1926–27 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1926–27 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
1926–27 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	10–7 (7–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	J. Craig Ruby (5th season);
Assistant coach	Jack Lipe (3rd season)
Captain	Russell Daugherity
Home arena	Huff Hall
	Seasons ← 1925–26 1927–28 →

1926–27 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Michigan	10	–	2	.833	14	–	3	.824
Indiana	9	–	3	.750	13	–	4	.765
Purdue	9	–	3	.750	12	–	5	.706
Illinois	7	–	5	.583	10	–	7	.588
Wisconsin	7	–	5	.583	10	–	7	.588
Iowa	7	–	5	.583	9	–	8	.529
Ohio State	6	–	6	.500	11	–	6	.647
Chicago	3	–	9	.250	6	–	11	.353
Minnesota	1	–	11	.083	3	–	13	.188
Northwestern	1	–	11	.083	3	–	14	.176

The 1926–27 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

Regular season

Craig Ruby entered his fifth season as head coach of the Fighting Illini. This team returned only five letterman from a team that placed in a tie for fifth place in the Big Ten a year earlier. Slightly improved, the team finished with an overall record of 10 wins and 7 losses. In the conference they finished with 7 wins and 5 losses. The starting lineup included captain Russell Daugherity at forward, Ernest Dorn and Robert Greene rotating at the other forward slot, Robert McKay and K.L. Reynolds at guard, and F.H. Lindsay at center.^[1]

Roster

1926–27 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	1	Russell Daugherity (C)	—	—	Sr	Streator, Illinois
F	2	Ernest Dorn	—	—	So	Chicago, Illinois
C	3	Forrest H. Lindsay	—	—	So	Tulsa, Oklahoma
F	4	George Rea	—	—	So	Urbana, Illinois
G	5	C. Donnelly Gamble	—	—	So	Champaign, Illinois
G	6	Kenneth L. Reynolds	—	—	Sr	Villa Grove, Illinois
F	6	John D. How	—	—	So	Lakeville, Indiana
G	7	James R. Stewart	—	—	Jr	Oak Park, Illinois
C	8	Rufus Glass	—	—	So	Kokomo, Indiana
F	9	John Tarwain	—	—	So	Sesser, Illinois
F	10	William Bunn	—	—	Jr	Byron, Illinois
G	11	Herbert G. Lind	—	—	So	Chicago, Illinois
G	12	Robert McKay	—	—	Sr	Champaign, Illinois
G	14	Stoughton LeRoy Reeder	—	—	So	Tuscola, Illinois
F	14	Omar C. Lee	—	—	Jr	Frankfort, Illinois
F	15	William Lincoln Julian	—	—	So	Grant Park, Illinois
G	16	Theodore J. Wachowski	—	—	So	Chicago, Illinois
G	17	Earl Drew	—	—	So	Champaign, Illinois
F	18	Werner Daib	—	—	Jr	Chicago, Illinois
F	19	Robert Greene	—	—	So	Renovo, Pennsylvania
G	20	Carl Elmer Westmark	—	—	So	Chicago, Illinois
F	21	Vance Cummins	—	—	So	Joliet, Illinois
G	22	Everette Olson	—	—	Jr	Champaign, Illinois
F	R	Frank H. Beinhauer	—	—	Jr	Des Moines, Iowa
G	R	Leonard L. Hawkins	—	—	Sr	Champaign, Illinois
F	R	Robert Klaus	—	—	So	Eureka, Illinois
F	R	Harry Lambert Logan	—	—	So	Salem, Illinois
F	R	Roland Sanford Wachob	—	—	So	Indiana, Pennsylvania
G	R	Henry Thomas Winterbauer	—	—	So	Athens, Illinois

Head coach

Craig Ruby (University of Missouri) (5th year)

Assistant coach(es)

Jack Lipe (University of Illinois) (3rd year)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-Conference regular season
12/11/1926* no, no	Bradley	W 37–24	1-0	New Gymnasium (6,336) Champaign, IL
12/17/1926* no, no	Coe College	L 22–28	1-1	New Gymnasium (5,994) Champaign, IL
12/20/1926* no, no	Drake	W 34–26	2-1	New Gymnasium (5,635) Champaign, IL
12/30/1926* no, no	North Dakota	W 36–28	3-1	New Gymnasium (1,336) Champaign, IL
Big Ten regular season
1/3/1927 no, no	at Minnesota	W 27–13	4-1 (1-0)	Kenwood Armory Minneapolis, MN
1/8/1927 no, no	at Northwestern Rivalry	W 27–23	5-1 (2-0)	Patten Gymnasium Evanston, IL
1/15/1927 no, no	at Ohio State	L 28–29	5-2 (2-1)	Ohio Expo Center Coliseum Columbus, OH
1/17/1927 no, no	at Michigan	L 24–25	5-3 (2-2)	Yost Field House Ann Arbor, MI
1/22/1927 no, no	Iowa Rivalry	W 40–33	6-3 (3-2)	New Gymnasium (6,578) Champaign, IL
2/2/1927* no, no	Butler	L 30–32	6-4	New Gymnasium (4,823) Champaign, IL
2/5/1927 no, no	Minnesota	W 36–27	7-4 (4-2)	New Gymnasium (4,947) Champaign, IL
2/7/1927 no, no	Ohio State	W 43–30	8-4 (5-2)	New Gymnasium (6,569) Champaign, IL
2/12/1926 no, no	at Iowa Rivalry	L 24–26	8-5 (5-3)	Iowa Armory Iowa City, IA
2/16/1927 no, no	Northwestern Rivalry	W 46–32	9-5 (6-3)	New Gymnasium (5,978) Champaign, IL
2/25/1927 no, no	Michigan	L 26–30	9-6 (6-4)	New Gymnasium (6,697) Champaign, IL
2/28/1927 no, no	Wisconsin	W 32–28	10-6 (7-4)	New Gymnasium (6,697) Champaign, IL
3/5/1927 no, no	at Wisconsin	L 13–39	10-7 (7-5)	Red Gymnasium Madison, WI
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Source^[2]

Awards and honors

References

^ Fighting Illini Basketball: A Hardwood History By News-Gazette, Sports Publishing LLC ISBN 1-58261-356-7
^ University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1926-27 Archived 2015-02-10 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com

[1] Fighting Illini Basketball: A Hardwood History By News-Gazette, Sports Publishing LLC ISBN 1-58261-356-7

[2] University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1926-27 Archived 2015-02-10 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com

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Venues	Kenney Gym (1906–1925) Huff Hall (1926–1963) State Farm Center (1963–present) Prairie Capital Convention Center (2015)
Rivalries	Indiana Iowa Missouri Northwestern
Culture & lore	Whiz Kids Flyin' Illini Orange Krush Fighting Illini Sports Network Oskee Wow-Wow Illinois Loyalty Chief Illiniwek 1960s slush fund scandal
People	Head coaches NBA draftees Statistical leaders
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