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1951-52 Illinois Fighting Illini Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 22-4 (12-2, 1st in Big Ten MBB)

Rank: 2nd in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Harry Combes

PS/G: 71.7 (36th of 170)

PA/G: 61.5 (74th of 170)

SRS: 15.13 (6th of 156)

SOS: 4.90 (23rd of 156)

NCAA Tournament:
Won East Regional Semifinal (80-61) versus Dayton
Won East Regional Final (74-68) versus Duquesne
Lost National Semifinal (61-59) versus St. John's (NY)
Won National Third Place (67-64) versus Santa Clara

Big Ten Reg Season Champ

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AP Poll Summary

1951-52 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	12/10	12/17	12/24	12/31	1/7	1/14	1/21	1/28	2/4	2/11	2/18	2/25	Final
Illinois	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	3	3	6	5	2	2

Schedules prior to the 1992-93 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	Sat, Dec 8, 1951	REG	@	Butler	Ind	-3.11	W	68	57		1	0	W 1	Hinkle Fieldhouse
2	Wed, Dec 12, 1951	REG		Loyola (IL)	Ind	3.96	W	74	66		2	0	W 2	Huff Hall
3	Tue, Dec 18, 1951	REG		Oklahoma	Big 7	-1.49	W	69	51		3	0	W 3	Huff Hall
4	Thu, Dec 20, 1951	REG		North Carolina	Southern	-7.12	W	86	66		4	0	W 4	Huff Hall
5	Sat, Dec 22, 1951	REG		DePaul	Ind	8.38	W	70	61		5	0	W 5	Huff Hall
6	Fri, Dec 28, 1951	REG		UCLA (16)	PCC	9.37	W	73	67		6	0	W 6	Huff Hall
7	Mon, Dec 31, 1951	REG		Marquette	Ind	-0.99	W	68	57		7	0	W 7	Huff Hall
8	Sat, Jan 5, 1952	REG	@	Minnesota	Big Ten	8.90	W	52	43		8	0	W 8	Williams Arena
9	Mon, Jan 7, 1952	REG		Wisconsin	Big Ten	2.61	W	53	49		9	0	W 9	Huff Hall
10	Sat, Jan 12, 1952	REG	@	Michigan	Big Ten	-0.88	W	67	51		10	0	W 10	Yost Field House
11	Mon, Jan 14, 1952	REG		Indiana (14)	Big Ten	12.16	W	78	66		11	0	W 11	Huff Hall
12	Sat, Jan 26, 1952	REG	@	DePaul	Ind	8.38	L	65	69		11	1	L 1	Chicago Stadium
13	Mon, Jan 28, 1952	REG		Purdue	Big Ten	1.31	W	84	57		12	1	W 1	Huff Hall
14	Sat, Feb 2, 1952	REG		Ohio State	Big Ten	-0.07	W	66	62		13	1	W 2	Huff Hall
15	Sat, Feb 9, 1952	REG	@	Iowa (9)	Big Ten	12.03	L	68	73		13	2	L 1	Iowa Field House
16	Mon, Feb 11, 1952	REG		Michigan State	Big Ten	6.54	W	84	62		14	2	W 1	Huff Hall
17	Sat, Feb 16, 1952	REG		Ohio State	Big Ten	-0.07	W	80	53		15	2	W 2	Huff Hall
18	Mon, Feb 18, 1952	REG	@	Indiana	Big Ten	12.16	W	77	70		16	2	W 3	Field House
19	Sat, Feb 23, 1952	REG		Iowa (4)	Big Ten	12.03	W	78	62		17	2	W 4	Huff Hall
20	Sat, Mar 1, 1952	REG		Purdue	Big Ten	1.31	W	82	71		18	2	W 5	Huff Hall
21	Mon, Mar 3, 1952	REG		Northwestern	Big Ten	-2.01	W	95	74		19	2	W 6	Huff Hall
22	Sat, Mar 8, 1952	REG	@	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2.61	L	48	58		19	3	L 1	Wisconsin Field House
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
23	Fri, Mar 21, 1952	NCAA	N	Dayton (11)	Ind	10.37	W	80	61		20	3	W 1	Chicago Stadium
24	Sat, Mar 22, 1952	NCAA	N	Duquesne (4)	Ind	17.36	W	74	68		21	3	W 2	Chicago Stadium
25	Tue, Mar 25, 1952	NCAA	N	St. John's (NY) (10)	Metro NY	11.37	L	59	61		21	4	L 1	Hec Edmundson Pavilion
26	Wed, Mar 26, 1952	NCAA	N	Santa Clara	Ind	2.34	W	67	64		22	4	W 1	Hec Edmundson Pavilion