The 1910–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the
University of Illinois
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC, U of I, Illinois, or University of Illinois) is a public university, public land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area, Illinois, United ...
.
Regular season
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
Highland Park is a suburban city located in southeastern Lake County, Illinois, United States, about north of downtown Chicago. Per the 2020 census, the population was 30,176. Highland Park is one of several municipalities located on the North ...
, 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.
Roster
Schedule
SourceUniversity of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1910-11
, FightingIllini.com
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Big Ten regular season
Awards and honors
References
Illinois Fighting Illini
The Illinois Fighting Illini () are the College athletics, intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The university offers 10 men's and 11 women's Varsity team, varsity sports.
The university op ...
Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball seasons
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