1918–19 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1918–19 Illinois Fighting Illini File:1918-1919_University_of_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_Men's_basketball_team.jpg 300px Big Ten Conference Big Ten 6–8 5–7 Ralph Jones 7th Burt Ingwersen Kenney Gym thumb|"1918-19 Fighting Illini men's basketball team" The 1918–19 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois. Regular season The 1918–19 season for the Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, was the lowest point for head coach Ralph Jones during his tenure at the University of Illinois. Jones experienced his only losing season as a Big Ten coach, as a matter of fact, this was the only losing season he would have in career spanning nearly 35 years. Jones, who coached the Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team for three seasons prior to coming to Illinois, had never lost more than 6 games during any conference campaign.A Century of Orange and Blue: Celebrating 100 Years of Fighting Illini Basketball By Loren Tate, Jared Gelfond pg.17 1-58261-793-7 The record the Illini would possess at the conclusion of the 1918–19 season would overall be 6 wins, 8 losses with a 6 win 6 loss conference mark. The starting lineup included captain Burt Ingwersen, Benjamin Mittleman and Ralph Fletcher at the forward positions, K.L. Wilson at center, and W.K. Kopp and P.C. Taylor as guards.Fighting Illini Basketball: A Hardwood History By News-Gazette, Sports Publishing LLC 1-58261-356-7 Roster 1918 Illinois Fighting Illini y Ralph Fletcher F SO Champaign, Illinois n Burt Ingwersen F JR Urbana, Illinois y C John S. Probst C JR East Aurora, Illinois n Paul C. Taylor C JR New Orleans, Louisiana n Kenneth L. Wilson C JR Wilmette, Illinois y William K. Kopp G SO Beverly Farms, Massachusetts n Benjamin F. Mittleman F SR East Farmingdale, New York n George Buchheit G SO Beardstown, Illinois y Daniel Willard Smith F FR Bellflower, Illinois n Thomas Johnson F SO Homer, Illinois n Ralph Jones (Indianapolis YMCA Training School) (7th year) https://fightingillini.com/sports/2015/7/18/mbb_alltimerosters_1906_1924.aspx#1919 Schedule SourceUniversity of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1918-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20131217224006/http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/records/year-1918.html 2013-12-17 , FightingIllini.com yes |- !colspan=12 style="background:#DF4E38; color:white;"| Non-Conference regular season |- align="center" bgcolor="" 1/3/1919 yes Great Lakes Kenney Gym Urbana, IL 26–28 467 0-1 1/10/1919 yes Millikin University Kenney Gym Urbana, IL 37–17 577 1-1 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#DF4E38; color:#FFFFFF;"|Big Ten regular season 1/18/1919 1918 Purdue Boilermakers Purdue Kenney Gym Urbana, IL 13–16 1,519 1-2 0-1 1/20/1919 1918 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State Kenney Gym Urbana, IL 25–20 1,462 2-2 1-1 1/25/1919 yes Wisconsin University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium Madison, WI 25–15 - 3-2 2-1 1/27/1919 yes Minnesota University of Minnesota Armory Minneapolis, MN 17–36 - 3-3 2-2 2/1/1919 yes Michigan Waterman Gymnasium Ann Arbor, MI 27–23 - 4-3 3-2 2/8/1919 yes 1918 Chicago Maroons University of Chicago Bartlett Gymnasium Chicago, IL 12–17 - 4-4 3-3 2/15/1919 Wisconsin Kenney Gym Urbana, IL 16–14 1,774 5-4 4-3 2/21/1919 yes Purdue Memorial Gymnasium West Lafayette, IN 25–18 - 6-4 5-3 2/24/1919 yes Ohio State Ohio Expo Center Coliseum Columbus, OH 15–32 - 6-5 5-4 3/1/1919 University of Chicago Kenney Gym Urbana, IL 15–17 2,126 6-6 5-5 3/3/1919 Minnesota Kenney Gym Urbana, IL 9–26 1,485 6-7 5-6 3/10/1919 Michigan Kenney Gym Urbana, IL 18–22 1,329 6-8 5-7 Central Time Player stats Player Games played Field goals Free throws PointsKenneth Wilsonhttp://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/records/year-1918.html Archived copy 2013-12-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20131217224006/http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/records/year-1918.html 2013-12-17 dead 142853109Paul Taylorhttp://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/records/year-1918.html Archived copy 2013-12-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20131217224006/http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/records/year-1918.html 2013-12-17 dead 1224654Ralph Fletcherhttp://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/records/year-1918.html Archived copy 2013-12-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20131217224006/http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/records/year-1918.html 2013-12-17 dead 1223248Bert Ingwersenhttp://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/records/year-1918.html Archived copy 2013-12-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20131217224006/http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/records/year-1918.html 2013-12-17 dead 1310020Benjamin Mittlemanhttp://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/records/year-1918.html Archived copy 2013-12-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20131217224006/http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/records/year-1918.html 2013-12-17 dead 138117D.W. Smithhttp://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/records/year-1918.html Archived copy 2013-12-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20131217224006/http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/records/year-1918.html 2013-12-17 dead 76113 References Illinois Fighting Illini Category:Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball seasons Category:1918 in sports in Illinois Category:1919 in sports in Illinois Category:Long stubs with short prose