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

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Regular season

The 1930–31 season was head coach

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's 9th at the

, 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

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the year before. Even though they did not lose any non-conference games, the

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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.

Roster

Source

Schedule

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Awards and honors

References

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Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball seasons 1930 in sports in Illinois 1931 in sports in Illinois