The 1919–20 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

Regular season The 1919–20 Fighting Illini men's basketball season was the final of eight seasons for head coach Ralph Jones. This group was slightly better than the previous as they bounced back from the first losing season of Jones' career and finished third in the Big Ten. The campaign began with a six-game home winning streak; however, over the next seven games, the team posted only three wins, while losing four. After Jones left Illinois, he went to Lake Forest Academy in Lake Forest, Illinois. He coached both basketball and football at the academy for 10 years. His football team won 76 games and lost six in his ten years. His basketball teams had a ten-year record of 94 wins and 9 losses.A Century of Orange and Blue: Celebrating 100 Years of Fighting Illini Basketball By Loren Tate, Jared Gelfond pg. 17 The record the Illini had at the conclusion of the 1919–20 season was nine wins and four losses overall with an eight-win, four-loss conference mark. The starting lineup included captain K. L. Wilson, J. B. Felmley, Julian Mee and P. C. Taylor rotating at the forward positions, All-American Chuck Carney at center, and Charles Vail, Burt Ingwersen, and Laurie Walquist as guards.Fighting Illini Basketball: A Hardwood History by News-Gazette, Sports Publishing LLC

Roster

Schedule

SourceUniversity of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1919-20 , FightingIllini.com

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Player stats Player Games played Field goals Free throws PointsCharles Carney 136576206John Felmley 1034371Paul Taylor 1331062Lawrence Walquist 1214028Julian Mee45010Bert Ingwersen 74014Charles Vail 12204Kenneth Wilson 4102

Awards and honors Chuck Carney was elected to the "Illini Men's Basketball All-Century Team" in 2004. Carney was also selected as an All-American for the 1919–20 season and became the Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year for his play during the 1921–22 season.

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