*** Welcome to piglix ***

1930–31 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1930–31 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
1930–31 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team.jpg
Conference Big Ten Conference
1930–31 record 12–5 (7-5 Big Ten)
Head coach J. Craig Ruby
Assistant coach John P. Sabo
Assistant coach Carl Voyles
David M. Bullock (Trainer)
Captain Charles Harper
Home arena Huff Hall
Seasons
← 1929–30
1931–32 →
1930–31 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Northwestern 11 1   .917     16 1   .941
Michigan 8 4   .667     13 4   .765
Minnesota 8 4   .667     13 4   .765
Purdue 8 4   .667     12 5   .706
Illinois 7 5   .583     12 5   .706
Indiana 5 7   .417     9 8   .529
Chicago 4 8   .333     8 9   .471
Wisconsin 4 8   .333     8 9   .471
Ohio State 3 9   .250     4 13   .235
Iowa 2 10   .167     5 12   .294
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1930–31 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

The 1930-31 season was head coach Craig Ruby's 9th at the University of Illinois, establishing the first time in the history of Illinois basketball that a head coach remained longer than 8 years. Ruby had 10 returning lettermen from a team that had finished in a fifth place tie in the Big Ten the year before. Even though they did not lose any non-conference games, the Fighting Illini showed no improvement in conference play by finishing with a record of 7 wins and 5 losses, however; the team improved to an overall record of 12 wins 5 losses. The starting lineup included captain Charles Harper, George Fencl and Elbert Kamp at forward, Elbridge May at center with Boyd Owen and Robert Kamp at the guard spots.

Source

Bold Italic connotes conference game Source


...
Wikipedia

...