1998-99 BAi nv 44 TBALL MEDIA G\^'^E w ■^ ^U1W»% lllHOl^ SS«' 'CO-I IIAMlMONSli, ,~^^ universit; OF ILLUJ^/rf^ \imil 1 9'9 o jJ i 'm't I v*H ^ ft. ,,»- ^^ ' f';' '■M-- v^r.-> M-vJ ^ ia< n u ® THIS IS ILLINOIS BASKETBALL 4 1998 Big Ten Championship Season 6 Academics 8 Facilities 10 IlUni off the Court 12 NCAA Highlights 13 Exposure 14 The Coaching Staff 16 Travel 17 Campus Life 18 Illini News & Notes 20 Orange Krush THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 22 The University 24 Board of Trustees 25 Administration 25 TheDIA 27 Advisory Board 28 Director of Athletics 29 DIA Administration 30 Illinois Athletic Excellence 33 Notable Illinois alums 34 Chief Illiniwek Fight Songs COACHING STAFF 36 Head Coach Lon Kruger 41 Robert McCuUum 42 Rob Judson 43 Mike Shepherd 44 lilini Basketball Family 45 Support Staff THE 1998-99 FIGHTING ILLINI 50 1998-99 Outlook 52 Roster 53 TV/Radio Roster 54 CarveU Ammons 56 Rich Beyers 58 Cory Bradford 60 Victor Chukwudebe 62 Arias Davis 64 Sergio McClain 66 Fighting Illini 69 Player Game-by-Game Statistics THE OPPONENTS 72 Coaches vs. Cancer 73 Bradley 74 Clemson 75 Eastern Illinois 76 George Washington 77 Indiana 78 Iowa 79 Kansas 80 Michigan 81 Michigan State 82 Minnesota 83 Missouri 84 Northwestern 85 Ohio State 86 Peiui State 87 Purdue 88 Saint Louis 89 Tennessee-Martin 90 Texas-Pan American 9 1 Valparaiso 92 Wisconsin 93 Big Ten Conference 94 All-Time Series Scores 1997-98 IN REVIEW 1 02 Season in Review 103 1997-98 Statistics 106 Highs and Lows 107 Big Ten Statistics 110 Game-by-Game Recaps THE RECORD BOOK 122 Year-by-Year Records 122 Coaching Records 123 All-Time Results 140 Records vs. Opponents 142 Year-by-Year Individual Leaders 144 Year-by-Year Team Statistics '^J§^ ^'■'^f-^9-p i 153 Top 50 Career Scorers 158 Individual Records 164 Team Records 166 Assembly Hall Records 170 Illinois in the Postseason BASKETBALL TRADITION 172 Histor)' 178 Ail-Americans 179 Academic All-Americans 180 All-Big Ten 181 Academic All-Big Ten 182 Illini Honors 184 Illini in the Pros 187 All-time Letterwinners 192 By the Numbers MEDIA INFORMATION 196 Media Information 199 Media Outlets 200 Illini Sports Network 201 Big Ten Tournament Bracket 202 NCAA Tournament Bracket 203 Media Calender 208 Restaurant Guide ON THE COVER; Pictured clockwise are returnees Rich Beyers, Sergio McClain, Carvell Ammons, Arias Davis, Victor Chukwudebe and Cory Bradford alongside the 1 998 Big Ten Championship trophy and ring. CREDITS The 1998-99 Illinois Basketball Media Guide is a publication of the Illinois Athletic Public Relations Office, written to assist the media in their coverage of Illinois athletics. Executive Editor: Barbara Butler Interior Design: Cassie Arner Cover Design: Cassie Arner Editorial Assistance: Dave Johnson Michelle Warner Dave Brauer Brandon Dybala Mike Layman Kara Stachowiak Matt Herrmann Jennifer Green Photography: Mark Jones, Barbara Butler Cover Photos: Mark Jones Printed by: Multi-Ad Printing Services, Peoria, III. fighting Ittini ^ask^tbatt [LO^Eite^^toj^ Quick Facts Founded: 1867 Opened: March 2, 1868 Location: Urbana-Champaign Enrollment: 36.000 President: James J. Stukel Chancellor: Michael T. Aiken Conference: Big Ten Arena: Assembly Hall (16.450) Nickname: Fighting lllini School Song: "Illinois Loyalty" Colors: Orange & Blue General Mailing Address Bielfeldt Athletic Administation Building 1700 South Fourth St. Champaign. IL 61820 ADMINISTRATION (all area codes 21^ except as noted) Director of Athletics RonGuenther 333-3630 Associate Director of Athletics Dan.i Brenner 333-3630 Associate Director of Athletics Terry Cole 333-2240 Associate Director of Athletics Karol Kahrs 333-0171 Associate Director of Athletics Kellv Lindr)- 2^4-7061 Associate Director of Athletics Tom Porter 244-0016 Associate Director of Athletics Harriet Wearherford 244-4286 Assistant Director of Athletics/Compliance \ incc llle 333-5~31 Assistant Director of Athletics/Business Manager Tim Trac>' 333-3630 Assistant Director of Athletics Warren Hood 333-2474 Assistant Director of Athletics Lenny Willis 244-6518 Director of Facilities Allen Heinze 333-2303 Director of Development, FISF Ken Zimmerman 333-6595 Director of Development, FISF Steve Greene (312) 575-7852 Executive Director Varsity "I" Shawn Wax 244-9277 Ticket Manager Mike Hatfield 333-3470 Head Trainer Al Martindale 333-6718 Basketball Trainer Rod Cardinal 333-6718 Team Physicians Dr. Robert Gurtler Dr. Stephen Sohoroff 333-6718 Strength & Conditioning Coordinator Pat Mooter 244-5989 Equipment Manager Sam Trusner 333-2063 Basketball Equipment Jesse Radiff 333-1926 Academic Counselor Tom Michael 333-9530 BASKETBALL STAFF Office (217) 333-3400 FAX (217) 333-2120 Head Coach Lon Kruger Assistant Coaches Robert McCuUum Rob Judson Mike Shepherd Administrative Assistant Jeff Guin Secretary Cind\' Butkovich Mailing Address LJbben Basketball Complex 1750 South Fourth Street Champaign. IL 61820 DIA HEAD COACHES (all area codes 217) Baseball Richard Ttch" Jones 244-8138 Women's Basketball Theresa Grentz 333-8612 Women's Cross Country/Track & Field Gar>- Winckler 333-7970 Men's Cross Country/Track & Field Gary Wieneke 333-7968 Football Ron Turner 333-1400 Men's Golf Ed Beard 333-8604 Women's Golf Paula Smith 333-8610 Men's Gymnastics Yoshi Hayasaki 333-7973 Women's Gymnastics Lynn Brueckman 333-1683 Women's Soccer JiUian Ellis 333-0004 Women's Swimming & Diving Jim Lutz 333-7670 Men's Tennis Craig TUey 333-7971 Women's Tennis Sujay Lama 333-8622 Volleyball Don Hardin 333-8606 Wrestling Mark lohnson . . 244-9722 ATHLETIC PUBLIC RELATIONS STAFF Office (217) 333-1391 Fax (217) 333-5540 Press Row (217) 333-1227 Associate Director of Communications Dave Johnson (home) 352-2477 Assistant Director for Basketball Barbara Butler (home) 359-5422 Assistant Directors Marty Kaufmann (home) 359-5910 Cassie Atner (home) 356-9434 Erich Bacher (home) 278-0454 Jim Christman (home) 355-8864 Intern Michelle Warner Graduate Assistant Scort Chipman Secretary Marsha Goldenstein Mailing Address Bielfeldt Athletic Administradon Building 1700 South Fourth Street Champaign, IL 61820 2 :F[qhtinff Iffini (Bas^etMf Jigfiting itlini ^asketbatt It was a stor)' that couldn't have been written any better than it played out. ^All those who picked the Illini to go through the Big Ten season quietly had a big surprise waiting for them. Illinois rolled through the Big Ten Conference schedule with a 13-3 record, the best since 1989, and captured its 13th conference tide. Illinois fielded a team anchored by seven seniors, five of whom started ever)' Big Ten game. The seniors provided 84 percent of the team's scoring in all games and 87 percent in Big Ten games. The starting five played 78 percent of the minutes in 16 Big Ten games. In the course of winning the Big Ten title, Illinois was undefeated against Indiana, Iowa and Michigan, a first in school histor)'. The Illini also picked up their first double-digit win at Iowa since 1964. From January 3 until February 24, here is a sampling of highlights from the championship season. Jan. 3 — Illinois bounces back from two straight losses (Missouri, UCLA) and defeats Indiana 74-72, marking two straight victories over the Hoosiers. Kevin Turner turned in a career-high scoring effort with 35 points. Jan. 8 — Illinois downs No. 1 1 Iowa, 76-64, in Iowa Cit)'. Four Illini score in double fi igures led by Jerry Hester's 20 points. Freshman Sergio McClain turned in a season high 14 points to go along with his five rebounds, three assists and a blocked shot. Jan. 10 — Illinois holds Northwestern to 44 total points in a 59-44 win. It was the lowest point total by an opponent since 1993. Chicago native Jarrod Gee paced the team with 20 points, while anchoring the Illini post play which held Wildcat o®®@ BD® ■ffsra (sra/i\EflPD®ra8raDP ca^ifflBBB s\ fighting Ittini ^aske^tbait- Evan Eschmeyer to 2-of-4 ' shooting from the floor. lUinois, at 3-0, was the only undefeated team in the Big Ten. Jan. 21 — lUinois bounces back from rvvo-straight losses (Purdue, Michigan State) and broke a four-game losing streak to the Badgers with a 62-48 decision. Matt Heldman paced the lUini hitting 4-of-5 from three-point land and 5-of-6 from the free-throw line. His 17 points, eight rebounds and five assists led the lUini. The win started a streak of seven consecutive victories for the lUini. Feb. 7 — In the next meeting with Wisconsin, the Badgers come close to putting a halt on the lUini's title hopes, but Kevin Turner knocked down a ■ith fo ids lumper with tour seconds remaming to send the game into overtime. In the extra five minute period, Illinois outscored Wisconsin 9-3 and looked fonvard to the upcoming gamie with Michigan State, where a win would tie the Iliini with the Spartans for first in the league standings. Feb. 12 — In, by tar, the most exciting game ol the season unranked Illinois blasted by No. 13 Michigan State, 84- 63, and grabbed a share of the lead in race for the Big Ten title. In front ol a sold out Assembly Hall, five lUini posted double figures and the team shot an amazing 63 percent from the floor in the second half The Iliini were 9-of-l~ from three-point range with Turner, Heldman and Arias Davis each draining three, 3- pointers. Feb. 22 — It was Senior Dav at Illinois and the seniors did not disappoint. In a game which featured 1 1 second-halt lead changes and three ties, Illinois continued on its quest tor a championship with a 79-72 win over Iowa. Jerr\' Hester, who led the Iliini in the first game against the Hawkeyes, had their number again. He scored 20 points and drained four 3- pointers. Feb. 24 — The final game of the regular season was a must-win for Illinois to have any chance at tide hopes. The obstacle was Indiana in Bloomington, no easy task. In picking up Big Ten win No. 13 the Iliini had five players hit double figures and used the hot hand of Arias Davis to spark the offense which was stagnant earh- in the game. He made 3-of-5 from 3-point land and his second trey gave the Iliini a 13-12 lead at the 1 1:25 mark, a lead the team would not relinquish. Jerr\' Hester also drained three from behind the arc and scored 15 tor the team. Matt Heldman and Kevin Turner were unwavering from the line, combining to shoot 17-of 22 trom the stripe. Tight imj Iliini '3aslir'\ 'Ji^fitituf Iffini'3asl<^t5all 7 — fighting lliini^as(<:ttbatt \ Home of the Fighting Illini i^rii^jjji jjjjjjj:-; /i^jjJ:-j j'Ji-'ji:; i^ :jji .:^_^. Assembly Hall has served as home to the Fighting Illini since its construction in 1963 and now the Illini will enjoy a new and improved home with the completion of an extensive renovation project that includes new locker rooms, a state-of-the- art training room, media work room and interview area and new tunnel area to accommodate television trucks and team buses. With the changes that came with this renovation project, the Assembly Hall is now up tto par with the new arenas that are being constructed. Another change for the 1998-99 season is the creation of additional I student seating on the floor. Illinois opened play at the Assembly Hall on March 4, 1963 with a 79-73 X victory over Northwestern. Since that first game, Illinois has recorded a 368-108 (.773) mark, including a 109-26 (.807) slate in the 1990s. The Assembly Hall hosted five sellout crowds for Illini basketball last year and saw the Illini record a 13-1 mark in the course of the season. Originally constructed at a cost of $8.35 Hammer, Broadway shows, the Ice Capades, entertainer Bill Cosby and in 1998 the President of the United States Bill Clinton. Since 1963, Ilhnois has sold out 118 games at the Assembly Hall. Illinois set an all-time attendance record on March 9, 1996 when 16,863 fans jammed into the Hall to witness Lou Henson's final TINIVEKS1T1 OF ILLINOIS million, the | Assembly fe» .--.wi^ssieagwai.. . ■ ■■■•? - :'' ■ - ■ ■ i^ '^^^^^MiiMMiH^H^HHMS ms^ Hall has 1^ ^^j^r— ^^^^^^^Hp- Hv.iV .. .,i:^^m hosted stars HlH|i|g|i such as Elvis ^^^^^| ^.^ -"^"r- Presley, Jay ^^^^^| -T ■ rrj -' XB( -■■ ■-' "^ ■■ 7» ^I^Hh .-^■;.vVA^^A;r^-.^^-^,].'5;/f:^; Whitney H^^^^H >.*"'''™*-' ''■'^. "" '-'---V-l,* .■''■ ;'■ *'", ■■■"'■'',1-'". '■'^bp ■' ''^%:-^^-'^H Houston, ^^^^H ■ .'*- J'-' "."■v-i^^^3H^B^BP^P^^^.:^ ■-'■"'^ f^yv-i'ny^'-O. ^^^^H ■, 3^'-' -^- ' ^^^^H Wonder, MC j^^^ 8 'Fiq/itin^ Iffini ^as/iet6aff fighting lilini ^ask^tbalt- regular-season game as head coach. In 1970-71, the Assembly Hall accommodated and NCAA record-setting 177,408 spectators (since broken) when all 1 1 home games were sold out. In Lon Kruger's two-year tenure the Fighting Illini have compiled a 25-3 (.893) record at the Assembly Hall. Not only will the Fighting Illini enjoy a new home of sorts with the renovated Assembly Hall, they will have a real new home in the Richard T. Ubben Practice Facility which opened in October 1998. The new $5.5 million facility is the best of its kind and puts the Illinois program at the forefront nationally in terms of practice facilities. The 40,000-square-foot facility, which houses both the men's and women's basketball teams, includes coaches offices, meeting rooms, video editing rooms, player and coaches locker rooms, training room, a weight room, and two regulation basketball courts. V ) UNIVERS1 OF ILIilM ;]^Uffitimj Iflini (Bas^ethff 9 Jigfiting itlini ^asketbaii m^ (^ t^ (^^juji^ Hometown Heroes The Universif}' oi Illinois Hometown Heroes program offers student- athletes the opportunit)' to speak to young people on goal setting, the importance of getting a good education, and how hard work pays off, among several topics. Illinois basketball players spoke at a number of different schools, including a stop in Decatur in April ^ alter winning the Big Ten Championship. Rich Beyers, Jarrod Gee, Jerry Hester and Sergio McClain participated in the Illinois Power Decatur Hometown Heroes rally. Red Ribbon Campaign Put the SLAM on Drugs!! Last year Fighting Illini players were honorary chairpersons for the Red Ribbon Campaign, a week-long effort promoting a drug-free communit}'. In addition to speaking to local elementary and middle school students on the dangers oi drugs, the Illini also welcomed several groups of students to watch practice. Coach Kruger and the Fighting Illini will once again help support the Red Ribbon effort by serving as honorary chairpersons lor the 1998 campaign. TJHlVERSITy OF iLUNOIS 1 O 'Fightimj Iffmi "Saskietbalf lighting Ittini ^ast<^tbatt- Lon Kruger Basketball Camps Victor Chukwudebe and Arias Davis worked at the Illinois basketball camps over the summer. Players often lead drills and coach teams or serve as referees during camp. Victor Chukwudebe led the calisthenics during the Parent- Child Camp in June. Happy 91st Birthday! Mirjane Kemmerer is a long-time supporter of Fighting Illini basketball and doesn't miss a home game. The week following Illinois' win over Michigan State in Champaign, Mrs. Kemmerer fell and broke both of her legs. After she returned home following a rehabilitation process, a family friend requested a visit from the Illini on her 91st birthday. Illini Matt Heldman, Brian Johnson and Chris Candy (class of 1997) obliged and paid Mrs. Kemmerer a birthday visit. The players' visit had a positive impact on the entire family and helped create a ver}' special 91st birthday for a special Illini fan. Everything Must Go! Last year, in an effort to show their support and help sell out the Northwestern home basketball games Orange Krush members staged "Camp Krush" in the Papa John's parking lot on Green Street and sold tickets to the games. Krush members stayed on the site 24 hours a day for five solid days until the tickets were sold out. In appreciation for their efforts, the Fighting Illini players took a minor detour on the way to West Lafayette lor the Purdue game. The bus stopped by the Camp Krush site so players and coaches could say thanks to their loyal student supporters. 'Jightin£ Il'fini '3as/(et5aff 1 1 lighting litini ^ask^tbatl The Universit)' ot Illinois' tradition in the NCAA Tournament dates back to 1942 when the lUini were among the eight teams to participate in the championship tournament. Illinois returned to the NCAA field in 1949 and advanced to the Final Four. Illinois advanced to the Final Four again in 1951 and 1952. The Illini participated in the 1 963 tourney, advancing to the second round in the Mideast Region. In 1981, the Illini began a stretch of tournament appearances that ranks among the best in the nation. Over the last 18 years, Illinois is one of only 29 schools in the nation to make the NCAA field 10 or more times. The Illini have earned an NCAA berth in 14 of the last 18 years. Illinois' NCAA experience over the last two decades was highlighted by a trip to the Final Four in 1989. That year, Illinois defeated McNeese State (77-71), Ball State (72-60), Louisville (83-69) and Syracuse (89-86) to advance to the Final Four. In the 1990s, Illinois has earned a berth in the NCAA Tournament six times, with the latest appearance in 1998. Last year, Illinois advanced to the second round ot the West Regional in Sacramento, Calif ILLINOIS' NCAA Notebook • Lon Kruger is in elite company as one of 14 head coaches to lead three different teams to the NCAA Tournament. He took Kansas State to the Big Dance in 1 987-88- 89-90, Florida in 1 994 and '95, and Illinois in 1997 and 'gS. • Lon Kruger is in his 1 7th season as a head coach. He has led a team to postseason play in 10 of his last 12 years as a head coach, including eight trips to the NCAA Tournament. • In 1952, Illini James Bredar and John Kerr were selected to the All-Final Four • In 1984 Illini Bruce Douglas was named to the All-Mideast Regional team. • In 1985, Illini Doug Altenberger was named to the All-East Regional team. • In 1989, Illini Nick Anderson, Kenny Batde and Kendall Gill were named to the All-Midwest Regional team. Anderson was selected the outstanding player in the region after leading Illinois to the Final Four. ILLINOIS AMONG TOP NCAA TOURNAMENT TEAMS The Universit)- ol Illinois has made 19 NCAA Tournament appearances. Since 1981, the Illini's !4 trips to the Big Dance rank seventh nationallv ahead of a number ol programs including Arizona, L'CLA, Michigan, DePaul, Man'land, and Wake Forest among others. 