# 1921–22 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

The 1921–22 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

## Regular season

The 1921–22 season was the second and final one for head coach Frank Winters at the University of Illinois. For Winters and the Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, the season was highlighted by the play of All-American Chuck Carney. Carney was selected as an All-American and named the Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year at the completion of the season. The Illini's only losses were at the hands of Big Ten Conference opponents, ultimately placing them in a tie for fourth place. The overall record for this team was 14 wins and 5 losses. The Big Ten record for the season was 7 wins 5 losses. The starting lineup included Carney, R.H. Popken and G.E. Potter at forward, W.H. Roettger at center, and Laurie Walquist and John Sabo as guards.

### Roster
## Schedule

Source
| Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-Conference regular season |||||
| 12/16/1921* no, no | Illinois Wesleyan | W 35–19 | 1-0 | Kenney Gym (2,835) Urbana, IL |
| 12/17/1921* no, no | Knox College | W 32–24 | 2-0 | Kenney Gym (2,508) Urbana, IL |
| 12/30/1921* no, no | Millikin University | W 33–20 | 3-0 | Kenney Gym (800) Urbana, IL |
| 1/2/1922* no, no | Notre Dame | W 49–38 | 4-0 | Kenney Gym (1,000) Urbana, IL |
| 1/3/1922* no, no | Notre Dame | W 40–27 | 5-0 | Kenney Gym (3,118) Urbana, IL |
| 1/7/1922* no, no | Butler | W 26–20 | 6-0 | Kenney Gym (4,107) Urbana, IL |
| Big Ten regular season |||||
| 1/14/1922 no, no | at Ohio State | W 48–36 | 7-0 (1-0) | Ohio Expo Center Coliseum (-) Columbus, OH |
| 1/16/1922 no, no | Michigan | W 20–17 | 8-0 (2-0) | Kenney Gym (4,285) Urbana, IL |
| 1/19/1922* no, no | at Millikin University | W 34–33 | 9-0 | Millikin Gymnasium (-) Decatur, IL |
| 2/4/1922 no, no | at University of Chicago | L 16–22 | 9-1 (2-1) | Bartlett Gymnasium (-) Chicago, IL |
| 2/7/1922 no, no | Purdue | W 29–28 | 10-1 (3-1) | Kenney Gym (4,294) Urbana, IL |
| 2/10/1922 no, no | at Wisconsin | L 23–25 | 10-2 (3-2) | University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium (-) Madison, WI |
| 2/11/1922 no, no | at Minnesota | W 29–28 | 11-2 (4-2) | University of Minnesota Armory (-) Minneapolis, MN |
| 2/18/1922 no, no | Minnesota | W 28–18 | 12-2 (5-2) | Kenney Gym (4,289) Urbana, IL |
| 2/20/1922 no, no | Ohio State | W 41–22 | 13-2 (6-2) | Kenney Gym (4,289) Urbana, IL |
| 2/25/1922 no, no | at Michigan | L 16–42 | 13-3 (6-3) | Waterman Gymnasium (-) Ann Arbor, MI |
| 2/27/1922 no, no | Wisconsin | W 37–35 | 14-3 (7-3) | Kenney Gym (4,293) Urbana, IL |
| 3/3/1922 no, no | University of Chicago | L 25–26 | 14-4 (7-4) | Kenney Gym (4,294) Urbana, IL |
| 3/7/1922 no, no | at Purdue | L 31–39 | 14-5 (7-5) | Memorial Gymnasium (-) West Lafayette, IN |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. |||||

## Player stats

| Player | Games Played | Field Goals | Free Throws | Points |
| Charles Carney | 19 | 79 | 100 | 258 |
| Leland Stillwell | 19 | 54 | 0 | 108 |
| Roland Popken | 19 | 20 | 11 | 51 |
| Glenn Potter | 13 | 20 | 0 | 40 |
| John Sabo | 19 | 19 | 0 | 38 |
| Laurie Walquist | 8 | 16 | 0 | 32 |
| Walter Roettger | 9 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
| Hubert Tabor | 12 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
| Walter Collins | 18 | 5 | 0 | 10 |

## Awards and honors

* Chuck Carney was elected to the "Illini Men's Basketball All-Century Team" in 2004. Carney was also selected as the Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year for his play during the 1921–22 season.
* Otto Vogel received the Big Ten Medal of Honor for his proficiency in athletics and scholastic work following the 1922 season.