The 1911–12 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the
University of Illinois
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Regular season
The 1911–12 season was
Thomas E. Thompson's second year as head coach of the
Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
The Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team is an NCAA Division I college basketball team competing in the Big Ten Conference, that represent the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Home games are played at the State Farm Center, loca ...
team. Under Thompson's guidance the Illini experienced a perfect non-conference season while at the same time having a less than perfect conference record. Overall the team played to an eight win, eight loss record, however; all of the season's losses were within
Western Conference play. During conference play the team won six times and placed fifth overall. The starting lineup for the team included;
Albert L. Hall,
Homer W. Dahringer and
R. P. Gates as forwards,
H. T. Leo as the center,
with James G. White and ''captain''
William H. Woolston at the guard positions.
Roster
Schedule
SourceUniversity of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1911-12
, FightingIllini.com
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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
1911 in sports in Illinois
1912 in sports in Illinois
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