1906–07 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1906–07 Western Conference men's basketball standings
	Rankings from AP Poll

Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
1906–07 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
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Conference	Big Ten Conference
1906–07 record	1–10 (0–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	Frank L. Pinckney
Captain	Herbert Juul
Home arena	Kenney Gym
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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 freshman declared ineligible by the Western Conference.^[1] 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.^[2]

"1906-07 Fighting Illini team"

Roster

Player	Position	Class	Hometown
Charles Stewart	Right Forward	Junior	New York, New York
Edward Ryan	Right Guard	Junior	Chicago, Illinois
Maurice Dadant	Forward	Senior	Hamilton, Illinois
Herbert Juul	Right Guard, Left Guard	Senior	Chicago, Illinois
Curtis C. Westfall	Center	Senior	Chicago, Illinois
Thomas E. Thompson	Right Guard	Freshman	Williams Bay, Wisconsin
Roy Rennacker	Left Guard	Freshman	Winnetka, Illinois
Avery Brundage	Right Forward	Sophomore	Chicago, Illinois
Henry Popperfuss	Left Forward	Freshman	Tomah, Wisconsin
C. E. Norenberg	Left Forward, Right Forward
R. H. Reische	Right Forward, Center
R. C. Caul	Right Guard
W. Sommerfield	Center
J. Cermack

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Head Coach: Frank L. Pinckney (1st year at Illinois)

Schedule

Source^[4]

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State
12/15/1906* no, no	@ Peoria YMCA	W 38-19	1-0	Peoria YMCA Peoria, IL
1/2/1907* no, no	@ Chicago YMCA	L 26–31	1-1	Chicago YMCA Chicago, IL
1/12/1907 no, no	vs. Purdue	L 27–32	1-2 (0-1)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
1/19/1907 no, no	vs. Wisconsin	L 16–22	1-3 (0-2)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
1/31/1907 no, no	@ Minnesota	L 3–42	1-4 (0-3)	University of Minnesota Armory Minneapolis, MN
2/1/1907 no, no	@ Wisconsin	L 13–47	1-5 (0-4)	University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium Madison, WI
2/2/1907 no, no	@ University of Chicago	L 20–53	1-6 (0-5)	Bartlett Gymnasium Chicago, IL
2/15/1907* no, no	@ Wabash College	L 13–50	1-7 (0-5)	Wabash College Crawfordsville, IN
2/16/1907 no, no	@ Purdue	L 18–45	1-8 (0-6)	Lafayette Colliseum West Lafayette, IN
2/23/1907 no, no	vs. University of Chicago	L 20–35	1-9 (0-7)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
3/1/1907 no, no	vs. Minnesota	L 29–36	1-10 (0-8)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Awards and honors

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References

↑ A Century of Orange and Blue: Celebrating 100 Years of Fighting Illini Basketball By Loren Tate, Jared Gelfond pg.20 ISBN 1-58261-793-7
↑ Fighting Illini Basketball: A Hardwood History By News-Gazette, Sports Publishing LLC ISBN 1-58261-356-7
↑ All-Time Illini Rosters
↑ University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1906-07, FightingIllini.com

[1] A Century of Orange and Blue: Celebrating 100 Years of Fighting Illini Basketball By Loren Tate, Jared Gelfond pg.20 ISBN 1-58261-793-7

[2] Fighting Illini Basketball: A Hardwood History By News-Gazette, Sports Publishing LLC ISBN 1-58261-356-7

[3] All-Time Illini Rosters

[4] University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1906-07, FightingIllini.com

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1906–07 Western Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Chicago	6	–	2	.750	21	–	2	.913
Minnesota	6	–	2	.750	10	–	2	.833
Wisconsin	6	–	2	.750	11	–	3	.786
Purdue	2	–	6	.250	7	–	8	.467
Illinois	0	–	8	.000	1	–	10	.091
Indiana	-	–	-	–	9	–	5	.643
Iowa	-	–	-	–	5	–	5	.500
Northwestern	-	–	-	–	1	–	5	.167

Rankings from AP Poll