The 1919–20 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the
University of Illinois.
Regular season
The 1919–20 Fighting Illini men's basketball season was the final of eight seasons for head coach
Ralph Jones. This group was slightly better than the previous as they bounced back from the first losing season of Jones' career and finished third in the
Big Ten. The campaign began with a six-game home winning streak; however, over the next seven games, the team posted only three wins, while losing four. After Jones left Illinois, he went to
Lake Forest Academy in
Lake Forest, Illinois
Lake Forest is a city located in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 19,367. The city is along the shore of Lake Michigan, and is a part of the Chicago metropolitan area and the North Shore. Lake Forest ...
. He coached both basketball and football at the academy for 10 years. His football team won 76 games and lost six in his ten years. His basketball teams had a ten-year record of 94 wins and 9 losses. The record the Illini had at the conclusion of the 1919–20 season was nine wins and four losses overall with an eight-win, four-loss conference mark. The starting lineup included captain
K. L. Wilson, J. B. Felmley, Julian Mee and P. C. Taylor rotating at the forward positions, All-American
Chuck Carney at center, and Charles Vail,
Burt Ingwersen, and
Laurie Walquist as guards.
Roster
Source
Schedule
SourceUniversity of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1919-20
, FightingIllini.com
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Big Ten regular season
''Bold Italic'' connotes conference game
Player stats
Awards and honors
Chuck Carney was elected to the "
Illini Men's Basketball All-Century Team" in 2004. Carney was also selected as an ''
All-American'' for the 1919–20 season and became the
Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year for his play during the 1921–22 season.
References
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