1919–20 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team explained

Mode:	Basketball
Year:	1919–20
Team:	Illinois Fighting Illini
Conference:	Big Ten Conference
Short Conf:	Big Ten
Record:	9–4
Conf Record:	8–4
Head Coach:	Ralph Jones
Hc Year:	8th

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. 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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Roster

Schedule

Source^[3]

Player stats

Player	Games Played	Field Goals	Free Throws	Points
Charles Carney^[4]	13	65	76	206
John Felmley^[5]	10	34	3	71
Paul Taylor^[6]	13	31	0	62
Lawrence Walquist^[7]	12	14	0	28
Julian Mee^[8]	4	5	0	10
Bert Ingwersen^[9]	7	4	0	14
Charles Vail^[10]	12	2	0	4
Kenneth Wilson^[11]	4	1	0	2

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.

Notes and References

1. A Century of Orange and Blue: Celebrating 100 Years of Fighting Illini Basketball By Loren Tate, Jared Gelfond pg. 17
2. Fighting Illini Basketball: A Hardwood History by News-Gazette, Sports Publishing LLC
3. http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/records/year-1919.html University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1919-20
4. Web site: Archived copy . 2013-12-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131217224334/http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/records/year-1919.html . 2013-12-17 . dead .
5. Web site: Archived copy . 2013-12-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131217224334/http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/records/year-1919.html . 2013-12-17 . dead .
6. Web site: Archived copy . 2013-12-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131217224334/http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/records/year-1919.html . 2013-12-17 . dead .
7. Web site: Archived copy . 2013-12-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131217224334/http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/records/year-1919.html . 2013-12-17 . dead .
8. Web site: Archived copy . 2013-12-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131217224334/http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/records/year-1919.html . 2013-12-17 . dead .
9. Web site: Archived copy . 2013-12-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131217224334/http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/records/year-1919.html . 2013-12-17 . dead .
10. Web site: Archived copy . 2013-12-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131217224334/http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/records/year-1919.html . 2013-12-17 . dead .
11. Web site: Archived copy . 2013-12-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131217224334/http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/records/year-1919.html . 2013-12-17 . dead .