SO Indiana, Pennsylvania n Henry Thomas Winterbauer R G SO Athens, Illinois n Craig Ruby (University of Missouri) (5th year) Jack Lipe (University of Illinois) (3rd year) https://fightingillini.com/sports/2015/7/18/mbb_alltimerosters_1925_1949.aspx?#1927 Schedule yes |- !colspan=12 style="background:#DF4E38; color:white;"| Non-Conference regular season |- align="center" bgcolor="" 12/11/1926 yes 1926 Bradley Braves Bradley New Gymnasium Champaign, IL 37–24 6,336 1-0 12/17/1926 yes Coe College New Gymnasium Champaign, IL 22–28 5,994 1-1 12/20/1926 yes 1926 Drake Bulldogs Drake New Gymnasium Champaign, IL 34–26 5,635 2-1 12/30/1926 yes 1926 North Dakota Fighting Sioux North Dakota New Gymnasium Champaign, IL 36–28 1,336 3-1 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#DF4E38; color:#FFFFFF;"|Big Ten regular season 1/3/1927 yes 1926 Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota Kenwood Armory Minneapolis, MN 27–13 4-1 1-0 1/8/1927 yes 1926 Northwestern Wildcats Northwestern Patten Gymnasium Evanston, IL Rivalry 27–23 5-1 2-0 1/15/1927 yes 1926 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State Ohio Expo Center Coliseum Columbus, OH 28–29 5-2 2-1 1/17/1927 yes Michigan Yost Field House Ann Arbor, MI 24–25 5-3 2-2 1/22/1927 1926 Iowa Hawkeyes Iowa New Gymnasium Champaign, IL Rivalry 40–33 6,578 6-3 3-2 2/2/1927 yes 1926 Butler Bulldogs Butler New Gymnasium Champaign, IL 30–32 4,823 6-4 2/5/1927 Minnesota New Gymnasium Champaign, IL 36–27 4,947 7-4 4-2 2/7/1927 Ohio State New Gymnasium Champaign, IL 43–30 6,569 8-4 5-2 2/12/1926 yes Iowa Iowa Armory Iowa City, IA Rivalry 24–26 8-5 5-3 2/16/1927 Northwestern New Gymnasium Champaign, IL Rivalry 46–32 5,978 9-5 6-3 2/25/1927 Michigan New Gymnasium Champaign, IL 26–30 6,697 9-6 6-4 2/28/1927 Wisconsin New Gymnasium Champaign, IL 32–28 6,697 10-6 7-4 3/5/1927 yes Wisconsin Red Gymnasium Madison, WI 13–39 10-7 7-5 Central Time SourceUniversity of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1926-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20150210104931/http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/records/year-1926.html 2015-02-10 , FightingIllini.com References Illinois Fighting Illini Category:Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball seasons Illinois Fighting Illini Illinois Fighting Illini