1938–39 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
The 1938–39 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois. Regular season. The 1938-39 season was year number three for head coach Doug Mills. Overall the team regrouped from a miserable eighth-place finish in the Big Ten a year earlier by winning 9 of their 10 home games only losing to conference rival Indiana. Unfortunately for the Fighting Illini they finished with a 5-5 record on the road to finish in third place overall in conference action. Mills' Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team  featured only 5 returning letterman. Along with "team captain" Tom Nisbit, the Illini also featured a starting lineup of Lewis Dehner at the center position, John Drish, Joe Frank and William Hapac at forward and George Wardley, and Colin Handlon at guard. Schedule. !| Non-Conference regular season !|Big Ten regular season