1937–38 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

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.

Roster

• Douglas Mills (University of Illinois) (2nd year)
• Wally Roettger (University of Illinois) (3rd year)
• Howie Braun (University of Illinois) (1st year)

Schedule

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Source

Awards and honors

• Lou Boudreau
  • Madison Square Garden 1st team All-American
• Louis Dehner
  • Converse 3rd team All-American

References

References

1. Fighting Illini Basketball: A Hardwood History By [[The News-Gazette (Champaign-Urbana). News-Gazette]], Sports Publishing LLC {{ISBN. 1-58261-356-7
2. [http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/fightingillini.com/documents/2015/10/14/2015_16_ILLINI_MBB_Record_Book_for_Web.pdf University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1937–38 pg.79], FightingIllini.com