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1910–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1910–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
1910–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team.jpg
Conference Big Ten Conference
1910–11 record 6–6 (6–5 Big Ten)
Head coach Thomas E. Thompson
Captain Louis Bernstein
Home arena Kenney Gym
Seasons
← 1909–10
1911–12 →
1910–11 Western Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Purdue 8 4   .667     12 4   .750
Minnesota 8 4   .667     10 4   .714
Chicago 7 5   .583     10 4   .714
Illinois 6 5   .545     6 6   .500
Wisconsin 6 6   .500     6 6   .500
Indiana 5 5   .500     11 5   .688
Iowa 2 2   .500     9 4   .692
Northwestern 1 12   .077     4 15   .211
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1910–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

The 1910–11 season witnessed only the second coach to remain for more than one season since the beginning of the program. Thomas E. Thompson led the Fighting Illini's basketball program for both the 1910–11 season and 1911–12 season compiling an overall record of 14 wins and 14 losses. Thompson claimed, at the time, to be the only player in Western Conference history to have played five years of collegiate basketball. He was at Northwestern for one year before playing at Illinois for four additional seasons. After leaving the coaching ranks, he founded The Thomas C. Thompson Company in Highland Park, IL, a manufacturer of enamel products.

The Illini finished the 1910–11 season with an overall record of six wins and six losses with a conference record of six wins, five losses and a fourth-place finish in the conference.

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