18 North Carolina 17 Indiana 16 Georgetown 1 5 Arkansas, Kansas, Kentucky, 14 ILLINOIS, Duke, Louisville, Purdue, Syracuse 13 Virginia, Iowa, Temple, UCLA, Arizona ^^^ 12 Alabama, Missouri, Oklahoma, Michigan, St. John's 1 1 LSU, Mar\'land, Xavier, Villanova *\>-\t ^:^.i. s-1 — n* ARlZOtM ILUNOIS Lmois stat;! NCAA FIRST/SECOND F UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIRl TJNIVKBSITY OF ILUNOIS 1 2 ^Fijjhtin^ Mni 'Basl^etbalT Jigfiting lltini ^ast<^tbaii- • I • "The national and regional exposure Illinois basketball receives through the television, radio and print media is as good as any school in the country." ^ Head Coach Lon Kruger Head coach Lon Kruger and 1998 seniors Jerry Hester, Brian Johnson and Kevin Turner conduct postgame interviews in the Assembly Hall media room. Illinois, with its historv' of an excellent basketball tradition, has always been a popular choice for the television networks. Dating back to the 1987-88 season, Illinois basketball games have been on ESPN, espn2, ABC or CBS a total of 89 times. ESPN-Regional televises all of the Illinois Big Ten games, which are not on CBS or ESPN, and selected non-conference games to a regional viewing audience. In 1998, Illinois was on television a total of 28 times, including five games on CBS and four on ESPN. This year, Illinois basketball will be on the tube 22 times during the regular season. Illinois receives extensive coverage from the local, regional and national media. Chicaaio, the laraiest media market in the midwest is located only two hours away from Champaign. As a result, the Fighting lUini receive excellent coverage in the Chicagoland newspapers, radio station and television station. The mini also receive excellent coverage in the St. Louis area, where there is a large Illinois fan base. www.fightingillini.com Even- Illinois basketball game is broadcast on the Illini Sports Network, which has over 50 stations reaching Illini fins throughout the state. Through the internet fans can also access the Fighting Illini game action o\er the world wide web. E\'erv Illini basketball radio broadcast is available on the internet on the www.fightinCTillini.com web site. CBS commentator Clark Kellogg interviews Coach Kruger after the Illini defeated Clemsoti at the Unted Center. fFi^htin^ Illini 'BasietSaff 1 3 fighting Ittini ^ask^tbatt "It was a great experience coaching with Lon (at the World Championships). He has a tremendous icnowiedge of the game and our chemistry was extremely good. Coming from the pro game I had a lot to learn about zone offense and defense, and Lon showed me the way. I've always respected him, but now I'll always be a fan and follow his teams." ^ Rudy Tomjanovich, Houston Rockets Head Coach If you are looking for the finest coaching staff in America, look no farther than the group of individuals Lon Kruger has assembled at the University of Illinois. Along with Head Coach Lon Kruger, assistant coaches Robert McCullum, Rob Judson, and Mike Shepherd have guided the Fighting mini into the national spotlight with a Big Ten Championship and consecutive NCAA appearances. This group is also a shining example of the family atmosphere which is so much a part of Kruger's coaching philosophy. Shepherd's relationship with Kruger dates back to his days as a student at Kansas State when he served as a manager for Kruger's nationally ranked Wildcats. McCullum joined Kruger's Kansas State staff as an assistant coach in 1990 and has been with him ever since, spending six years at Florida and two at Illinois. The newest member of the team, former Illini Rob Judson, brought another facet to the coaching staff with his first-hand experience of the Illinois basketball tradition. This staff is committed to excellence on and off the X L/ basketball court and the results are evident: Big Ten Championships, NCAA Tournament appearances and most important - graduating athletes. In rwo years at Illinois, this group of coaches has done what none other before has accomplished: Win 20 games in each of their first two seasons. Lon Kruger and his coaching staff have won everywhere they have been. Kruger and his assistant coaches have won 20 games at a total of eight different schools. Kruger posted 20-wins seasons at Pan American, Kansas State, Florida, and Illinois. McCullum was on a staff that guided Samford and Southern Illinois to 20-wins, and recorded 20-win seasons with Kruger at Florida and Illinois. Judson helped guide Northern Illinois and Bradley to the 20- win plateau before returning to his alma TINIVERSITT OF ILUNOIS 1 4 ^Fi^fttity Iffini 'Basf^tball lighting Ittini ^ask^tbatt- IjUkb (&>adli3G03 mater, and Mike Shepherd has been an integral part of the consecutive 20-win campaigns at Florida and lUinois. Since arriving on the IIHnois campus in 1996, Lon Kruger and his staff have made it a priorit)' to make players, students and fans take ownership in the basketball program. From Day 1, Kruger has created a family atmosphere that extends from his family, to the basketball family to the student-body family at the Universit)' of Illinois. Last )'ear the Krugers hosted a group ol cheerleaders, Illinettes and Orange Krush members in their home as a thank you for their support of Ilhni basketball. It was a great time of fellowship off the court and came at a great time in the season, just days before Illinois downed Michigan at the Assembly Hall. A strong supporter of the Orange Krush and Illini Pride, Coach Kruger ventured onto campus this fall for Quad Day and visited with students at the lUini Pride/ Orange Krush table. The Illinois coaching staff is much like an extended family for the Fighting Illini players. Jerry Hester's entire family enjoyed celebrating Senior Day with the Illinois coaches. "We look at the coaches as parents away from home. They show us proper guidance while we are here in school. In families vou are raised to look out for your brothers and sisters, and it is the same way here at Illinois. We are all very close, we all look out for each other. No one can break up what we have, just like a family." — lunior Victor Chukwudebe BNIVERStT OF ILLINOl !Fijhtinjj Illini 'Baskictbaff 1 5 lighting Ittini ^asl<^tSa[[ Travel Log for the Last 1 Years ALABAMA (Birmingham) ALASKA (Anchorage) ARIZONA (Tucson) CALIFORNIA (Berkeley, Los Angeles, Sacramento) CONNECTICUT (Storrs) FLORIDA (Gainesville) HAWAII (Hawaii, Oahii) ILLINOIS (Champaign, Chicago) INDL\NA (Bloomington, West Lafayette, Indianapolis) IOWA (Iowa City) KANSAS (Manhattan) LOUISIANA (Baton Rouge) MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, East Lansing) MINNESOTA (Minneapolis) MISSISSIPPI (Oxford) NEW YORK (Albany) NORTH CAROLINA (Charlotte, Durham) OHIO (Columbus) PENNSYLVANIA (Philadelphia, University Park) TENNESSEE (Memphis) TEXAS (Austin) UTAH (Salt Lake City) WASHINGTON (Seattle) WISCONSIN (Madison, Milwaukee) PUERTO RICO (San Jtian) ffllBiifl litKiJR/^BQ Two years ago, it was Hawaii, last year a trip to Puerto Rico and this year the Fighting lUini hit the Big Apple for the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic. In May the Illinois squad will cross the Pacific Ocean in route to Australia on a 15-day trip which will include seven games, practice time, as well as sightseeing. As one of the nations top basketball programs, opportunities for diversified travel are always available to the lUini. This year Illinois will travel to Kansas City, St. Louis, Greenville, S.C., New York, and Texas before hitting the Big Ten Schedule. The Illini get two stops in Chicago where they have a huge fan and aliunni base. First, in December Illinois will play Bradley at the United Center, then the Illini will return in March for the Big Ten Tournament. Next season Illinois will head to the nation's capital to participate in the Franklin National Bank Children's Charities Classic, hosted by George Washington University. The following year, Illinois will return to the beaches of Hawaii for the Maui Classic. During the course of the year, Illinois utilizes a charter service, which provides the quickest method of travel and as a result, Illini players miss a minimum amount of class time. Koala Bears and the famed Sydney Opera House are two popular sites in Australia. t)': TJNIVEHSITY Oi?n-IiIN01S The Illini will get an up close look at the New York skyline this fall when they hit the Big Apple for the Coaches vs. Cancer Classi 1 6 !Fifjfitijy Iffini (Bas/^tbaff lighting Ittini ^asf^etSaCi- (3aaii5«^ [Iflte The college experience for a studenr-athlete is meant to encompass everything from the education experience inside the classroom, to the experiences associated with athletics, to the extracurricular activities. It important to finish college as a well-rounded individual with a variety of experiences and at the University of Illinois the list of opportunities both in and out of the educational realm is endless. HOUSING Illinois offers first-rate residence halls with good food, as well as the nation's largest fraternity and sorrorit}' system, and independent housing options. The Fighting Illini freshmen live in a dorm on campus, while the upperclassmen share apartments off campus. For students without cars, the campus bus transportation system has stops at the oif campus housing locations. OFF CAMPUS SPORTS & RECREATION The Division of Intercollegiate Athletics fields 18 sports teams and student- athletes are ver)' active in supporting all of the teams throughout the year. There is always an opportunit}' for a sporting event on campus, either on weekdays or on weekends. Whether it is volleyball, football, soccer games in the laU, or going to watch the Fighting Illini women's basketball team or tennis team play, the men's basketball players have plenty of opportunity to enjoy watching their fellow student-athletes in action. Last year the Fighting Illini seniors were invited by the baseball players to throw out the first pitch at a ball game in recognition of winning the Big Ten Championship. It must have been a good omen because the baseball team followed it up with a Big Ten Championship ot their own. The Intramural-Physical Education Building is one of the largest complexes on any campus, with tour gymnasiums, 23 handball/racquetball courts, weight and exercise equipment, indoor and outdoor pools, tennis courts and more. The UI has one of the most comprehensive intramural sports programs in the nation. If the great outdoors is more to your liking, the university's 1,500-acre Allerton Park includes sculpture gardens, formal gardens and natural woodlands. CULTURE AND ENTERTAINMENT In addition to hosing the men's and women's basketball teams in action, the Assembly Hall has hosted concerts, circuses, ice shows, and Broadway musicals. Beautifully restored Foellinger Auditorium on the Quad also is home to concerts, films and speakers. The Krannert Center for the Performing Arts holds four theaters for plays, dance, and concerts by famed individuals and groups, such as the Chicago Symphony. It your interests include activities such as movies, bowling, or golf, the Champaign- Urbana area can s accommodate you. ^ There are several movie theaters, ^ including a l6-screen theater about five minutes trom campus. The U of I Orange and Blue Golf Course is open seven days a week and is also just minutes away from campus. Additionally the Champaign-Urbana communit)' ofters a large number and variety ot restaurant choices. With a population of 1 10,000 the area houses plenty of shopping opportunities and other big-city amenities while still retaining a Midwestern coilege-town atmosphere. AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL PROGRAM Founded in 1969, the Atrican American Cultural Program provides a support system for students by advising, counseling, and offering programs that have an appeal to the students as well as the entire communit)'. Some of the program efforts include recognition of Martin Luther King Holiday, Black Histor)' Month, Mom's Day programming and the Black Congratulatory program. The African ' American Cultural Center is located on the University of Illinois campus and hosts activities on a regular basis. Student workshops revolving around the cultural arts are in place throughout the school year and some are offered for course credit. y^fititi£ Iffim'Bas/letbafL 1 7 lighting Ittini ^ask^tbatt m^ \i^^wi^ a BMic^ All-Time Victories Illinois has compiled a record of 1343- 744 in 93 seasons and the Illini rank 19th on the Division I all-time victor)' list. Anotiier 20 Win Season Illinois has reached the 20 win mark the last two seasons and 18 times in school h)stor\'. Following is a list of Illinois' 20 win seasons. 1908 20-6 1985 26-9 1949 21-4 1986 22-10 1951 22-5 1987 23-8 1952 22-4 1988 23-10 1963 20-6 1989 31-5 1980 22-13 1990 21-8 1981 21-8 1991 21-10 1983 21-11 1997 22-10 1984 26-5 1998 23-10 Kruger's Unique Summer Camp One of the several summer camps offered by the men's basketball program at Illinois aims at a lot more than just improving basketball skills. The annual Parent-Child Camp gives famihes a chance to spend a Friday-Saturday together developing their basketball skills and spending quality time together. The success of the camp, which Kruger started when he was head coach at Florida, is evident with overwhelming demand for the limited spaces ^ available. This year over 100 children participated with a parent. While the camp is ^■{^ primarily made up of lathers and ^^^fe|k sons, a growing number of ^^SSBi daughters have i '\ V Mr. Basicetbali The last two years, the state of Illinois Mr. Basketball has signed on to be a Fighting Illini. Illlinois has the 1997 and 1998 Mr. Basketball ■^sS ^P"^> winners on the roster and ironically both the 1997 winner, Sergio McClain, and the 1998 recipient, Frank Williams, hail from Peoria Manual High School. The duo won three state titles tosrether and McClain won a fourth as a freshman. Top Competition Last year, Illinois played a challenging non-conference schedule and recorded an 8-5 mark those games. Playing #9 UCLA, #19 Louisville, St. John's, Texas and #17 Clemson in preparation for the rigorous Big Ten schedule paid off as Illinois went 13-3 in league play. This year the Illini will once again face a difficult non-conference schedule. Illinois opens the season in the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic at Madison Square Garden. The other teams in the tourney are Wake Forest, Georgetown, and Temple. In November Illinois will play George Washington, Saint Louis, Tennessee-Martin, Texas-Pan American, and Valparaiso. In December, the Illini will face Bradley (Chicago), Eastern Illinois, Kansas (Kansas Cit}'), Missouri (St. Louis) and Clemson (Greenville, SC). The mini's non- conference opponents produced a record of 228- 170 (.573) last year and six teams participated in the NCAA Tournament. OF ttliiNOlS Nine of the teams produced winning records last year and five had 20-win Tiie Lon Kruger Siiow The Lon Kruger Show, a weekly one- hour radio call in show, rotates around to different campus sorrorit)' and fraternit}' houses. The show has also been hosted by dorms, a Boy Scout troop and even Planet HoUwood in St. Louis. Kruger's show was hosted by the popular testaurant the night before the Illinois-Missouri eame at the Kiel Centet. 1 8 'fighting I ffini'3asl<^t5aff fighting Ittini ^asketbatt- m^ \I^^^m ^ SM^^ The House that Michael Built Every year since 1994 Illinois has hosted one ot its home games at the United Center in Chicago. The lilini have hosted Duke, California, UCLA and Clemson in previous years, and will plav Bradley there in December of 1998 and Kansas in December of 1999. The United Center is also the host site of the 1999 Big Ten Tournament. The arena hosted the 1998 tourney and 1998 Midwest Regional First and Second Round games in the NCAA Tournament. Coaches vs. Cancer The Lon Kruger Coaches vs. Cancer Three-Point Attack ranked ninth nationally with S6 1,466, a 249 percent increase from 1997. The dollar amount is attributed to a combination of individual pledges, flat donations, corporate sponsorships, money raised through the sale of the signature Lon Kruger neck tie, and money raised through a Coaches vs. Cancer promotion at Applebee's restaurants. The Lon Kruger neck tie, just introduced last February, was an immediate hit. The American Cancer Societ)' has sold over 300 ties. Least Experienced Illinois will field one of the, if not the youngest and least experienced team in the Big Ten this year. The lUini only return four letterwinners and no starters. Michigan lost four players with starting experience, but no other team in the league lost all five starters. The mini will field a lineup that consists of one senior, two juniors, five sophomores and four freshmen. Illinois is Top 20 in Attendance Big Ten Continues to Dominate Attendance Illinois traditionally ranks among the nation's elite in attendance average and in 1998 the lUini's average home attendance (13, 398) ranked 19th nationally. Illinois' overall attendance total (includes home, away and neutral games) of 454,128 ranked 13th in the nation. The Big Ten Conference has produced the nation's highest home attendance average even,' year dating back to 1977, and last year eight Big Ten teams ranked in the nation's top 25 in average home attendance. Kruger Coaches USA World Championship Team lilini Head Coach Lon Kruger added to his international coaching experience last summer when he ser\'ed as an assistant on the USA World Championship team that brought home the Bronze Medal. The team represented the United States at the 1998 FIBA World Championship in Athens, Greece. Kruger's international coaching experience also includes head coach of the 1995 USA World University Games Team, head coach ot the 1991 USA Junior World Championship Team, head coach 1987 Big Eight select team which played in Bejing, China, and assistant coach of the 1983 U.S. Pan American Games team. He joined Los Angeles Lakers head coach Del Harris as an assistant on the team that was coached by Houston Rockets Head Coach Rudy Tomjanovich. Watch out Major League Baseball The Fighting lilini seniors threw out the first pitch at the Illinois baseball game against Iowa on April 24th. Six ot the seven seniors were able to participate and they, somewhat in s\-nc, each tossed a pitch to a catcher to get the game underway. Kevin Turner threw from the pitchers mound, while the remaining lilini spread out across the infield to toss their pitch. UNIVERSIT OF ILUNOl !r^fitin£ Iffini'Basl^ietbaff 1 9 lighting Ittini ^ask^tbatl 0(jr Dennis Swanson '61, president of ABC Sports Joe Tanner '73, astronaut Lynne Thigpen '70. Tony Award-winning actress JackWelch'59, Ph.D. '61 CEO of General Electric Rosalyn Yalow '42, Ph.D '45, 1978 Nobel Prize- winner in physiolog)' & medicine BNIVERSr OF ILLINO !F^/itin£ Iffini (Bas/ietbaff 3 3 Tfe University oflffinois One of the most dramatic and dignified traditions in college athletics is the perfor- mance ot Chief llliniwek at the Univetsity of Illinois. Since 1926, this symbol has stirred pride and respect in audiences at Memorial Stadium, the Assembly Hall and Hufl Hall. llliniwek (ptonounced "ill-EYE-nih-wek") was the name ot the loo.se confederation ot Algonqui]! tribes that once lived in the region. The French changed the ending to "ois" in naming what became the state of Illinois, llliniwek means "they are men" and former Illinois football coach Robert Zuppke is believed to have suggested calling the UI symbol Chief llliniwek. In 1926, Assistant Band Director Ray Dvorak conceived the idea of performing an American Indian dance during halftime of the Illinois vs. Pennsylvania football game in Philadel- phia. Lester Leurwiler, a student interested in Indian lore, was chosen for the role. Leutwiler's performance, done in a home- made costume, was received so well that he was asked to continue his dance through the 1 928 season. Webber Borchers, the second Chief llliniwek, was the first to appear in authentic American Indian regalia. He initiated a campaign to raise money to replace his homemade outfit with an authentic one, but with the Depression on, he received just $15 dollars. However, a Champaign merchant stepped in to fund the rest and Borchers was off. He recalled; "In the summer of 19.30, I went, at my own expense, to the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota. 1 hitchhiked out, called an Indian agent and explained my mission. He and an Indian trader called in an older Sioux woman. She and r^vo younger women made the suit. On Nov. 8, 1930, in New York's Yankee Stadium, Illinois faced Army in the seventh game of the season. It was there that Borchers made the first appearance of Chief llliniwek in that outfit. Since then, five different authentic outfits have been used by Chief llliniwek. The one used in performances now was purchased in 1983 from Sioux Chief Frank Fools Crow, and is topped by a headdress of turkey feathers. Holding the role of Chief llliniwek is lohn Madigan, from Philo, Illinois. Chief llliniwek litis been the honored symbol of Vniversity of Illinois athletics since 192(y. ILLINOIS LOYALTY We're loyal to you Illinois We're "Orange and Blue," Illinois We'll back you to stand 'Gainst the best in the land For we know you have sand, Illinois Rah! Rah! So crack out the ball Illinois We're backing you all Illinois Our team is the fame protector On boys, for we expect a Victory from you Illinois _ Chehee, Cheha, Cheha-ha-ha \j Go mini Go Chehee, Cheha, Cheha-ha-ha Go lUini Go Illinois, Illinois, Illinois Fling out that dear old flag of Orange and Blue Lead on your sons and daughters, Fighting for you; Like men of old, on giants Place reliance, shouting defiance Oskee-wow-wow! id the broad green plains That nourish our land For honest labor and for learning we stand, And unto thee we pledge our hard and hand. Dear Alma Mater, Illinois OSKEE-WOW-WOW Old Princeton yells her tiger Wisconsin her varsity And they give the same old Rah! Rah! Rah! At each university But the yell that always thrills me, Ajid fills my heart with joy. Is the good old Oskee-wow-wow, That they yell at Illinois Chorus Oskee-wow-wow, Illinois Our eyes are all on you Oskee-wow-wow, Illinois Wave your Orange and Blue Rah! Rah! When your team trots out before you Ev'r}' man stand up and yell Back the team to gain a victoiy Oskee-wow-wow, Illinois MARCH OF THE ILLINI We are marching for dear old Illini For the men who are fighting fot you Flere's a cheer for our dear Alma Mater May our love for her ever be true While we're marching along life's pathways May the Spirit of the old Illinois Keep us marching and singing In true Illini Spirit _ For our dear old Illinois HAIL TO THE ORANGE Hail to the Orange. Hail to the Blue Hail Alma Mater Ever so true. We love no other. So let our motto be Victory, Illinois, Varsit)' 3 4 'Jifffitinff Iffini 'Bas/SQ^ Ste(?3 BASKETBALL EQUIPMENT MANAGERS Jesse Ratliff, Sam Trusner, Steve Bode These three men have the aU-encom- passing job of keeping up with the Fighting Ilhni's equipment needs for both practice and competition. Sam Trusner, assistant equipment manager, heads up the team that manages the equipment for the Ilhni. Trusner is in his seventh year on the equipment staff at Ilhnois. Previously he was the head equipment manager at MiUikin Universit)' in Decatur, 111. Trusner graduated from MiUikin in 1977 with a B.S. in physical education. He and his wife, Kathe, have two children Taleb and Terran. Jesse Ratliff is in his 12th year with the equipment staff. Ratliff and his wife, Barbara White, have three children. Steve Bode joined the staff in 1 993 after working for the university's Division of Campus Recreation the previous five years. He is married to the former Nancy Edwards. (L-R): Jessee RatlifF, Sam Trusner, Steve Bode Cindy Butkovich Administrative Secretary BASKETBALL MANAGERS (I-r) Robbie Wostratzky, Eric Flores, Ed Forsberg, Brian Gustavson, Mike Carillo, head manager Kevin Ksiazek, Kyle Hayes. 