1923–24 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1923–24 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball

Big Ten Conference Champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1923–24 record	11–6 (8–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	J. Craig Ruby
Captain	Glenn Potter
Home arena	Kenney Gym

1923–24 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Wisconsin	8	–	4	.667	11	–	5	.688
Chicago	8	–	4	.667	11	–	6	.647
Illinois	8	–	4	.667	11	–	6	.647
Ohio State	7	–	5	.583	12	–	5	.706
Purdue	7	–	5	.583	12	–	5	.706
Indiana	7	–	5	.583	11	–	6	.647
Michigan	6	–	6	.500	10	–	7	.588
Minnesota	5	–	7	.417	9	–	8	.529
Iowa	4	–	8	.333	7	–	10	.412
Northwestern	0	–	12	.000	0	–	16	.000

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1923–24 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

Regular season

Second year Fighting Illini coach, Craig Ruby, took advantage of 12 returning players from a team that finished tied for fourth in the Big Ten a season earlier. The 1923–24 campaign would be the first of two conference titles during Ruby's tenure as the Fighting Illini's head coach. Though the final conference record of eight wins and four losses was not impressive, the Illini were still able to tie Wisconsin and Chicago in the race to be the best in the Big Ten.^[1] The overall record for this team would be 11 wins and 6 losses. The starting lineup included captain G.E. Potter, T.D. Karnes, and John Mauer at forward, Leland Stillwell at center, and Jack Lipe, and R.H. Popken as guards.^[2]

Team

No.	Player	Position	Class	Hometown
1	Glenn E. Potter (capt.)	Forward	Senior	Orange, California
2	Leland Stillwell	Center	Senior	Olney, Illinois
3	Roland H. Popken	Guard	Senior	Oak Park, Illinois
4	Wally Roettger	Forward	Senior	St. Louis, Missouri
5	Jack Lipe	Guard	Junior	Decatur, Illinois
6	Lawrence Moore Plummer	Forward	Sophomore	Wheaton, Illinois
7	James Richard Broderick	Forward	Sophomore	East St. Louis, Illinois
8	Herbert Roy Helsing	Forward	Sophomore	Chicago, Illinois
9	Leonard Haines	Guard	Sophomore	Belvidere, Illinois
10	Earl Tanner Britton	Guard	Sophomore	Elgin, Illinois
11	John Mauer	Forward	Sophomore	Batavia, Illinois
12	Curtis R. Parker	Forward	Junior	Fort Wayne, Indiana
13	Russell Daugherity	Forward	Sophomore	Streator, Illinois
14	William Green	Forward	Sophomore	Urbana, Illinois
15	Hollie Martin	Forward	Sophomore	Perrysville, Indiana
16	Cecil F. Hollopeter	Guard	Junior	Spencerville, Indiana
17	Richard Clifford Valentine	Center	Junior	Rockford, Illinois
18	John Wilbur "Hank" Hansen	Forward	Senior	Brookston, Indiana
19	Eugene Melvin Pattison	Guard	Sophomore	Wilmette, Illinois
20	Harry Jackson Roth	Forward	Sophomore	Mattoon, Illinois
23	Thomas Donald "Don" Karnes	Forward	Junior	Fairbury, Illinois

Head Coach: Craig Ruby (2nd year at Illinois)

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Schedule

Source^[4]

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State

12/12/1923* no, no	vs Depauw	L 28–29	0-1 (0-0)	Kenney Gym (3,592) Urbana, IL
12/15/1923* no, no	vs Washington University	L 15–17	0-2 (0-0)	Kenney Gym (3,692) Urbana, IL
12/21/1923* no, no	vs Iowa State	W 16–12	1-2 (0-0)	Kenney Gym (3,131) Urbana, IL
1/2/1924* no, no	vs Notre Dame	W 29–21	2-2 (0-0)	Kenney Gym (1,887) Urbana, IL
1/5/1924 no, no	@ Minnesota	L 20–36	2-3 (0-1)	University of Minnesota Armory (-) Minneapolis, MN
1/12/1924 no, no	@ Ohio State	W 27–24	3-3 (1-1)	Ohio Expo Center Coliseum (-) Columbus, OH
1/14/1924 no, no	@ Michigan	L 23–24	3-4 (1-2)	Yost Ice Arena (-) Ann Arbor, MI
1/17/1924 no, no	vs Northwestern	W 38–18	4-4 (2-2)	Kenney Gym (4,124) Urbana, IL
2/5/1924* no, no	vs Butler	W 28–27	5-4 (2-2)	Kenney Gym (3,455) Urbana, IL
2/11/1924 no, no	vs Ohio State	L 22–25	5-5 (2-3)	Kenney Gym (4,145) Urbana, IL
2/16/1924 no, no	@ Wisconsin	L 12–13	5-6 (2-4)	University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium (-) Madison, WI
2/23/1924 no, no	@ Iowa	W 26–14	6-6 (3-4)	Iowa Armory (-) Iowa City, IA
2/25/1924 no, no	vs Wisconsin	W 31–20	7-6 (4-4)	Kenney Gym (4,393) Urbana, IL
2/29/1924 no, no	vs Iowa	W 38–19	8-6 (5-4)	Kenney Gym (4,209) Urbana, IL
3/4/1924 no, no	@ Northwestern	W 36–35	9-6 (6-4)	Patten Gymnasium (-) Evanston, IL
3/8/1924 no, no	vs Michigan	W 23–20	10-6 (7-4)	Kenney Gym (4,556) Urbana, IL
3/10/1924 no, no	vs Minnesota	W 31–19	11-6 (8-4)	Kenney Gym (4,664) Urbana, IL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Bold Italic connotes conference game

References

↑ A Century of Orange and Blue: Celebrating 100 Years of Fighting Illini Basketball By Loren Tate, Jared Gelfond pg.18 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 1923-24, FightingIllini.com

Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball

Venues	Kenney Gym (1906–1925) Huff Hall (1926–1963) State Farm Center (1963–present) Prairie Capital Convention Center (2015)

Rivalries	Indiana Missouri

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People	Head coaches NBA draftees Consensus All-Americans

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Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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1923–24 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

Regular season

Team

Schedule

References

See also