1924–25 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

The 1924–25 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

1924–25 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record11–6 (8–4 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coachJack Lipe (1st season)
CaptainJohn Mauer
Home arenaKenney Gym
Seasons
1924–25 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Ohio State 11 1   .917 14 2   .875
Indiana 8 4   .667 12 5   .706
Illinois 8 4   .667 11 6   .647
Purdue 7 4   .636 9 5   .643
Michigan 6 5   .545 8 6   .571
Minnesota 6 6   .500 9 7   .563
Iowa 5 7   .417 6 10   .375
Northwestern 4 8   .333 6 11   .353
Wisconsin 3 9   .250 6 11   .353
Chicago 1 11   .083 3 14   .176

Regular season

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The 1924–25 season for Fighting Illini coach, Craig Ruby, had an identical record both overall as well as within the conference as the previous season. Both seasons finished with overall records of 11 wins and 6 losses with 8 wins and 4 losses within the conference. The 1924–25 Fighting Illini tied for third place within the conference. Huff Hall's construction was completed in 1925 and this season was the Illini's final full season in Kenney Gym.[1] The starting lineup included captain John Mauer, Jack Lipe and Leonard Haines at guard, T.D. Karnes and Russell Daugherity at forward, with Hollie Martin at center.[2]

Roster

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1924–25 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown
F 1 John Mauer (C)
Jr Batavia, Illinois
G 2 Leonard Haines
Jr Belvidere, Illinois
F 3 Russell Daugherity
So Streator, Illinois
F 4 Hollie Martin
Jr Perrysville, Indiana
G 5 Jack Lipe
Jr Decatur, Illinois
G 6 Kenneth L. Reynolds
So Villa Grove, Illinois
C 7 George Rea
So Urbana, Illinois
F 8 William Summerland Weeks
So Detroit, Minnesota
F 10 T. Don Karnes
Sr Fairbury, Illinois
G 11 Cecil F. Hollopeter
Sr Spencerville, Indiana
F 12 Willis J. Tewksbury
Jr Lyons, Illinois
F 13 Donald C. Seaton
So El Paso, Illinois
F 14 William Jennings Barmore
So Villa Grove, Illinois
G 15 Chas Kassel
So Melrose Park, Illinois
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Jack Lipe (Player/Coach)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

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Source[3]

Date
time, TV
Opponent Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-Conference regular season
12/13/1924*
no, no
Depauw W 27–23  1-0
Kenney Gym (4,288)
Urbana, IL
12/19/1924*
no, no
Washington University W 36–19  2-0
Kenney Gym (3,969)
Urbana, IL
12/30/1924*
no, no
at Butler L 22–24  2-1
Butler Gymnasium (-)
Indianapolis, IN
1/2/1925*
no, no
Kentucky W 36–26  3-1
Kenney Gym (4,381)
Urbana, IL
Big Ten regular season
1/10/1925
no, no
at University of Chicago W 27–16  4-1
(1-0)
Bartlett Gymnasium (2,695)
Chicago, IL
1/14/1925
no, no
at Northwestern
Rivalry
W 27–16  5-1
(2-0)
Patten Gymnasium (-)
Evanston, IL
1/17/1925
no, no
Indiana
Rivalry
W 34–24  6-1
(3-0)
Kenney Gym (4,722)
Urbana, IL
1/24/1925
no, no
Iowa
Rivalry
W 23–15  7-1
(4-0)
Kenney Gym (4,725)
Urbana, IL
2/7/1925*
no, no
at Notre Dame L 18–29  7-2
Notre Dame Fieldhouse (-)
Notre Dame, IN
2/12/1925
no, no
Northwestern
Rivalry
W 30–20  8-2
(5-0)
Kenney Gym (4,710)
Urbana, IL
2/14/1925
no, no
University of Chicago W 19–15  9-2
(6-0)
Kenney Gym (4,712)
Urbana, IL
2/21/1925
no, no
Wisconsin W 35–25  10-2
(7-0)
Kenney Gym (4,714)
Urbana, IL
2/23/1925
no, no
at Indiana
Rivalry
L 24–30  10-3
(7-1)
Men's Gymnasium (-)
Bloomington, IN
2/27/1925
no, no
Iowa
Rivalry
L 25–33  10-4
(7-2)
Iowa Armory (-)
Iowa City, IA
3/2/1925
no, no
at Purdue L 18–34  10-5
(7-3)
Memorial Gymnasium (-)
West Lafayette, IN
3/6/1925
no, no
Purdue W 37–27  11-5
(8-3)
Kenney Gym (4,713)
Urbana, IL
3/9/1925
no, no
at Wisconsin L 9–24  11-6
(8-4)
University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium (-)
Madison, WI
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Awards and honors

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References

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  1. ^ A Century of Orange and Blue: Celebrating 100 Years of Fighting Illini Basketball By Loren Tate, Jared Gelfond pg.18 ISBN 1-58261-793-7
  2. ^ Fighting Illini Basketball: A Hardwood History By News-Gazette, Sports Publishing LLC ISBN 1-58261-356-7
  3. ^ University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1924-25 Archived 2015-02-10 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com