4 8 'Ji^fitiTy Iffini 'Bas^etSdf Ihe fighting litini H ^^"^^^ 0QaQll^>^ In the tall oF 1997, Illinois Head Coach Lon Kruger entered the basketball season with a top-heavy class led by seven seniors. Although the group was unher- alded and not picked to do much intimidating in the Big Ten Conference, it did have experience in its senior class. The 1997-98 Fighting lUini proved skeptics wrong by winning a share of the Big Ten title with a 13-3 league record. With all five starters and 84 percent of the scoring from 1997-98 gone, Kruger faces a different set ot challenges this year. Instead of a team led by experienced veterans, he will be throwing the youngest and most inexperienced team in the conference on the court. "Obviously when you lose seven seniors, you expect the next year to be to the other extreme. With seven seniors you've got a lot of experience, a lot of players who played a lot of Big Ten minutes," Kruger said. "Now, as is normally the case, we go to a group that does not have a lot of Big Ten minutes, a group that is very short on experience. The core people who return from last year are real solid, but obviously they don't have a lot of points, rebounds, or even minutes. "That's what makes college basketball so exciting. Each group is different and brings different abilities to the floor. This group will be a fun group. It will be a very versatile team with a lot of guys who can play different positions. We will have a little more size than we did last year, we'll be bigger on the inside and bigger on the perimeter. In the long run we may be more athletic and be %p^\ able to do more things defen- 1 \ sively than we did last year. And yet, we'll be young and it will be interesting to see how quickly we develop.' Versatility is a word that will be heard more than once in describing the 1998-99 version of the Fighting Illini. For the first time in Kruger's tenure at inois, he has a good mix of size, strength and ability. The only thing he won't find on the roster is a great deal ot experience. THE RETURNEES The most experienced player returning is junior Victor Chukwudebe, a two-year letterwinner, who showed flashes ol great play last season. He has played in every game the last two seasons just under 1 2 minutes a game. His top performance in 1998 came at a vital time against Michigan's much larger lineup. With only three players measuring 6-7 or taller on the Illinois roster, Victor made the most of his minutes against the Wolver- ines and earned CBS Player of the Game honors. He posted a season-high 10 points, grabbed 5 boards, and blocked 2 shots in Illinois' 64-53 win over Michi- gan. Later in the year, he led the Illini with 9 rebounds in the 84-63 win over Michigan State on Feb. 12. Another returning Illini who Lon Kruger will depend on a great deal this year is sophomore Sergio McClain. The returnee with the most minutes logged last year (16.5 per game) struggled shooting the ball (33.9 FG%, 12.4 3-PT%),buthe made big contributions in other areas. McClain was third on the team in steals (40) and fourth in assists (54). In one of his best performances of the year, at Iowa, McClain threw in a season-high 14 points, grabbed 5 rebounds, dished out 3 assists and blocked a shot. He is the only returning Illini to score in the NCAA Tournament games against South Alabama and Maryland. McClain rded , pomts, ^. 3 assists, and 3 steals against USA, and had 3 points and 3 rebounds in the mini's second-round loss to Maryland. The lone senior on the 1998-99 squad, Arias Davis, put in some strong shooting efforts last season and is always a threat from behind the three-point line. After scoring only 3 points in the first five games of the year, Davis more than quadrupled that amount with a season- high 14 in a loss to St. John's at the Pueno Rico Classic. For the year, Davis played in 28 games and shot 36.5 percent from the floor and 33.8 from three-point range. "Dovvn the stretch. Arias really started shooting the ball consistently well and we need him to be a be a very consistent perimeter shooter for us this year," Kruger said. In the last five regular season games, Davis averaged 6.8 points with 12 against Michigan State and 1 1 vs. Indiana. One player, who did not see much action as a freshmen, but will give the team more production this year is sophomore Rich Beyers. He logged 3.9 minutes a game in 2 1 outings last year. In Big Ten play, he has a total of only 26 minutes of experience. His high scoring game was in December against Texas where he had eight points in 1 1 minutes. "We really need Rich to step forward and give us some solid minutes this year, " Kruger said. "He can shoot it well and he's worked on his strength in ison." There will be two additional new not new to the lllmi team. Carvell Ammons and Cory Bradford both participated in the Illini practices, but will see their first minutes on the playing ; J 5 O iTiffHtijy Iffini 'Baslietbaff The Jighting ittini H S^^^S>S> (^Ml[h>^ floor this year. Animons, a Champaign- Centennial product, played his freshman season at Northwestern where he was the team's third-leading scorer with 8.3 points per game. He transferred to Illinois following the 1996-97 season and sat out of competition last year. Bradford was a partial qualifier and was on scholarship and could practice with the team, but could not play in games. He spent the season as valuable member of the lUini scout team serving as the point guard for opponents in practice. "Carvell is another one of our versatile players. He can play power forward or small forward. He needs to continue to work on moving out on the floor to be more effective as a player," Kruger said. "Cory might be as important to the team as anyone because of our lack of depth at the point guard spot." THE NEWCOMERS This group makes up half of the mini roster with six new addi- tions. The IlUni gained four freshmen and two junior college transfers, one ol whom will be a sophomore in eligibility because he did not play as a Ireshman. Both junior college players will make immediate impacts to the squad. Fess Hawkins, who originally signed with Illinois out of high school, was in Champaign for the first semester, but was declared ineligible by the NCAA Clearinghouse. He finished out the semester and then transferred to Westark Communit}' College, where he only played as a sophomore. He brings to Illinois what the team needed most ... SIZE. At 6-9, 275, Hawkins is very agile on the court and has, as Kruger puts it, a real under- standing for how to play the game. Cleotis Brown adds size to the perimeter. At 6-4, 190 he is very athletic and can score inside as well as out. As he becomes more consistent shooting from the perimeter it will also open up the lane for him. The four freshmen complete a ver)' talented class that has size, strength and versatility. The most highly touted of the signees, Frank Williams, will get plent)' of reps in practice but will not see game action in 1998-99 as he is a partial qualifier. "Frank will be in a similar situation to Cor}'- Bradford last year in that he will be able to practice but not play. It will be Chitkwtidebe earitcfi CBS PLiyer of the Game agaiiut Michigan Frank's goal to approach it as well as Cory did last year and we expect him to do that. "He will work extremely hard ever}'day and will take all the reps at the point for the other team in drills ever}'day in practice and he will greatly benefit from that," Kruger said. Robert Archibald was the last addition to the 1998 signee class v\'hen he put his name on the dotted line during the late signing period in N4ay. Archibald just completed hi.s first year playing basket- ball in the United States after growing up in Scotland. He moved with his family to Missouri in before his senior year and he ver>' quickly made an impact on the Lafayette High School program. At 6-10, he is obviously a tremendous addition to the Illini roster. Another toreigner on the Illini roster is Damir Krupalija, originally from Bosnia, but most recently from Rockford, 111. At 6-8, he will also add to the lUini's size inside and on the perimeter as he can play either the small or power forward position. He averaged 12 rebounds as a senior and 10 as a junior, and that is an area where Illinois can use his help after being outrebounded 18 times last year. Another small-power forward who will add to the lUini's size is 6-7 Lucas Johnson, the younger brother ol former Illini Brian Johnson. "Lticas has great versatilitj' in that he can move from inside at the four all the way to the two spot. I think especially as he becomes more consistent as an outside shooter he will bring more versatility to his game," Kruger said. With the lineup small in numbers at the point guard position, look for walk-on Nate Mast, a Champaign-Central product, to see some game time. He joined the team last \'ear after walk-on tryouts and played in one game. He spent his practice days with Ammons and Bradford as a valuable member of the practice squad. Going into the season, he is the only backup to Bradford on the Illini roster. It's most definitely going to be a different type of team on the floor this season. It will obviously be bigger than the Illini of the last several years. It's going to be an enthusiastic and talented team that will be fun to watch, and with a non-conference schedule that features six teams that advanced to the 1998 NCAA Tournament, the young players on the Illini squad will get a taste of big-time college basketball veiy early in their career. 'Jightiruj lifiJii'Baskietball 5 1 TINIVEKSI'5' OF ILUN^ti The Jighdng ittin H S>^Q-^S> [^(^^SJ^jQ Alphabetical Roster No. Player 35 Carveil Amnions 21 Robert Archibald 44* Rich Beyers 13 Cory Bradford 32 Cleotis Brown 00** Victor Chukwudebe 3* Arias Davis 4 Fess Hawkins 5 Nate Mast 22 Lucas Johnson 33 Damir Krupahja 40* Sergio McClain 30 Frank Wilhams * Letters Won Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/High School/Junior College F G-G 207 So. Champaign, 111. /Centennial F/C 6-10 215 Fr. Ballwin, Mo./Lafayette F 6-8 230 So. Shelbyville, lU./Shelbyviile G 6-2 200 Fr. Memphis, Tenn. /Raleigh Egypt G 6-4 220 Jr. Pittsview, Ala./Russell Co./So. Union CC (Ala.) F 6-7 230 Jr. Springfield, lU./Lanphier G 6-2 180 Sr. Waycross, Ga./Ware County/Otero JC (Colo.) C 6-10 270 So. Pine Bluff, Ark./Dollarway/Westark CC (Ark.) G 5-10 160 So. Champaign, 111. /Central F 6-7 215 Fr. Des Plaines, Ill/Maine West F 6-8 215 Fr. Rockford, Ill./Boylan G/F 6-3 215 So. Peoria, Ill/Manual G 6-3 190 Fr. Peoria, lU./Manual Head Coach: Lon Kruger (3rd year at Illinois) Assistant Coaches: Robert McCuUum, Rob Judson, Mike Shepherd Administrative Assistant: Jeff Guin Pronunciation Guide Victor CHUKWUDEBE CLEOTIS Brown DAMIR KRUPALIJA N CHEW-KOO-DAY-BAY CLEE-OH-TIS DA-MERE CREW-PAUL- YAH TjmVBKSITY OF ILLINOIS NUMERICAL ROSTER 00 Chukwudebe 3 Davis 4 Hawkins 5 Mast 1 3 Bradford 21 Archibald 22 Johnson 30 Williams 32 Brown 33 Krupalija 35 Amnions 40 McClain 42 Beyers 5 2 'Fijj/itir^ IfBni 'Bas/aille . . . Lettered four years in basketball and one year in track . . . Averaged 19 points, 10 rebounds and four assists as a senior . . . Named all-state, all-conference and the Class A Player of the year in 1 997 . . . Led Shelb>'ville to a 34-1 record and the Class A State Championship in 1996 and the Elite Eight in 1995 . . . Played in a number of all-star games, including Wendy's, IBCA, Herald and Review and Coca-Cola All-Americas ... An honor roll student and member of the Nation'pt . . . Played for Jimmy Adams ... An all-state, all-conference selection in basketball . . . Led Raleigh Egypt to the 1997 District 2A Championship . . . Played in a number of all-star games including the First Annual Memphis Nike All-Star game, and the Indiana Coca-Cola AU-Star game ... In 1996, he played at the summer Nike All- American camp and played in the Top 20 AU-Star game at the Nike camp . . . Listed as the 72nd best high school prospect by Van Coleman Scouting Services . . . Averaged 22 points and 7.6 rebounds as a junior . . . Chose Illinois over Ole Miss, Colorado, Memphis and Tennessee. PERSONAL Born December 4, 1978 ... Son of James and Paulette Alexander ... His favorite moment in sports, prior to Illinois winning the Big Ten championship, was seeing Evander Holyfield defeat Mike Tyson for the World Hea\')'\veighr Title ... His favorite athlete is Penny Hardaway and he list his grandfather as the most influential person in his athletic career . . . Enjoys listening to music and watching movies . . . Major is undecided in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. #13 6-2 • 200 Freshman Guard Memphis, Tenn. Raleigh Egypt HS Lon Kruger on Bradford "Corxj might be as important to the dub as anyone because of our facli of depth at the point. Cory had a terrific year [astyear. ilhhough he ivasn 't able to play, he practiced everyday. Cory did as good a job at malqnq progress, despite not being abk to play, as any player I have ever Seen around. He worked everyday as if he ivas preparing for a qamc and because of that attitude and his abifity to concentrate, he made terrific progress. " 5 8 'Ti£fitin£ iffini'Baskictbalf ,j^i» *:fe*Syr *i-^ 1/t£ fighting ittini M^totf (IbQ3[tei3Qo;iMb® AT ILLINOIS 1997-98: Played a season-high 23 minutes against Penn State Qan. 31), also saw 20 minutes of action against Wichita State (Nov. 27) and Wisconsin (Feb. 1) ... Led Illinois with a career-high 10 rebounds against Georgia Southern (Nov. 21) . . . In 12 minutes of action against Texas (Dec. 20), Victor had seven points and six rebounds . . Plaved 14 minutes and had two rebounds, two steals, an assist and one block in the mini's 76-64 win at Iowa Uan. 8) . . . Had a season-high 10 points against Michigan Qan. 25) to go along with five rebounds and two blocks . . . CBS Player of the Game vs. Michigan ... Led the Illini in rebounding with nine boards in the 84-63 win against Mkhigan State (Feb. 12) ... Averaged 2.4 points and 4.4 rebounds in 16 Big Ten games, and 2.0 points and 3.3 rebounds in all games ... He averaged 6.6 rpg over the last five games of the regular season . . . Played in all 33 games. 1996-97: The lone freshman on the Ilhni squad . . . Played in every game, averaging 10.6 minutes of action . . . Shot 46 percent from the floor (37-for-81) . . . Averaged 2.7 points and 2.2 rebounds. . .In Big Ten play, averaged 1.8 ppg and 1.6 rpg . . . Averaged five points and two rebounds in two NCAA Tournament games (vs. South- ern Cal, he was 2-of-3 from the line and had four points, one rebound and an assist m 12 minutes of action ... vs. Tennessee-Chattanooga, he was 3-of-6 from the field for six points, had three rebounds and a steal in 19 minutes on the floor) . . . Scored a season high 12 points against Chicago State on 6-of-9 shootmg . . . Was a perfect 4- for-4 from the floor and scored eight points at Penn State . . . Also added a season- high three blocks against the Nittany Lions . . . Played 19 minutes against the Nittany Lions, a high in Big Ten games. HIGH SCHOOL Born March 28, 1978 ... Earned all-state honors from the Champaign-Urbana Neius- Gazette and Chicago Sun-Times ... An Illinois Basketball Coaches Association All-Star selection ... A first-team All-Central State Big Eight Conference pick . . . Started all four years at Lanphier . . . Averaged 16.1 points and 9.7 rebounds as a senior, shooting .623 (182-of-292) from the field and 7-of-22 (.318) from diree-point range ... Led Lanphier with 56 blocked shots as a senior when the team finished with a 25-4 record . Averaged 14.8 points and 9.5 rebounds for a 22-6 team as a junior . . . Rose to among the nation's top 75 recruits as listed by Bob Gibbons over the summer of 1995 after being the fourth-leading rebounder at the Adidas camp in New Jersey . . . Rated as one of the top 10 high school power forwards by Basketball Weekly following his senior season. PERSONAL Pronounced "choo-koo-DAY-bay" . . . Name means "The Lord Keepeth" . . . Finished third in the discus at the Illinois Class AA State Track & Field Championships in 1996. . . Native-born Nigerian who came to the United States at age four with mother, Florence, to join his father, Victor, who currently teaches economics at Springfield College of Illinois . . . Was president of the Lanphier Senior Class in 1995-96 ... Also a member of the Chemistry Club and played trumpet in the band . . . Was a counselor for Lanphier's Peer Mediation Group, which worked to solve disputes between students ... High School coach was Craig Patton . . . Majoring in sports management. CHUKWUDEBE'S CAREER STATISTICS Year G-GS MIN/Avg FGM-A/Pct 3PM-A/Pct FTM/A/Pct REB/Avg 1996-97 32-0 338/10.6 37-8 1 /.457 O-O/.OOO 12-23/.522 69/2.2 1997-98 33-0 432/13.1 25-68/,368 O-I/.OOO I6-23/.696 110/3.3 Totals 65-0 770/11.8 62-I49/.4I6 O-I/.OOO 28-46.609 179/2.8 #00 6-7 • 230 • 2VL Junior Forward Springfield, 111. Lanphier Lon Kruger on Chukwudebe •"Victor is a bi£ l^eij to the duS tHis year in that he brings to the floor more e?(perience than anyone eke on our team. iHe feels very strongly about this basketball program, and his leadership and the genuine feelings he has xoillbe significant in setting a standard jor this year's team." VEKSITT "^ UNOIS 60 'Jufhtiiy IlTini'Bas/ Class iAA state tournament . . . Had eight points, one rebound and two assists In the IBCA AU-Star game ■ I' in June. . ^ PERSONAL Born May 3, 1980 ... The son of Ron and Leslie Johnson, and the younger brother of former Illln Brian Johnson, a member of the 1998 Big Ten championship team . , . Lucas was an honor roll srudent all four years of high school . . . He lists his greatest thrill In sports as helping Maine West place fourth in the state tournament in 1998 . . . Enjoys playing golf in his spare time ... He worked as a runner at the Chicago Board of Trade last summer ... Majoring In business. ^FigHtimj If[ini 'Bas/letbafl 6 7 TINIVERSin OF II.UNQ The lighting Ittin ^tio 58(3^0^ QQQtoB 6-8 • 215 • Fr. • F Rockford, III. Rockford Boylan HS Lon Kruger on Krupalija '"Damir is another very versatile player. 'He ean play the pou'er or small forward spot. 9ic 's very ayile. very athletic. 'He britys great enthusiasm and a rcfrcst'iinq approach to theyame. He 's a deliyht to be around and I believe lie will be a (^ey player for us. " #33 Damir Krupalija HIGH SCHOOL An all-state selection in 1998 by the Neius-Gazette, Chicago Tribune and Associated Press . . . Averaged 19 points. 12 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game in 1998 . . . Played for Steve Goers at Rockford Boylan and led the Titans to conference championships in 1996-98 . . . Led Rockford Boylan to a 31-4 record and fourth place finish at the state tournament in 1997 . . . Led the Titans to the super-sectionals in 1996 and 1998 . . . Led all players in the IBCA all-star game with 1 1 rebounds, also had four points, four assists and two steals in helping lead the North team to a 1 1 1-79 victor)' over the South all-stars . . . Averaged 17 points, and 10 rebounds as a junior . . , Li the 1997 state tournament Damir averaged 1 1.3 points and six rebounds . . . Posted a double-double with 21 points and 14 rebounds in Boylan's 60-55 semi-final loss to Aurora West in 1 997. PERSONAL Born June 13,1 979 . . . Damir was born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, which is now Bosnia and Herzegovina . . . Fled his war-torn country in 1992 and lived in the Czech Republic tor three years before coming to the United States in 1995 . . . His parents joined him in 1995 . . . Son of Sead and Zora Krupalija . . . Has a younger sister Jasna, who is a senior at Boylan this year . . . He was an honor roll student and a member of the National Honor Society . . . Damir enjoys watching television and movies and playing tennis . . . His favorite athlete is Tony Kukoc because, "He is a big man playing the guard position." . . . He lists his grandfather as the person who has most influenced his athletic career because, "he got me started running track and field when I was younger." ... Majoring in business. #5 Nate Mast AT ILLINOIS Nate joined the Illinois squad as a walk-on and played in one game . . .Saw rwo minutes of action in Illinois' 88-60 win against Texas-Pan American. HIGH SCHOOL A three-year letterwinner in basketball and a two-year letterwinner in baseball and golt tor Central High School . . . Named all-conference and all-area in basketball in 1997 and all-conference in baseball in 1 997 . . . Nate hit a 50-foot game winning shot against cross-town rival Champaign Centennial on Jan. 10, 1997 . . . Averaged 16 points per game as a senior. PERSONAL Born December 25, 1978 ... The son of Eric and Carolyn Mast . . . Has an older brother, Ben ... A native of Champaign, Nate is proud to be part of the Fighting Illini basketball team because he grew up watching the Fighting Illini play . . . His favorite athlete and person who has most influenced his athletic career is Pistol Pete Maravich because, "He had all the qualities and characteristics I wish to have as a person and a ball player, such as heart, determination, and a love for the game." . . . Nate was a four-year honor roll student at Central, and was a member of the National Honor Society and the French Honor Society . . . Won the American Legion Leadership Award ... Majoring in architechturc. 