1920–21 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1920–21 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball

Conference	Big Ten Conference
1920–21 record	11–7 (7–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Frank Winters
Captain	Charles Vail
Home arena	Kenney Gym

1920–21 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Michigan	8	–	4	.667	18	–	4	.818
Wisconsin	8	–	4	.667	13	–	4	.765
Purdue	8	–	4	.667	13	–	7	.650
Minnesota	7	–	5	.583	10	–	5	.667
Illinois	7	–	5	.583	11	–	7	.611
Indiana	6	–	5	.545	15	–	6	.714
Iowa	6	–	5	.545	9	–	9	.500
Chicago	6	–	6	.500	14	–	6	.700
Ohio State	2	–	10	.167	4	–	13	.235
Northwestern	1	–	11	.083	2	–	12	.143

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1920–21 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

Regular season

The 1920–21 season began a new era for the Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team. New head coach Frank Winters was coming to the University of Illinois after 5 very successful years as head coach of Rockford Central High School in Rockford, Illinois. During his tenure in Rockford, he guided his Rabs teams to three round of 16 finishes, one quarterfinals finish and one team finished their season as state champions. Unfortunately, Winters inherited a team whose best player, Chuck Carney, had just severely injured his knee in the last football game. Nonetheless, the team went on to an overall record of 11–7.^[1] The Big Ten record for the Illini, at the conclusion of the 1920–21 season would be seven wins five losses and a tie for fourth place. The starting lineup included All-American Chuck Carney, Laurie Walquist, and Norton Hellstrom at forward, Henry Reitsch at center, and Charles Vail, John Sabo and Walter Collins as guards.^[2]

Roster

No.	Player	Position	Class	Hometown
1	Chuck Carney	Forward	Junior	Evanston, Illinois
2	Walter Samuel Collins	Guard	Junior	Rockford, Illinois
3	John Sabo	Guard	Junior	Toledo, Ohio
4	Henry Reitsch	Center	Sophomore	Rockford, Illinois
5	Leland "Slim" Stillwell	Center	Junior	Stewartsville, Illinois
6	Otto H. Vogel	Guard	Sophomore	Iowa City, Iowa
7	Roland H. Popken	Forward	Freshman	Oak Park, Illinois
8	Norton Hellstrom	Forward	Sophomore	Ft. Pierce, Florida
9	Glenn E. Potter	Forward	Freshman	Yuba City, California
10	Hubert Tabor	Guard	Junior	Sullivan, Illinois
11	Charle Milton White	Forward	Sophomore	Chicago, Illinois
12	Harry Clay Neville	Forward	Sophomore	Pinckneyville, Illinois
13	John Wilbur Hansen	Guard	Sophomore	Brookston, Indiana
14	Cecil Reynolds Danielson	Forward	Sophomore	Rockford, Illinois
15	Charles Vail (captain)	Guard	Junior	Chicago, Illinois
16	Lawrence Walquist	Forward	Junior	Chicago, Illinois
17	Julian Mee	Forward	Senior	Chicago, Illinois

Head Coach: Frank Winters (1st year at Illinois)

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Schedule

Source^[4]

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State

12/8/1920* no, no	vs Millikin University	L 24–29	0-1 (0-0)	Kenney Gym (2,994) Urbana, IL
12/20/1920* no, no	@ Illinois Normal	W 32–21	1-1 (0-0)	John W. Cook Hall (-) Normal, IL
1/1/1921* no, no	vs Nebraska	L 25–30	1-2 (0-0)	Kenney Gym (441) Urbana, IL
1/3/1921* no, no	vs Nebraska	W 26–24	2-2 (0-0)	Kenney Gym (3,044) Urbana, IL
1/10/1921* no, no	vs Illinois Normal	W 42–17	3-2 (0-0)	Kenney Gym (2,759) Urbana, IL
1/14/1921* no, no	@ Millikin University	W 26–20	4-2 (0-0)	Millikin Gymnasium (-) Decatur, IL
1/18/1921 no, no	vs University of Chicago	W 33–29	5-2 (1-0)	Kenney Gym (4,233) Urbana, IL
1/22/1921 no, no	@ Wisconsin	L 18–23	5-3 (1-1)	University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium (-) Madison, WI
1/24/1921 no, no	@ Minnesota	W 23–22	6-3 (2-1)	University of Minnesota Armory (-) Minneapolis, MN
2/5/1921 no, no	@ Purdue	W 39–26	7-3 (3-1)	Memorial Gymnasium (-) West Lafayette, IN
2/7/1921 no, no	vs Ohio State	W 46–11	8-3 (4-1)	Kenney Gym (4,272) Urbana, IL
2/12/1921 no, no	vs Minnesota	W 24–20	9-3 (5-1)	Kenney Gym (4,272) Urbana, IL
2/19/1921 no, no	vs Wisconsin	W 17–9	10-3 (6-1)	Kenney Gym (4,283) Urbana, IL
2/22/1921 no, no	vs Purdue	L 19–29	10-4 (6-2)	Kenney Gym (4,283) Urbana, IL
2/26/1921 no, no	@ Michigan	L 18–24	10-5 (6-3)	Waterman Gymnasium (-) Ann Arbor, MI
2/28/1921 no, no	@ Ohio State	W 35–32	11-5 (7-3)	Ohio Expo Center Coliseum (-) Columbus, OH
3/5/1921 no, no	@ University of Chicago	L 35–32	11-6 (7-4)	Bartlett Gymnasium (3,260) Chicago, IL
3/7/1921 no, no	@ Michigan	L 26–28	11-7 (7-5)	Kenney Gym (4,294) Urbana, IL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Bold Italic connotes conference game

Player stats

Player	Games Played	Field Goals	Free Throws	Points
Henry Reitsch^[5]	18	55	0	110
Charles Vail^[6]	18	22	59	103
Julian Mee^[7]	15	24	26	74
Laurie Walquist^[8]	18	36	1	73
Norton Hellstrom^[9]	13	25	4	54
Charles Carney^[10]	8	19	0	38
Walter Collins^[11]	14	12	0	24
John Sabo^[12]	14	6	0	12

Awards and honors

Chuck Carney was elected to the "Illini Men's Basketball All-Century Team" in 2004. Carney was also selected as the Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year for his play during the 1921–22 season.

References

↑ 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
↑ Fighting Illini Basketball: A Hardwood History By News-Gazette, Sports Publishing LLC ISBN 1-58261-356-7
↑ All-Time Illini Rosters
↑ University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1920-21, FightingIllini.com
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Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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