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1949–50 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1949–50 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
1949–50 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team.jpg
Conference Big Ten Conference
1949–50 record 14–8 (7-5 Big Ten)
Head coach Harry Combes
Assistant coach Howie Braun
MVP Wally Osterkorn
Captain Bill Erickson
Home arena Huff Hall
Seasons
← 1948–49
1950–51 →
1949–50 Big Nine Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#2 Ohio State 11 1   .917     22 4   .846
#16 Wisconsin 9 3   .750     17 5   .773
#20 Indiana 7 5   .583     17 5   .773
Illinois 7 5   .583     14 8   .636
Iowa 6 6   .500     15 7   .682
Minnesota 4 8   .333     13 9   .591
Michigan 4 8   .333     11 11   .500
Northwestern 3 9   .250     10 12   .455
Purdue 3 9   .250     9 13   .409
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949–50 Illinois Fighting Illini men’s basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

The 1949-50 season looked to have solid promise based on the fact that the team had 3 returning starters from a "Final Four" team a year earlier. Unfortunately for the Fighting Illini men's basketball team, the conference season proved to be more difficult than expected. With 5 of the team's 8 losses coming at the hands of conference competition, the Illini, not only placed in a third place tie in the Big Ten, they also missed out on the opportunity to play in a post-season tournament. Head coach Harry Combes had guided the team a year earlier to a Big Ten championship, a third place finish in the 1949 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament and a final AP ranking of No. 4 in the nation. The 1949-50 team compiled an overall record of 14 wins and 8 losses with a conference record of 7 wins and 5 losses. The starting lineup included captain William Erickson, Roy Gatewood and Donald Sunderlage as forwards, Rodney Fletcher, and Burdette Thurlby at guard and Walter Osterkorn and Mack Follmer rotating at the center position.

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