1937–38 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1937–38 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Rankings from AP Poll

Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
1937–38 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
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Conference	Big Ten Conference
1937–38 record	9–9 (4-8 Big Ten)
Head coach	Douglas Mills
Assistant coach	Howie Braun
Assistant coach	Wally Roettger
Captain	Lou Boudreau
Home arena	Huff Hall
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The 1937–38 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

Regular season

The 1937-38 season for second year head coach Doug Mills took a major step backward after finishing in a first place tie a year earlier. Mills' Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team dropped to a tie for eighth place in the Big Ten during his sophomore season. This team featured future major league baseball hall of fame shortstop and manager, Lou Boudreau. Even though they returned 6 letterman, the Illini finished the season with a conference record of 4 wins and 8 losses (the worst of Mills' career at Illinois). The team finished the season with an overall record of 9 wins 9 losses. Along with team captain Boudreau, the Illini also featured a starting lineup of Lewis Dehner at the center position, Joe Frank and William Hapac at forward and George Wardley, Tom Nisbit and Colin Handlon at guard.^[1]

Team

No.	Player	Position	Class	Hometown
3	Colin Handlon	Guard	Sophomore	Connersville, Indiana
6	Harry Lasater Jr.	Forward	Sophomore	Fairfield, Illinois
8	Lewis Dehner	Center	Junior	Lincoln, Illinois
10	Carlos Davies	Guard	Sophomore	Streator, Illinois
11	Charles Phillips	Forward	Sophomore	Ridgeway, Illinois
15	George Wardley	Guard	Junior	Gary, Indiana
17	Joe Frank	Forward	Sophomore	Urbana, Illinois
18	Tom Nisbet	Guard	Junior	Chicago, Illinois
19	William Hapac	Forward	Sophomore	Cicero, Illinois
21	Lou Boudreau (captain)	Forward	Junior	Harvey, Illinois
22	William Bennis	Forward	Senior	Freeport, Illinois
27	Orval Spurlin	Guard	Sophomore
55	Carter Cooley	Forward	Junior
	Thomas Bouzeos	Forward	Sophomore
	Jack Hodges	Guard	Junior	Rock Island, Illinois

Head Coach: Douglas Mills (2nd year at Illinois)

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Schedule

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Location	Attendance
December 7, 1937	Carroll	48–25	Win	Champaign, IL	6,500
December 11, 1937	Augustana	43–27	Win	Rock Island, IL	5,000
December 15, 1937	Washington (St. Louis)	40–36	Win	Champaign, IL	6,800
December 18, 1937	St. John's	60–45	Win	New York, NY	17,000
December 20, 1937	Temple	38–51	Loss	Philadelphia, PA	4,000
December 28, 1937	Notre Dame	33–32	Win	Champaign, IL	8,500
January 4, 1938	Indiana	46–51	Loss	Bloomington, IN	6,000
January 8, 1938	Michigan	37–45	Win	Ann Arbor, MI	-
January 10, 1938	Purdue	51–43	Win	Champaign, IL	7,100
January 15, 1938	University of Chicago	50–34	Win	Champaign, IL	7,100
January 17, 1938	Minnesota	29–41	Loss	Champaign, IL	7,100
January 22, 1938	Ohio State	26–46	Loss	Columbus, OH	7,500
February 7, 1938	Purdue	13–23	Loss	West Lafayette, IN	5,000
February 12, 1938	Minnesota	23–28	Loss	Minneapolis, MN	6,800
February 19, 1938	Ohio State	42–34	Win	Champaign, IL	7,000
February 21, 1938	University of Chicago	39–43	Loss	Chicago, IL	5,000
February 28, 1938	Michigan	36–32	Win	Champaign, IL	7,000
March 4, 1938	Indiana	35–45	Loss	Champaign, IL	7,000

Bold Italic connotes conference game

Awards and honors

References

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

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

[2] All-Time Illini Rosters

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1937–38 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Purdue	10	–	2	.833	18	–	2	.900
Minnesota	9	–	3	.750	16	–	4	.800
Ohio State	7	–	5	.583	12	–	8	.600
Northwestern	7	–	5	.583	10	–	10	.500
Michigan	6	–	6	.500	12	–	8	.600
Iowa	6	–	6	.500	11	–	9	.550
Wisconsin	5	–	7	.417	10	–	10	.500
Illinois	4	–	8	.333	9	–	9	.500
Indiana	4	–	8	.333	10	–	10	.500
Chicago	2	–	10	.167	6	–	12	.333

Rankings from AP Poll