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1950-51 Illinois Fighting Illini Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 22-5 (13-1, 1st in Big Ten MBB)

Rank: 5th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Harry Combes

PS/G: 71.1 (16th of 171)

PA/G: 62.6 (90th of 171)

SRS: 15.51 (6th of 152)

SOS: 6.96 (7th of 152)

NCAA Tournament:
Won East First Round (79-71) versus Columbia
Won East Regional Semifinal (84-70) versus NC State
Lost East Regional Final (76-74) versus Kentucky
Won National Third Place (61-46) versus Oklahoma State

Big Ten Reg Season Champ

AP Poll Summary

1950-51 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	12/18	12/25	1/3	1/8	1/15	1/22	1/29	2/5	2/12	2/19	2/26	Final
Illinois	-	20	-	14	14	16	14	16	11	10	6	5

Schedules prior to the 1994-95 season may be missing games vs. non-Division I opponents.

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Mon, Dec 4, 1950	REG		Marquette	Ind	-6.54	W	66	47		1	0	W 1	Huff Hall
2	Fri, Dec 8, 1950	REG		Oregon State	PCC	3.52	W	74	51		2	0	W 2	Huff Hall
3	Sat, Dec 9, 1950	REG	@	Toledo	Ind	6.10	L	54	68		2	1	L 1	The Field House
4	Sat, Dec 16, 1950	REG	@	DePaul	Ind	8.88	W	69	68		3	1	W 1	Chicago Stadium
5	Wed, Dec 20, 1950	REG		Washington State	PCC	3.39	W	71	48		4	1	W 2	Huff Hall
6	Fri, Dec 22, 1950	REG		Pennsylvania	Ivy	4.92	W	75	65		5	1	W 3	Huff Hall
7	Tue, Dec 26, 1950	REG		DePaul	Ind	8.88	L	65	68		5	2	L 1	Huff Hall
8	Fri, Dec 29, 1950	REG		Butler	Ind	-9.08	W	88	52		6	2	W 1	Huff Hall
9	Mon, Jan 1, 1951	REG	@	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3.94	W	71	69		7	2	W 2	Wisconsin Field House
10	Sat, Jan 6, 1951	REG		Minnesota	Big Ten	9.93	W	70	62		8	2	W 3	Huff Hall
11	Mon, Jan 8, 1951	REG	@	Iowa	Big Ten	10.65	W	72	69		9	2	W 4	Iowa Field House
12	Sat, Jan 13, 1951	REG		Michigan	Big Ten	-0.16	W	68	47		10	2	W 5	Huff Hall
13	Mon, Jan 15, 1951	REG	@	Indiana (6)	Big Ten	16.94	L	53	64		10	3	L 1	Field House
14	Sat, Jan 20, 1951	REG		Iowa	Big Ten	10.65	W	69	53		11	3	W 1	Huff Hall
15	Mon, Feb 5, 1951	REG	@	Purdue	Big Ten	2.21	W	85	76		12	3	W 2	Lambert Fieldhouse
16	Sat, Feb 10, 1951	REG		Wisconsin	Big Ten	3.94	W	63	52		13	3	W 3	Huff Hall
17	Mon, Feb 12, 1951	REG		Ohio State	Big Ten	1.22	W	79	59		14	3	W 4	Huff Hall
18	Sat, Feb 17, 1951	REG		Purdue	Big Ten	2.21	W	70	65		15	3	W 5	Huff Hall
19	Mon, Feb 19, 1951	REG		Indiana (4)	Big Ten	16.94	W	71	65		16	3	W 6	Huff Hall
20	Sat, Feb 24, 1951	REG	@	Ohio State	Big Ten	1.22	W	89	69		17	3	W 7	Ohio State Men's Gymnasium
21	Sat, Mar 3, 1951	REG	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	2.49	W	80	76		18	3	W 8	Chicago Stadium
22	Mon, Mar 5, 1951	REG	@	Michigan State	Big Ten	6.04	W	49	43		19	3	W 9	Jenison Field House
23	Wed, Mar 14, 1951	REG	@	Kansas State (4)	Big 7	22.24	L	72	91		19	4	L 1	Nichols Hall
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
24	Tue, Mar 20, 1951	NCAA	N	Columbia (3)	Ivy	15.54	W	79	71		20	4	W 1	Madison Square Garden (III)
25	Thu, Mar 22, 1951	NCAA	N	NC State (8)	Southern	8.22	W	84	70		21	4	W 2	Madison Square Garden (III)
26	Sat, Mar 24, 1951	NCAA	N	Kentucky (1)	SEC	22.24	L	74	76		21	5	L 1	Madison Square Garden (III)
27	Tue, Mar 27, 1951	NCAA	N	Oklahoma State (2)	MVC	11.28	W	61	46		22	5	W 1	Williams Arena