1931–32 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1931–32 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball

Conference	Big Ten Conference
1931–32 record	11–6 (7-5 Big Ten)
Head coach	J. Craig Ruby
Assistant coach	John P. Sabo
Assistant coach	Jerome J. Jordan
Captain	Elbert Kamp
Home arena	Huff Hall

1931–32 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Purdue	11	–	1	.917	17	–	1	.944
Minnesota	9	–	3	.750	15	–	3	.833
Northwestern	9	–	3	.750	13	–	5	.722
Michigan	8	–	4	.667	11	–	6	.647
Illinois	7	–	5	.583	11	–	6	.647
Ohio State	5	–	7	.417	9	–	9	.500
Indiana	4	–	8	.333	8	–	10	.444
Wisconsin	3	–	9	.250	8	–	10	.444
Iowa	3	–	9	.250	5	–	12	.294
Chicago	1	–	11	.083	2	–	15	.118

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1931–32 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

Regular season

The 1931-32 season was head coach Craig Ruby's 10th at the University of Illinois. Ruby had 8 returning lettermen from a team that had finished in fourth place in the Big Ten the year before. The team went through a nearly perfect non-conference season, losing only 1 game, however, the Fighting Illini showed no improvement in conference play by finishing with a record of 7 wins and 5 losses. The team finished the season with an overall record of 11 wins 6 losses. The starting lineup included captain Elbert Kamp and Boyd Owen at guard, Robert Kamp and Robert Bartholomew as forwards and Caslon Bennett at center.^[1]

Team

No.	Player	Position	Class	Hometown
4	Hudson Hellmich	Forward	Sophomore	Webster Groves, Missouri
5	Elbert Kamp (captain)	Forward	Senior	Mt. Carmel, Illinois
6	Robert Kamp	Guard	Senior	Mt. Carmel, Illinois
7	Coslon Bennett	Forward	Junior	Marshall, Illinois
8	Boyd Owen	Guard	Junior	South Bend, Indiana
9	Robert Y. Bartholomew	Forward	Senior	Peoria, Illinois
10	Sidney Port	Center	Sophomore	Chicago, Illinois
12	Salway "Fibby" Fierberg	Forward	Sophomore	Benton, Illinois
14	Vernon Moore	Center	Junior	Martinsville, Illinois
15	Norval Hodges	Guard	Junior	Flora, Illinois
17	George S. Fencl	Guard	Senior	Cicero, Illinois
18	Alfred J. Kamm	Center	Sophomore	Lakewood, Washington
19	Albert C. Kamm	Guard	Sophomore	Lakewood, Washington
22	William Theobald	Guard	Junior	Du Quoin, Illinois
23	Fred Fencl	Forward	Sophomore	Cicero, Illinois
24	Paul Carson	Forward	Sophomore	Fairbury, Illinois
25	E. A. Couin	Guard	Sophomore
26	John William Lehwald	Guard	Sophomore	Chicago, Illinois
27	J. R. Magine	Forward	Sophomore
28	T. M. Plunk	Forward	Sophomore
29	J. J. Serra	Forward	Sophomore
30	D. N. Smith	Guard	Sophomore

Head Coach: Craig Ruby (10th year at Illinois)

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Schedule

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Location	Attendance
December 12, 1931	St. Louis	31–17	Win	Champaign, IL	5,000
December 18, 1931	Miami (OH)	35–19	Win	Oxford, Ohio	4,000
December 20, 1931	Butler	17–22	Loss	Champaign, IL	5,000
January 1, 1932	Cornell	44–23	Win	Champaign, IL	4,000
January 4, 1932	Ohio State	28–29	Loss	Champaign, IL	6,500
January 9, 1932	Purdue	28–21	Win	Champaign	7,000
January 11, 1932	Indiana	30–22	Win	Bloomington, IN	5,000
January 18, 1932	Michigan	16–28	Loss	Ann Arbor, MI	5,000
January 23, 1932	University of Chicago	30–20	Win	Champaign, IL	6,000
February 9, 1932	Bradley	28–17	Win	Champaign, IL	6,000
February 13, 1932	Ohio State	26–29	Loss	Columbus, OH	5,000
February 15, 1932	Minnesota	23–15	Win	Champaign, IL	6,000
February 20, 1932	Michigan	29–23	Win	Champaign, IL	6,500
February 27, 1932	Minnesota	26–27	Loss	Minneapolis, MN	5,000
February 29, 1932	Purdue	19–34	Loss	West Lafayette, IN
March 5, 1932	University of Chicago	41–20	Win	Chicago, IL
March 7, 1932	Indiana	33–32	Win	Champaign, IL	5,000

Bold Italic connotes conference game

References

↑ Fighting Illini Basketball: A Hardwood History By News-Gazette, Sports Publishing LLC ISBN 1-58261-356-7
↑ All-Time Illini Rosters

Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball

Venues	Kenney Gym (1906–1925) Huff Hall (1926–1963) State Farm Center (1963–present) Prairie Capital Convention Center (2015)

Rivalries	Indiana Missouri

Culture & lore	Whiz Kids Flyin' Illini Orange Krush Fighting Illini Sports Network Oskee Wow-Wow Illinois Loyalty Chief Illiniwek

People	Head coaches NBA draftees Consensus All-Americans

Seasons	1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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