1905–06 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

The 1905–06 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

1905–06 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	6–8 (3–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Elwood Brown (1st season)
Captain	Elected each game
Home arena	Kenney Gym

1905–06 Western Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Minnesota	6	–	1		.857			13	–	2		.867
Wisconsin	6	–	2		.750			12	–	2		.857
Indiana	2	–	2		.500			7	–	9		.438
Chicago	3	–	5		.375			5	–	5		.500
Purdue	3	–	6		.333			4	–	7		.364
Illinois	3	–	6		.333			6	–	8		.429
Iowa	-	–	-		–			11	–	5		.688

Regular season

Gym manager and instructor Leo Hana, was put in charge of building the basketball program. The first University of Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, led by its playing captain Roy Riley, beat Champaign High School January 6, 1906, two weeks before Hana was able to replace Riley with a “professional” coach. Elwood Brown became Illinois’ first basketball coach January 20, 1906. In the first season of Illinois basketball the Illini went 6-8, 3-6 in the Big Ten.

Roster

1905–06 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown F Charles Stewart — — So New York, New York G Floyd Tallmadge — — Fr Geneva, Nebraska C Roy Riley — — Fr Morrison, Illinois F Maurice Dadant — — Jr Hamilton, Illinois G Herb Juul — — Jr Chicago, Illinois G Edward Ryan — — So Chicago, Illinois F Victor Cicero Kays — — Sr Magnolia, Illinois G Hugh L. Ray — — Jr Chicago, Illinois F Albert Penn — — Fr Chicago, Illinois	Head coach Elwood Brown (Wheaton College) (1st year) Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt All-Time Illini Rosters Roster

Source

Schedule

Source

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
1/6/1906*	Champaign High School	W 71-4	1-0	Kenney Gym  Urbana, IL
1/20/1906	Indiana Rivalry	W 27–24	2-0 (1-0)	Kenney Gym  Urbana, IL
1/27/1906	Purdue	W 25–19	3-0 (2-0)	Kenney Gym  Urbana, IL
2/2/1906	at Minnesota	L 19–32	3-1 (2-1)	University of Minnesota Armory  Minneapolis, MN
2/5/1906*	Wheaton College	W 23–21	4-1	Kenney Gym  Urbana, IL
2/8/1906*	at Evanston YMCA	L 15–51	4-2 (2-1)	Evanston YMCA  Evanston, IL
2/9/1906	at University of Chicago	L 14–49	4-3 (2-2)	Bartlett Gymnasium  Chicago, IL
2/10/1906*	at Wheaton College	L 28–37	4-4	Adams Hall  Wheaton, IL
2/14/1906*	Oberlin College	W 31–25	5-4	Kenney Gym  Urbana, IL
2/16/1906	at Indiana Rivalry	L 7–38	5-5 (2-3)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
2/17/1906	at Purdue	L 22–48	5-6 (2-4)	Lafayette Colliseum  West Lafayette, IN
2/24/1906	University of Chicago	W 24–21	6-6 (3-4)	Kenney Gym  Urbana, IL
2/28/1906	Minnesota	L 25–27	6-7 (3-5)	Kenney Gym  Urbana, IL
3/3/1906	Wisconsin	L 32–35	6-8 (3-6)	Kenney Gym  Urbana, IL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.