1928–29 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

The 1928-29 season was head coach Craig Ruby's seventh at the University of Illinois. With three returning starters from a team that finished in a ninth place tie in the Big Ten the year before, the Fighting Illini improved to an overall record of 10 wins and 7 losses and a conference record of 6 wins 6 losses. The starting lineup included captain Ernest F. Dorn at center, Charles Harper and Earl H. Drew at forward, and future head coach Douglas R. Mills and Herbert Hill at guard.Fighting Illini Basketball: A Hardwood History By News-Gazette, Sports Publishing LLC {{ISBN|1-58261-356-7}}

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• Craig Ruby (University of Missouri) (7th year)

|asst_coach=

• Jack Lipe (University of Illinois) (5th year)
• John Sabo (University of Illinois) (1st year)

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!colspan=12 style="background:#DF4E38; color:white;"| Non-Conference regular season

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| date = 12/10/1928

|time = no

|tv = no

|rank = no

|nonconf = yes

| opponent = {{cbb link|1928|team=Bradley Braves|title=Bradley}}

| site_stadium = New Gymnasium

| site_cityst = Champaign, IL

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| score = 46–29

| overtime =

| attend = -

| record = 1-0}}

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| date = 12/15/1928

|time = no

|tv = no

|rank = no

|nonconf = yes

| opponent = Lombard

| site_stadium = New Gymnasium

| site_cityst = Champaign, IL

| gamename =

| score = 44–22

| overtime =

| attend = 5,429

| record = 2-0}}

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| date = 12/20/1928

|time = no

|tv = no

|rank = no

|nonconf = yes

| opponent = {{cbb link|1928|team=University of North Dakota|title=North Dakota}}

| site_stadium = New Gymnasium

| site_cityst = Champaign, IL

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| score = 28–27

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| attend = -

| record = 3-0}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = 12/31/1928

|time = no

|tv = no

|rank = no

|nonconf = yes

| opponent = {{cbb link|1928|team=Washington University Bears|title=Washington University}}

| site_stadium = New Gymnasium

| site_cityst = Champaign, IL

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| score = 38–29

| overtime =

| attend = -

| record = 4-0}}

|-

!colspan=9 style="background:#DF4E38; color:#FFFFFF;"|Big Ten regular season

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| date = 1/5/1929

|time = no

|tv = no

|rank = no

|nonconf = no

|away=yes

| opponent = {{cbb link|1928|team=Purdue Boilermakers|title=Purdue}}

| site_stadium = Jefferson High School

| site_cityst = West Lafayette, IN

| gamename =

| score = 24–33

| overtime =

| attend = -

| record = 4-1

|conference=0-1}}

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| date = 1/8/1929

|time = no

|tv = no

|rank = no

|nonconf = no

| opponent = Indiana

| site_stadium = New Gymnasium

| site_cityst = Champaign, IL

| gamename = Rivalry

| score = 20–16

| overtime =

| attend = -

| record = 5-1

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| date = 1/12/1929

|time = no

|tv = no

|rank = no

|nonconf = no

|away=yes

| opponent = {{cbb link|1928|team=Ohio State Buckeyes|title=Ohio State}}

| site_stadium = Ohio Expo Center Coliseum

| site_cityst = Columbus, OH

| gamename =

| score = 22–27

| overtime =

| attend = -

| record = 5-2

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{{CBB schedule entry

| date = 1/14/1929

|time = no

|tv = no

|rank = no

|nonconf = no

|away=yes

| opponent = Michigan

| site_stadium = Yost Field House

| site_cityst = Ann Arbor, MI

| gamename =

| score = 17–21

| overtime =

| attend = -

| record = 5-3

|conference=1-3}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = 1/19/1929

|time = no

|tv = no

|rank = no

|nonconf = no

| opponent = {{cbb link|1928|team=Chicago Maroons|title=University of Chicago}}

| site_stadium = New Gymnasium

| site_cityst = Champaign, IL

| gamename =

| score = 22–19

| overtime =

| attend = -

| record = 6-3

|conference=2-3}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = 2/4/1929

|time = no

|tv = no

|rank = no

|nonconf = yes

| opponent = {{cbb link|1928|team=Butler Bulldogs|title=Butler}}

| site_stadium = New Gymnasium

| site_cityst = Champaign, IL

| gamename =

| score = 28–33

| overtime =

| attend = -

| record = 6-4}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = 2/9/1929

|time = no

|tv = no

|rank = no

|nonconf = no

|away=yes

| opponent = University of Chicago

| site_stadium = Bartlett Gymnasium

| site_cityst = Chicago, IL

| gamename =

| score = 33–29

| overtime =

| attend = -

| record = 7-4

|conference=3-3}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = 2/11/1929

|time = no

|tv = no

|rank = no

|away=yes

|nonconf = no

| opponent = {{cbb link|1928|team=Minnesota Golden Gophers|title=Minnesota}}

| site_stadium = University of Minnesota Armory

| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN

| gamename =

| score = 35–32

| overtime =

| attend = -

| record = 8-4

|conference=4-3}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = 2/16/1929

|time = no

|tv = no

|rank = no

|nonconf = no

| opponent = Ohio State

| site_stadium = New Gymnasium

| site_cityst = Champaign, IL

| gamename =

| score = 30–35

| overtime =

| attend = 5,570

| record = 8-5

|conference=4-4}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = 2/18/1929

|time = no

|tv = no

|rank = no

|nonconf = no

| opponent = Michigan

| site_stadium = New Gymnasium

| site_cityst = Champaign, IL

| gamename =

| score = 27–24

| overtime =

| attend = 6,373

| record = 9-5

|conference=5-4}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = 2/23/1929

|time = no

|tv = no

|rank = no

|nonconf = no

|away=yes

| opponent = Indiana

| site_stadium = Men's Gymnasium

| site_cityst = Bloomington, IN

| gamename = Rivalry

| score = 22–32

| overtime =

| attend = -

| record = 9-6

|conference=5-5}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = 3/2/1929

|time = no

|tv = no

|rank = no

|nonconf = no

| opponent = Purdue

| site_stadium = New Gymnasium

| site_cityst = Champaign, IL

| gamename =

| score = 23–37

| overtime =

| attend = 7,001

| record = 9-7

|conference=5-6}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = 3/4/1929

|time = no

|tv = no

|rank = no

|nonconf = no

| opponent = Minnesota

| site_stadium = New Gymnasium

| site_cityst = Champaign, IL

| gamename =

| score = 32–27

| overtime =

| attend = 5,766

| record = 10-7

|conference=6-6}}

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