Conference Big Ten Conference Head coach Douglas Mills Captain Tom Nisbet | 1938–39 record 14–5 (8-4 Big Ten) Assistant coach Howie Braun | |
Assistant coach Wally Roettger
David M. Bullock (Trainer) | ||
The 1938–39 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.
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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.
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Schedule
Bold Italic connotes conference game