The 1906–07 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

Regular season

F.L. Pinckney took over the coaching reins from Elwood Brown for the 1906–1907 season. After a very promising start to the season, where more than 100 student athletes tried out for the team, Pinckney had three freshman declared ineligible by the Western Conference. Due to this unfortunate circumstance, the Fighting Illini played the season with a depleted lineup and finished the season with the worst record in the history of the school. The decision to make freshmen ineligible gave Pinckney the same problem Brown had faced one season earlier.

Roster

• Edward Ryan.............(Right Forward), (Left Forward)
• Charles Stewart.........(Left Forward), (Right Forward)
• J. Cermack
• C. C. Westfall............(Center)
• Maurice Dadant..........(Left Guard)
• Herbert Juul...............(Right Guard)
• Henry Popperfuss.......(Left Forward)
• W. Sommerfield.........(Center)
• Thomas Thompson
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  .....(Right Guard)
• Roy Rennacker..........(Left Guard)
• Avery Brundage
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  .........(Right Forward)
• C. E. Norenberg.........(Left Forward), (Right Forward)
• R. C. Caul.................(Right Guard)
• R. H. Reische............(Right Forward), (Center)

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Location
December 15, 1906	Peoria YMCA	38–19	Win	Peoria, IL Peoria, Illinois Peoria is the largest city on the Illinois River and the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, in the United States. It is named after the Peoria tribe. As of the 2010 census, the city was the seventh-most populated in Illinois, with a population of 115,007, and is the third-most populated...
January 2, 1907	Chicago YMCA Central YMCA College Central YMCA College was a college operated by the YMCA in Chicago, Illinois. It was founded prior to or in 1922. and was accredited in 1924. It was closed in 1945 after the University President, a large majority of the faculty and students left to form Roosevelt University.-Closing of the...	26–31	Loss	Chicago, IL
January 12, 1907	Purdue Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball The Purdue Boilermakers basketball team is a college basketball program that competes in NCAA Division I and is a member of the Big Ten Conference. Purdue basketball holds the record for most Big Ten Championships with 22, along with being the only program in the conference to boast winning records...	27–32	Loss	Urbana, IL Kenney Gym Kenney Gym is a 5,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Urbana, Illinois, on the campus of the University of Illinois and is named after Harold E. Kenney. The arena opened in 1890 and was originally known as the Men's Gym Annex....
January 19, 1907	Wisconsin Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball The Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team is a NCAA Division I college basketball team competing in the Big Ten Conference. Home games are played at the Kohl Center, located on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus in Madison, Wisconsin....	16–22	Loss	Urbana, IL Kenney Gym Kenney Gym is a 5,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Urbana, Illinois, on the campus of the University of Illinois and is named after Harold E. Kenney. The arena opened in 1890 and was originally known as the Men's Gym Annex....
January 31, 1907	Minnesota Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball The Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team represents the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Golden Gophers have played in the Big Ten since the conference began sponsoring basketball in 1905...	3–42	Loss	Minneapolis, MN University of Minnesota Armory The University of Minnesota Armory is a building on the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus. The Armory was constructed in 1896 after the previous space for military training on the campus burnt in a fire in 1894...
February 1, 1907	Wisconsin Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball The Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team is a NCAA Division I college basketball team competing in the Big Ten Conference. Home games are played at the Kohl Center, located on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus in Madison, Wisconsin....	13–47	Loss	Madison, WI University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium The University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium, also called "the Red Gym," is a building on the campus of University of Wisconsin-Madison, which houses the University's Multicultural Student Center, Campus Information and Visitors Center, the Morgridge Center for Public Service, and other student...
February 2, 1907	University of Chicago Chicago Maroons The Maroons are the intercollegiate sports teams of the University of Chicago. They are named after the color maroon, one of the school's colors. They compete in the NCAA's Division III. They are primarily members of the University Athletic Association and were co-founders of the Big Ten...	20–53	Loss	Chicago, IL University of Chicago The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
February 15, 1907	Wabash College	13–50	Loss	Crawfordsville, IN Crawfordsville, Indiana Crawfordsville is a city in Union Township, Montgomery County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 15,915. The city is the county seat of Montgomery County...
February 16, 1907	Purdue Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball The Purdue Boilermakers basketball team is a college basketball program that competes in NCAA Division I and is a member of the Big Ten Conference. Purdue basketball holds the record for most Big Ten Championships with 22, along with being the only program in the conference to boast winning records...	18–45	Loss	West Lafayette, IN
February 23, 1907	University of Chicago Chicago Maroons The Maroons are the intercollegiate sports teams of the University of Chicago. They are named after the color maroon, one of the school's colors. They compete in the NCAA's Division III. They are primarily members of the University Athletic Association and were co-founders of the Big Ten...	20–35	Loss	Urbana, IL Kenney Gym Kenney Gym is a 5,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Urbana, Illinois, on the campus of the University of Illinois and is named after Harold E. Kenney. The arena opened in 1890 and was originally known as the Men's Gym Annex....
March 1, 1907	Minnesota Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball The Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team represents the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Golden Gophers have played in the Big Ten since the conference began sponsoring basketball in 1905...	29–36	Loss	Urbana, IL Kenney Gym Kenney Gym is a 5,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Urbana, Illinois, on the campus of the University of Illinois and is named after Harold E. Kenney. The arena opened in 1890 and was originally known as the Men's Gym Annex....

External links

• Illini Basketball History
• Illini Record Book