1955-56 Illinois Fighting Illini Men's Schedule and Results

Record: 18-4 (11-3, 2nd in Big Ten MBB)

Rank: 10th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Harry Combes

PS/G: 90.7 (3rd of 175)

PA/G: 76.3 (112th of 175)

SRS: 21.14 (1st of 166)

SOS: 6.68 (13th of 166)

AP Poll Summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	12/5	12/12	12/19	12/26	1/2	1/9	1/16	1/23	1/30	2/6	2/13	2/20	2/27	3/5	Final
Illinois	8	-	17	9	9	8	6	5	6	6	3	2	2	7	10

Schedules prior to the 1992-93 season may be missing games vs. non-Division I opponents.

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Tue, Dec 6, 1955	REG		Butler	Ind	-0.24	W	107	75	1	0	W 1	Huff Hall
2	Sat, Dec 10, 1955	REG	@	Missouri	Big 7	11.88	L	73	74	1	1	L 1	Brewer Fieldhouse
3	Tue, Dec 13, 1955	REG	@	Notre Dame	Ind	4.50	W	103	93	2	1	W 1	Notre Dame Fieldhouse
4	Sat, Dec 17, 1955	REG		Washington (MO)	Ind	5.99	W	75	74	3	1	W 2	Huff Hall
5	Mon, Dec 19, 1955	REG		DePaul	Ind	7.69	W	97	79	4	1	W 3	Huff Hall
6	Fri, Dec 23, 1955	REG		Oklahoma	Big 7	-1.06	W	82	58	5	1	W 4	Huff Hall
7	Thu, Dec 29, 1955	REG		Drake	Ind	0.29	W	102	66	6	1	W 5	Huff Hall
8	Mon, Jan 2, 1956	REG		Michigan State (20)	Big Ten	7.28	W	73	65	7	1	W 6	Huff Hall
9	Mon, Jan 9, 1956	REG		Wisconsin	Big Ten	4.06	W	96	77	8	1	W 7	Huff Hall
10	Sat, Jan 14, 1956	REG	@	Indiana (12)	Big Ten	10.67	W	96	72	9	1	W 8	Field House
11	Mon, Jan 16, 1956	REG	@	Purdue	Big Ten	8.21	W	92	76	10	1	W 9	Lambert Fieldhouse
12	Sat, Jan 28, 1956	REG	@	DePaul	Ind	7.69	W	80	66	11	1	W 10	DePaul Auditorium
13	Mon, Jan 30, 1956	REG	@	Minnesota	Big Ten	8.07	W	95	84	12	1	W 11	Williams Arena
14	Mon, Feb 6, 1956	REG		Indiana	Big Ten	10.67	W	92	89	13	1	W 12	Huff Hall
15	Sat, Feb 11, 1956	REG		Ohio State	Big Ten	12.73	W	111	64	14	1	W 13	Huff Hall
16	Mon, Feb 13, 1956	REG		Michigan	Big Ten	2.43	W	89	66	15	1	W 14	Huff Hall
17	Sat, Feb 18, 1956	REG	@	Michigan State	Big Ten	7.28	W	96	76	16	1	W 15	Jenison Field House
18	Mon, Feb 20, 1956	REG		Purdue	Big Ten	8.21	W	102	77	17	1	W 16	Huff Hall
19	Sat, Feb 25, 1956	REG	@	Ohio State	Big Ten	12.73	L	84	87	17	2	L 1	Ohio State Men's Gymnasium
20	Mon, Feb 27, 1956	REG		Minnesota	Big Ten	8.07	W	97	81	18	2	W 1	Huff Hall
21	Sat, Mar 3, 1956	REG	@	Iowa (10)	Big Ten	14.61	L	72	96	18	3	L 1	Iowa Field House
22	Mon, Mar 5, 1956	REG	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	-4.77	L	82	83	18	4	L 2	Welsh-Ryan Arena