1906–07 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1906–07 Illinois Fighting Illini 1906-07_Fighting_Illini_men's_basketball_full-team_photo.jpg 300px Big Ten Conference Big Ten 1–10 0–8 Frank L. Pinckney Herbert Juul Kenney Gym 1st The 1906–07 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois. Regular season Frank Loyer Pinckney took over the coaching reins from Elwood Brown for the 1906–1907 season. After a very promising start to the season, where more than 100 student athletes tried out for the team, Pinckney had three freshmen declared ineligible by the Western Conference.A Century of Orange and Blue: Celebrating 100 Years of Fighting Illini Basketball By Loren Tate, Jared Gelfond pg.20 1-58261-793-7 Due to this unfortunate circumstance, the Fighting Illini played the season with a depleted lineup and finished the season with the worst record in the history of the school. The decision to make freshmen ineligible gave Pinckney the same problem Brown had faced one season earlier.Fighting Illini Basketball: A Hardwood History By News-Gazette, Sports Publishing LLC 1-58261-356-7 thumb|"1906-07 Fighting Illini team" Roster 1906 Illinois Fighting Illini y Charles Stewart F JR New York, New York n Edward Ryan G JR Chicago, Illinois n Maurice Dadant F SR Hamilton, Illinois n Herb Juul G SR Chicago, Illinois y C Curtis C. Westfall C SR Chicago, Illinois n Thomas E. Thompson G FR Williams Bay, Wisconsin y Roy Rennacker G FR Winnetka, Illinois n Avery Brundage G SO Chicago, Illinois y Henry Popperfuss F FR Tomah, Wisconsin n C. E. Norenberg F SR Chicago, Illinois n Robert Herman Reische F/C SO Chicago, Illinois n Roy Clifton Caul G JR Chicago, Illinois n William Sommerfield C SO Peoria, Illinois n Joseph Julius Cermack G FR Chicago, Illinois n Frank Loyer Pinckney (University of Illinois) (1st year) https://fightingillini.com/sports/2015/7/18/mbb_alltimerosters_1906_1924.aspx#1907 Schedule SourceUniversity of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1906-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20150402093239/http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/records/year-1906.html 2015-04-02 , FightingIllini.com |- !colspan=12 style="background:#DF4E38; color:white;"| Non-Conference regular season |- align="center" bgcolor="" December 15, 1906 yes yes Peoria YMCA Peoria YMCA Peoria, IL 38-19 1-0 January 2, 1907 yes yes Chicago YMCA Chicago YMCA Chicago, IL 26–31 1-1 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#DF4E38; color:#FFFFFF;"|Big Ten regular season January 12, 1907 1906 Purdue Boilermakers Purdue Kenney Gym Urbana, IL 27–32 1-2 0-1 January 19, 1907 Wisconsin Kenney Gym Urbana, IL 16–22 1-3 0-2 January 31, 1907 yes 1906 Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota University of Minnesota Armory Minneapolis, MN 3–42 1-4 0-3 February 1, 1907 yes Wisconsin University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium Madison, WI 13–47 1-5 0-4 February 2, 1907 yes University of Chicago Bartlett Gymnasium Chicago, IL 20–53 1-6 0-5 February 15, 1907 yes yes 1906 Wabash Little Giants Wabash College Wabash College Crawfordsville, IN 13–50 1-7 February 16, 1907 yes Purdue Lafayette Colliseum West Lafayette, IN 18–45 1-8 0-6 February 23, 1907 University of Chicago Kenney Gym Urbana, IL 20–35 1-9 0-7 March 1, 1907 Minnesota Kenney Gym Urbana, IL 29–36 1-10 0-8 |- Central Time References Illinois Fighting Illini Category:Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball seasons Category:1906 in sports in Illinois Category:1907 in sports in Illinois