1932–33 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1932–33 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
1932–33 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	11–7 (6-6 Big Ten)
Head coach	J. Craig Ruby;
Assistant coach	John P. Sabo; David M. Bullock (Trainer)
Captain	William "Boyd" Owen
Home arena	Huff Hall

1932–33 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Ohio State	10	–	2	.833	17	–	3	.850
Northwestern	10	–	2	.833	15	–	4	.789
Iowa	8	–	4	.667	15	–	5	.750
Michigan	8	–	4	.667	10	–	8	.556
Illinois	6	–	6	.500	11	–	7	.611
Purdue	6	–	6	.500	11	–	7	.611
Indiana	6	–	6	.500	10	–	8	.556
Wisconsin	4	–	8	.333	7	–	13	.350
Minnesota	1	–	11	.083	5	–	15	.250
Chicago	1	–	11	.083	2	–	16	.111

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1932–33 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

Regular season

Craig Ruby entered the 1932–33 season tied with Ralph Jones as the winningest coach in the history at the University of Illinois with 85 wins. Ruby had 9 returning lettermen from a team that had finished in fifth 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 6 wins and 6 losses. The team finished the season with an overall record of 11 wins 7 losses. The starting lineup included captain Boyd Owen and Albert Kamm at guard, Frank Froschauer and Coslon Bennett as forwards and Hudson Hellmich at center.^[2]

Roster

1932–33 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	4	Hudson Hellmich	—	—	Jr	Webster Groves, Missouri
G	5	William "Boyd" Owen (C)	—	—	Sr	South Bend, Indiana
G	6	Jack Beynon	—	—	So	Rockford, Illinois
F	7	Coslon Bennett	—	—	Sr	Marshall, Illinois
F	8	Frank Froschauer	—	—	So	Harvey, Illinois
F	9	Karl Rohlen	—	—	So	Chicago, Illinois
C	10	Sidney Port	—	—	Jr	Chicago, Illinois
F	12	Carl E. Soderstrom	—	—	So	Chicago, Illinois
C	14	Vernon Moore	—	—	Sr	Martinsville, Illinois
F	15	Fred Fencl	—	—	Jr	Cicero, Illinois
G	17	Paul Gibbs	—	—	Fr	Los Angeles, California
C	18	Alfred J. Kamm	—	—	Jr	Lakewood, Washington
G	19	Albert C. Kamm	—	—	Jr	Lakewood, Washington
G	22	William Theobald	—	—	Sr	Du Quoin, Illinois
F	24	Paul Carson	—	—	Jr	Fairbury, Illinois
F	25	Raymond Herman Radant	—	—	So	Wausau, Wisconsin
G	26	Elbert Gragg	—	—	So	Denver, Colorado
F	27	Roy Guttschow	—	—	So	Simi Valley, California
G	28	William Gates	—	—	So	Rockford, Illinois

Head coach

Craig Ruby (University of Missouri) (11th year)

Assistant coach(es)

John Sabo (University of Illinois) (5th year)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

All-Time Illini Rosters Roster

Source^[3]

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-Conference regular season
12/10/1932* no, no	Bradley	W 26–21	1-0 (0-0)	Hewitt Gymnasium (4,000) Peoria, IL
12/17/1932* no, no	Wabash	L 24–34	1-1 (0-0)	Huff Hall (3,000) Champaign, IL
12/21/1932* no, no	Missouri Braggin' Rights	L 17-22	2-1 (0-0)	Brewer Field House (2,000) Columbia, MO
12/30/1932* no, no	North Dakota	W 26–24	3-1 (0-0)	Huff Hall (500) Champaign, IL
1/3/1933* no, no	Detroit	W 39–28	4-1 (0-0)	Huff Hall (4,000) Champaign, IL
Big Ten regular season
1/7/1933 no, no	Northwestern	W 27–25	5-1 (1-0)	Huff Hall (4,000) Champaign, IL
1/9/1933 no, no	Michigan	W 22–17	6-1 (2-0)	Huff Hall (6,500) Champaign, IL
1/14/1933 no, no	Michigan	L 30–35	6-2 (2-1)	Yost Field House (4,500) Ann Arbor, MI
1/16/1933 no, no	Ohio State	L 22–33	6-3 (2-2)	Ohio Expo Center Coliseum (6,000) Columbus, OH
1/21/1933 no, no	Northwestern	L 27–30	6-4 (2-3)	Patten Gymnasium (-) Evanston, IL
2/7/1933* no, no	St. Louis	W 26–19	7-4 (2-3)	Huff Hall (2,000) Champaign, IL
2/11/1933 no, no	Wisconsin	W 38–25	8-4 (3-3)	Huff Hall (4,000) Champaign, IL
2/13/1933 no, no	Ohio State	L 29–31	8-5 (3-4)	Huff Hall (5,500) Champaign, IL
2/18/1933 no, no	Minnesota	W 26–22	9-5 (4-4)	Williams Arena (-) Minneapolis, MN
2/20/1933 no, no	Wisconsin	W 29–15	10-5 (5-4)	Wisconsin Field House (-) Madison, WI
2/25/1933 no, no	Minnesota	L 28–30	10-6 (5-5)	Huff Hall (-) Champaign, IL
2/27/1933 no, no	Iowa Rivalry	L 27–30	10-7 (5-6)	Iowa Field House (-) Iowa City, IA
3/4/1933 no, no	Iowa Rivalry	W 44–16	11-7 (6-6)	Huff Hall (-) Champaign, IL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Bold Italic connotes conference game Source^[4]

Awards and honors

References

↑ National Athletic Trainer Association
↑ Fighting Illini Basketball: A Hardwood History By News-Gazette, Sports Publishing LLC ISBN 1-58261-356-7
↑ FightingIllini.com
↑ University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1932-33 pg.79, FightingIllini.com

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[1] National Athletic Trainer Association

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

[3] FightingIllini.com

[4] University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1932-33 pg.79, FightingIllini.com

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