1926–27 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1926–27 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball

Conference	Big Ten Conference
1926–27 record	10–7 (7–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	J. Craig Ruby
Captain	Russell Daugherity
Home arena	Huff Hall

1926–27 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Michigan	10	–	2	.833	14	–	3	.824
Indiana	9	–	3	.750	13	–	4	.765
Purdue	9	–	3	.750	12	–	5	.706
Illinois	7	–	5	.583	10	–	7	.588
Wisconsin	7	–	5	.583	10	–	7	.588
Iowa	7	–	5	.583	9	–	8	.529
Ohio State	6	–	6	.500	11	–	6	.647
Chicago	3	–	9	.250	6	–	11	.353
Minnesota	1	–	11	.083	3	–	13	.188
Northwestern	1	–	11	.083	3	–	14	.176

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1926–27 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

Regular season

Craig Ruby entered his 5th season as head coach of the Fighting Illini. This team maintained only 5 returning letterman from a team that placed in a tie for fifth place in the Big Ten a year earlier. Slightly improved, the team finished with an overall record of 10 wins and 7 losses. In the conference they finshised with 7 wins and 5 losses. The starting lineup included captain Russell Daugherity at forward, Ernest Dorn and Robert Greene rotating at the other forward slot. The guards were Robert McKay and K.L. Reynolds with F.H. Lindsay at center.^[1]

Team

No.	Player	Position	Class	Hometown
1	Russell Daugherity (captain)	Forward	Senior	Streator, Illinois
2	Ernest Dorn	Forward	Sophomore	Chicago, Illinois
3	Forrest H. Lindsay	Center	Sophomore	Tulsa, Oklahoma
4	George Rea	Forward	Sophomore	Urbana, Illinois
5	C. Donnelly Gamble	Guard	Sophomore	Champaign, Illinois
6	Kenneth L. Reynolds	Guard	Senior	Villa Grove, Illinois
6	John D. How	Forward	Junior	Lakeville, Indiana
7	James R. Stewart	Guard	Junior	Oak Park, Illinois
8	Rufus Glass	Center	Sophomore	Kokomo, Indiana
9	John Tarwain	Forward	Sophomore	Sesser, Illinois
10	William Bunn	Forward	Junior	Byron, Illinois
11	H.G. Lind	Guard	Sophomore	Chicago, Illinois
12	Robert McKay	Guard	Senior	Champaign, Illinois
14	S.L. Reeder	Guard	Sophomore	Tuscola, Illinois
14	Omar C. Lee	Forward	Junior	Frankfort, Illinois
15	W.L. Julian	Forward	Sophomore	Grant Park, Illinois
16	Theodore J. Wachowski	Guard	Sophomore	Chicago, Illinois
17	Earl Drew	Guard	Sophomore	Champaign, Illinois
18	Werner Daib	Forward	Junior	Chicago, Illinois
19	Robert Greene	Forward	Sophomore	Renovo, Pennsylvania
20	C.E. Westmark	Guard	Sophomore	Chicago, Illinois
21	Vance Cummins	Forward	Sophomore	Joliet, Illinois
22	Everette Olson	Forward	Junior	Champaign, Illinois
	F.H. Beinhauer	Reserve	Junior	Des Moines, Iowa
	L.L. Hawkins	Reserve	Sophomore	Champaign, Illinois
	R. Klaus	Reserve	Sophomore	Eureka, Illinois
	H.L. Logan	Reserve	Sophomore	Salem, Illinois
	R. Wachob	Reserve	Sophomore	Indiana, Pennsylvania
	H.T. Winterbauer	Reserve	Sophomore	Athens, Illinois

Head Coach: Craig Ruby (5th year at Illinois)

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Schedule

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Location	Attendance
December 11, 1926	Bradley	37–24	Win	Champaign, IL	6,336
December 17, 1926	Coe College	22–28	Loss	Champaign, IL	5,994
December 20, 1926	Drake	34–26	Win	Champaign, IL	5,635
December 30, 1926	North Dakota	36–28	Win	Champaign, IL	1,336
January 3, 1927	Minnesota	27–13	Win	Minneapolis, MN	-
January 8, 1927	Northwestern	27–23	Win	Evanston, IL	-
January 15, 1927	Ohio State	28–29	Loss	Columbus, OH	-
January 17, 1927	Michigan	24–25	Loss	Ann Arbor, MI	-
January 22, 1927	Iowa	40–33	Win	Champaign, IL	6,578
February 2, 1927	Butler	30–32	Loss	Champaign, IL	4,823
February 5, 1927	Minnesota	36–27	Win	Champaign, IL	4,947
February 7, 1927	Ohio State	43–30	Win	Champaign, IL	6,569
February 12, 1927	Iowa	24–26	Loss	Iowa City, IA	-
February 16, 1927	Northwestern	46–32	Win	Champaign, IL	5,978
February 25, 1927	Michigan	26–30	Loss	Champaign, IL	6,697
February 28, 1927	Wisconsin	32–28	Win	Champaign, IL	6,697
March 5, 1927	Wisconsin	13–39	Loss	Madison, WI	-

Bold Italic connotes conference game

References

↑ Fighting Illini Basketball: A Hardwood History By News-Gazette, Sports Publishing LLC ISBN 1-58261-356-7
↑ All-Time Illini Rosters

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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