1910–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1910–11 Illinois Fighting Illini File:1910–11_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_men's_basketball_team.jpg 300px Big Ten Conference Big Ten 6–6 6–5 Thomas E. Thompson 1st Louis Bernstein Kenney Gym The 1910–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois. Regular season The 1910–11 season witnessed only the second coach to remain for more than one season since the beginning of the program. Thomas E. Thompson led the Fighting Illini's basketball program for both the 1910–11 season and 1911–12 season compiling an overall record of 14 wins and 14 losses. Thompson claimed, at the time, to be the only player in Western Conference history to have played five years of collegiate basketball. He was at Northwestern for one year before playing at Illinois for four additional seasons. After leaving the coaching ranks, he founded The Thomas C. Thompson Company in Highland Park, IL, a manufacturer of enamel products.A Century of Orange and Blue: Celebrating 100 Years of Fighting Illini Basketball By Loren Tate, Jared Gelfond pg.20 1-58261-793-7 The Illini finished the 1910–11 season with an overall record of six wins and six losses with a conference record of six wins, five losses and a fourth-place finish in the conference.Fighting Illini Basketball: A Hardwood History By News-Gazette, Sports Publishing LLC 1-58261-356-7 Roster thumb|"1910-11 Fighting Illini team" 1910 Illinois Fighting Illini y Emmett V. Poston C SR Springfield, Illinois n Carl Watson F SR DeKalb, Illinois n Louis S. Bernstein G SR Niagara Falls, New York n C James G. White G SO Chicago, Illinois n Albert L. Hall F JR Libertyville, Illinois n Chouncey B. Oliver C JR Blue Diamond, Nevada n Herbert T. Leo C JR Anaheim, California n William H. Woolston G SO Albuquerque, New Mexico n Homer W. Dahringer C FR Ludington, Michigan n Herbert J. Matter F SR Naperville, Illinois n Clarence John "Jack" Levey F SO Toronto, Ontario n Ralph Pillsbury Gates F JR Chicago, Illinois n Carl Morris Plochman F FR Evanston, Illinois n Thomas E. Thompson (University of Illinois) (1st year) https://fightingillini.com/sports/2015/7/18/mbb_alltimerosters_1906_1924.aspx#1911 Schedule SourceUniversity of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1910-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20150210104659/http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/records/year-1910.html 2015-02-10 , FightingIllini.com |- !colspan=12 style="background:#DF4E38; color:white;"| Non-Conference regular season |- align="center" bgcolor="" 12/31/1910 yes yes Evanston YMCA Evanston YMCA Evanston, IL 19–28 0-1 (0-0) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#DF4E38; color:#FFFFFF;"|Big Ten regular season 1/7/1911 Indiana Kenney Gym Urbana, IL Rivalry 32–22 1-1 1-0 1/14/1911 1910 Chicago Maroons University of Chicago Kenney Gym Urbana, IL 17–23 1-2 1-1 1/20/1911 yes 1910 Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota University of Minnesota Armory Minneapolis, MN 18–17 2-2 2-1 1/21/1911 yes Wisconsin University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium Madison, WI 17–20 2-3 2-2 1/28/1911 1910 Purdue Boilermakers Purdue Kenney Gym Urbana, IL 29–33 2-4 2-3 2/17/1911 yes Indiana Old Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN Rivalry 14–19 2-5 2-4 2/18/1911 yes Purdue Memorial Gymnasium West Lafayette, IN 25–15 3-5 3-4 2/24/1911 yes University of Chicago Bartlett Gymnasium Chicago, IL 18–19 3-6 3-5 2/25/1911 yes 1910 Northwestern Wildcats Northwestern Patten Gymnasium Evanston, IL Rivalry 26–15 4-6 4-5 3/2/1911 Minnesota Kenney Gym Urbana, IL 22–12 5-6 5-5 3/11/1911 Wisconsin Kenney Gym Urbana, IL 21–18 6-6 6-5 Central Time References Illinois Fighting Illini Category:Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball seasons Category:1910 in sports in Illinois Category:1911 in sports in Illinois