5-10 • 160 • So. • G Champaign, III. Central HS Lon Kruger on Mast ";\iUt' IS a veni hard u'ork;er. He's someone u>e need to help provide depth at the point quard position. 'J\(ate is williny to do all the little things that are important for the team's success. " 6 8 'Fiqfitin^ IfRni 'Sas/ietbaff a, The lighting lltini "^i^ ^M^^w^ Qwams #30 Frank Williams %mm HIGH SCHOOL Frank was named Mr. Basketball for the state of Illinois in 1998 after averaging 24 points, eight rebounds and six assists per game . . . He was a McDonald's All-American and scored five points and had two assists in helping the East team defeat the West team 128-1 12 . . . Played in the Magic Johnson Roundball Classic . . . Nicknamed "Nitty" by high school coach Wayne McClain . . . He teamed with current Illini Sergio McClain on the 1995, 1996 and 1997 state champion teams . . . Hit a career-high 1 1 three pointers against Farragut . . . Named the most outstanding player of the Pontiac Holiday Tournament after scoring 33 points in Manual's 88-67 victory over Joliet in the championship game . . . Consensus ail-state selection . . . Hit the game-winning three-pointer in Manual's 52-51 upset victor)' over Milwaukee Vincent, the nation's ninth ranked team, at the Rockford Showdown in Januarj' . . . Scored 40 points against Farragut, 42 vs. East St. Louis and 38 vs. Proviso West in a one-week span . . . High School coach Wayne McClain said, "Nobody in America had to do more for his team than Frank. I've never put so much on one player." PERSONAL The son of Frank and Mar)' Williams . . . Frank Jr. has four brothers and sisters, Marlena, Earnest, Maurice and Aaron . . . Away from the basketball court, Frank enjoys playing tennis and spending time with friends . . . His favorite athlete is Michael Jordan because, "he brings so much excitement to the game." . . . Major is imdecided in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, 6-3 • 190 • Fr. • G • Peoria, III. • Manual HS Lon Kruger on Williams "'Jranl\is in the same situation as Cory 'Bradford ivas last year. 'Me can practice, but cannot pLaij. It will be iFran/yS qoal to approach it as well as Con/ did last year and wc expect that will happen. 'Mc u>i[[ vJorl<^e?(tremehj hard everday and unUget aUtfie reps at the point for the opposing team in practice. Me unit benefit terrifica[[y from that. " @aQui©^^7=^^ou^ ^MliJaate RICH BEYERS VICTOR CHUKWUDEBE 1997-98 ^H 1996-97 DPPONENT FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 0-D-R PF PTS A TO BU< STL MIN OPPONENT FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 0-0-R PF PTS A TO BLK STL MIN BRADLEV 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 glll.-Chicago 0-1 0-0 2-4 2-6-8 14 GA. SOUTHERN 0-0 0-0 1-2 1-5-4 1 10 DEUWARE ST. 2-3 0-0 0-0 0-4-4 1 14 UIC DNP Texas Christ.-*- 3-7 0-0 0-0 0-5-5 1 2 1 23 Wichita State# 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 Louisville+ 2-3 0-0 0-1 0-0-0 1 16 Louisville* DNP Virginia Tech-t- 2-4 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 14 St.John's# 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 2 @ California 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-2-3 1 1 14 TEXAS-PAN AM 1-2 0-0 1-2 1-1-2 I 3 1 1 1 COLUMBIA 2-5 0-0 0-0 O-l-l 2 II @ Saint Louis DNP TENNESSEE ST. 0-1 0-0 1-2 0-2-2 2 10 MAINE 0-4 0-0 0-0 1-4-S 1 CHICAGO ST. 6-9 0-0 0-0 4-4-8 4 12 1 13 CLEMSON DNP COPPIN ST. 0-2 0-0 3-4 1-2-3 1 1 12 TEXAS 2-4 0-0 4-6 2-0-2 4 8 1 1 II UCU 1-3 0-0 0-0 l-O-l 1 7 Missouri 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 i Missouri 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 S eUCLA DNP PURDUE 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-3-3 6 INDIANA DNP @Ohio State 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 1 5 @ Iowa 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 @Michigan 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 @ Northwestern 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 PENN STATE 1-3 0-0 0-1 3-0-3 1 7 PURDUE 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 MINNESOTA 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 2 @ Michigan State DNP ©Michigan St. 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 1 2 1 7 WISCONSIN DNP WISCONSIN 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 4 MICHIGAN 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0-0 @lowa 2-7 0-0 0-1 O-l-l IS @ Ohio State 0-0 0-0 0-0 O-l-l ©Indiana 1-4 0-0 1-2 3-1-4 1 2 2 2 14 @ Penn State DNP NORTHWESTERN l-l 0-0 0-0 3-1-4 1 II MINNESOTA DNP IOWA 0-0 0-0 0-0 O-l-l 7 @ Wisconsin 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 ©Wisconsin 1-2 0-0 2-3 l-O-l 1 13 MICHIGAN ST. 0-0 0-0 0-0 O-l-l 1 1 MICHIGAN ST. 0-2 0-0 1-2 0-0-0 1 8 @ Purdue 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 ©Minnesota 2-3 0-0 0-0 O-l-l 1 13 NORTHWESTERN 0-1 0-0 0-0 l-O-l 4 1 @Penn State 4-4 0-0 0-0 2-1-3 1 8 i 3 1 19 IOWA 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 MICHIGAN 0-1 0-0 0-0 l-O-l 6 @ Indiana 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 OHIO STATE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 2 1 4 Wisconsin'' DNP ©Purdue 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 3 1 7 Purdue'' l-l 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 2 Southern Cal"/o 2-3 0-0 0-0 O-l-l 4 4 1 12 S. Alabama"/. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 Chattanooga"/. 3-6 0-0 0-1 1-2-3 4 6 1 19 Maryland"/. DNP "/o-NCAA Tournament, -f- Biglslan i Invitational. Hilo Hawaii %~NCAA Tournament. *— B g Ten To mament, # — Puerto Rico Classic UNIVERSn* OF ILLINO< ffifffitimj Iffini 'Saj^ethff 6 9 77t£ lighting Ittin 1997-98 OPPONENT FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-R PF PTS A TO BLK STL MIN BRADLEY 0-0 0-0 2-2 O-l-l 2 2 6 GA. SOUTHERN 1-4 0-0 2-2 3-7-10 4 1 17 UIC 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-2-2 1 12 Wichita States l-l 0-0 0-0 1-2-3 2 20 Louisville* 0-0 0-0 O-O O-l-l 1 1 10 St. John's* l-l 0-0 1-2 1-2-3 3 1 1 1 II TEXAS-PAN AM 2-4 0-0 0-0 2-1-3 4 1 1 1 15 @ Saint Louis 0-2 0-0 0-0 3-2-5 1 1 13 MAINE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 2 CLEMSON 0-2 0-1 0-0 O-l-l 10 TEXAS 2-4 0-0 3-3 5-1-6 7 4 12 Missouri l-l 0-0 2-2 1-1-2 4 1 7 eucu l-l 0-0 0-0 O-l-l 2 1 1 14 INDIANA 1-3 0-0 0-2 3-1-4 2 IS eiowa 0-2 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 1 1 2 14 @ Northwesten 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 1 9 PURDUE 1-4 0-0 0-0 1-3-4 2 16 @ Michigan Sta e 1-2 0-0 1-2 l-O-l 3 1 1 12 WISCONSIN 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-3-4 1 10 MICHIGAN 4-9 0-0 2-3 3-2-5 10 2 19 @ Ohio State 0-4 0-0 0-0 2-1-3 1 18 @ Penn State 2-3 0-0 0-0 3-1-4 4 1 2 2 23 MINNESOTA 2-2 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 4 1 9 @ Wisconsin 0-2 0-0 0-0 2-4-6 1 1 1 20 MICHIGAN ST, 3-6 0-0 l-l 3-6-9 7 2 16 @ Purdue 0-3 0-0 0-0 1-3-4 19 NORTH WESTER) 0-2 0-0 0-0 1-4-5 1 2 14 IOWA 2-3 0-0 0-0 3-3-6 4 1 2 1 18 % Indiana 0-1 0-0 2-2 2-7-9 2 1 1 1 18 Wisconsin* 0-0 0-0 0-0 O-l-l 1 1 II Purdue* 0-0 0-0 0-0 l-O-l 8 S. Alabama^ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 II MarylandVe 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 3 ARIAS DAVIS 1997-98 OPPONENT PG- » 3F0 A FT-A O-D-R PF PTS A TO BU STL MIN BRADLEY DN GA. SOUTHERN 1-4 1-4 0-0 0-2-2 1 3 1 1 1 17 UIC 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 1 1 2 Wichita State* 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-0-0 1 4 Louisville* DNP St. John's* 5-1 4-9 0-0 0-0-0 3 14 2 18 TEXAS-PAN AM 1-3 1-3 0-0 O-l-l 2 3 2 1 10 @ Saint Louis 0-0 0-0 0-0 l-O-l 2 MAINE 4-8 3-7 0-0 1-1-2 11 1 1 M CLEMSON 0-2 0-2 0-1 0-3-3 1 8 TEXAS 2-8 l-S 2-2 1-2-3 7 1 13 Missouri 2-4 2-3 0-1 O-l-l 6 9 @UCU 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-0-0 2 3 1 4 INDIANA 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1 1 2 4 @lowa 1 @ Northwestern 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 3 PURDUE DNP @ Michigan State DNP WISCONSIN DNP MICHIGAN 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 @ Ohio State 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 2 @ Penn State 1-2 l-l 0-0 0-0-0 1 3 MINNESOTA 1-4 1-3 1-3 o-l-l 3 1 @ Wisconsin 0-2 0-2 0-0 1-1-2 1 MICHIGAN ST. 4-5 3-4 1-3 O-l-l 2 12 1 1 14 @ Purdue 0-1 0-1 0-0 O-l-l NORTHWESTERN 2-7 2-6 0-0 0-0-0 6 1 IS IOWA 2-5 1-4 0-0 o-l-l 1 5 2 1 12 @ Indiana 4-6 3-5 0-0 0-0-0 2 11 2 Wisconsin* 0-3 0-2 0-2 l-O-l 1 1 Purdue" 0-3 0-3 0-0 1-1-2 1 S. Alabama'/. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 Maryland% 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 % — NCAA Tournament, ' — Big Ten Toumament. + — Big Island Invitational, # — Puerto Rico Classic %_NCAA Toumament, * — Big Ten Toumament, # — Puerto Rico Classic SERGIO McCLAIN 1997-98 OPPONENT FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-R PF PTS A TO BLK STL MIN BRADLEY 1-2 0-0 2-2 O-l-l 2 1 1 14 GA. SOUTHERN 3-10 1-5 2-4 3-3-6 19 UIC 0-4 0-1 0-0 1-2-3 2 19 Wichita State* 1-2 0-0 0-6 2-2-4 1 8 Louisville* 2-4 0-1 0-2 O-l-l 1 1 2 St. John's* 1-3 0-1 0-2 l-O-l 12 TEXAS-PAN AM 2-3 0-1 3-6 1-5-6 13 @ Saint Louis 4-7 0-0 0-0 O-l-l 2 22 MAINE l-S 0-0 1-2 1-2-3 1 13 CLEMSON l-l 0-0 1-3 O-l-l 1 9 TEXAS 0-1 0-0 2-2 l-O-l 1 1 17 Missouri 0-2 0-1 2-2 1-3-4 II @UCU 0-2 0-0 1-2 0^-4 5 19 INDIANA 0-2 0-0 0-2 1-4-5 3 2 20 eiowa 5-9 l-l 3-4 3-2-5 14 3 1 22 @ Northwestern 0-2 0-1 0-0 2-2-4 2 15 PURDUE 4-8 0-1 2-3 2-3-5 10 2 17 @ Michigan State 0-1 0-0 1-2 0-3-3 13 WISCONSIN 2-7 0-1 3-4 1-2-3 1 1 24 MICHIGAN 0-2 0-1 2-6 2-2-4 2 1 23 @ Ohio State M 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 10 @ Penn State 1-4 0-0 0-0 3-0-3 2 16 MINNESOTA 1-4 0-0 1-2 0-2-2 2 18 @ Wisconsin 0-4 0-0 0-1 4-3-7 3 17 MICHIGAN ST. 1-6 0-0 0-0 2-4-6 1 1 16 @ Purdue 3-S 0-1 0-1 1-2-3 1 23 NORTHWESTERN 1-3 l-l 1-2 0-2-2 17 IOWA l-l 0-0 0-2 O-l-l 1 11 @ Indiana 0-0 0-0 0-0 O-O-O 2 12 Wisconsin* 1-3 1-2 0-0 0-4-4 5 25 Purdue* 3-10 0-4 0-0 2-2-4 2 27 S. Alabama% 1-3 0-0 0-0 O-l-l 3 17 Maryland*/. 1-3 0-1 1-2 2-1-3 12 K^NCAA Toumament. •— 8 gTen Toumam ent, # — Puerto Ric oClas sic 7 O 'fiq/ttiri^ Ufini 'Sasl' '86) Basketball Office Telephone: (309) 677-2668 1997-98 Overall Record: 15-14 1997-98 Conference Record/Finish: 9-9/T6th Starters Returning/Lost: 4/1 Lettermen Returning/Lost; 1 0/2 BRADLEY ROSTER Jim ■Molinari 'Head Coacfi Joe 'Dalfonso sii) 'Eric 'J(pberion Jr., QiMrd SERIES HISTORY Games: 12 Series Leader: Illinois leads 10-2 At Illinois: Illinois leads 8-1 At Bradley: Illinois leads 2-0 At Neutral Sites: Bradley leads 1-0 Illinois' Largest Winning Margin: 30 (55-25), December 10, 1934, at Peoria Bradley's Largest Winning Margin: 17 (105-88), Januar)' 24, 1974, at Chicago Overtime games (last): Kruger vs. Bradley at Illinois: 1-0 Krugervs. Bradley all-time: 1-0 Molinari vs. Illinois at Bradley: 0-1 1998-99 SCHEDULE Player Ht. Wt. Yr. Pos. Hometown ppg/rpg/ap Fred Atkins 6-6 190 So. G-F Cape Coral., Fla. 5.9/2.3/1.2 Ed Cage 6-7 225 Jr. F Lake Forest, 111. 7.6/3.5 Rob Dye 6-1 190 Jr. G Springfield, 111. 12.5/4.8/3. Reggie Hall 6-G 195 So. G-F Chicago, 111. Mile Kirsch 6-7 215 Fr. F Indianapolis, Ind. Aba Koita 6-9 225 Ir. C Winnetka, 111. 2.3/1.7 Matthew Lee 6-8 225 |r. F-C St. Paul, Minn. 2.3/1.7 Matt Moran 6-7 230 Ir. F Pekin, 111. 4.1/2.6 Eric Roberson 6-4 185 Ir. G Pittsburgh, Pa. 8.2/6.0/3.6 Jerome Robinso n 6-3 195 So. G Missassagua, Out. 3.1/2.0/1.1 Gavin Schairer 6-7 210 Sr. F Buriington, 111. 5.1/1.8 Jim Vershaw 6-4 220 Sr. G East Peoria, 111. Nov. 17 Nov. 21 Nov. 23 Dec. 2 Dec. 5 Dec. 9 Dec. 19 Dec. 22 Dec. 30 Jan. 3 Jan. 6 Jan. 9 Jan. 13 Jan. 16 Jan. 20 Jan. 23 Jan. 27 Jan. 30 Feb. 3 Feb. 6 Feb. 10 Feb. 13 Feb. 17 Feb. 20 Feb. 22 F. 26-Mar. 1 SE MISSOURI STATE TENNESSEE-MARTIN LOYOLA-CHICAGO at Michigan vs. Illinois PENN STATE WESTERN ILLINOIS INDIANA STATE at Creighton NORTHERN IOWA at Southern Illinois at Drake at SW Missouri State WICHITA STATE at Illinois State EVANSVILLE CREIGHTON at Indiana State at Northern Iowa DRAKE ILLINOIS STATE SW MISSOURI STATE at Evansville at Wichita State SOUTHERN ILLINOIS at Missouri Valley Conference Tournament V UNlVERSn*? OF lLUNO/l.t,i !]^^/itinq Iffini "Bos /<^t baft 7 3 Iffinois Opponent (3[|(^jX02>IXI ^J%BGiQ V Saturcfay, 'DecemSer29, 1998 at QTeemn[[e, S-C. i'Bl-LO Center), 6:30 p.m., 'ES'P'Ji- "KegiomL GENERAL INFORMATION Location; Clemson, SC Enrollment: 16,404 Arena/Capacit)': Littlejohn Coliseum/ 1 1 ,020 BI-LO Center/ 14,205 Nickname: Tigers Colors: Orange and Purple Conference: Atlantic Coast Athletic Director: Bobby Robinson Athletic Depanment Phone: (864) 656-1935 Sports Information Mailing Address: Clemson Sports Information P.O. Box 632 Clemson, SC 29633 Telephone: (864)656-2114 Fax: (864) 656-0299 Press Row Phone: (864) 654-3326 Website: www. clemsontigers.com Sports Information Director/Home Phone: Tim Bourrec (864) 888-3490 Basketball SID/Home Phone: Same Bournet e-mail: btimoth@clemson.edu BASKETBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Larry' Shyact (Wooster 73) Collegiate Coaching Record: 19-9 (1 year) Record at Clemson: First year Assistant Coaches: Scott Duncan (Wooster '78), Darren Tillis (Paul Quinn College '96), Matt Driscoll (Slippery Rock '92) Basketball Office Telephone: (864) 656-1954 1997-98 Overall Record: 18-14 1997-98 Conference Record/Finish: 7-9/4th Starters Returning/Lost: 3/2 Lettermen Returning/Lost: 9/2 CLEMSON ROSTER Player Ht. Wt. Yr. Adam Allenspach 7-1 245 So. Dustin Braddick 6-5 200 Fr. Tony Christie 6-6 220 Sr. Chuckle Gilmore 6-8 275 Fr. Fiarold Jamison 6-8 260 Sr. Andrius Jurkunas 6-9 230 Jr. Terrell Mclnry-re 5-9 175 Sr. Johnny Miller 6-0 180 Sr. Will Solomon 6-2 175 Fr. Vincent White 6-6 185 Jr. TomWideman 6-10 250 Sr. MohamedWoni 6-9 235 Jr. Lam/ Sfujatt iHead Coach Tim 'Bourret SI'V 'TcjTcLi 'Mclntyre St., Quard SERIES HISTORY Games: 1 Series Leader: Illinois leads 1-0 At Illinois: 0-0 At Clemson: 0-0 At Neutral Sites: Illinois leads 1-0 Illinois' largest winning margin: 10 at Chicago Clemson's largest winning margin: Overtime games (last): Kruger vs. Clemson at Illinois: 1-0 Kruger vs. Clemson all-time: 1-0 Shyatt vs. Illinois at Clemson: 0-0 (71-61), December 13. 1997, N/A Pos. Hometown PP8^'^P§^^P§ C Parkland. Fla. 2.1/1.2 G Charleston, SC F Hartford, Conn. 8.0/1.8 F Fayetteville, NC F Vance, SC 9.8/7.3 F Kaunas, Lithuania 2.5/1.7 G Raeford, NC 13.9/3.4/5.3 G Christiana, Pa. 4.3/0.9/1.7 G East Hartford, Conn. F/G Greensboro, NC 5.5/2.8/1.2 C Marietta, Ga. 4.4/4.8 C Ivorv Coast, Aina. 3.7/2.8 1998-99 SCHEDULE Nov. 13 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF Nov. 16 STETSON Nov. 19 WESTERN CAROLINA Nov. 23 vs. Michigan Nov. 24 vs. Syracuse or Chaminade Nov. 25 vs. Kansas State, Indiana, Arizona State or Utah Nov. 30 RADFORD Dec. 3 EAST TENNESSEE STATE Dec. 12 UNC-ASHEVILLE Dec. 16 at South Carolina Dec. 2 1 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE Dec. 26 vs. Furman Dec. 29 vs. Illinois Jan. 2 at North Carolina Jan. 5 NORTH CAROLINA STATI Jan. 9 WAKE FOREST Jan. 12 at Florida State Jan. 17 at Virginia Jan. 20 DUKE Jan. 24 MARYLAND Jan. 26 at Georgia Tech Feb. 4 NORTH CAROLINA Feb. 6 at North Carolina State Feb. 10 at Wake Forest Feb. 14 FLORIDA STATE Feb. 17 VIRGINIA Feb. 20 at Duke Feb. 24 at Maryland Feb. 28 GEORGLA TECH Mar. 4-7 at ACC Tournament 7 4 fifffitimf Iffini 'Basf(ctbaff 'ilinois Opponents Saturday, (DecemBerlZ, 1998 at Champaign, Iff. -'/'■ .m. GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Charleston, 111. Enrollment; 10,806 Arena/Capacity. Lantz Gym/5,600 Nickname: Panthers Colors: Blue and Gray Conference: Ohio Valley Athletic Director: Dr. Richard McDuffie Sports Information Mailing Address: Eastern Illinois Sports Information Lancz Gym Eastern Illinois Universit)' Charlesron.IL 61920 Telephone: (217) 581-6408 Fax:(217)581-6434 Press Row Phone: (217) 581-5135 Website: www.eiu.edu/-sprtinfo Sports Information Director/Home Phone: Dave Kidwell/(217) 345-4166 Kidwell e-mail: csdak@eiu.edu BASKETBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Rick Samuels (Chadron State '70) Collegiate Coaching Record: 262-254 (18 years) Record at Eastern Illinois: Same Assistant Coaches: Matt Painter (Purdue '93), David Caso:i (Illinois State '95), Mike Church (Nonheasr Missouri '73) ,; Basketball Office Telephone: (2 1 7) 58 1 -25 1 1 1 997-98 Overall Record: 16-11 f 1997-98 Conference Record/Finish: 13-5/2nd Starters Returning/Lost: 2/3 Lettermen Returning/Lost: 6/8 EASTERN ILLINOIS ROSTER Player Todd Bergmann Matt Britton Henry Domecraft Michael Forest Keith Hibbler Kyle Hill Merv Jospeh Greg Ktistou Luke Mueller Jack Owens Marc Polite Luke Sharp Michael Shaver John Smith Jan Fhompson Ht. Wt. Yr. Pos. Hometown 6-7 190 Fr. F Elk Grove, 111. 6-1 178 Jr. G Plainfield, Ind. 6-2 187 Fr. G Naper\'ille, 111. 6-3 200 Jr. G Hopkinsville, Ky. 6-7 195 Jr. F St. Louis, Mo. 6-2 185 So. G Summit, 111. 6-3 212 So. F St. John's Antigua 6-0 170 So. G Downers Grove, III. 5-11 160 Fr. G Crystal Lake, 111. 6-0 175 Sr. G Indianapolis, Ind. 6-5 190 Jr. F East Moline, 111. 6-8 215 Fr. F/C Ir^'ington, 111. 6-10 210 Sr. C Bedford, Ind. 6-7 235 Jr. F Paducah, Ky. 6-11 208 Fr. F/C Auburn, Ind. '-Kick^Siwiucb ^Hcad Coach 'Dave 'Kidwell lacf^Owcns St., Quari SERIES HISTORY Games: 3 Series Leader: Illinois leads 3-0 At Illinois: Illinois leads 3-0 At Eastern Illinois: 0-0 At Neutral Sites: 0-0 Illinois' largest winning margin: 34 (85-51), December 8, 1986, at Champaign Eastern Illinois' largest winning margin: N/A Overtime games (last): Kruger vs. Eastern Illinois at Illinois: 0-0 Kruger vs. Eastern Illinois all-time: 0-2 Samuels vs. Illinois at Eastern Illinois: 0-3 1998-99 SCHEDULE Nov. 16 Nov. 18 Nov. 21 Nov. 29 Dec. 3 Dec. 5 Dec. 8 Dec. 10 Dec. 12 Dec. 18-19 Dec. 29 ppg/rpg/apg 1.8/2.6 5.4/2.1 3.8/1.2/1.5 11.2/3.8/4.6 10.3/3.3/1.0 1.3/1.7/0.3 5.7/4.5/0.8 2 4 7 9 12 Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. 