1908–09 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1908–09 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball

Conference	Big Ten Conference
1908–09 record	7–6 (5–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Herb V. Juul
Captain	Henry Popperfuss
Home arena	Kenney Gym

1908–09 Western Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Chicago	12	–	0	1.000	12	–	0	1.000
Purdue	6	–	4	.600	8	–	4	.667
Wisconsin	5	–	4	.556	8	–	4	.667
Illinois	5	–	6	.455	7	–	6	.538
Minnesota	3	–	6	.333	8	–	6	.571
Indiana	2	–	6	.250	5	–	9	.357
Northwestern	1	–	4	.200	1	–	7	.125
Iowa	1	–	5	.167	8	–	7	.533

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1908–09 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

Regular season

The 1908–09 season witnessed the fourth coach in just four years to head up the University of Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team. The only difference for this season, however; was that Herb V. Juul became the first coach to stay for more than one year.^[1] He also became the first former Fighting Illini player to head the Illinois basketball program, serving as captain of the 1906–07 team. The starting lineup for the team included captain H. J. Popperfuss and Carl P. Watson at the forward positions, Emmett V. Poston as the center, and a combination of Roy G. Rennacker, Louis S. Bernstein and Thomas E. Thompson at guard. The Illini finished their season with an overall record of seven wins and six losses with a conference record of five wins, six losses and a fourth place finish in the Western Conference.^[2]

Roster

"1908-09 Fighting Illini team"

Player	Position	Class	Hometown
Emmett V. Poston	Center	Senior	Springfield, Illinois
Carl Watson	Left Forward, Right Forward	Senior	DeKalb, Illinois
Henry Popperfuss	Left Forward	Junior	Tomah, Wisconsin
Roy Rennacker	Left Guard	Junior	Winnetka, Illinois
Thomas Thompson	Right Guard	Junior	Williams Bay, Wisconsin
Avery Brundage	Right Forward	Senior	Chicago, Illinois
Louis S. Bernstein	Left Guard, Right Guard	Sophomore	Niagara Falls, New York
Charles M. Bunn	Left Forward	Junior	Chicago, Illinois
C. E. Lord	Left Forward
D. R. Palmquist	Right Guard

^[3]

Head Coach: Herb Juul (1st year at Illinois)

Schedule

Source^[4]

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State
12/22/1908* no, no	vs. Shelbyville Business College	W 93–19	1-0	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
12/23/1908* no, no	@ Mt. Vernon	W 47–25	2-0	Mt. Vernon High School Mt. Vernon, IL
1/9/1909 no, no	vs. Indiana	W 30–2	3-0 (1-0)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
1/16/1909 no, no	Wisconsin	W 28–19	4-0 (2-0)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
1/22/1909 no, no	@ Minnesota	L 17–18	4-1 (2-1)	University of Minnesota Armory Minneapolis, MN
1/23/1909 no, no	@ Wisconsin	L 10–20	4-2 (2-2)	University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium Madison, WI
2/10/1909 no, no	vs. Minnesota	W 21–20	5-2 (3-2)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
2/13/1909 February 13, 1909 no, no	vs. University of Chicago	L 15–17	5-3 (3-3)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
2/17/1909 no, no	vs. Purdue	W 24–18	6-3 (4-3)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
2/26/1909 no, no	vs. University of Chicago	L 10–23	6-4 (4-4)	Bartlett Gymnasium Chicago, IL
2/27/1909 no, no	@ Northwestern	W 35–4	7-4 (5-4)	Patten Gymnasium Evanston, IL
3/5/1909 no, no	@ Purdue	L 20–28	7-5 (5-5)	Lafayette Colliseum West Lafayette, IN
3/6/1909 no, no	@ Indiana	L 13–23	7-6 (5-6)	Old Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
*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.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 1908-09, 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

Culture & lore	Whiz Kids Flyin' Illini Orange Krush Fighting Illini Sports Network Oskee Wow-Wow Illinois Loyalty Chief Illiniwek

People	Head coaches NBA draftees Consensus All-Americans

Seasons	1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

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

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