1915–16 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1915–16 Illinois Fighting Illini File:1915-16_Fighting_Illini_men's_basketball_team.jpg 300px Big Ten Conference Big Ten 13–3 9–3 Ralph Jones 4th Ray Woods Kenney Gym The 1915–16 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois. Regular season The 1915–16 season was a follow-up to an undefeated season, in which the Fighting Illini men's basketball team won both a national and Big Ten Conference championship. Coached by Ralph Jones, the Illini continued their winning ways by finishing the season with an overall record of 13 wins and 3 losses and a 9 win 3 loss conference mark. Taking second in the Western Conference to the National Champion Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team. During the season, the Illini dropped two games to Northwestern and one to eventual champion Wisconsin, but the first loss to the Wildcats was the Illini's first-ever overtime game as Northwestern scored two points in the overtime period to beat Illinois, 23–21, February 12, 1916, at what is now the Kenney Gym Annex. The starting lineup included Gordon Otto, Dan W. Elwell and Ralf Woods rotating at the forward position, center C. G. Alwood, and guards Clarence Applegran and captain Ray Woods.A Century of Orange and Blue: Celebrating 100 Years of Fighting Illini Basketball By Loren Tate, Jared Gelfond pg.20 1-58261-793-7 Woods was named an All-American for his work during this season.Fighting Illini Basketball: A Hardwood History By News-Gazette, Sports Publishing LLC 1-58261-356-7 Woods and Alwood were named All-Big Ten players for the season. Roster 1915 Illinois Fighting Illini y Clarence O. Applegran F FR Chicago, Illinois y Clarence Applegran Clyde Alwood F JR Clinton, Illinois y Ray Woods G JR Oak Park, Illinois y C Ralf Woods G JR Oak Park, Illinois n John B. Felmley F SO Bloomington, Illinois n Gordon Otto F JR Miami, Florida n Elmer T. Rundquist C SO San Antonio, Texas n Dan William Elwell F JR Champaign, Illinois n Vaughn Waldow Dean G JR Decatur, Illinois n Ralph Jones (Indianapolis YMCA Training School) (4th year) https://fightingillini.com/sports/2015/7/18/mbb_alltimerosters_1906_1924.aspx#1916 Schedule SourceUniversity of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1915–16 https://web.archive.org/web/20131217224509/http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/records/year-1915.html 2013-12-17 , FightingIllini.com yes |- !colspan=12 style="background:#DF4E38; color:white;"| Non-Conference regular season |- align="center" bgcolor="" 12/13/1915 yes 1915 Millikin Big Blue Millikin Kenney Gym Urbana, IL 36–16 1,892 1–0 12/17/1915 yes yes Millikin University Millikin Gymnasium Decatur, IL 34–19 – 2–0 1/1/1916 yes yes Illinois Wesleyan Bloomington YMCA Bloomington, IL 25–18 – 3–0 1/4/1916 yes 1915 Wabash Little Giants Wabash College Kenney Gym Urbana, IL 24–16 – 4–0 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#DF4E38; color:#FFFFFF;"|Big Ten regular season 1/11/1916 1915 Purdue Boilermakers Purdue Kenney Gym Urbana, IL 22–11 2,507 5–0 1–0 1/15/1916 1915 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State Kenney Gym Urbana, IL 21–10 2,497 6–0 2–0 1/22/1916 Wisconsin Kenney Gym Urbana, IL 27–20 3,383 7–0 3–0 2/9/1916 yes 1915 Chicago Maroons University of Chicago Bartlett Gymnasium Chicago, IL 30–17 – 8–0 4–0 2/12/1916 1915 Northwestern Wildcats Northwestern Kenney Gym Urbana, IL Rivalry 21–23 OT 3,147 8–1 4–1 2/19/1916 yes Wisconsin University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium Madison, WI 14–34 – 8–2 4–2 2/21/1916 yes 1915 Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota University of Minnesota Armory Minneapolis, MN 27–22 – 9–2 5–2 2/26/1916 University of Chicago Kenney Gym Urbana, IL 31–13 3,218 10–2 6–2 2/29/1916 yes Northwestern Patten Gymnasium Evanston, IL Rivalry 16–25 – 10–3 6–3 3/4/1916 yes Purdue Memorial Gymnasium West Lafayette, IN 29–19 – 11–3 7–3 3/6/1916 yes Ohio State The Armory Columbus, OH 28–22 – 12–3 8–3 3/13/1916 Minnesota Kenney Gym Urbana, IL 20–9 – 13–3 9–3 Central Time Player stats Player Games played Field goals Free throws PointsRalf Woodshttp://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/records/year-1915.html Archived copy 2013-12-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20131217224509/http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/records/year-1915.html 2013-12-17 dead 103552122Gordon Otto 15254090Clyde Alwood 1545090Ray Woods1626052John Felmley 512226Dan Elwell 106112Clarence Applegran 16306 Awards and honors Ray Woods was elected to the "Illini Men's Basketball All-Century Team" in 2004. Woods was also selected as an All-American for the 1915–16 season. References Illinois Fighting Illini Category:Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball seasons Category:1915 in sports in Illinois Category:1916 in sports in Illinois