14 Jan. 16 Jan. 23 Jan. 28 Jan. Feb, Feb, Feb, Feb. 1 1 Feb. 13 Feb. 20 Feb. 23-27 MISSOURI BAPTIST COLLEGE INDL\NA STATE at Loyola (Chicago) at Purdue at Tennessee State at Austin Peay EVANSVILLE ^X'ESTERN ILLINOIS at Illinois at Universit\' of Hawaii Tournament at Illinois State MOREHEAD STATE EASTERN KENTUCK\' at Tennessee Tech at Middle Tennessee State TENNESSEE STATE TENNESSEE-MARTIN MURRAY STATE SE MISSOURI STATE at Morehead State at Eastern Kentucky AUSTIN PEAY TENNESSEE TECH MIDDLE TENNESSEE ST at Tennessee-Martin at Murray State at SE Missouri State at Ohio Valley Conference Tournament UNWBRSIT OF ILUNOl!]', ^ighthuj Iffini "Bas^etSaff 7 5 UCinois Opponeni *. ^^^^^^^^ GEQROE A'iSmsCTON 'Tuesday, 'Xpvemberl 7, 1998 at Champaign, Iff. 7 p.m. GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Washington, D.C. Enrollment: 19,356 Arena/Capacity: Charles E. Smith Ccnter/3,000 Nickname: Colonials Colors: Buff and Blue Conference: Atlantic 10 (West) Athletic Director: Jack Kvancz Athletic Department Phone: (202) 994-6650 Sports Information Mailing Address: George Washington Sports Information 600 22nd St., NW Washington, D.C. 20032 Telephone: (202) 994-0339 Fax: (202) 994-2713 Press Row Phone: (202) 994-1776 Website: wAv\v.g\vu.edu/ -gwsports Sports Information Director/Home Phone: Brad Bower/ (703) 685-1854 Basketball SID/Home Phone: Same Bower e-mail: bbower@a>vu.edu BASKETBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Tom Fenders (Connecticut '67) Collegiate Coaching Record: 478-3 1 9 (27 years) Record at George Washington: First year Assistant Coaches: Bonzie Colson (Rhode Island '89), lommy (Texas '95) Basketball Office Telephone: (202) 994-6651 1997-98 Overall Record: 24-9 1997-98 Conference Record/Finish: 11-5/Tlst Starters Returning/Lost: 4/1 Lettermen Returning/Lost: 11/5 Tom 'Fenders OicadCoach •Brad 'Bower sri> Oegor !Mescfieria%>v Qrad., 'forward SERIES HISTORY james: rirst meetmsr Kruger vs. George Washington all-time: 1-0 1998-99 SCHEDULE Nov, 13 GEORGE MASON Nov. 17 at Illinois Nov. 29 at UNC Charlotte Dec. 2 at American Dec. 6-7 at BB&T Classic Dec. 12 OLD DOMINION Dec. 23 at Siena Fenders GEORGE WASHINGTON ROSTER Player Ht. Wt. Yr. Pos. SanAnyan 6-6 197 Jr. F Seco Camara 6-5 202 Sr. F Francisco de Miranda 6-9 220 Jr. F RoeyEyal 6-2 160 So. G Antxon Iturbe 6-8 252 So. F Mike King 6-5 190 So. G Mark Lund 6-0 165 Jr. G Yegor MescheriakoN' 6-8 235 Grad. F PatNgongba 6-8 224 So. F Shawnta Rogers 5-4 155 Sr. G Daniel Soares 6-3 195 Jr. G ppg/rpg/apg Hometown Baltimore, Md. Lisbon, Portugal 4.0/1.6 Breda.The Netherlands 5.1/3.7 Jerusalem, Israel Vitoria, Spain Baltimore, Md. Klawock, Ark. Minsk, Belarus 1.2/0.8 6.4/5.5 13.2/3.8 12.7/4.8 Dec. 26 BRADLEY Dec. 30 OHIO Jan. 2 at Duquesne Jan. 9 LA SALLE Jan. 14 DAYTON Jan. 17 at Xavier Jan. 21 at St. Bonaventure ~ Jan. 23 at Rhode Island Jan. 28 DUQUESNE Jan. 31 FORDFL\M Feb. 3 at La Salle Feb. 6 at Virginia Tech Feb. 12 ST. JOSEPH'S Feb. 14 at Dayton Feb. 17 MASSACHUSETTS Feb. 20 at Temple Feb. 24 VIRGINLVTECH Feb. 27 XAVIER Mar. 3-6 at Atlantic 10 Tournament Bangui, Cent. African Rep. 4.3/4.4 B.iltimore, Md. 14.7/4.4/4.1 Rio de Janiero, Brazil 7 6 fij/Zitinj/ Iffini 'Baskictbaff '[[inois Opponents OoCKilfelQLm Sunday, January 3, 1999 1 at 'BLoomington, Ind. 9ipon/3p.m., CBS TeB. 23, 24, or 25, 1999 at Champaiijn, III. Time & Tl' to Be announced GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Bloomington, ind. Enroilment: 36,000 Arena/Capacity: Assembly Hall/ 17,357 Nickname: Hoosiers Colors: Crimson and Creme Conference: Big Ten Athletic Director: Clarence Doninger Athletic Department Phone: (812) 855-1966 Sports Information Mailing Address: Indiana Media Relations 1001 E. 17th Street Bloomington, IN 47408 Telephone: (812) 855-9399 Fax: (812) 855-9401 Press Row Phone: (812) 855-2754 Website: www.athletics.indiana.edu Sports Information Director/Home Phone: Kir Klingelhoffer/(812) 339-6540 Basketball SID/Home Phone: Gregg Elkin/(812) 330-0550 Elkin e-mail: gelkin@indiana.edu BASKETBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Bob Rjiight (Ohio State '62) Collegiate Coaching Record: 720-270 {5i years) Record at Indiana: 618-220 (27 years) Assistant Coaches: Mike Davis (Thomas Edison '95), Pat Knight (Indiana '95), John Treloar (Belhaven '78) Basketball OfRce Telephone: (812) 855-2238 1997-98 Overall Record: 20- 1 2 1997-98 Conference Record/Finish: 9-7/T5th Starters Returning/Lost: 4/ 1 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 7/4 INDIANA ROSTER 'BoSbij 'JQiyfit ^{eadCoacfi Qre£ig 'EUqu sw .'T.'7. Quijton It., Quard SERIES HISTORY Games: 138 Series Leader: Indiana leads 73-65 At lUinois: Illinois leads 40-29 At Indiana: Indiana leads 44-25 At Neutral Sites: 0-0 Illinois' largest wiiuiing margin: 29 (35-6) , januar)' 6, 1914, at Urbana Indiana's largest winning margin: 40 (107-67), Februar}' 9, 1974, at Bloomington Overtime games (last): 4 (January 1 1, 1984, Indiana 73, Illinois 68 at Bloomington) Kruger vs. Indiana at Illinois: 3-0 Kruger vs. Indiana all-time: 3-0 Knight vs. Illinois at Indiana: 32-19 1998-99 SCHEDULE Player Ht. Wt. Yr. Pos. Hometown ppg/rpg/apg Antwaan Randle El 5-11 180 Fr. G Riverdale, III. Dane Fife 6-4 190 Fr. G Clarkston, Mich. Tom Geyer 6-8 240 Fr. F Indianapolis, Ind. William Gladness 6-8 218 Sr. F West Memphis, Ark. 8.6/5.1/1.9 A.J. Gwton 6-1 175 Ir. G Peoria, III. 16.8/3.5/3.7 Kirk Haston 6-10 230 Fr. F/C Linton, Tenn. Kyle Hornsby 6-5 205 Fr. G/F Annacoca, La. Luke Jimenez 6-3 195 Ir. G Redwood Falls, Minn. 3.0/1.0/1.4 Michael Lewis 6-1 180 jr. G Jasper, Ind. 6.2/2.5/4.7 Jarrod Odle 6-8 205 Fr. F Converse, Ind. Luke Recker 6-6 193 So. G/F Waterloo, Iowa 12.8/3.9/ 2.8 Larrv Richardson 6-8 220 Ir. F Orange Park, Fla. 2.9/1.3/0 1 Rob Turner 6-4 205 Sr. G Wilmington, Del. 7.3/2.8/1 8 Lynn Washington 6-7 225 Jr. F San Jose, Calif. Nov. 7 Nov. 8 Nov. 14 Nov. 18 Nov. 23-25 Dec. 1 Dec. 5 Dec. 8 Dec. 1 1 Dec. 12 Dec. 20 Dec. 27 Dec. 28 Dec. 31 Jan. 3 Jan. 5 Jan. 9 Jan. 13 Jan. 16 Jan. 24 Jan. 26 Jan. 31 Feb. 3 Feb. 9 Feb. 13 Feb. 17 Feb. 21 Feb. 23/24/25 Feb. 27 or 28 March 4-7 vs. Seton Hall vs. South Carolina INDL\NA STATE ALABAi\-L\-BIRMINGHAM at Maui Classic at Notre Dame TEMPLE vs. Kentuck)- vs. Boise State vs. Bowling Green/Grambling SAN FRANCISCO vs. Drake vs. Ball State/Bucknell at Iowa ILLINOIS at Michigan at Ohio State NORTHWESTERN at Purdue MICHIGAN STATE at Minnesota at Penn State WISCONSIN PURDUE at Northwestern OHIO STATE MICHIGAN at Illinois IOWA at Big Ten 1 ourn. UNIVERSIT OF ILLlNO^t, ;F^fitin£ Iffini 'BaskietSaff 77 litinois Opponent l}^'^:ia(ii Ifiurscfay, January 7, 1999 at loii'a City, loiua 8:30p.m., 'ES'P'^L Sunday, JeBnianjZl, 1999 at Champaign, Ili. 1:30p.m., •ES'P'H-'KS GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Iowa Cirv', Iowa Enrollment: 27,871 Arena/Capacity: Carver-Hawkeye/ 15,300 Nickname: Hawkeyes Colors: Old Gold and Black Conference; Big Ten Athletic Director: Bob Bowlsby Athletic Department Phone: (319) 335-9435 Sports Information Mailing Address Iowa Sports Information 1 57 Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, lA 52242 Telephone: (319) 335-9411 Fax: (319) 335-9417 Website: www.hawkeyesports.com Press Row Phone: (319) 335-7284 Sports Information Director/Home Phone: Phil Haddy/(319) 351-3012 Basketball SID/Home Phone: Steve Roe/(319) 339-0980 Roe e-mail: steve-roe@uiowa.edLi BASKETBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Tom Davis (Wisc.-Parkside '60) Collegiate Coaching Record: 523-280 (27 years) Record at Iowa: 249-130 (12 years) Assistant Coaches: Gary Close (Arizona State 78), Frank DiLeo (Lafeyette College 75), Rich Walker (Bowling Green 71) Basketball Office Telephone: (319) 335-941 1 1997-98 Overall Record: 20-1 1 1997-98 Conference Record/Finish: 9-7 (T5th) Starters Returning/Lost: 2/3 Lettermen Returning/Lost: ^/5 •Tom 'Dnns 'Mead Coach Steve iKoc SW 'Kent 'McCausfamt Sr., Quard SERIES HISTORY Games: 124 Series Leader: Illinois leads 64-60 At Illinois: Illinois leads 50-13 At Iowa: Iowa leads 47-14 At Neutral Sites: 0-0 Illinois' largest winning margin; 32 (66-34). January 19, 1943, at Champaign Iowa's largest winning margin: 25 (95-70), Januar)' 4, 1975, at Iowa City Overtime games (last): 7 (February 11, 1995, Illinois 104, Iowa 97 at Champaign) .; Kruger vs. Iowa at Illinois: 3-1 Kruger vs. Iowa all-time; 3-1 Davis vs. Illinois at Iowa; 10-14 1998-99 SCHEDULE Nov. 15 Nov. 19 Nov. 25 1 4-5 8 12 19 X Nr^ IOWA ROSTER Player Ht. Wt. Yr. Jason Bauer 6-3 1 90 Sr. Kyle Galloway 6-5 185 So. Marcelo Gomes 6-6 220 So. Duez Henderson 6-7 200 Fr. Jacob Jaacks 6-8 235 Jr. J.R.Koch 6-10 225 Sr. Ryan Luehrmann 5-11 175 Jr. Kent McCausland 6-3 190 Sr. Dean Oliver 5-11 175 So. ason Price 6-0 170 Jr. Antonio Ramos 7-2 215 Fr. Joey Range 6-5 200 Fr. ' GuyRucker 6-10 270 Jr. Rod Thompson 6-6 230 Fr. Pos. Hometown G Hudson, Iowa G Sioux City, Iowa F San Antonio, Texas F Detroit, Mich. C Cedar Rapids, Iowa F Morton, 111. G Cedar Rapids, Iowa G Waterloo, Iowa G Mason City. Iowa G Chicago, 111. C Minneapolis, Minn. G Galesburg, 111. C Inkstcr, Mich. F Galesburg, 111. ppg/rpg/apg 4.2/1.8 6.9/3.3 4.0/1.9/3.7 9.6/2.2 8.8/2.5/4.1 6.6/3.3 Dec, Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec. 23 Dec. 31 Jan. 3 Jan. 7 Jan. 12 16 21 23 27 30 4 I an, Ian, vs. Western Illinois NORTHERN IOWA CREIGHTON at Drake at Hawkeye Invitational at Kansas IOWA STATE MISSOURI COPPIN STATE INDIANA at Northwestern ILLINOIS at Ohio State at Minnesota at Michigan State WISCONSIN PENN STATE at Michigan at Purdue MICHIGAN STATE MINNESOTA OHIO STATE Jan. Jan. Feb. Feb. 6 Feb. 10 Feb. 13 Feb. 21 at Illinois Feb. 23/24/25 NORTHWESTERN Feb. 27/28 March 4-7 at Indiana at Big Ten Tournament 7 8 ififf/iting Iffini 'Basket Sail [[inois Opponents [^(IIQL^iB J(^ylliaRi!to Saturday, TiecemSerie, 1998 at 'Kansas City, Mo. CKemper Slrena) 3 p.m., CBS GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Lawrence, Kan. Enrollment: 27,407 Arena/Capacity: Allen Fieliihouse/16,300 Nickname; Jayhawks Colors: Crimson and Blue Conference: Big 12 Athletic Director: Dr. Bob Frederick Athletic Department Phone: (785) 864-3143 Sports Information MaUing Address: Kansas Sports Information 104 Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS 66045 Telephone: (785) 864-3470 Fax: (785) 864-7944 Press Row Phone: TBA - ^• Website: www. jayhawks. org Sports Information Director/Home Phone: Doug Vance/(785) 841-1247 Basketball SID/Home Phone: Dean Buchan/(785) 766-5229 Buchan e-mail: kusports@faIcon.cc.ukans.edu BASKETBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Roy Williams (North Carolina 72) Collegiate Coaching Record: 282-62 (10 years) Record at Kansas: Same Assistant Coaches: Matt Doherrv' (North Carolina '84), Neil Doughern- (Cameron '84), Joe Holladay (Oklahoma '69) Basketball Office Telephone: ("8 5) 864-3056 1997-98 Overall Record: 3^-4 1997-98 Conference Record/Finish: 15-1/lst Starters Renirning/Lost: 2/3 Lettermen Returning/Lost: 9/4 KANSAS ROSTER ^Pi/ 1\'il[iams ^ead Coach 'Dean 'Sucfian SI'D ■r 7. Vugh St., JonMrd SERIES HISTORY Games: 1 Series leader: Illinois leads 1-0 At lUinois: 0-0 At Kansas: 0-0 At Neutral Sites: Illinois leads 1-0 Illinois' largest winning margin: 6 (81-75), November 29, 1987, at Maui, Hawaii Kansas' largest winning margin: N/A Overtime games (last): Kruger vs. Kansas at Illinois: 0-0 Kruger vs. Kansas all-time: 4-9 WiUiams vs. Illinois at Kansas: 0-0 1998-99 SCHEDULE Player Ht. Wt. Yr. Pos. Hometown ppg/rpg/ap Luke Axtell 6-9 210 So. G/F Austin, Texas JeffBoschee 6-1 185 Fr. G Valle\ Cit>', N.D. Nick Bradford 6-6 190 Ir. G/F Fayetteville, Ark. 4.2/2.5/1.7 Jeff Carey 6-9 230 Fr. F/C Camdenton, Mo. Eric Chenowith 7-0 235 So. C Villa Park, Calif 5.9/4.9 John Crider G-i 180 Fr. G Honon. Kan. Lester Earl 6-8 235 Ir. F Baton Rouge, La. 7.6/6.5 Kenny Gregor)' 6-5 215 So. G/F Columbus, Ohio 7.1/2.0/1.3 Jelani Janisse 6-3 210 Sr. G Granada Hills, Calif. 0.7/0.8 Ashante Johnso n 6-8 210 Ir. F San Diego, Calif. Marlon Londor 1 6-3 180 Fr. G Broadview, 111. Chris Martin 6-2 190 Sr. G CK'erland Park, Kan. 0.7/0.5 Terr\' Nooner 6-0 170 Ir. G Ra\town, Mo. 1.0/0.2 T.J. Pugh 6-8 240 Sr. F Omaha, Neb. 5.7/5.0/0.6 Ryan Robertsor 1 6-5 190 Sr. G St. Charles, Mo. 8.3/2.8/6.4 Nov. 13 GONZAGA Nov. 16 at Pennsylvania Nov. 21 FORT FLAYS STATE Nov. 27 at Tip-Off Classic Dec. 1 at Great Eight vs. Kentucky Dec. 5 at John Wooden Classic Dec. 8 IOWA Dec. 12 SOUTHERN CALIFORNL^ Dec. 17 DePaul Dec. 19 at Sprint Shootout vs. Illinois Dec. 23 at St. Louis Jan. 2 TEXAS A&M Jan. 6 at Baylor Jan. 9 IOWA STATE Jan. 1 1 at Missouri Jan. 16 at Massichusetts Jan. 18 TEXAS Jan. 24 MISSOURI Jan. 27 at Nebraska Jan. 30 COLORADO Feb. 1 at Kansas State Feb. 7 at Colorado Feb. 10 NEBRASK.A. Feb. 13 at Texas Tech Feb. 17 KANSAS STATE Feb. 20 at Oklahoma Feb. 22 OKLAHOMA STATE Feb. 28 at Iowa State March 4-7 at Big 12 Tournament BNIVEKSIT OF ILUNO* l. !F^fitinif Iffini (Bas/ietball 7 9 iCCinois Opponent G!aMb8:jjaGD \!^!feto^GLK^ * ail * n'ednescfay January IS, 1999 at :'\nn flrSor, 'Mich. 7p.m., 'EST9{: liegionaf 1 MICHIGAN rd hW'i ■ (R) GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Ann Arbor, Mich. Enrollment: 36,450 Arena/Capacity: Crisler Arena/13,562 Nickname: Wolverines Colors: Maize and Blue Conference: Big Ten Athletic Director: Tom Goss Athletic Department Phone: (734) 647-2583 Sports Information Mailing Address: Michigan Sports Information 1000 S. State St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Telephone: (734) 763-4423 Fax: (734)647-1188 Press Row Phone: (734) 998-7188 Website: vs'ww.umich.eduZ-mgoblue Sports Information Director/Home Phone: Bruce Madej/ (734) 971-2549 Basketball SID/Home Phone: B.J. Sohn/(734) 481-9336 Sohn e-mail: bisohn@umich.edu BASKETBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Brian Ellerbe (Rutgers '85) Collegiate Coaching Record: 59-56 (4 years) Record at Michigan: 25-9 (1 year) Assistant Coaches: Scott Trost (Minnesota-Harris '85). Kurtis Townsend (\X''estern Kentuck)' '81), Lorenzo Neely (Eastern Michigan '91) Basketball Office Telephone: (734) 763-5504 1997-98 CH-erall Record: 25-9 1997-98 Conference Record/Finish: 1 l-5/4th Starters Returning/Lost: 2/3 xtette^men Returning/Lost: 9/4 MICHIGAN ROSTER Player Josh Asselin Louis Bullock Leon Jones Ron Oliver Robbie Reid Donte Scott Brandon Smith Darius Taylor Chris Young Peter Vignier 'Brian tikrbe •HeadCoach 'Bruce i\{ad€j £oui< 'Budacll Jr., guard SERIES HISTORY Games: 133 Series Leader: Illinois leads 67-66 At Illinois: Illinois leads 44-23 At Michigan: Michigan leads 42-23 At Neutral Sites: Michigan leads 1-0 Illinois' largest vnnning margin: 30 (96-66), Dec. 15, 1953. at Champaign Michigan's largest winning margin: 26 (42-16), Feb. 25, 1922, at Ann Arbor Ovenime games (last): 5 (March 10, 1993. Michigan 98, Illinois 97 at Champaign) Kruger vs. Michigan at Illinois: 2-1 Kruger vs. Michigan all-time: 2-1 Ellerbe vs. Illinois at Michigan: 0-1 1998-99 SCHEDULE Ht. Wt. Yr. Pos. Hometown 6-11 225 So. C/F Caro, Mich. 6-3 180 Sr. G Temple Hills, Md. 6-5 200 Fr. G/F Batde Creek, Mich. 6-0 175 Sr. G Little Rock, Ar. 6-1 185 Sr. G Spanish Fork, Utah 6-2 180 So. G Canton, Mich. 6-7 190 So. F Amarillo, Texas 6-4 190 Sr. G/F Chicago, III. 6-10 210 Fr. C/F Plymouth, Mich. 6-11 240 Jr. C Teaneck, N.J. PPg/rpg/apg 17.1/3.3 0.7/0.3 8.2/2.4/3.4 3.2/1.3 0.3/0.7 Nov. 13 Nov. 16 Nov. 19 Nov. 23-25 Nov. 30 Dec. 2 Dec. 6 Dec. 9 Dec. 12 Dec. 21 Dec. 27 Dec. 30 Jan. 2 Jan. 5 Jan. 9 Jan. 16 Jan. 20 Jan. 23 Jan. 28 Jan. 30 Feb. 4 Feb. 7 Feb. 9 Feb. 16 Feb. 21 Feb. 23/24/25 Feb. 27/28 March 4-7 at Florida International BALL STATE DETROIT-MERCY at Maui Classic TOWSON STATE BRADLEY vs. Western Michigan at Eastern Michigan at Duke HAMPTON at Florida WISCONSIN at Penn State INDL^NA at Michigan State OHIO STATE at Minnesota at Purdue ILLINOIS IOWA at Northwestern MINNESOTA at Ohio State MICHIGAN STATE at Indiana PENN STATE at Wisconsin at Big Ten Tournament 8 O 'lujfititi^ lUini 'BasietSaff [[inois Opponents Saturday, January 16, 1999 at Champaign, III. 7p.m., TS'P'yi- ^yionaf Thursday, 'JeBruary 11, 1999 at TLast Lansing, Mich. 6:30p.m., IS'P'Ji GENERAL INFORMATION Location: East Lansing, Mich. EntoUment: 42,603 Arena/Capacity: Breslin Centef/15,138 Nickname: Spartans Colors: Green and White Conference: Big Ten Athletic Director: Merritt Nor\'ell Athletic Department Phone: (517) 355-1623 Sports Information Mailing Address: Michigan State Sports Information 401 Olds Hall East Lansing, MI 48824 Telephone: (517) 355-2271 Fax: (517) 355-6609 Press Row Phone: (517) 353-1626 Website: w'ww. msuspartans.com Sports Information Director/Home Phone: John Lewandowski/ (517) 381-9456 BasketbaU SID/Home Phone: John Farina/(517) 351-9062 Farina e-mail: athl)@msu.edu BASKETBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Tom Izzo (Northern Michigan '77) Collegiate Coaching Record: 55-36 (3 years) i Record at Michigan State: Same ' Assistant Coaches: Tom Crean (Central Michigan '89), Stan Heath (Eastern Michigan '88), Mike Garland (Northern Michgian '77) Basketball Office Telephone: (517) 355-1643 1997-98 Overall Record: 22-8 1997-98 Conference Record/Finish: 13-3/Tlst Starters Returning/Lost: 5/0 Lettermen Returning/Lost: 1 4/ 1 MICHIGAN STATE ROSTER Player Adam Ballinger Charlie Bell Mike Chappell Steve Chert)' Mateen Cleaves Doug Davis A.J. Granger Lorenzo Guess Andre Hutson Thomas Kelley Jason Klein Ken Miller Morris Peterson Antonio Smith Brandon Smith David Thomas Ht. Wt. Yr. Pos. Hometown 6-9 225 Fr. F Bluffton, Ind. 6-3 185 So. G Flint, Mich. 6-9 195 Jr. G Southfield, Mich. 6-6 190 So. F Coldwater, Mich. 6-2 195 Jr. G Flint, Mich. 6-3 165 So. G Columbus, Ohio 6-9 230 Jr. F Findlay, Ohio 6-3 190 So. G Wayne, Mich. 6-8 210 So. F Tronvood, Ohio 6-2 190 Sr. G Grand Rapids. Mich. 6-7 200 Sr. G/F Grosse He, Mich. 6-10 245 So, C St. Clair Shores, Mich. 6-6 210 Jr. F Flint, Mich. 6-8 250 Sr. F Flint, Mich. 5-10 165 So. G Rochestet, N.Y. 6-7 195 Jr. G/F Brampton, Ontario 1pm Iz-z-o Head Coach John 'Farina •Mateen CIcai'es 'Jr., Quard SERIES HISTORY Games: 85 Series Leader: Illinois leads 45-40 At Illinois: Illinois leads 29-13 At Michigan State: Michigan State leads 27-1 5 At Neutral Sites: Illinois leads 1-0 Illinois' largest winning margin: 32 (121-89), March 9, 1965, at Champaign Michigan State's largest winning margin: 22 (89-67), Februar)' 25. 1978, at East Lansing Overtime games (last): Kruger vs. Michigan State at Illinois: 3-1 Kruger vs. Michigan State all-time: 3-2 Izzo vs. Illinois at Michigan State: 3-3 1998-99 SCHEDULE 20 27-2i 2 5 PPg^rpg/apg 9.2/4.4/1.3 16.1/2.5/7.2 2.1/0.8 2.6/1.8 7.5/5.2 11.2/3.7/1.3 8.0/3.5 7.9/8.7 3.5/3.8 Nov, 13 Nov, 17 Nov Nov Dec, Dec, Dec, 10 Dec. 13 Dec. 21-23 Dec. 30 Jan. 2 Jan. 6 Jan. 9 Jan. 13 Jan. 16 Jan. 21 Jan. 24 Jan. 27 Jan. 30 Feb. 2 Feb. 6 Feb. 1 1 Feb. 13 Feb. 16 Feb. 18 Feb. 20 Feb. 27/28 March 4-7 NORTHEAST LOUISL\NA at Oakland at Temple at Coca-Cola Classic vs. Duke (at Great Eight Tournament) at Connecticut at East Tennessee State ILLINOIS-CHICAGO at Pearl Harbor Classic UNC-ASHEVILLE LOUISVILLE at Wisconsin MICHIGAN MINNESOTA at Illinois ^^ IOWA .^__ at Indiana OHIO STATE NORTHWESTERN at Penn State at Iowa ILLINOIS at Minnesota PURDUE at Michigan WISCONSIN at Purdue at Big Ten Tournament V 'Ji^fitin^ Illini'Sas^tbafl 81 (iaaoDOQ^^sOa (DcsM^xi IfUnois Opponent 'W'ednesday, Tc5ruary3, 1999 " at Minneapolis^ Minn. 7p.m., 'ES1"X: Oi&jionaC GENERAL INFORMATION Location; Minneapolis, Minn. Enrollment: 37,615 Arena/Capacity: Williams Arena/14,625 Nickname; Golden Gophers Colors; Maroon and Gold Conference: Big Ten Athletic Director: Dr. Mark Dienhart Athletic Department Phone: (612) 62S-4838 Sports Information Mailing Address; Minnesota Sporrs Information BFAB Rm. 208 516 15chAve. SE Minneapolis, MN 55454 Telephone: (612)625-4090 Fax; (612) 625-0359 Press Row Phone: (612) 626-1308 Website: w\\'w.gophersporrs.com Sports Information Director/Home Phone: Marc Ryan/(612) 722-4504 Basketball SID/Home Phone; Bill Crumley/(612) 425-5886 Crumley e-mail; cruml001@maroon.cc.umn.edu BASKETBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Clem Haskins (Western Kentucky '67) Collegiate Coaching Record; 324-227 (18 years) Record at Minnesota: 223-154 (12 years) Assistant Coaches: Bobby Jones (Western Kentucky '84), Bill 1 (SW Missouri State '92), Brent Haskins (Minnesota '98) Basketball Office Telephone: (612) 625-3085 1997-98 Overall Record: 20-15 1997-98 Conference Record/Finish: 6-10/8th Starters Returning/Lost: 3/2 Lettermen Returning/Lost; ~/3 'Head Coach 'Sill Crumley SKP Quincy Lezois Sr., JoTWard SERIES HISTORY Games: 152 Series Leader: Illinois leads 93-59 At Illinois; Illinois leads 60-16 At Minnesota; Minnesota leads 42-33 At Neutral Sites; Minnesota leads 1-0 Illinois' largest winning margin: 36 (86-50), Feb. 11, 1968, at Champaign Minnesota's largest winning margin: 39 (42-3), January 31, 1907, at Minneapolis Overtime games (last); 4 (Februar)' 22, 1995, Illinois 94, Minnesota 88 at Champaign) Kruger vs. Minnesota at Illinois; 2-1 Kruger vs. Minnesota all-time; 2-5 Haskins vs. Illinois at Minnesota: 8-13 1998-99 SCHEDULE "V^ N )rVEB8IT'!: INOIS MINNESOTA ROSTER Player Ht. Wt. Yr. Pos. JohnAune 6-9 250 Fr. C/F John Blair Bickerstaff 6-6 190 Jr. F Antoine Broxsie 6-10 230 So. C Kevin Burleson 6-2 1 90 Fr. G Kevin Clark 6-2 180 Sr. G GregHalbert 6-8 200 Fr. F Ryan Keating 5-11 175 Fr. G Quincy Lewis 6-7 215 Sr. F Kevin Nathaniel 6-5 210 So. G/F Mitch Ohnstad 6-2 175 So. G Joell PrzvbiUa 7-0 250 Fr. C Dust)' Rvchart 6-7 210 Fr. F KyleSanden 6-11 260 So. F/C Terrance Simmons 6-3 185 So. G NickSinville 6-6 225 Fr. F Jason Stanford 6-6 185 Sr. F Jermaine Stanford 6-6 185 Sr. F Miles Tan'er 6-8 230 Sr. F ppg/rpg/apg 1.5/2.3 11.6/4.1/2.1 Hometown Maple Grove, Minn. Denver, Colo. Tampa, Fla. Seattle, Wash. Savannah, Ga. Wliite Bear Lake, Minn Minnetonka, Minn. Litde Rock, Ark. CamariUo, Calif Faribault, Minn. Monticello, Minn. Grand Rapids, Minn. Thief River Falls, Minn. 4.4/2.3 Haughton, La. Shreveport, La. Milwaukee, Wis. 2.0/1.6 Milwaukee, Wis. 0.4/0.7 Oakland, Calif 4.4/6.3 14.5/5.6 2.01/.7 Nov. 21 APPALACHL\N STATE Nov. 24 SETON FIALL Nov. 28 WINTHROP Nov. 3C OREGON Dec. 4 at Fresno State Dec. 12 EASTERN MICHIGAN Dec. 16 CINCINNATI Dec. 19 at Nebraska Dec. 22 MONTANA STATE Dec. 28 SACRAMENTO STATE Jan. 2 at Purdue Jan. 6 NORTHWESTERN Jan. 9 PENN STATE Jan. 13 at Michigan State Ian. 16 IOWA Jan. 20 MICHIGAN Jan. 23 at Ohio State Jan. 26 INDIANA Jan. 30 at Wisconsin Feb. 3 ILLINOIS Feb. 7 at Michigan Feb. 10 at Iowa Feb. 13 MICHIGAN S FATE Feb. 17 at Penn State Feb. 23 /24/25 PURDUE Feb. 27 at Northwesterr I March 4-7 at Big Ten Tou rnament 8 2 'Jif^fitinff Iffini •Sa^/^ N Player Ht. Wt. Yr. Pos. Hometown Danny Allouche 6-5 193 Sr. G Omer, Israel Julian Bonner 6-1 203 Sr. G Detroit, Mich. Collier Dravton 6-3 180 Fr. G Lyons, N.Y. Evan Eschmever 6-11 244 Sr. C New Knoxville, Ohio Tavaras Hardy 6-7 215 Fr. F Joliet, 111. Joe Harmsen 6-9 248 Sr. F Fond du Lac, Wis. Napoleon Harris 6-3 209 So. G Dixmoor, 111. Matt Kammrath 6-1 165 Jr. G Boca Raton, Fla. Steve Lepore 6-5 200 Fr. G/F North Olmsted, Ohio Aron Molnar 6-11 242 Jr. C Mississauga, Ontario David Newman 6-0 170 Fr. G Des Moines, Iowa Nate Pomeday 6-3 196 Sr. G Cedar Grove, Wis. Sean Wink 6-2 176 So. G Brea, Calif Nov. 17 MAINE Nov. 21 OAKLAND Nov. 25 ST. FRANCIS (N.Y.) Nov. 28 FURMAN Dec. 5 DAYTON Dec. 14 UW-MILWAUKEE Dec. 19 at Seton Hall Dec. 23 BOSTON COLLEGE Dec. 27 LONG BEACH STATE Jan. 3 IOWA Jan. 6 at Minnesota Jan. 9 at Illinois Jan. 13 1 Jan. 16 at Indiana WISCONSIN 1 Jan. 20 Jan. 23 Jan. 27 PENN STATE ppg/rpg/apg TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN PURDUE 9.0/2.8 Jan. 30 Feb. 4 at Michigan State MICHIGAN 21.7/10.7 Feb. 6 at Penn State Feb. 10 at Wisconsin 3.9/3.1 5.3/5.6 Feb. 13 INDLWA Feb. 17 Feb. 20 ILLINOIS at Ohio State Feb. 23/24/25 at Iowa 4.5/2.7 Feb. 27 March 4-7 MINNESOTA at Big Ten Tournament 3.5/1.2 12.1/2.4 8 4 TigfitiT^ Iffini 'Basket Baff tCinois Opponents ®[l|82> QSM^ \^^^(BY]^^^ Saturday, January 30, 1999 at Champaiyn, Iff. 3:30p.m., "ES^P^i- ^ GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Columbus, Ohio Enrollment; 48,300 Arena/Capacity; Value City Arena at the Jerome Schottenstein Center/19,500 Nickname: Buckeyes Colors: Scarlet and Gray Conference: Big Ten Athletic Director: Andy Geiger Athletic Department Phone: (614) 292-7572 Sports Information Mailing Address: Ohio State Athletic Communications Room 124-St. John Arena 410 Woody Hayes Drive Columbus, Ohio 43210 Telephone: (614) 292-6861 Fax: (614) 292-8547 -„ Press Row Phone: (6 1 4) 292- 1 8 1 2 ^ Website: www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com Spons Information Director/Home Phone: Gerr)' Emig/(614) 792-3080 Basketball SID/Home Phone: Dan Wallenberg/(614) 459-2179 Wallenberg e-mail: dwallenberg@buckeves.ath.ohio-state.edu BASKETBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Jim O'Brien (Boston College '71) Collegiate Coaching Record: 243-239 (16 years) ' Record at Ohio State: 8-22 (1 year) Assistant Coaches: Paul Biancardi (Salem State '85), Rock Boyages (Bowdoin College '85), Dave Spiller (Canisius '78) Basketball Office Telephone: (614) 292-0505 1997-98 Overall Record: 8-22 1997-98 Conference Record/Finish: 1-15/1 1th Starters Returning/Lost: 4/ 1 Lettermen Returning/Lost: 8/ 1 Jim O ''Brim JitadCoacfi ■Danll'dllcnbcry SI'D Mchde[']icdd So., Quard SERIES HISTORY OHIO STATE ROSTER imii.:..