1916–17 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

American college basketball season

1916–17 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball

Big Ten Conference Champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	13–3 (10–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Ralph Jones (5th season)
Captain	Clyde Alwood
Home arena	Kenney Gym
Seasons← 1915–16 1917–18 →

1916–17 Western Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Minnesota	10	–	2	.833	17	–	2	.895
Illinois	10	–	2	.833	13	–	3	.813
Purdue	7	–	2	.778	11	–	3	.786
Wisconsin	9	–	3	.750	15	–	3	.833
Indiana	3	–	5	.375	13	–	6	.684
Chicago	4	–	8	.333	13	–	15	.464
Ohio State	3	–	9	.250	15	–	11	.577
Northwestern	2	–	10	.167	3	–	11	.214
Iowa	1	–	8	.111	7	–	9	.438

The 1916–17 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

Regular season

The 1916–17 season was the second Big Ten Conference championship for the Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team. Coached by Ralph Jones, the Illini continued their winning ways by finishing the season with an overall record of 13 wins and 3 losses and a 10-win 2-loss conference mark. The starting lineup included E. G. McKay, J. B. Felmley and Ralf Woods rotating at the forward position, captain and center C. G. Alwood, and guards George Halas and Ray Woods. Woods was named the Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year for his work during this season.

Roster

1916–17 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	Clarence O. Applegran	—	—	So	Chicago, Illinois
G	George Halas	—	—	Jr	Chicago, Illinois
F	Clyde Alwood (C)	—	—	Sr	Clinton, Illinois
G	Ray Woods	—	—	Sr	Oak Park, Illinois
G	Ralf Woods	—	—	Sr	Oak Park, Illinois
F	Gordon Otto	—	—	Sr	Miami, Florida
F	John B. Felmley	—	—	Jr	Bloomington, Illinois
C	Elmer T. Rundquist	—	—	Jr	San Antonio, Texas
F	Dan William Elwell	—	—	Jr	Champaign, Illinois
F	Ernest G. McKay	—	—	Fr	Tampa, Florida
G	Vaughn Waldow Dean	—	—	Sr	Decatur, Illinois
G	Raymond Christian Haas	—	—	Fr	Evansville, Indiana

Head coach

Ralph Jones (Indianapolis YMCA Training School) (5th year)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

Source

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-Conference regular season
12/9/1916* no, no	at Millikin	W 38–18	1-0	Millikin Gymnasium (-) Decatur, IL
12/15/1916* no, no	Wabash College	L 26–28	1-1	Kenney Gym (-) Urbana, IL
12/18/1916* no, no	Millikin University	W 38–16	2-1	Kenney Gym (-) Urbana, IL
1/3/1917* no, no	Northwestern College	W 52–10	3-1	Kenney Gym (-) Urbana, IL
Big Ten regular season
1/6/1917 no, no	at Purdue	W 28–24	4-1 (1-0)	Memorial Gymnasium (-) West Lafayette, IN
1/8/1917 no, no	at Ohio State	W 38–14	5-1 (2-0)	The Armory (-) Columbus, OH
1/12/1917 no, no	Northwestern Rivalry	W 45–17	6-1 (3-0)	Kenney Gym (-) Urbana, IL
1/16/1917 no, no	University of Chicago	W 20–10	7-1 (4-0)	Kenney Gym (-) Urbana, IL
1/20/1917 no, no	at Wisconsin	L 14–25	7-2 (4-1)	University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium (-) Madison, WI
1/22/1917 no, no	at Minnesota	L 11–20	7-3 (4-2)	University of Minnesota Armory (-) Minneapolis, MN
2/3/1917 no, no	at University of Chicago	W 19–16	8-3 (5-2)	Bartlett Gymnasium (-) Chicago, IL
2/5/1917 no, no	Ohio State	W 34–21	9-3 (6-2)	Kenney Gym (2,315) Urbana, IL
2/10/1917 no, no	Minnesota	W 18–17	10-3 (7-2)	Kenney Gym (-) Urbana, IL
2/17/1917 no, no	Purdue	W 27–16	11-3 (8-2)	Kenney Gym (-) Urbana, IL
2/24/1917 no, no	Wisconsin	W 28–22	12-3 (9-2)	Kenney Gym (4,102) Urbana, IL
3/2/1917 no, no	Northwestern Rivalry	W 21–12	13-3 (10-2)	Kenney Gym (-) Urbana, IL
*Non-conference game. Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Player stats

Player	Games Played	Field Goals	Free Throws	Points
Ralf Woods	16	54	70	178
Clyde Alwood	15	57	0	114
Ernest McKay	15	39	3	81
Ray Woods	16	19	0	38
John Felmley	6	7	4	18
George Halas	11	5	0	10
R.C. Haas	3	1	0	2
Gordon Otto	4	1	0	2

Awards and honors

Ray Woods was elected to the "Illini Men's Basketball All-Century Team" in 2004. Woods was also selected as the Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year for the 1916–17 season.

Clyde Alwood was named a Consensus All-American for the 1916-17 season.

George Halas was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame (1963), for his role in the development of the National Football League as well as for his coaching and playing for the Chicago Bears.

References

A Century of Orange and Blue: Celebrating 100 Years of Fighting Illini Basketball By Loren Tate, Jared Gelfond pg.20 ISBN 1-58261-793-7
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 1916-17 Archived 2013-12-17 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com
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