1930–31 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1930–31 Illinois Fighting Illini File:1930–31_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_men's_basketball_team.jpg 300px Big Ten Conference Big Ten 12–5 7-5 J. Craig Ruby John P. Sabo Carl Voyles 9th 3rd 2nd Charles Harper Huff Hall The 1930–31 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois. Regular season The 1930–31 season was head coach Craig Ruby's 9th at the University of Illinois, establishing the first time in the history of Illinois basketball that a head coach remained longer than 8 years. Ruby had 10 returning lettermen from a team that had finished in a fifth place tie in the Big Ten the year before. Even though they did not lose any non-conference games, the Fighting Illini showed no improvement in conference play by finishing with a record of 7 wins and 5 losses, however; the team improved to an overall record of 12 wins 5 losses. The starting lineup included captain Charles Harper, George Fencl and Elbert Kamp at forward, Elbridge May at center with Boyd Owen and Robert Kamp at the guard spots.Fighting Illini Basketball: A Hardwood History By News-Gazette, Sports Publishing LLC 1-58261-356-7 Roster 1930 Illinois Fighting Illini y Charles Harper 3 F 5 11 163 SR Chandlerville, Illinois n C Robert Kamp 4 G 5 10 150 JR Mt. Carmel, Illinois n Elbert Kamp 5 F 5 11 150 JR Mt. Carmel, Illinois n Elbridge Horace May 6 C 6 4 180 SR Chicago, Illinois n Boyd Owen 8 G 6 2 179 SO South Bend, Indiana n Herbert R. Hill 9 G 5 8 145 SR Elgin, Illinois n Caslon Bennett 10 C 6 3 185 SO Marshall, Illinois n Vernon Moore 11 C 6 1 156 SO Martinsville, Illinois n Robert Y. Bartholomew 12 F 5 11 155 JR Peoria, Illinois n William Hagerman 14 C 6 1 154 SO Champaign, Illinois n William Theobald 15 G 5 11 155 So Du Quoin, Illinois n Paul Chervinko 17 F 5 7 155 SO Witt, Illinois n Norval Hodges 18 F 6 2 176 SO Flora, Illinois n Harold Thornburg 19 C 6 1 172 SR Watseka, Illinois n Charles R. Canfield 20 G 5 11 165 JR Maywood, Illinois n George S. Fencl 21 G 5 8 159 JR Cicero, Illinois n David Tarwain 22 G 5 10 157 SO Chicago, Illinois n William Fuzak 23 F 6 0 160 SR Urbana, Illinois n Charles Goldstein 24 F 5 10 160 SO Chicago, Illinois n Marvin L. Hadam 25 F 5 9 150 SR Chicago, Illinois n Homer Adams 26 F 5 11 150 JR Pontiac, Illinois n John Hadley 27 G 6 0 160 SO Frankfort, Indiana n Ralph W. Downing 28 G 5 10 150 JR Mount Pulaski, Illinois n Henry Howard 29 G 6 0 170 SO Sheffield, Illinois n Maurice Weintraub 30 F 5 6 148 SO Chicago, Illinois n Herbert B. Scharback 31 F 5 10 163 JR Hobart, Indiana n Thomas Plunk 32 F 5 8 160 SO Mansfield, Illinois n Craig Ruby (University of Missouri) (9th year) John Sabo (University of Illinois) (3rd year) Carl Voyles (Oklahoma A&M) (2nd year) https://fightingillini.com/sports/2015/7/18/mbb_alltimerosters_1925_1949.aspx?#1931 Schedule yes |- !colspan=12 style="background:#DF4E38; color:white;"| Non-Conference regular season |- align="center" bgcolor="" 12/8/1930 yes 1930 DePauw Tigers DePauw New Gymnasium Champaign, IL 27–15 3,625 1-0 12/13/1930 yes 1930 Carleton Knights Carleton College New Gymnasium Champaign, IL 23–11 4,879 2-0 12/19/1930 yes 1930 Miami Hurricanes Miami New Gymnasium Champaign, IL 40–17 1,500 3-0 12/22/1930 yes 1930 Wabash Little Giants Wabash New Gymnasium Champaign, IL 28–13 2,473 4-0 1/1/1931 yes yes 1930 Bradley Braves Bradley Hewitt Gymnasium Peoria, IL 28–17 - 5-0 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#DF4E38; color:#FFFFFF;"|Big Ten regular season 1/5/1931 Wisconsin New Gymnasium Champaign, IL 9–12 6,696 5-1 0-1 1/10/1931 yes 1930 Purdue Boilermakers Purdue Memorial Gymnasium West Lafayette, IN 15–30 - 5-2 0-2 1/12/1931 Northwestern New Gymnasium Champaign, IL Rivalry 27–29 7,092 5-3 0-3 1/17/1931 Indiana New Gymnasium Champaign, IL Rivalry 34–35 6,807 5-4 0-4 1/24/1931 yes Wisconsin Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI 20–30 - 5-5 0-5 2/10/1931 Purdue New Gymnasium Champaign, IL 26–22 6,873 6-5 1-5 2/14/1931 yes 1930 Iowa Hawkeyes Iowa Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA Rivalry 26–23 - 7-5 2-5 2/16/1931 yes Northwestern Patten Gymnasium Evanston, IL Rivalry 35–28 5,000 8-5 3-5 2/21/1931 1930 Chicago Maroons University of Chicago New Gymnasium Champaign, IL 45–22 6,228 9-5 4-5 2/23/1931 yes Indiana The IU Field House Bloomington, IN Rivalry 39-25 4,200 10-5 5-5 2/28/1931 Iowa New Gymnasium Champaign, IL Rivalry 31–13 6,267 11-5 6-5 3/2/1931 yes University of Chicago Bartlett Gymnasium Chicago, IL 36–30 1,900 12-5 7-5 Central Time SourceUniversity of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1930-31 pg.76, FightingIllini.com References Illinois Fighting Illini Category:Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball seasons Category:1930 in sports in Illinois Category:1931 in sports in Illinois