^ Player Ht. Wt. Yr. Pos. Hometown ppg/rpg/apg Brian Brown 6-3 187 Fr. G Brooklvn, N.Y. Neshaun Coleman 6-3 195 Sr. G Toledo, Ohio Will Dudley 6-8 210 Fr. F Brooklvn, N.Y. Shamar Herron 6-9 247 So. F Detroit, Mich. Brad Hosket 6-3 215 So. G Columbus, Ohio Ken Johnson 6-11 220 Ir. C Detroit, Mich. 6.8/4.2 James "Scoonie" Pe in 5-10 175 jr. G Salem, Mass. Michael Redd 6-5 193 So. G Columbus, Ohio 21.9/6.5 George Reese 6-7 220 Ir. F Columbus, Ohio Jon Sanderson 6-7 213 So. F/G Lexington, Ohio 9.1/5.5 Jason Singleton 6-6 200 Sr. G/F Detroit, Mich. 10.7/4.8 Slobodan Savovic 6-5 210 Fr. G Montenegro,Yugoslavia Kwadjo Steele G-G 198 Jr. F Dayton, Ohio Games: 146 Series Leader: Illinois leads 92-54 At Illinois: Illinois leads 54-20 At Ohio State: Illinois leads 38-34 At Neutral Sites: 0-0 Illinois' largest winning margin: 47 (111-64), Februar)' 11, 1956, at Champaign Ohio State's largest winning margin: 34 (89-55), Jan. 19, 1991, at Coiumbu Overtime games (last): 2 (January 14, 1982, Ohio State 51, Illinois 50 at Champaign) Kruger vs. Ohio State at Illinois: 3-0 Kruger vs. Ohio State all-time: 3-0 O'Brien vs. Illinois at Ohio State: 0-1 1998-99 SCHEDULE Nov. 13 OAKLAND Nov. 15 ALABAMA Nov. 18 ROBERT MORRIS Nov. 20 PENN STATE Nov. 22 ARiMY Nov. 24 TENNESSEE TECH Nov. 28 at Vanderbilt Dec. 5 at Toledo Dec. 14 TENNESSEE-MARTIN Dec. 17 FLORIDA ATLANTIC Dec. 21-23 at Puerto Rico Holiday Classic Dec. 27 at Miami (Fla.) Jan. 2 at Wisconsin Jan. 9 INDL\NA Jan. 12 IOWA Jan. 16 at Michigan Jan. 19 PURDUE Jan. 23 MINNESOTA Jan. 27 at Michigan State Jan. 30 at Illinois Feb. 6 at Purdue Feb. 9 MICHIGAN Feb. 13 at Iowa Feb. 17 at Indiana Feb. 20 N0RTH\XT:STERN Feb. 24 WISCONSIN Feb. 27 at Penn State March 4-7 at Big Ten Tournament BNIVEKSn OF ILLINO 1 1 ^^fitiruj Iffini 'Sas^ethfl 8 5 Ifdnois Opponent [?>®iiiQQ Q'M^ WBzmY/ itotxe Saturday, January 23, 1999 at Champaiyn, III. 1 p.m., 'ES'P'Ms -Regional GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Universirv' Park, Pa. Enrollment: 32,715 Arena/Capacit)': Brv'ce Jordan Center/ 1t,261 Nickname: Nittany Lions Colors: Blue and ^Tiite Conference: Big Ten Athletic Director: Tim Curley Athletic Department Phone: (814) 865-1086 Sports Information Mailing Address: Penn State Sports Intormation 101 D Bry'ce Jordan Center Universit)' Park, PA 16803 Telephone: (814) 865-1757 Fax:(814)863-3165 Press Row Phone: (814) 863-3516 Website:\%'Nv\v. psu.edu Sports Information Director/Home Phone: JetFNelson/(8l4) 234-141 1 Basketball SID/Home Phone: Partick Donghia/(8l4) 235-6745 Donghia e-mail: padl l@psu.edu BASKETBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Jerrr)' Dunn (George Mason '80) Collegiate Coaching Record: 50-37 (3 years) Record at Penn State: Same Assistant Coaches: Chuck Swenson (Indiana 76), Mike Boyd (Northern Michigan '70), Christian Appleman (Penn State '90) Basketball Office Telephone: (814) 865-5494 1997-98 Overall Record: 19-13 1997-98 Conference Record/Finish; 8-8/7th Starters Returning/Lost: 5/1 Letterment Returning/Lost: 1 1/2 PENN STATE ROSTER Jem/ 'Dunn !Head Coach 'Patricl3Q(^jijBafe(^jQ BOILERMAKERS "Wednesday, January 13, 1999 at West Lafayette, Incf. 7p.m., •EST9(: 'J^egionaf Saturday, 'JeSruary 13, 1999 at Champaign, ///. 11:30 a.m./EST'\-'J<5 GENERAL INFORMATION Location: West Lafayette, Ind. Enrollment: 35,715 Arena/Capacity: Mackey Arena/14,123 Nickname: Boilermakers Colors: Old Gold and Black Conference: Big Ten Athletic Director: Morgan J. Burke Athletic Department Phone; (765) 494-3189 Sports Information Mailing Address: Purdue Sports Information Mackey Arena Room 1 5 West Laf-ayette, IN 47907 Telephone: (765) 494-3198 Fax: (765) 494-5447 Press Viovf Phone: (765) 494-6364 Website: www.purduesports.com Sports Information Director/Home Phone: Jim Vruggink/(765) 463-6570 Basketball SID/Home Phone: Andrew Punzal/TBA Ptmzal e-mail:alpunzal@athletics.purdue.edu ijcne 'Keadij 'HeadCoacfi :Anircu"Fmiza[ 'Brian Cardinal 1r., 'Jonuard SERIES HISTORY Games: 152 Series Leader: Purdue leads 79-73 At Illinois: Illinois leads 49-27 At Purdue: Purdue leads 5 1 -24 At Neutral Sites: Purdue leads 1-0 Illinois' largest winning margin: 44 (98-54), Februar)' 21, 1948, at Champaign Purdue's largest winning margin: 34 (83-49), Februar)' 14, 1970, at West Lafayette Overtime games (last):6 (February 25, 1993. Illinois 78, Putdue 70 at Champaign) Kruger vs. Purdue at Illinois: 0-5 Kruger vs. Purdue all-time: 3-6 Keady vs. Illinois at Purdue: 19-16 1998-99 SCHEDULE ^ ' Nov. 13 Nov. 16-18 UNC-ASHEVILLE BASKETBALL INFORMATION at Preseason NIT Nov. 22 Nov. 25-27 LAFAYETTE at Preseason NIT Head Coach: Gene Keady (K ansas S ate '58) Collegiate Coaching Record: 432-187 (20 years) Nov. 29 EASTERN ILLINOIS Record at Purdue: 39 4-168 ( 1 8 years) Dec. 5 at Xavier Assistant Coaches: Fr ank Ke idrick ( Purdue '74), J; ly Price (Kansas Dec. 8 ILLINOIS STATE '91), Jim Thrash (E astern New Mexico '68) Dec. 11-12 BOILERMAKER Basketball Office Tel ephone (765) 494-32 14 1 INVITATIONAL 1997-98 Overall Rec 3rd: 28-8 ■i Dec. 19 vs. Butler 1997-98 Conference Record/Finish 12-4/3rd Dec. 22 vs. South Carolina Starters Returning/L 3St: 7/4 Dec. 27 at Providence Lettermen Returning /Lost: 3/2 Jan. 2 Jan. 6 Jan. 10 Jan. 13 MINNESOTA PURDUE ROSTER at Penn State at Wisconsin Player Ht. Wt. Yr. Pos. Hometown ppg^rpg/aps ILLINOIS John Allison 6-10 215 Fr. C New Palentine, Ind. Jan. 16 INDL\NA Brian Cardinal 6-8 230 Jr- F Tolono, 111. 12.0/4.9/1.8 Jan. 19 at Ohio State Jaraan Cornell 6-3 200 Jr. G South Bend, Ind. 12.8/2.9/2.3 Jan. 23 MICHIGAN Carson Cunningham Jamaal Davis 6-1 170 So. G Ogden Dunes, Ind. Jan. 27 at Northwestern 6-7 215 So. F Merrillville, Ind. Feb. 4 IOWA Alan Eldridge 6-1 185 Sr. G Fort Wayne, Ind. 7.2/2.6/3.6 Feb. 6 OHIO STATE Chad Kerkhof 6-0 170 Jr. G Greenfield, Ind. 0.9/0.5/0.3 Feb. 9 at Indiana Maynard Lewis 6-1 170 Fr. G Terre Haute, Ind. Feb. 13 at Illinois Gary McQuay 6-8 200 Jr. F Gar)-, Ind. 6.0/4.6/1.0 Feb. 16 at Michigan State Tony Mayfield 6-1 180 Sr. G Milwaukee, Wis. 2.5/1.7/2.1 Feb. 20 PENN STATE Mike Robinson 6-6 210 Jr. F Peoria, 111. 11.3/5.3/1.7 Feb. 23/24/25 at Minnesota Rodney Smith 6-6 205 Fr. F Indianapolis, Ind. Feb. 27 or 28 MICHIGAN STATE Cameron Stephens 6-8 220 So. F Fort Wayne, Ind. March 4-7 at Big Ten Tournament i r fi^htimj Ilfini 'Baslietbafl 8 7 Iffinois Opponent 3a3ccO [y^oate Qa[|[ia]i(^j^ 'Jriday, 'Mjpvember 20, 1998 at Cfmmpaign, Iff. 7 p.m., 'ES^'Ji: ^gionaf GENERAL INFORMATION Location: St. Louis, Mo. Enrollment: 11,038 Arena/Capacity: Kiel Center/20,000 Nickname: Billikens Colors: Blue and White Conference: Conference USA Athletic Director: Doug Woolard Athletic Department Phone: (314) 977-3167 Spons Information Mailing Address: Saint Louis Sports Information 221 N.Grand Blvd. DB Room 38 St. Louis, MO 63103 Telephone: (314) 977-3462 Fax:(314)977-7193 Press Row Phone: (314) 589-3832 Website: www.slu.edu Sports Information Director/Home Phone: Doug Mcllhagga/ (314) 939-3437 Mcllhagga e-mail: mcilhagg@wpogate.slu.edu BASKETBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Charlie Spoonhour (Ozarks '61) Collegiate Coaching Record: 304-153 (13 years) Record at Saint Louis: 107-74 (6 years) Assistant Coaches; Greg Lackey (S. Mississippi '80), Derek Thomas (Mo. -St. Louis '89), Jay Spoonhour (Kansas State '94) Basketball Office Telephone: (314) 977-3170 1997-98 Overall Record: 22-1 1 1997-98 Conference Record/Finish: 1 1 -5/3rd Starters Returning/Lost: 4/ 1 Lettermen Returning/Lost: 1 1 II SAINT LOUIS ROSTER Cfmrlk Spoonhour '.HeadCoacfi 'Douq ■Mclifiagga " SW ViT£dCo6bin Sr., Cjimri SERIES HISTORY Games: 1 5 Series Leader: Illinois leads 10-5 At Illinois: Illinois leads 7-2 At Saint Louis: Saint Louis leads 3-1 At Neutral Sites: Illinois leads 2-0 Illinois' largest winning margin: 14 (31- at Champaign Saint Louis' largest winning margin: 20 at St. Louis Overtime games (last): Kruger vs. Saint Louis at Illinois: 0-1 Kruger vs. Saint Louis all-time: 0- 1 Spoonhour vs. Illinois at Saint Louis: 1 - 17), December 12, 1931, (62-42), February 1, 1950, Player Ht. Wt. Yr. Pos. MattBaniak 6-9 235 So. F Chris Braun 6-10 225 Fr. F Virgil Cobbin 6-4 205 Sr. G/F Charles Cranford 6-5 200 Fr. G DrewDiener 6-5 185 Fr. G Fergerson 6-0 175 Jr. G Heinrich 6-11 250 So. C ustin Love 6-2 210 Jr. G Luechtefeld 6-8 220 Sr. F Redden 6-1 190 Jr. G Robenson 6-4 190 Jr. G/F Larr}' Simmons 6-7 190 Jr. F Jamall Walker 6-0 185 Sr. G Hometown St. Louis, Mo. Waterloo, 111. Houston, Texas Queens, N.Y. Fon du Lac, Wis. Merced, Calif Quakertown, Pa. San Francisco, Calif Okawville, III. St. Louis, Mo. St. Charles, Mo. Missouri City, Texas Wichita, Kan. ppg/rpg/apg 8.7/5.0 8.0/2.2 4.3/3.0 9.8/3.7 3.5/2.4 2.5/1.5 2.7/1.4 6.1/2.2/3.9 1998-99 SCHEDULE Nov. 13 ARKANSAS STATE Nov. 20 at Illinois Nov. 23 at San Francisco Nov. 27-29 at City Bank/ Aloha Airlines B Island Invitational Dec. 5 GRAMBLING Dec. 12 CAL-STATE FULLERTON Dec. 15 at SlU-Carbondale Dec. 20 UNC CHARLOTTE Dec. 23 KANSAS Dec. 28 KANSAS STATE Jan. 2 SW MISSOURI STATE Jan. 6 at Louisville _- Jan. 9 TULANE Jan. 13 at Houston Jan. 16 at Marquette Jan. 20 SOUTH FLORIDA Jan. 23 at Cincinnati Jan. 28 LOUISVILLE Jan. 30 MARQUETTE Feb. 3 SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI Feb. 6 at UNC Charlotte Feb. 8 MURRAY STATE Feb. 1 1 at DePaul Feb. 14 CINCINNATI Feb. 18 at Memphis Feb. 20 DEPAUL Feb. 27 at Alabama-Birmingham March 3-6 at Conference USA Tournament 8 8 lFi£[Htin£ Iffini 'Bas/(etBaff [[inois Opponents 'Monday, 9\lovem5er 23, 1998 ^1 at Champaign, I ft. /'• m. o o \Mm GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Martin, Tenn. Enrollment; 6,012 Arena/Capacity. Skyhawk Arena/6,700 Nickname: Skyhawks Colors: Royal Blue, Orange and White Conference: Ohio Valley Athletic Director: Benny HoUis Athletic Department Phone: (901) 587-7660 Sports Information Mailing Address: Tennessee-Martin Sports Information 40 Skyhawk Fieldhouse The Universit)' of Tennessee at Martin Martin, TN 38238 Telephone: (901) 587-7630 Fax:(901)587-7624 ., Press Row Phone: (901) 587-7694 Website: wwAv.iitm.edu Sports Information Director/Home Phone: Lee Wilmot/(901) 587-981 1 Wilmot e-mail: lwilmot@utm.edu Basketball SID/Home Phone: Same BASKETBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Cal Luther (Valparaiso '51) Collegiate Coaching Record: 486-444 (37 years) Record at Tennessee-Martin: 59-131 (7 years) Assistant Coaches: Bob Ward (Murray State '74), Ernest Neal (Mani'land-Eastern Shore '74) Basketball Office Telephone: (901) 587-7663 1997-98 Overall Record: 7-20 1997-98 Conference Record/Finish: 5-13 (TSth) Starters Returning/Lost: 3/2 Lettermen Returning/Lost: 5/5 TENNESSEE-MARTIN ROSTER Player Ht. Wt. Yr. Pos. Hometown AndraeBetts 5-9 150 Fr. G Marion, Ind. BenCorley 6-5 195 Fr. G/F Fort Wayne, Ind. Joe Crumby 6-8 210 Sr. F/C Nashville. Tenn. Ryan DeMichael 6-9 220 Sr. F/C Woodhaven, Mich. NickOeVilder 6-5 185 So. G/F Moiine, III. Sean Griffin 6-1 185 So. G Charlotte, N.C. Daniel Grubbs 6-7 220 Jr. F Jeffersonville, Ind. Adam Hassett 6-9 245 Sr. C Logansport, Ind. Eric Johnson 5-9 175 Fr. G Chesapeake, \'a. Steve Jordan 6-3 190 Jr. G/F Fort Wayne, Ind. Brian Lyon 6-6 210 So. F/C Paintsville. Ky. Jason Ohlsen 6-2 180 Sr. G Genesco. 111. Morris Robinson 6-7 225 Fr. F Jackson, Tenn. CtdLuther 'Head Coach Lcc 'Wilmot 'J^i/an VcMichael St.,'J/C SERIES HISTORY Games: First Meeting PPg/ipg/apg 13.1/5.3 14.9/9.8 0.9/0.5 1.1/0.4/0.. 2.8/2.3 10.5/1.9/2.0 1998-99 SCHEDULE Nov. 16 LYON COLLEGE Nov. 18 EVANSVILLE Nov. 21 at Bradley Nov. 23 at Illinois Nov. 28 at Mississippi State Nov. 30 BETHEL Dec. 3 at Eastern Kentuck)' Dec. 5 at Morehead State Dec. 14 at Ohio State Jan. 2 MIDDLE TENNESSEE Jan. 4 TENNESSEE TECH Jan. 9 at Murray State Jan. 12 EASTERN KENTUCKY Jan. 14 at Eastern Illinois Ian. 16 at Southeast Missouri Jan. 21 AUSTIN PEAY Jan. li TENNESSEE STATE Jan. 28 at Middle Tennessee Jan. 30 at Tennessee Tech Feb. 2 MOREHL\D STATE Feb. 6 MURRAY STATE Feb. 8 BRESCL\ Feb. 1 1 EASTERN ILLINOIS Feb. 13 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI Feb. 18 at Austin Peay Feb. 20 at Tennessee State Feb. 23-27 at Ohio Valley Tournament fi^/itiru^ Iffini 'Bas^etMi 8 9 : I ffinois Opponent f,. Saturday, 'J\[pvem6er 28, 199S at 'Ldinburg, Te?(as 7:30 p.m. o GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Edinburg, Texas Enrollment: 12,500 Arena/Capacity: Fieldhouse/5.000 Nickname: Broncs Colors: Green and White Conference; Sun Belt Athletic Director: William Weidner Athletic Department Phone: (956) 381-2221 Sports Information Mailing Address: Texas-Pan American Sports Information 1201 W. Universit)' Drive Edinburg, Texas 78539 Telephone: (956) 381-2240 Fax: (956) 381-2398 Press Row Phone: (956) 381-2236 Website: www. panam.edu/athletics Spons Information Director/Home Phone: Jim McKone/(956) 682-5319 Basketball SID/Home Phone: Same McKone e-mail: mckonerx@hiline.net BASKETBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Delray Brooks (Providence College '88) Collegiate Coaching Record: 3-24 (1 year) Record at Texas-Pan American: Same Assistant Coaches: George Morgan (Valparaiso '79), Patrick Harrington (Rollins College '86), Jason Patterson (Brighara Young '95) Basketball Office Telephone: (956) 381-2228 1997-98 Overall Record: 3-24 1997-98 Conference Record/ Finish: 3-15/lOth Starters Returning/Lost: 4/5 Lettermen Returning/Lost: 3/2 'Dclraij 'Broolis !Head Coach Jim l\tL"Jyi'tw sri> Larry Jaclison Jr., 'Jorwari SERIES HISTORY Games: 1 Series Leader: Illinois leads 1-0 At Illinois: Illinois leads 1-0 At Texas-Pan American: 0-0 At Neutral Sites: 0-0 Illinois' largest winning margin: 28 (88-60), December 2, 1997, at Champaign Texas-Pan American's largest winning margin: None Overtime games (last): None Kruger vs. Texas-Pan American at Illinois: 1 -0 Kruger vs. Texas-Pan American all-time: 1-0 Brooks vs. Illinois at Texas-Pan American: 0- 1 1998-99 SCHEDULE >w^ ^ TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN ROSTER BBUVKRSITY .UNOIS Player Ht. Wt. Yr. Pos. Hometown Charles Bake r 6-1 185 Fr. G Missouri Cit)', Texas Watra Banks 6-4 175 Fr. G Chicago, 111. John Braxtor 1 6-4 205 So. G/F Seabrook, Texas Larr)' Gibbs 6-7 220 Fr. C/F Sleepyhallow, N.Y. Brucal Green 6-6 185 Fr. F Berkley, III. Larr)' Jackson 6-5 190 Jr. F Oak Park, III. Kirbv Lemons 6-7 220 Fr. F Midland, Texas Micah McAdams 6-9 235 So. F/C Deer Park, Texas Brian Merriweather 6-3 185 So. G Evansville, Ind. Matt Palmquist 6-9 210 Ir. C/F Cedar Creek, Texa Lalo Rios 5-10 175 St. G Edinburg. Texas Kvle Sanders 6-5 205 Jr. F Clarkson, Ga. „^ George Simpkins le Watson 6-7 6-9 200 225 Fr. Fr, F C Missouri City, Tex East St.Louis, III. as 9L\ Dewavr ppg/rpg/apg 17.3/5.7 2.3/2.3 6.7/3.5 9.2/3.5 Nov. 1: at Rice Nov. 16 at Louisiana State Nov. 21 at Providence Nov. 11 at Pittsburgh Nov. It COLORADO STATE Nov. li ILLINOIS Dec. 4- 5 at SW Missouri St. Tourname Dec. 8 at New Mexico Dec. 1 1 at DePaul Dec. 17 at Texas Tech Dec. 11 LOUISLW^IATECH Dec. 28 GONZAGA Dec. 30 at Baylor Jan. 2 at Southern Methodist Jan. 4 ARXANSAS-LITTLE ROCK Jan. 1 1 SW LOUlSL\NA Jan. 19 at Arkansas-Little Rock Jan. 23 at Nonhwestern Jan. 25 at South Alabama Jan. 30 DENVER Feb. 1 at Louisiana Tech Feb. 9 SOUTH ALABAMA Feb. 16 at Wyoming Feb. 18 at Denver Feb. 22 at Southwestern Louisiana Feb. 27 lUPUI 9 O 'Fi^fttiry UTmi (Bas^eti^aff [[inois Opponents \!felO^QI^te> (^GI^i^Udl^jQ VALPO 'Monday, 'MovemberJO, 199S at Champaign, ILL 7 p.m. GENERAL INFORMATION Location; Valapraiso, Ind. Enrollment: 3,500 Arena/Capacity: Athletics-Recreation Center/4,500 Nickname: Crusaders Colors: Brown and Gold Conference: Mid-Continent Athletic Director: Dr. William Steinbrecher Athletic Department Phone: (2 1 9) 464-6894 Sports Information Mailing Address: Valparaiso Sports Information ARC- Valparaiso University Valparaiso, IN 46383 Telephone: (219) 464-6953 Fax: (219) 464-5762 Press Row Phone: (2 1 9) 464-5492 Website: www.valpo.edu/athletics/ Sports Information Director/Home Phone: Bill Rogers/(219) 477-4605 Basketball SID/Home Phone: Same Rogers e-mail: wrogers@exodus.valpo.edu BASKETBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Dr. Homer Drew (William Jewell '66) Collegiate Coaching Record: 413-269 (22 years) Record at Valparaiso: 144-147 (10 years) Assistant Coaches: Scott Drew (Butler '93), Sreve FHnt (UC-San Diego '84), Mark Morefield (Valparaiso '98) Basketball Office Telephone: (219) 464-5254 1997-98 Overall Record: 23- 1 I 1997-98 Conference Record/Finish: 13-3/lst j Starters Returning/Lost: 1/4 i; Lettermen Returning/Lost: 6/8 * VALPARAISO ROSTER !Hotner 'Drciv !Head Coach ■BiULRpg^Ts sii) Zoran 'I'iskpvic St., Center SERIES HISTORY Player Ht. Wt. Yr. Pos. Hometown ppg/rpg/apg Aric Graham 6-3 195 So. G Valparaiso, Ind. 0.6 Jason Jenkins 6-8 220 So. F East Peoria, 111. 