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The 1927–28 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.
1927–28 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball | |
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
Record | 5–12 (2–10 Big Ten) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coach | Jack Lipe (4th season) |
Captain | Everett Olson |
Home arena | Huff Hall |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 10 | – | 2 | .833 | 15 | – | 2 | .882 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 10 | – | 2 | .833 | 15 | – | 2 | .882 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 13 | – | 4 | .765 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 12 | – | 5 | .706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 10 | – | 7 | .588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chicago | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | 8 | – | 9 | .471 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 6 | – | 11 | .353 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio State | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 5 | – | 12 | .294 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 2 | – | 10 | .167 | 5 | – | 12 | .294 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 2 | – | 10 | .167 | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1927-28 season produced the only losing campaign in the 14 year tenure of head coach Craig Ruby at the University of Illinois. Having only one returning senior on a team predominantly consisting of Juniors, Ruby entered his sixth season as head coach of the Fighting Illini with an overall record of 50 wins and 33 losses. This season also produced the Ruby's only losing season in the Big Ten with a conference record of 2 wins and 10 losses. The starting lineup included captain Everett Olson at center, Ernest Dorn and Earl H. Drew at forward, and future head coach Douglas R. Mills, Keston J. Deimling and Andrew R. Solyom at guard.[1]
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Date time, TV |
Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | |||||||
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Non-Conference regular season | |||||||||||
12/10/1927* |
Knox | W 22–18 | 1–0 |
New Gymnasium (6,007) Champaign, IL | |||||||
12/17/1927* |
Bradley | W 41–35 | 2–0 |
New Gymnasium (6,149) Champaign, IL | |||||||
12/27/1927* |
at Washington Pavilion dedication |
L 23–34 | 2–1 |
UW Pavilion[2] (7,500) Seattle, WA | |||||||
12/29/1927* |
at Washington | W 34–24 | 3–1 |
UW Pavilion Seattle, WA | |||||||
12/30/1927* |
at Washington | L 26–32 | 3–2 |
UW Pavilion Seattle, WA | |||||||
Big Ten regular season | |||||||||||
1/7/1928 |
Purdue | L 24–30 | 3-3 (0-1) |
New Gymnasium (7,176) Champaign, IL | |||||||
1/13/1928 |
at Iowa Rivalry |
L 30–36 | 3-4 (0-2) |
Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA | |||||||
1/16/1928 |
at Wisconsin | W 34–33 | 4-4 (1-2) |
UW Armory and Gymnasium Madison, WI | |||||||
1/21/1928 |
at Indiana Rivalry |
L 29–44 | 4-5 (1-3) |
Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, IN | |||||||
2/8/1928 |
Northwestern Rivalry |
W 32–20 | 5-5 (2-3) |
New Gymnasium (6,675) Champaign, IL | |||||||
2/14/1928 |
at Purdue | L 14–40 | 5-6 (2-4) |
Memorial Gymnasium West Lafayette, IN | |||||||
2/17/1928 |
at Chicago | L 26–52 | 5-7 (2-5) |
Bartlett Gymnasium Chicago, IL | |||||||
2/24/1928 |
Iowa Rivalry |
L 27–41 | 5-8 (2-6) |
New Gymnasium (5,359) Champaign, IL | |||||||
3/1/1928 |
at Northwestern Rivalry |
L 31–39 | 5-9 (2-7) |
Patten Gymnasium Evanston, IL | |||||||
3/3/1928 |
Chicago | L 18–19 | 5-10 (2-8) |
New Gymnasium (5,457) Champaign, IL | |||||||
3/6/1928 |
Indiana Rivalry |
L 23–27 | 5-11 (2-9) |
New Gymnasium (5,737) Champaign, IL | |||||||
3/9/1928 |
Wisconsin | L 22–32 | 5-12 (2-10) |
New Gymnasium (5,642) Champaign, IL | |||||||
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