1938–39 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

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1938–39
Douglas Mills
(3rd season)
Assistant coaches
CaptainTom Nisbet
Home arenaHuff Hall
Seasons
1938–39 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Ohio State 10 – 2   .833 16 – 7   .696
Indiana 9 – 3   .750 17 – 3   .850
Illinois 8 – 4   .667 14 – 5   .737
Minnesota 7 – 5   .583 14 – 6   .700
Purdue 6 – 6   .500 12 – 7   .632
Northwestern 5 – 7   .417 7 – 13   .350
Michigan 4 – 8   .333 11 – 9   .550
Wisconsin 4 – 8   .333 10 – 10   .500
Chicago 4 – 8   .333 9 – 11   .450
Iowa 3 – 9   .250 8 – 11   .421
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1938–39 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the

University of Illinois
.

Regular season

The 1938-39 season was year number three for

William Hapac at forward and George Wardley, and Colin Handlon at guard.[1]

Roster

1938–39 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown
G
 		3 Colin Handlon
—
—
 Jr Connersville, Indiana
G
 		4 Henry Sachs
—
—
 Fr
Chicago, Illinois
C 6 Robert O'Neill
—
—
 So Pitman, New Jersey
C 8
Lewis Dehner
—
—
 Sr Lincoln, Illinois
F
 		9 Edsel Hart
—
—
 So Kensington, Kansas
G
 		10 James Phillips
—
—
 So Oak Park, Illinois
G
 		11 Darold Staley
—
—
 So Decatur, Illinois
G
 		12 Robert Richmond
—
—
 So Johnston City, Illinois
G
 		15 George Wardley
—
—
 Sr Gary, Indiana
F
 		17 Joe Frank
—
—
 Jr Urbana, Illinois
G
 		18 Tom Nisbet (C)
—
—
 Sr
Chicago, Illinois
F
 		19
William Hapac
—
—
 Jr Cicero, Illinois
G
 		20 Harold Shapiro
—
—
 So
Chicago, Illinois
F
 		21 John Drish
—
—
 So Evanston, Illinois
F
 		26 Ivan Johnson
—
—
 So Thebes, Illinois
F
 		27 Howard Cronk
—
—
 So Anderson, Indiana
F
 		28 Norman Cusick
—
—
 So Chicago Heights, Illinois
Head coach
  • University of Illinois
    ) (3rd year)
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

All-Time Illini Rosters Roster

Source[2]

Schedule

Date
time, TV 		Opponent Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-Conference regular season
12/10/1938*
no, no
Washington (St. Louis)
 		W 49–31  1–0
Champaign, IL
12/17/1938*
no, no 		North Dakota W 61–33  2–0
 Huff Hall (4,000)
Champaign, IL
12/21/1938*
no, no 		Connecticut State W 49–33  3–0
 Huff Hall (4,763)
Champaign, IL
12/27/1938*
no, no 		at Manhattan W 60–41  4–0
New York, NY
12/29/1938*
no, no 		at Villanova W 28–22  5–0
Philadelphia, PA
1/3/1939*
no, no 		Cornell W 35-34  6–0
 Huff Hall (8,500)
Champaign, IL
Big Ten regular season
1/7/1939
no, no 		Michigan W 30–20  7–0
(1–0) 		Huff Hall (6,553)
Champaign, IL
1/9/1939
no, no 		Indiana
Rivalry 		L 28–29  7–1
(1–1) 		Huff Hall (6,706)
Champaign, IL
1/14/1939
no, no 		at University of Chicago W 43–33  8–1
(2–1)
Chicago, IL
1/16/1939
no, no 		Ohio State W 45–31  9–1
(3–1) 		Huff Hall (6,846)
Champaign, IL
1/21/1939
no, no 		at Wisconsin W 37-34  10–1
(4–1)
Madison, WI
1/23/1939
no, no 		at Minnesota L 33–35  10–2
(4–2)
Minneapolis, MN
2/3/1939*
no, no 		at Notre Dame L 24–38  10–3
Notre Dame, IN
2/6/1939
no, no 		Iowa
Rivalry 		W 34–26  11–3
(5–2) 		Huff Hall (6,000)
Champaign, IL
2/11/1939
no, no 		at Purdue L 30–34  11–4
(5–3)
West Lafayette, IN
2/13/1939
no, no 		at Michigan W 35–28  12–4
(6–3)
Ann Arbor, MI
2/20/1939
no, no 		Purdue W 35–28  13–4
(7–3) 		Huff Hall (6,900)
Champaign, IL
2/25/1939
no, no 		at Northwestern
Rivalry 		L 34–36  13–5
(7–4)
Evanston, IL
2/27/1939
no, no 		University of Chicago W 49–26  14–5
(8–4) 		Huff Hall (6,500)
Champaign, IL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from
Central Time
.

Source[3]

Awards and honors

References

  1. ISBN 1-58261-356-7
  2. ^ FightingIllini.com
  3. ^ "1938-39 Men's Basketball Schedule".
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