2.5 Jared Nuness 5-11 165 So. G Eden Prairie, Minn. 5.8 Martv Perrv 6-10 200 Fr. F Jacksonville, Hi. Tarrance Price 6-3 175 |r. G Junction City, Kan. Marko Punda 6-6 205 So. G SpUt, Croatia 1.8 Ryan Sexson 6-3 175 Fr. G Lafayette, Ind. Chris Sparks 6-0 170 In G Milford, Ohio Milo Stovall 6-4 185 Fr. G Kalamazoo, Mich. Aaron Thomas< m 6-7 220 Ir. F Detroit, Mich. 1.1 Dwayne Toatle y 6-2 185 Jr. G Eden Prairie, Minn. Greg Tonagel 6-3 185 Fr. G LaPorte, Ind. Zoran Viskovic 6-11 270 Sr. C Tucepi, Croatia 13.6/6.1 Ivan Vujic 6-10 240 Ir. C Split, Croatia Phil Wille 6-9 220 Fr. C Hilliard, Ohio Games: 3 Series Leader: Illinois leads 3-0 At Illinois: Illinois leads 3-0 At Valparaiso: 0-0 At Neutral Sites: 0-0 IMinois' largest winning margin: 35 (94-59), December 2, 1982, at Champaign Valparaiso's largest winning margin: N/A Overtime games (last): Kruger vs. Valparaiso at Illinois: 0-0 Kruger vs. Valparaiso all-time; 0-0 Drew vs. Illinois at Valparaiso: 0-0 1998-99 SCHEDULE Nov. 7 at NABC Classic Valparaiso vs. South Carolina Nov. 10 Foreign Team Nov. 15 NORTHLAND COLLEGE Nov. 23 KENDALL COLLEGE Nov. 28 at Norfolk State Nov. 30 at Illinois Dec. 2 NORFOLK STATE Dec. 5 MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY Dec. 7 ORAL ROBERTS Dec. 11-12 at Boilermaker Invitational Dec. 22 at Wisconsin-Green Bay an. 2 SOUTHERN UTAH an. 7 at Oakland an. 9 YOUNGSTOWN STATE an. 1 1 BELMONT an. 16 at Western Illinois an. 21 at Chicago State an. 23 lUPUl " Jan. 28 OAKLAND Jan. 30 at Southern Utah Feb. 4 at Missouri-Kansas Cin' Feb. 6 at Oral Roberts Feb. 1 1 WESTERN ILLINOIS Feb. 1 3 at Yoimgstown State Feb. 18 CHICAGO STATE Feb. 20 at lUPUI Feb. 22 at Belmont Feb. 28-Mar. 2 at Mid-Continent Tournament ^^/ttitiq Illini 'Bas^etBalT 9 1 OF ILLINOT'llj Illinois Opponent 'Wednesday, January 20, 1999 at Madison, Wis. Sp.m., 'ES'P'X- 'Kegiona[ Saturdaij, 'Jcbruan/ 6, 1999 at Champaign, III. 3:30p.m., 'ES'P'^C-'-Reyionaf GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Madison, Wis. Enrollment; 39,826 Arena/Capacity: Kohl Center/ 17, 142 Nickname: Badgers Colors: Cardinal and White Conference: Big Ten Athletic Director: Pat Richrer Athletic Department Phone: (608) 262- Sports Information Mailing Address: Wisconsin Men's Sports Intormation 1440 Monroe Street Madison. WI 5371 1 Telephone: (608)262-1811 Fax: (608)262-8184 Press Row: (608) 265-4333 Website: www.wisc.edii/ath/ Sports Information Director/Home Phone: Steve Malchow/(608) 238-8199 Basketball SID/Home Phone: Justin Doherty/(608) 833-481 1 Doherty e-mail: Justin. doherU'@ccmall. adp.wisc.edu BASKETBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Dick Bennett (Ripon '65) Collegiate Coaching Record: 407-233 (22 years) Record at Wisconsin: 47-44 (3 years) Assistant Coaches: Brad Soderberg (UW-Stevens Point '85). Shawn Hood (Cleveland State '88), Brian Hecker (Indiana '90J Basketball Office Telephone: (608) 262-4597 1997-98 Overall Record: 12-19 1997-98 Conference Record/Finish: 3-13/T9th Starters Returning/Lost: 4/1 Lettermen Returning/Lost: 9/4 ■DkK^'Bcnnett iHmdCoach Justin 'Do/urty SW Scan 'Mason St., (jtmrd SERIES HISTORY Games: 1 59 Series Leader: Illinois leads 97-62 At Illinois: Illinois leads 60-17 At Wisconsin: Wisconsin leads 45-36 At Neutral Sites: Illinois leads 1-0 Illinois' largest winning margin: 39 (93-54), February 16, 1959, at Champaign Wisconsin's largest winning margin: 34 (47-13), February 1, 1907, at Madison Overtime games (last):3 (February 7, 1998, Illinois 53, Wisconsin 47 at Madison) Kruger vs. Wisconsin at Illinois: 5-1 Kruger vs. Wisconsin all-time: 3-2 Bennett vs. Illinois at Wisconsin: 3-3 1998-99 SCHEDULE Nov. 14 Nov. 16 Nov. 20- Nov. 28 Dec. 2 De De Dec, Dec. Dec. 23 Dec. 27 Dec. 30 Jan. 2 5 9 12 15 WISCONSIN ROSTER Jan Player Ht. Wt. Yr. Hennessy Auriantal 6-1 185 Sr. Jon Bryant 6-2 195 Jr. David Burkemper 6-1 210 Sr. TyCalderwood 6-0 180 Sr. Travon Davis 5-10 175 Fr. DuanyDuany 6-5 180 Jr. MikeKelley 6-3 195 So. AndyKowske 6-8 230 So. Maurice Linton 6-8 210 So. Sean Mason 6-2 180 Sr. John Moriarry 6-5 185 Fr. Maurice Sessoms 6-8 220 Fr. MarkVershaw 6-9 225 So. Charlie Wills 6-8 230 Fr. Pos. Hometown G Montreal, Quebec G Plymouth, Minn. G Hubertus, Wis. G Joliet, 111. G Summitt, 111. G Bloomington, Ind. G Milwaukee, Wis. F Brookfield, Wis. F Calumet City, 111. G Country Club Hills, G Gostburg, Wis. F Teaneck, N.J. F East Peoria, 111. F Angola, Ind. PPg/rpg/apg 7.2/3.4 0.7/0.8 8.8/3.2 4.5/1.7 4.2/2.0 5.1/3.9 2.5/1.4 115.5/3.4 5.3/2.7 6 10 13 16 20 23 30 Ian. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Feb. 3 Feb. 6 Feb. 10 Feb. 13 Feb. 20 Feb. 24 Feb. 27 or 28 March 4-7 LOYOLA (CHICAGO) UW-MILWAUKEE at Top of the World Tourn. at Rhode Island NORTHERN ILLINOIS at Illinois State at Temple PEPPERDINE at Texas at Marquette FRESNO STATE at Michigan _ OHIO STATE MICHIGAN STATE PURDUE at Penn State at Northwestern ILLINOIS at Iowa MINNESOTA at Indiana at Illinois NORTHWESTERN PENN STATE at Michigan State at Ohio State MICHIGAN at Big Ten Tournament 9 2 'Tuj/ttitT^ Iffini "Basket Mf [Cinois Opponents James E. Delany Commissioner Tops In Attendance For the 22nd consecutive year, the Big Pen Conference led all NCAA :onferences in home attendance for men's basketball. The league's attendance Ttark in 1997-98 (2,166,264) set an SJCAA record. The Big Ten placed seven :eams in the top 25 nationally for home ittendance (Indiana, Purdue, Iowa, Vlichigan State, Minnesota, ILLINOIS, md Wisconsin). Postseason Play rhe Big Ten sent eight teams to jostseason competition in 1997-98. Five :onference teams earned berths to the MCAA Championship (ILLINOIS, ndiana, Michigan, Michigan State, ^urdue) and three accepted bids to the ■■JIT (Iowa, Minnesota, Penn State). The Spartans and Boilermakers reached the iweet 16, while Illinois, Indiana and "pie. -f > ^, Mark D. Rudner Assistant Commissioner Michigan advanced to the second round. The championship game of the NIT was an all-Big Ten match up with Minnesota and Penn State both advancing to the title game. The Gophers won their second NIT tide in the 1990s. Since the NCAA Tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985, the Big Ten has recorded a 108-77 mark, with champions coming in 1987 (Indiana) and 1989 (Michigan). Since 1985, the Big Ten has been represented in the Final Fout seven times, including two years with multiple teams advancing to the national semifinals (ILLINOIS & Michigan in 1989, Michigan & Indiana in 1992). Since the first tournament in 1939, the Big Ten has advanced teams to the championship game 17 times, with a Big Ten team emerging as the champion seven times. League schools have accounted for 30 appearances in the Final Four since the first tournament in 1939. Since 1940, Big Ten players have been selected to the Final Four All- Tournament team 39 times. The Big Ten is the all-time ieadet with 143 bids to the NCAA Tournament since 1939. Non-Conference Competition In the 1998-99 season, the Big Ten Conference schools are once again set to play tough non-conlerence schedtdes, with its teams playing 30 programs that were either ranked in the top 25 or BMiRN CONFERENCE The Big Ten Conference 1500 West Higgins Road Park Ridge, IL 60068-6300 (847) 696-1010 FAX: (847)696-1 I 10 James E. Delany Commissioner Kevin L. Weiberg Associate Commissioner Richard Falk Assistant Commissioner Carol A. Iwaoka Assistant Commissioner Mark D. Rudner Assistant Commissioner Robert C. Vowels Jr. Assistant Commissioner Sue Ryan Director of Communicatons received votes in the final ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. ILLINOIS boasts the toughest non-conference schedule with six teams that were either ranked or received votes in the final poll. Polls In 1997-98, four Big Ten teams were ranked in the Associated Press top 25 final poll (Purdue 1 1th, Michigan 12th, Michigan State 16th, and ILLINOIS 22nd) The Big Ten conference ranked first, along with the SEC, each with four teams in the final AP poll. The ACC, WAC and Pac 10 had three teams, the Atlantic 10 and Big East each had two teams, and four other conferences had one team in the final T^ssociated Press poll. 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(93-59) H — 60-16 ■33-42 N — 0-1 2-2-06 2-28-06 1-31-07 3-1-07 2-15-08 3-12-08 1-22-09 2-10-09 3-9-10 1-20-11 3-2-11 1-12-12 2-10-12 2-8-13 2-22-13 1-23-14 2-21-14 2-15-15 3-8-15 2-21-16 3-13-16 1-22-17 2-10-17 1-14-18 2-25-18 1-27-19 3-3-19 1-17-20 2-23-20 1-24-21 2-12-21 2-11-22 2-18-22 2-2-23 2-19-23 1-5-24 3-10-24 1-11-26 3-8-26 1-3-27 2-5-27 2-11-29 3-4-29 2-8-30 2-15-30 2-15-32 2-27-32 2-18-33 2-25-33 2-23-35 3-2-35 1-6-36 2-22-36 1-17-38 2-12-38 1-23-39 2-10-40 2-8-41 1-24-42 2-16-42 2-13-43 2-15-43 3-3-44 19-32 25-27 3-42 29-36 16-15 22-20 17-18 21-20 9-22 18-17 22-12 16-22 13-10 19-12 20-10 18-16 26-11 20-10 26-11 27-22 20-9 11-20 18-17 28-17 22-35 17-36 9-26 31-19 26-20 23-22 24-20 29-28 28-18 24-21 25-18 20-36 31-19 17-8 21-28 27-13 36-27 35-32 32-27 21-26 26-22 23-15 26-27 26-22 28-30 38-34 41-29 42-19 35-33 29-41 23-28 33-35 60-31 38-50 49-36 41-37 56-35 67-43 50-32 L Minneapolis L Champaign L Minneapolis L Champaign W Minneapolis W Champaign L Minneapohs W Champaign L Champaign W Minneapolis W Champaign L Minneapolis W Champaign W Champaign W Minneapolis W Champaign W Minneapohs W Minneapolis W Champaign W Minneapolis W Champaign L Minneapolis W Champaign W Champaign L Minneapolis L Minneapolis L Champaign W Champaign W Minneapolis W Minneapolis W Champaign W Minneapolis W Champaign W Minneapolis W Champaign L Minneapolis W Champaign W Champaign L Minneapolis W Minneapolis W Champaign W Minneapolis. W Champaign L Minneapolis W Champaign W Champaign L Minneapolis W Minneapolis L Champaign W Minneapolis W Champaign W Minneapolis W Champaign L Champaign L Minneapolis L Minneapolis W Champaign L Minneapolis W Champaign W Minneapolis W Minneapolis W Minneapolis W Champaign 9 6 'fightiTy Illini 'Bas/ietbaff ([inois Opponents 53-27 57-35 49-48 31-34 51-59 45-44 67-57 70-62 52-43 73-77 83-82 72-84 7I-78/OT 95-84 97-81 88-91 75-86 94-87 70-81 90-82 70-77 65-60 76-85 89-80 81-70 81-92 86-78 75-72 90-105 100-89 92-94 81-93 84-71 61-60 80-58 73-82 75-73 93-78 64-80 62-91 73-82 61-80 52-72 47-75 50-56 68-77 62-72 69-83 70-72 66-70 69-75 67-57 59-57 75-79 60-58/OT 63-65 80-76 59-76 64-57 77-65 49-75 70-67 80-53 53-41 58-60 82-56 76-57 73-64 80-58 79-67 65-61/OT W W L L W W W W L W L L W W L L W L W L W L W W L W W L W L L W w w L W W L L L L L L L L L W" W* L L W W L W L W L W W L W W W L W W W W W W Champaign Minneapolis Champaign Champaign Minneapolis Champaign Minneapohs Champaign Minneapolis Minneapolis Champaign Champaign Minneapolis Minneapolis Champaign Minneapolis Champaign Champaign Minneapolis Champaign Minneapolis Minneapolis Champaign Champaign Minneapolis Minneapohs Champaign Champaign Minneapohs Champaign Minneapolis Minneapolis Champaign Minneapohs Champaign Minneapohs Champaign Champaign Minneapolis Minneapohs Champaign Minneapolis Champaign Minneapohs Champaign Minneapohs Champaign Champaign Minneapolis Minneapohs Champaign Champaign Minneapolis Minneapolis Champaign New York Cit>' Champaign Minneapolis Minneapolis Champaign Minneapolis Champaign Champaign Minneapohs Minneapolis Champaign Champaign Minneapolis Champaign Minneapolis Minneapolis 2-11-88 1-26-89 3-2-89 1-6-90 2-8-90 1-10-91 2-10-91 1-25-92 2-15-92 3-3-93 3-9-94 1-21-95 2-22-95 1-3-96 3-9-96 1-14-97 2-22-97 2-4-98 86-50 62-69 63-58 74-91 99-72 67-66 94-74 53-54 74-58 65-67 90-75 66-77 94-88/OT 64-69 66-67 96-90 66-67 68-56 W L W L W W w L W L W L W L L W L W Champaign Minneapolis Minneapolis Minneapolis Champaign Champaign Minneapolis Minneapolis Champaign Minneapohs Champaign Minneapolis Champaign Minneapolis Champaign Champaign Minneapolis Champaign *Minnesota forfeited game MISSOURI (18-10) H — 4 12-21-32 1-3-34 12-14-42 12-18-43 12-16-46 12-4-54 12-10-55 12-3-76 12-6-77 12-5-78 12-4-79 12-10-80 12-8-81 12-28-83 12-6-84 12-21-85 12-23-86 12-22-87 12-19-88 12-20-89 12-19-90 12-23-91 12-23-92 12-22-93 12-22-94 12-20-95 12-28-96 12-23-97 A- 36-24 31-27 51-30 39-29 50-55 77-49 73-74 75-76 96-85 69-57 66-67/OT 84-62 68-78/OT 66-60 65-50 67-55 92-74 75-63 87-84 101-93 84-81 44-61 65-66 107-108/3OT 58-76 96-85/OT 85-69 69-75 3-2 N- 11-7 W W W W L W L L W W L W L W W W W W W W \V L L L L W W L Columbia Champaign Champaign Columbia Kansas Cit)' Champaign Columbia Columbia Champaign Columbia Champaign St. Louis St. Louis St. Louis St. Louis St. Louis St. Louis St. Louis St. Louis St. Louis St. Louis St. Louis St. Louis St. Louis St. Louis St. Louis St. Louis St. Louis NORTHWESTERN (108-32) H- 55-12 3-7-08 18-13 2-27-09 35-4 2-25-11 26-15 3-2-12 25-10 3-9-12 30-19 2-14-13 23-22 3-15-13 18-20 2-14-14 35-15 - 53-20 N — 0-0 W Evanston W Evanston W Evanston W Champaign W Evanston W Champaign L Evanston W Champaign 2-12-16 21-23 L Champaign 2-29-16 16-25 L Evanston 1-12-17 45-17 W Champaign 3-2-17 21-12 \V Evanston 2-9-18 38-22 W Champaign 3-2-18 14-29 L Evanston 1-17-24 38-18 W Champaign 3-4-24 36-35 W Evanston 1-14-25 27-16 W Evanston 2-12-25 30-20 W Champaign 1-8-27 27-23 W Evanston 2-16-27 46-32 W Champaign 2-8-28 32-20 W Chanipaign 3-1-28 31-39 L Evanston 2-10-30 30-24 W Evanston 2-22-30 32-34 L Champaign 1-12-31 27-29 L Champaign 2-16-31 35-28 W Evanston 1-7-33 27-25 W Champaign 1-21 -.33 27-30 L Evanston 1-20-34 34-20 W Champaign 2-19-34 25-32 L Evanston 1-18-36 28-40 L Champaign 2-17-36 39-38 W Evanston 1-4-37 38-47 L Champaign 3-6-37 32-26 W Evanston 2-25-39 34-36 L Evanston 2-12-40 35-33 W Champaign 1-18-41 42-41 W Evanston 2-7-42 41-33 W Champaign 2-28-42 63-49 W Chicago 2-1-43 68-51 W Champaign 2-27-43 86-44 \V Chicago 2-11-44 29-42 L Champaign 2-25-44 50-47 W Chicago 1-19-45 51-42 W Champaign 12-24-45 45-57 L Chicago 1-14-46 45-38 W Chicago 2-16-46 43-48 L Champaign 1-11-47 55-40 W Champaign 2-22-47 52-51 W Chicago 1-5-48 52-47 W Champaign 2-28-48 60-43 W Chicago 2-7-49 85-66 \V Champaign 2-26-49 81-64 W Chicago 1-16-50 76-50 W Champaign 3-4-50 69-52 W Chicago 3-3-51 80-76 W Chicago 3-3-52 95-74 W Champaign 1-12-53 83-58 W Champaign 3-9-53 86-70 W Evanston 1-4-54 66-65 w Evanston 3-1-54 84-82 \v Champaign 2-5-55 104-89 w Champaign 3-5-55 81-69 w Evanston 3-5-56 82-83 L Evanston 2-11-57 104-97 W Evanston 2-1-58 102-98 W Champaign 3-8-58 72-88 L Evanston 2-7-59 79-88 L Evanston 3-7-59 81-84 L Champaign 12-29-5 ; 92-79 W Los Angeles 3-5-60 84-77 W Evanston 2-18-61 72-78 L Champaign 2-12-62 88-70 W Champaign 3-10-62 73-68 W Evanston 1-14-63 78-76 W Evanston 3-4-63 79-73 W Champaign 1-1-64 73-71 W Champaign ^ig/itiTig Iffini 'Basl:.v/., ..r...^.^'/ y. ..'..., Hi^^^ 1997-98 In 1{evieii H ^^V^^^ M \M'^M^ For ever>'one associaced with Illinois baskerball. from fans to players to coaches 1997-98 will always be remembered as a special season. It was the year that a group of unheralded seniors led a team which was picked to finish in the bottom half of the league standings to a share of the Big Ten title. The)' did so with unrelentless eftbrt and a stingy defense that led the Big Ten in scoring defense, field goal percentage defense, and three-point percentage defense. Illinois started five seniors in all but one game and of tliose five players none were picked to be all league, but at the end of the season Kevin Tutner's name was on the first-team All-Big Ten list after averaging 17.7 points and setting the school record with 78 three pointers. The 1997-98 vetsion of the Fighting lUini exhibited the true meaning of teamwork. No stars, no egos, just a group of players on the floor working their tails off for even.' win. Here are some of the highlights from the season. v'^All seven Illinois seniors earned their undergraduate degree. Two seniors, Jerry Hester and Brian Johnson completed their undergraduate work prior to the 1998 season. ^ Ilhnois, picked to finish anywhere trom fifth to seventh in the Big Ten, produced a 13-3 record and captured its first Big Ten Championship since 1984. The Illini's 13-3 record is the best in league play since the Illini were 14-4 in 1989. ^ This is the first yeat in school histor)- that Illinois has gone undefeated against Indiana, Iowa and Michigan. • This is the first time since 1990 that Illinois has swept Indiana and Lon Kruger is 3-0 vs. Indiana in two years at Illinois. • Illinois produced back-to-back 20-win seasons with a 22-10 record in 1997 and a 23-10 mark in 1998. \/ Illinois finished the regular season ranked in the top 25 for the second year in a row. The Illini were 22nd in the final Associated Press poll. ^ Illinois was the top delensive team in the Big Ten holchng first place in scoring defense, field goal percentage defense, and three-point percentage defense in conference games. \ i/ Three Illini players earned Big Ten Player of . the Week accolades. Matt Heldman was selected after averaging 13.5 points in games against Maine and Clemson. gainst Clemson he hit a career best 1 4-of- 1 4 from the free throw line. Kevin Turner was chosen after scoring 32 and 35 points in back-to-back games against UCLA and Indiana, and Jerry Hester was chosen in Februan' after averaging 18.5 points in wins against Northwestern and Iowa. That week, he was 6-of-9 from three- point range. ^ When Illinois defeated Michigan 64-53 on Ian. 25, the Illini held the Wolverines to 23 points below their scoring average. ^ The lUini defeated Iowa by double figures (76-64) in Iowa dry for the first time since 1964. ^ UI's seniors produced 84 percent of the team's scoring and 63 percent of its rebound- ing. |/ Kevin Turner was chosen first team All- Big Ten, Jerry Hester was chosen third team All-Big Ten and Matt Heldman was honorable mention All-Big Ten. Jtn-ry Hester was the teitiu 's co-Af\l^ and a third teiiti All-Big Ten selection. Individual Honors Lon Kruger One ot only 12 active coaches who have led three different teams to the NCAA Tournament . . . Led Illinois to the second round of the NCAA Tournament two straight years (first time since 1988 & 1989 that Illinois has advanced to the second round in consecutive years) ... First coach to reach the 40-win plateau in two seasons at Illinois, he is currently 45-20 (24-10 in the Big Ten) . . . Basketball Times Midwest Region Coach of the Year. Jarrod Gee CBS Player of the Game vs. Clemson (13 points, 10 rebounds, 4 blocks) and vs. Maryland in the NCAA Tournament (14 points, 13 rebounds) . . . Eighth on the Illinois career blocked shot list. Matt Heldman Honorable Mention All-Big Ten ... Co-Big Ten Player of the Week (Dec. 7-13) ... Finished his career second in the Illinois record book for free-throw percentage (.840), fourth in three-point field goals made (161), and fourth in three-point attempts (398) ... In single season records, he is in the top 10 for minutes played (2nd, 1,203), three-pointers made (6th, 67), attempted (5th, 165), and free-throw percentage (4th, .860) ... Ralf Woods Free Throw Award winner. Jerry Hester Third Team All-Big Ten . . . Co-Big Ten Player ofthe Week (Feb. 16-22) ... Finished his career 10th on the Illinois all-time scoring list with 1,415 points ... Sixth in the Illinois career records for three pointers made (143), and fifth for three pointers attempted (394) ...Team Co-MVP. Brian Johnson Brian earned Academic All-Big Ten honors for the third consecutive season ... He was voted a GTE District V Academic Ail- American ... Kenny Battle Inspiration Award. Kevin Turner First Team All-Big Ten ... Big Ten Player of the Week (Dec. 29-Jan. 4) ... Scored 32 points vs. UCLA then followed it up with 35 \s. Indiana, becoming the fitst Illinois player since 1994 to post back to back 30 point games . . . Set the school record for three pointers made (78) and attempted (212) in a season . . . Finished his cateer third in three pointers made (179) and attempted (496) ... Team Co-M\T. 1 02 '/ujfitiry Iffini'Sas/iietbafl 997-98 In "Revieiu ti ^^^-s>Q 3ti(aQte]a^ lECORD OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ^LL GAMES 23-10 14- 1 6-4 3- 5 :ONFERENCE 13-3 7-1 6-2 0- AC )N-< :ONFER ENC E 10-7 7-0 0-2 3- 5 VA YER G-GS MIN//! kvg. FG-FC ;a Pet. 3FG-FGA Pet. FT-FTA Pet. OR-DR TOT/Avg. PF-DQ A TO BLK ST PTS/Avg. urn er 33-33 1095/ 33.2 215-512 .420 78-212 .368 76- 1 06 .717 5-90 105/3.2 58-0 91 92 2 44 584/17.7 est er 33-32 1042/ 31.6 186-395 .471 40- 1 1 4 .351 74-96 .771 6: -113 175/5.3 69-0 49 55 8 28 486/14.7 eld man 33-33 1203/36.5 97-238 .408 67- 1 65 .406 ?8-l 14 .860 10-87 97/2.9 66-1 131 81 42 359/10.9 ee 33-32 795/24. 1 115-220 .523 0-0 .000 49-77 .636 65-110 175/5.3 102-5 23 40 29 32 279/8.5 3hn son 33-33 919/27.8 83-141 .589 0-0 .000 66-95 .695 53-94 147/4.5 87-2 78 53 17 29 232/7.0 1cC ain 33-1 543-16.5 42- 1 24 339 4-24 .167 28-64 ,438 36-67 103/3,1 84-2 54 52 9 40 116/3.5 )avi s 28-0 201/7.2 31-85 365 24-71 .338 3-9 .333 6-16 22/0,8 19-0 10 12 6 89/3.2 hukwude be 33-0 432/13.1 25-68 .368 0-1 .000 16-23 .696 45-65 110/3.3 71-1 8 17 19 13 66/2.0 torey 27-0 153/5.7 24-57 .421 0-1 .000 6-16 .375 9-23 32/1.2 27-0 6 10 5 5 54/2.0 eyers 21-0 81/3.9 4-14 286 0-0 .000 6-12 .500 6-12 18/0.9 13-0 3 5 1 14/0.7 reeman 19-0 24/1.3 3-5 600 0-1 .000 1-4 .250 2-3 5/0.3 4-0 2 1 7/0.4 oline 28-1 131/4.7 0-6 000 0-1 .000 8-16 .500 2-8 10/0.4 16-0 16 14 3 8/0.3 eichardt 1-0 2/2.0 2-3 667 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 0-0 0/0.0 0-0 1 6/6.0 Vilkinson 1-0 0+/0.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 0-0 0/0.0 0-0 1/1,0 last 1-0 2/2.0 0-0 000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0/0.0 0-0 1 0/0,0 allagher 1-0 l/I.O 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0/0.0 0-0 1 0/0,0 ampbell 1-0 l/I.O 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 l/I.O 1-0 0/0,0 Villiams 1-0 0+/0.0 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0/0.0 0-0 0/0,0 EAM 55-54 109 8 .LINOIS 33 6625 327-1869 ,442 215-593 .363 432-634 .681 366-743 1109/33.6 617 469 443 90 244 2301/69.7 )pp Dnents 33 6 625 736-17 68 .416 173-551 .314 450-655 .687 372-763 1135/34.4 611 415 538 84 179 2095/63.5 BIG TEN GAMES ONLY LAYER G-GS ■"IIN/Avg. FG-FGA Pet. 5FG-FGA Pet. FT-FTA Pet. OR-DR TOT/Avg. PF-DQ A TO BLK ST PTS/Avg. urner 16-16 560/35.0 111-261 .425 40-109 367 36-47 .766 9-42 51/3.2 27-0 50 51 1 20 298/18,6 ester 16-16 540/33.8 99-183 .541 26-61 426 36-46 .783 30-58 88/5.5 37-0 21 27 3 18 260/16.3 eldman 16-16 614/38.4 48-113 .425 37-86 430 54-62 .871 4-52 56/3.5 31-0 75 36 17 187/1 1.7 ee 16-16 357/22.3 49-94 .521 0-0 000 19-29 .655 26-45 7 1 /4.4 50-2 1 1 17 10 16 117/7,3 jhnson 16-16 430/26.9 33-60 .550 0-0 000 27-39 .692 18-42 60/3.8 49-2 38 28 10 14 93/5.8 cClain 16-0 274/ 1 7. 