1911–12 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

The 1911–12 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

1911–12 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	8–8 (4–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	Thomas E. Thompson (2nd season)
Captain	William Woolston
Home arena	Kenney Gym
Seasons ← 1910–11 1912–13 →

1911–12 Western Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Wisconsin†	12	–	0		1.000			15	–	0		1.000
Purdue†	10	–	0		1.000			12	–	0		1.000
Chicago	7	–	5		.583			12	–	6		.667
Minnesota	6	–	6		.500			7	–	6		.538
Illinois	4	–	8		.333			8	–	8		.500
Indiana	2	–	9		.182			6	–	11		.353
Iowa	0	–	4		.000			6	–	8		.429
Northwestern	0	–	8		.000			4	–	9		.308
Ohio State	0	–	0		–			7	–	5		.583
† Conference co-championship winner

Regular season

The 1911–12 season was Thomas E. Thompson's second year as head coach of the Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team. Under Thompson's guidance the Illini experienced a perfect non-conference season while at the same time having a less than perfect conference record.^[1] Overall the team played to an eight win, eight loss record, however; all of the season's losses were within Western Conference play. During conference play the team won six times and placed fifth overall. The starting lineup for the team included; Albert L. Hall, Homer W. Dahringer and R. P. Gates as forwards, H. T. Leo as the center, with James G. White and captain William H. Woolston at the guard positions.^[2]

Roster

1911–12 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown F Earl E. Rathbun — — Jr Glen Ellyn, Illinois F Albert L. Hall — — Sr Libertyville, Illinois G James G. White — — Jr Chicago, Illinois C Homer W. Dahringer — — Jr Ludington, Michigan G William H. Woolston (C) — — Jr Albuquerque, New Mexico C Herbert T. Leo — — Sr Anaheim, California C Chouncey B. Oliver — — Sr Blue Diamond, Nevada F Ralph Pillsbury Gates — — Sr Chicago, Illinois G John Edwin Lewis — — So Wheaton, Illinois C Edward Everette Waters — — Sr Chicago, Illinois C Anthony Power Lagoria — — Sr Chicago, Illinois	Head coach Thomas E. Thompson (University of Illinois) (2nd year) Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Source^[3]

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-Conference regular season
12/16/1911*		at Millikin	W 48–8	1-0	Millikin Gymnasium  Decatur, IL
12/29/1911*		at Evanston YMCA	W 43–8	2-0	Evanston YMCA  Evanston, IL
12/30/1911*		at Evanston YMCA	W 37–7	3-0	Evanston YMCA  Evanston, IL
1/5/1912*		Illinois Wesleyan	W 44–12	4-0	Kenney Gym  Urbana, IL
Big Ten regular season
1/12/1912		at Minnesota	L 16–22	4-1 (0-1)	University of Minnesota Armory  Minneapolis, MN
1/14/1912		at Wisconsin	L 10–27	4-2 (0-2)	University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium  Madison, WI
1/20/1912		at University of Chicago	L 20–21	4-3 (0-3)	Kenney Gym  Urbana, IL
1/27/1912		Purdue	L 20–35	4-4 (0-4)	Kenney Gym  Urbana, IL
2/6/1912		at Purdue	L 14–28	4-5 (0-5)	Memorial Gymnasium  West Lafayette, IN
2/7/1912		at Indiana Rivalry	L 24–25	4-6 (0-6)	Old Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
2/10/1912		Minnesota	W 13–10	5-6 (1-6)	Kenney Gym  Urbana, IL
2/23/1912		Indiana Rivalry	W 41–16	6-6 (2-6)	Kenney Gym  Urbana, IL
3/2/1912		Northwestern Rivalry	W 25–10	7-6 (3-6)	Kenney Gym  Urbana, IL
3/8/1912		at University of Chicago	L 12–17	7-7 (3-7)	Bartlett Gymnasium  Chicago, IL
3/9/1912		at Northwestern	W 30–19	8-7 (4-7)	Patten Gymnasium  Evanston, IL
3/15/1912		Wisconsin	L 15–23	8-8 (4-8)	Kenney Gym  Urbana, IL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.