1 20-59 .339 2-7 286 13-29 .448 21-34 55/3.4 46-2 28 19 6 18 55/3,4 avis 13-0 80/6,2 15-35 .429 1 1-28 393 1-3 .333 1-5 6/0.5 8-0 3 7 1 42/3.2 hukwudebe 16-0 250/15,6 16-48 .333 0-0 000 6-10 .600 28-42 70/4.4 39-1 7 5 13 7 38/2,4 torey 13-0 57/4.4 6-20 .300 0-0 000 1-2 .500 0-6 6/0.5 11-0 3 2 1 13/1.0 reeman 7-0 9/1.3 1-2 .500 0-0 000 0-0 .000 1-0 I/O.I 3-0 1 1 2/0,3 oline 14-0 26/1.9 0-1 000 0-0 000 2-2 1.000 1-0 1/0.0 1-0 3 4 2/0.1 eyers ll-O 26/2.4 0-2 .000 0-0 000 0-2 .000 1-2 3/0.3 5-0 2 0/0,0 EAM 15-17 32 4 .LINOIS 16 3225 398-878 .453 116-291 399 195-271 .720 155-345 500/3 1 .3 307-7 236 204 45 113 1107/69.2 )pponents 16 3325 399-827 ,410 75-259 290 239-339 .705 181-357 538/ 33.6 272 189 241 43 79 992/62.0 -a CORE BY HALVE S 1st 2nd OT TOTAL 1 -LINOIS 1062 1230 9 2301 1 Opponents 895 1197 3 2095 1 >EADBALL REBO JNDS OFF DEF TOTAL 1 -LINOIS 93 29 122 ■ Opponents 94 20 114 :', ;. .„. ■ V !J^ifjfitituj Iffini 'Bas/letbafl 1 03 OF II.UNOifV 1997-98 In ^vieu ©aOflK^^^T^^&OBB Date 11/17/97 11/21/97 I I /24/97 I I /27/97 I I /28/97 11/29/97 \2I2I97 12/6/97 1 2/8/97 12/13/97 12/20/97 12/23/97 12/30/97 1/3/98 1/8/98 I / 1 0/98 1/13/98 1/17/98 1/21/98 1/25/98 1/28/98 1/31/98 2/4/98 2/7/98 2/ 1 2/98 2/14/98 2/18/98 2/22/98 2/24/98 3/6/98 3/7/98 3/12/98 Opponent BRADLEY GEORGIA SOUTHERN ILLINOIS-CHICAGO *Wichita State *Louisville *St. John's TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN at Saint Louis (TWA Dome) MAINE CLEMSON (United Center) TEXAS Missouri (Kiel Center) at UCLA INDIANA at Iowa at Northwestern PURDUE at Michigan State WISCONSIN MICHIGAN at Ohio State at Penn State MINNESOTA at Wisconsin MICHIGAN STATE at Purdue NORTHWESTERN IOWA at Indiana #Wisconsin #Purdue %South Alabama %Maryland Score 69-59 82-53 71-70 70-57 57-58 66-83 88-60 51-57 88-69 71-61 105-80 69-75 69-74 74-72 76-64 59-44 58-68 64-68 62-48 64-53 66-62 77-71 68-56 53-47 (OT) 84-63 72-75 69-57 79-72 82-72 66-61 47-68 64-51 61-67 W/L W w w w L L W L W W W L L W W W L L W W W W W W W L W W W W L W Attendance 13,304 10,789 I 1 ,043 1,500 1,500 500 10,456 32,429 1 0,742 9,282 14,746 22,371 12,055 16,450 15,500 8,117 14,874 14,574 11,281 16,450 9,250 12,977 1 2,204 16,414 16,450 14,123 1 6,450 16,450 17,103 21,711 21,711 1 4,920 1 6,402 * Puerto Rico Shootout #Big Ten Tournament (Chicago, 111.) %NCAA Tournament First/Second Rounds (Sacramento, Calif.) ATTENDANCE SUMMARY GAMES HOME AWAY NEUTRAL TOTAL IS 10 8 33 TOTALS 200,971 152,542 100,615 454,128 AVG/GAME 13,398 15,254 12,577 13,761 High Scorer Turner (17) Hester ( 1 8) Gee (26) Hester (21) Heldman(l6) Turner (16) Heldman(l6) Turner (28) Turner (17) Turner (17) Heldman(l7) Hester (24) Turner (17) Turner (32) Turner (35) Hester (20) Gee (20) Heldman(l8) Hester (14) Heldman(l7) Turner (17) Turner (24) Turner (26) Turner (19) Hester (18) Turner (20) Hester (27) Turner (28) Hester (20) Heldman(l6) Gee (16) Turner (16) Turner (24) Turner (12) Turner (18) Hester (15) High Rebeunder Gee (7) Chukwudebe (10) Hester (8) Hester (7) Gee (10) Gee (7) McClain (6) Johnson (7) Johnson (II) Gee (10) Chukwudebe (6) Heldman (6) Turner (6) Johnson (6) Hester (9) McClain (5) Heldman (6) Hester (7) Hester (7) Gee (4) Heldman (8) Turner (8) Heldman (7) Hester (9) Hester (10) Gee (I I) Hester (1 3) Chukwudebe (9) Gee (6) Chukwudebe (5) Johnson (5) Chukwudebe (6) Heldman (6) Chukwudebe (9) Gee (7) Turner (7) Gee (7) Heldman (3) Hester (3) Johnson (3) Gee (13) IVBRSITY " LINOIS 1 04 ^ightin^ IlIini'SaskietBaff 997-9S In 'Revieio iiqlQ(B 3tl(a0tea3(^ AH. 13,304 10,789 11,043 1,500 1,500 500 10,455 32,429 10,742 9,282 14,746 22,371 12,055 16,450 15,500 8,117 14,874 14,574 11,281 16,450 9,250 12,977 12,204 16,414 16,450 14,123 i 6,450 16,450 17.103 21,711 21/711 14,920 16,402 FG-A/Pct 23-59/.390 2I-47/.447 29-63/.460 17-6 1 /.279 28-57/.49I 26-58/.448 25-49/.SI0 20-54/.370 24-56/429 23-54/.426 24-58/.4I4 30-54/.556 30-57/.526 25-59/.424 I7-51/.333 17-5I/.333 34-75/.453 26-59/44 1 2I-54/.389 23-68/338 3I-68/.456 27-66/.409 25-76/329 23-55/.4I8 27-6 1 /.443 24-53/.453 27-62/.435 27-53/.509 27-55/491 2I-58/.362 26-57/.456 1 3-33/394 21-60/350 23-50/.460 22-39/.564 23-50/460 I9-42/.452 16-47/340 23-56/411 20-60/333 22-52/.423 22-53/.4I5 27-56/482 28-59/.475 23-52/.442 2I-5I/.4I2 18-59/305 16-52/308 33-62/.532 22-59/373 28-58/.483 22-45/489 25-55/455 17-47/362 32-64/.S00 28-56/.500 25-49/.5I0 20-54/370 26-48/542 23-55/418 21-58/362 26-46/.565 I9-4I/.463 2I-45/.467 25-60/.4I7 25-56/446 3P-A/Pct 4-I6/.250 8-I3/.6I5 8-22/364 6-26/.23I 3-I4/.2I4 I0-23/.435 0-9/000 5-2I/.238 6-17/353 4-I8/.222 i 1-28/393 5-9/.556 I2-23/.522 5-I8/.278 3-I3/.23I 3-I3/.23I 7-19/368 I0-2O/.50O 2- 1 4/. 1 43 8-22/364 5-15/333 8-26/308 7-26/.269 5-II/.455 12-24/500 4-10/400 8-20/400 6-I5/.400 FT-A/Pct 19-23/826 9-I8/.500 I6-30/.533 I3-23/.565 12-22/545 8-1 1/727 20-33/.606 1 2-2 1 /.57 1 3-6/.500 8-15/533 7-13/538 18-26/692 16-23/696 5-9/.556 14-18/778 20-26/769 13-28/464 7-11/636 27-33/818 7-16/438 38-52/731 18-29/621 12-18/667 24-29/828 3-7/,429 23-32/688 12-19/632 12-17/706 O-D— R 15-21—36 9-21—30 1 5-33—48 13-24—37 12-21—33 10-23—33 1 6-25-^* I 14-16—30 13-26—39 10-21—31 13-13—26 17-26-^3 9-29—38 6-19—25 9-27—36 9-25-— 24 18-28—46 9-29—38 12-27—39 23-25-^8 18-22—40 17-25—42 16-27-^3 9-38 — 47 10-18—28 14-25—39 14-17—31 8-25—33 PF 21 20 23 26 17 23 20 28 14 22 23 20 14 24 14 26 24 32 22 17 25 9 17 17 13 12 16 1 I 12 12 9 9 17 14 19 9 6 11 14 II 16 15 19 14 15 14 16 19 16 19 TO 9 16 17 21 7 11 18 18 23 17 15 16 20 21 22 18 12 26 10 16 17 28 12 19 10 15 BK 6 5 3 2 2 4 ST 9 4 6 7 9 5 10 10 9 5 7 6 II 6 5 6 PTS 36-33—69 26-33—59 30-52—82 19-34—53 32-39—71 31-39—70 26-44—70 16-41—57 35-22—57 25-33—58 32-34—66 31-52—83 37-51—88 25-35—60 27-24—5 1 29-28—57 37-51—88 29-40—69 32-39—71 31-30—61 45-60—105 33-47—80 26-43—69 28-47—75 26-43—69 40-34—74 38-36—74 25-47—72 11-22/.500 11-14/786 8-24—32 20 15 15 7 15 38-38—76 5-21/.238 17-22/.773 17-21—38 15 16 16 7 11 32-32—64 3-10/300 4-6/.667 10-18—28 21 15 3 2 7 21-38—59 1-8/. 125 1 7-25/.680 9-23—32 13 8 16 1 13-31—44 4-13/.308 l2-17/,706 8-23—3 1 22 11 7 2 5 31-27—58 6- 1 3/.462 16-24/667 10-34 — 44 18 12 15 4 2 36-32--68 3-10/300 17-I9/.895 6-14—20 19 12 19 7 35-29—64 10-21/.476 12-18/667 12-13—25 18 10 15 2 9 27-41—68 5-11/.455 19-29/655 11-27—38 16 12 15 3 3 32-30—62 6-I6/.375 10-15/667 7-15—22 25 9 10 1 6 22-26-^8 7-I9/.368 I1-24/.458 1 1-24—35 16 15 13 3 8 33-31—64 4-18/.222 9-13/692 1 5-27-^2 21 14 18 2 5 30-23—53 8-23/.348 14-I7/.824 10-21—31 17 12 17 5 32-34—66 4-15/267 14-24/.583 15-20—35 14 15 18 1 7 27-35—62 7-13/538 1 6-20/.800 11-20—31 18 16 17 4 10 44-33—77 4-I9/.21I I1-14/.786 1 1-22—33 18 18 18 7 7 25-46—71 9-24/375 I3-17/.765 9-24—33 17 16 12 2 8 40-28—68 3-15/.200 1I-I7/.647 11-20—31 17 9 16 2 4 29-27—56 5-23/.2I7 12-I8/.667 16-29^t5 19 9 15 2 8 23-2 1 -9—53 1-I6/.063 14-22/636 11-28—39 20 5 14 6 3 2l-23-3^t7 9-I7/.529 9-11/818 13-19—32 21 22 12 5 4 32-52—84 4-18/.222 I5-24/.625 19-17—36 16 10 13 2 3 27-36—63 8-20/.400 8-9/.889 6-22—28 27 13 14 1 4 36-36^72 5-14/.357 26-37/.703 6-24—30 11 13 12 5 5 30-45—75 I1-18/.61I 8-1I/.727 5-19—24 18 16 11 4 9 31-38—69 6-13/462 I7-18/.944 9-25—34 14 9 17 1 23-34—57 9-29/.310 6-l0/,600 10-21—31 16 20 9 4 8 36-43—79 4-20/.200 12-15/800 8-23—3 1 12 14 14 1 7 37-35—72 9-19/.474 23-30/.767 7-23—30 23 16 16 2 4 33-49—82 6-I7/.353 26-34/.765 13-20—33 23 8 14 4 28-44—72 4-13/.308 I0-17/.588 4-29—33 15 17 12 2 5 26-40—66 5-17/.294 I0-I2/.833 5-21—26 17 12 10 2 5 10-51—61 3-20/. 1 50 2-6/333 17-14—31 17 9 15 1 8 25-22^7 2- 13/. 154 I4-I7/.824 8-22—30 12 23 15 4 4 31-37—68 5-10/.500 21-28/750 2-14—16 13 13 6 2 13 28-36—64 4-15/.267 5-8/625 10-22—32 22 12 10 4 2 24-27—5 1 7-19/368 4- 6/.667 1I-I3/.846 12-24—35 8-24—32 12 II 14 21 9 4 2 2 2 3 27-34—61 « 6-17/353 35-32—671 ^i^htiriq Iffini 'Bas/ietbaff 105 OF ILUNOlfe 1997-98 In ^viez Individual Illinois Opponent Points Scored Field Goals Made Field Goals Attempted 3-Point Field Goals Made 3-Point Field Goals Attempted Free Throws Made Free Throws Attempted Rebounds Assists Blocked Shots Steals Points Scored Points Scored 1st Half Points Scored 2nd Half Field Goals Made Field Goals Attempted Field Goal Percentage 3-Point Field Goals Made 3-Point Field Goals Attempted 3-Point Field Goal Percentage Free Throws Made Free Throws Attempted Free Throw Percentage Rebounds Assists Blocked Shots Steals Personal Fouls Margin of Victory Points Scored Points Scored 1st Half Points Scored 2nd Half Field Goals Made Field Goals Attempted Field Goal Percentage 3-Point Field Goals Made 3-Point Field Goals Attempted 3-Point Field Goal Percentage Free Throws Made Free Throws Attempted Free Throw Percentage Rebounds Assists Blocked Shots Steals Personal Fouls Margin of Victory 35 by Kevin Turner vs. Indiana. 1/3/98 12 by Kevin Turner vs. UCLA 12/30/97 Indiana 1/3/98 25 by Kevin Turner vs. UCLA/Indiana 8 by Kevin Turner vs. UCLA 12/30/97 16 by Kevin Turner vs. Indiana, 1/3/98 14 by Matt Heldman vs. Clemson, 12/13/97 14 by Matt Heldman vs. Clemson, 12/13/97 13 by Jerry Hester vs. Wisconsin, 2/7/98 13 byjarrod Gee vs. Maryland, 3/14/98 8 by Matt Heldman vs. Ga. Southern, I 1/21/97 4 byjarrod Gee vs. Clemson. 12/13/97 5 byjarrod Gee vs. Iowa, 1/8/98 Illinois Highs 105 vs. Texas. 12/20/97 45 vs. Texas, 1 2/20/97 60 vs. Texas, 12/20/97 34 vs. Maine, 1 2/8/97 76 vs. Missouri, 12/23/97 .564 vs. Michigan State, 1/17/98 12 vs. Texas-Pan American, 12/2/97 29 vs. Iowa, 2/22/98 .61 I vs. Northwestern, 2/18/98 38 vs. Texas, 12/20/97 52 vs. Texas, 1 2/20/97 .895 vs. Michigan State, 1/17/98 48 vs. Georgia Southern, I 1/21/97 22 vs. Michigan State 2/12/98 7 vs. Iowa, 1/8/98 15 vs. Iowa, 1/8/98 27vs. Purdue, 2/14/98 28 vs. Texas-Pan Am, 12/2/97 Opponents Highs 83 by St. John's, 11/29/97 40 by UCLA, 1 2/30/97 52 by St. John's, 11/29/97 30 by St. John's, I 1/29/97 68 by Clemson, 12/13/97 .556 by St. John's, 11/29/97 1 0, three teams 26 by Georgia Southern, I 1/21/97 .615 by Bradley, 11/17/97 26 by Purdue, 2/14/98 26 by Indiana, 2/24/98 37 by Purdue, 2/14/98 .944 by Northwestern, 2/18/98 48 by Clemson, 12/13/97 23 by Purdue, 3/7/98 7 by Iowa, 1/8/98 7 by Penn State, 1/31/98 1 6 by Wichita State, 11/27/97 32 by Texas, 12/20/97 27 by Mateen Cleaves, MSU, 1/17/98 10 by Larry Jackson, UT-Pan Am, 12/2/97 23 by Larry Jackson, UT-Pan Am, 12/2/97 5 by three players 10 by 3 players 12 by Zendon Hamilton, St. John's, I 1/29/97 16 by Zendon Hamilton. St. John's, I 1/29/97 I6by Brad Miller, Purdue, 1/13/98 7 by five players 6 by Calvin Booth, Penn State, 1/31/98 Lows 47 vs. Purdue, 3/7/98 21 vs. Northwestern, 1/10/98 21 vs. Wisconsin, 2/7/98 17 vs. Saint Louis, 12/6/97 39 vs. Michigan State. 1/17/98 .329 vs. Missouri, 12/23/97 vs. Wichita State, 11/27/97 9 vs. Wichita State, 11/27/97 .000 vs. Wichita State, I 1/27/97 3 vs. Louisville, 11/28/97 3 vs. UCLA, 1 2/30/97 6, five times .333 vs. Purdue. 3/7/98 20 vs. Michigan State, 1/17/98 6 vs. Saint Louis, 12/6/97 0, four times 3 vs. Wisconsin, 1/21/98 12 vs. Maryland, 3/14/98 1 vs. UIC, I 1/24/97 Lows 44 by Northwestern. 1/10/98 13 by Northwestern, 1/10/98 26 by Wisconsin. 1/21/98 13 by Northwestern, 1/10/98 33 by Northwestern, 1/10/98 .279 vs. Georgia Southern, I 1/21/97 I by Northwestern, 1/10/98 I by Wisconsin, 2/7/98 8 by Northwestern, 1/10/98 .063 by Wisconsin. 2/7/98 5 by Texas-Pan American, 1 2/2/97 8 by South Alabama, 3/12/98 .438 by Clemson. 12/13/97 22 by Wisconsin, 1/21/98 10 by Wisconsin, 1/21/98 0, four teams by Northwestern. 1/10/98 9 by UCLA, 1 2/30/97 1 06 ^iff/itijy iffinKBaskietbaff 997-98 In %e.vitzv L l^'£> v^^ £> tii 13 ll^ FINAL REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS Confe rence Games t<\\ Games 1 Michigan State 1 3 3 .813 22 8 .733 ILLINOIS 13 3 .813 23 10 .697 3 Purdue 12 4 .750 28 8 .778 4 Michigan II 5 688 25 9 .735 5 Iowa 9 7 .563 20 1 1 .645 Indiana 9 7 .563 20 12 .625 7 Penn State 8 8 .500 19 13 .594 8 Minnesota 6 10 .375 20 15 .571 9 Wisconsin 3 13 .188 12 19 .387 1 0. Northwestern 3 13 .188 10 17 .370 1 1 . Ohio State 1 15 .063 8 22 .267 SCORING OFFENSE Team 1 . Purdue 2. Iowa 3. Michigan 4. Indiana 5. Michigan State 6. Penn State 7. Minnesota 8. Illinois 9. Ohio State 1 0. Northwestern 1 1. Wisconsin G 36 31 W 28 20 34 25 32 20 30 22 32 19 35 33 30 27 31 20 23 10 12 L Pts 3 3014 I I 2486 9 2630 12 2457 3 2202 13 2334 15 2530 10 2301 22 1978 17 1636 19 1877 Avg 83.7 80.2 77.4 76.8 73.4 72.9 72.3 69,7 65.9 60.6 60.5 SCORING DEFENSE Team 1. Wisconsin 2. Illinois 3. Northwestern 4. Michigan State 5. Michigan 6. Iowa 7. Minnesota 8. Penn State 9. Purdue 10. Ohio State 1 1. Indiana G Pts Avg/G 31 1940 62.6 33 2095 63.5 27 1724 63.9 30 1920 64.0 34 2284 67.2 31 2091 67.5 35 2403 68.7 32 2204 68.9 36 2602 72.3 30 2185 72.8 32 2346 73.3 SCORING MARGIN Team G OFF DEF 1 . Iowa 31 80.2 67.5 2. Purdue 36 83.7 72.3 3. Michigan 34 77.4 67.2 4. Michigan State 30 73.4 64.0 5. Illinois 33 69.7 63.5 6. Penn State 32 72.9 68.9 7. Minnesota 35 72.3 68.7 8. Indiana 32 76.8 73.3 9. Wisconsin 31 60.5 62.6 1 0. Northwestern 27 60.6 63.9 1 1. Ohio State 30 65.9 72.8 Margin + 12.7 + 11.4 + 10.2 +9.4 +6.2 +4.1 +3.6 +3.5 -2.0 -3.3 -6.9 FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE Team 1. Indiana 2. Michigan 3. Purdue 4. Iowa 5. Northwestern 6. Penn State 7. Michigan State 8. Ohio State 9. Minnesota 10. Illinois I I. Wisconsin G 32 34 36 31 27 32 30 30 35 33 31 FG 879 932 1057 878 570 821 799 743 901 827 644 FGA 1792 1907 2185 1828 1203 1734 1779 1670 2029 1869 1579 Pet .491 .489 .484 .480 .474 .473 .449 ,445 .444 .442 ,408 FIELD GOAL PCT DEFENSE Team G 3FG Avg/G Team G FG FGA Pet 1. Michigan 34 260 7.65 1. Michigan 34 815 2032 .401 2. Iowa 31 218 7.03 2. Michigan State 30 669 1637 ,409 3. Penn State 32 222 6.94 3. Illinois 33 736 1768 ,416 4. Purdue 36 243 6.75 4, Minnesota 35 810 1915 ,423 5. Illinois 33 215 6.52 5. Wisconsin 31 643 1513 ,425 6. Michigan State 30 176 5.87 6. Northwestern 27 598 1407 ,425 7. Indiana 32 186 5.81 7, Iowa 31 776 1805 ,430 8. Minnesota 35 188 5.37 8. Penn State 32 816 1868 .437 9. Northwestern 27 142 5.26 9. Ohio State 30 730 1647 .443 10. Ohio State 30 143 4.77 10. Purdue 36 1007 2271 .443 1 1. Wisconsin 31 130 4.19 1 1. Indiana 32 865 1940 .446 FREE THROW PERCENTAGE Team 1. Purdue 2. Penn State 3. Indiana 4. Minnesota 5. Iowa 6. Wisconsin 7. Michigan 8. Illinois 9. Michigan State 10. Northwestern I I. Ohio State G 36 32 32 35 31 31 34 33 30 27 30 FTM 657 470 513 540 512 459 506 432 428 354 349 FTA 864 635 702 747 721 652 729 634 639 579 607 Pet .760 .740 .731 .723 .710 .704 .694 .681 .670 .611 .575 3-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE Team 1. Michigan 2. Iowa 3. Indiana 4. Northwestern 5. Purdue G 34 31 32 27 36 FG 260 218 186 142 243 FGA 621 543 489 375 650 Pet .419 .401 .380 .379 .374 6. Illinois 33 215 594 .362 7. Michigan State 30 176 493 .362 8. Penn State 32 222 624 .356 9, Minnesota 35 188 552 .341 10. Ohio State 30 143 458 .312 1 1. Wisconsin 31 130 438 .297 3-POINT FIELD GOAL PCT DEFENSE Team 1 . Michigan State 2. Illinois 3. Minnesota 4. Iowa 5. Penn State 6. Indiana 7. Northwestern 8. Wisconsin 9. Michigan 10. Purdue I I. Ohio State G 30 33 35 31 32 32 27 31 34 36 30 FG 142 173 201 204 155 201 189 197 257 205 268 FGA 471 551 613 603 457 589 532 553 721 565 678 Pet .302 .314 .328 .338 .339 .341 .355 .356 .356 .363 .395 3-POINT FG MADE REBOUNDING OFFENSE Team 1. Michigan State 2. Michigan 3. Iowa 4. Purdue 5. Minnesota 6. Indiana 7. Illinois 8. Northwestern 9. Wisconsin 10. Ohio State I I . Penn State G Reb Avg/G 30 1197 39.9 34 1314 38.6 31 1186 38.3 36 1339 37.2 35 1228 35.1 32 1079 33.7 33 1109 33.6 27 903 33.4 31 996 32 30 143 458 32 1012 31.6 ^tfjfitimf IlIini'Sas^etBafl 107 1997-98 In ^eviezi n s>s>^-^Q m^ msi oaaoteJte REBOUNDING DEFENSE ASSISTS TURNOVER MARGIN Team 1 . Northwestern 2. Michigan State 3. Michigan 4. Iowa 5. Wisconsin 6. Illinois 7. Penn State 8. Indiana 9. Ohio State 10. Purdue I I. Minnesota G Reb Avg/G 27 736 27.3 30 931 31.0 34 1086 31.9 31 1010 32.6 31 1034 33.4 33 1134 34.4 32 IIOI 34.4 32 Ills 34.8 30 1050 35.0 36 1266 35.2 35 1293 36.9 Team 1. Purdue 2. Iowa 3. Indiana 4. Penn State 5. Michigan 6. Northwestern 7. Michigan State 8. Minnesota 9. Illinois 10. Ohio State I I. Wisconsin G AST Avg/G 36 680 18.89 31 566 18.26 32 568 17.75 32 513 16.03 34 537 15.79 27 407 15.07 30 446 14.87 35 498 14.23 33 469 14.21 30 423 14.10 31 348 11.23 Team Tm/Avg Opp/Avg Margin OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS STEALS Team 1 . Michigan State 2. Purdue 3. Iowa 4. Minnesota 5. Michigan 6. Ohio State 7. Illinois 8. Wisconsin 9. Indiana 1 0. Penn State I I . Northwestern G No. Avg/G 30 479 15.97 36 491 13.64 31 420 13.55 35 437 12.49 34 422 12.41 30 368 12.27 33 366 11.09 31 317 10.23 32 327 10.22 32 314 9,81 27 263 9.74 Team 1. Iowa 2. Purdue 3. Minnesota 4. Michigan State 5. Illinois 6. Indiana 7. Michigan 8. Penn State 9. Ohio State 10. Wisconsin I I . Northwestern G Steals Avg/G 31 315 10.16 36 313 8.69 35 304 8.69 30 229 7.63 33 244 7.39 32 235 7.34 34 243 7.15 32 228 7.13 30 191 6.37 31 189 6.10 27 107 3.96 I.Minnesota 12.7 16.3 +3.63 2. Illinois 13.4 16.2 +2.82 3. Purdue 15.5 17.5 +1.94 4. Wisconsin 13.9 15.5 +1.61 S.Iowa 16.5 17.9 +1,32 6. Ohio State 15.7 16.3 +0.57 7. Indiana 15.3 15.5 +0.22 8. Michigan State 15.3 15.2 -0.07 9. Penn State 14.8 14.6 -0.13 10. Michigan 15.9 13.9 -1,97 I I . Northwestern 17.1 I 1.0 -6,11 ASST/TO MARGIN Team Asst/Avg TO/Avg Ratio 1. Purdue 18.9 15,5 1.22 2, Indiana 17.8 15.3 1.16 3, Minnesota 14.2 12.7 1.12 4, Iowa 18.3 16,5 i.lO 5. Penn State 16.0 14,8 1,09 6. Illinois 14.2 13.4 1.06 7, Michigan 15.8 15.9 1.00 8. Michigan State 14.9 15.3 0.97 9. Ohio State 14.1 15,7 0.90 10. Northwestern 15.1 17,1 0,88 1 1. Wisconsin 11.2 13.9 0,81 DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS BLOCKED SHOTS REBOUNDING MARGIN Team G No. Avg/G 1. Michigan 34 892 26.24 2. Iowa 31 766 24.71 3. Michigan State 30 718 23.93 4. Northwestern 27 640 23.70 5. Purdue 36 848 23.56 6. Indiana 32 752 23.50 7. Minnesota 35 791 22.60 8. Illinois 33 743 22.52 9. Wisconsin 31 679 21.90 1 0. Penn State 32 698 21.8! 1 1 . Ohio State 30 592 19.73 Team 1 . Penn State 2. Minnesota 3. Michigan 4. Michigan State 5. Purdue 6. Indiana 7. Michigan 8. Penn State 9. Ohio State 10. Wisconsin I I. Northwestern G BlocksAvg/G 32 179 5.59 35 143 4.09 34 134 3.94 30 117 3.90 36 137 3.8! 32 235 7.34 34 243 7.15 32 228 7.13 30 191 6,37 31 189 6.10 27 107 3.96 Team TM/Avg Opp/Avg Margin 1 . Michigan State 39.9 31. 3 +8.9 2, Michigan 38.6 31. 9 +6.7 3, Northwestern 33.4 27. 3 +6.2 4. Iowa 38.3 32. S +5,7 5, Purdue 37.2 35. 2 +2,0 6. Illinois 33.6 34, 4 -0,8 7. Indiana 33.7 34. 3 -I.I 8. Wisconsin 32.1 33. 4 -1.2 9. Minnesota 35.1 36. ? -1.9 1 0. Penn State 31.6 34. 4 -2.8 1 1. Ohio State 32.0 35. D -3,0 ALL BIG TEN TEAMS As se/eaed by the Big Ten coaches FIRST TEAM Chad Austin. Purdue ■Mateen Cleaves. Michigan State Evan Eschmeyer, Northv/estern Robert Traylor, Michigan Kevin Turner, Illinois SECOND TEAM Ryan Bowen, lov/a Louis Bullock. Michigan A,J. Guyton. Indiana Sam Jacobson. Minnesota Brad Miller. Purdue THIRD TEAM Maceo Baston. Michigan Brian Cardinal. Purdue (tie) Jarran Cornell. Purdue (tie) Jerry Hester, Illinois Michael Redd. Ohio State Antonio Smith. Michigan State HONORABLE MENTION Alott Heldman, IL, Andrae Patterson, IN; Ricky Davis. lA; Eric Harris. Quincy Lewis, Minn.; Calvin Booth, Pete Lisicky. PSU; Sean Mason, WIS PLAYER OF THE YEAR - Mateen Cleaves, Michigan State FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR - Michael Redd. Ohio State DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR - Calvin Booth, Penn State As selected by the Media FIRST TEAM A.J, Guyton, Indiana ■Mateen Cleaves. Michigan State Evan Eschmeyer, Northv/estern Robert Traylor. Michigan Kevin Turner. Illinois SECOND TEAM Ryan Bowen. Iowa Louis Bullock. Michigan Chad Austin, Purdue Sam Jacobson. Minnesota Bard Miller. Purdue THIRD TEAM Pete Lisicky. Penn State Brian Cardinal. Purdue Jerry Hester, Illinois Michael Redd. Ohio State Antonio Smith, Michigan State HONORABLE MENTION Matt Heldman, IL. Luke Recker, IN; Ricky Davis, IOWA; Maceo Baston, MICH; Jason Klein, MSU; Eric Hams, MINN; Calvin Booth, Jarrett Stephens, PSU; Jarran Cornell, PUR; Sean Mason, WIS PLAYER OF THE YEAR - Mateen Cleaves, Michigan State FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR - Michael Redd, Ohio State COACH OF THE YEAR - Tom Izzo. Michigan State unanimous 108 'FUjfitijy IlTini'Bas/ietbafl 997-98 In "Keviezu H ^^^-^Q m^ "(imi INDIVIDUAL SCORING LEADERS Player-Team G FG 3FG FT Pts Avg/G 1. Michael Redd-OS 30 241 46 130 658 21.9 2. Evan Eschmeyer-NU 27 200 185 585 21.7 3. Sam Jacobson-MN 32 215 48 104 582 18.2 4. Kevin Turner-IL 33 2/5 78 76 584 17.7 5. Brad Miller-PU 34 191 3 199 584 17,2 6. Louis Bullock-MI 34 182 93 123 580 17,1 7. Chad Austln-PU 35 212 67 103 594 17.0 8. A.J. Guyton-IN 32 188 79 82 537 16.8 9. Robert Traylor-MI 34 224 104 552 16.2 10. Mateen Cleaves-MS 30 161 51 1 1 1 484 16.1 REBOUNDING Player-Team G TOT Avg/G .Evan Eschmeyer-NU 27 290 10.7 i.Robert Traylor-MI 34 344 lO.I i.Brad Miller-PU 34 302 8.9 ■.Ryan Bowen-IA 31 271 8.7 ).Antonlo Smith-MS 30 262 8.7 >.Maceo Baston-MI 30 223 7.4 '.Calvin Booth-PS 32 208 6.5 i.Mlchael Redd-OS 30 194 6.5 ).Miles Tareer-MN 35 220 6.3 O.Sean Daugherty-WI 31 1 92 6.2 FIELD GOAL PCT Min. 5.0 made per game) 'layer-Team G FG FGA Pet LJarrea Stephens-PSU 31 165 257 .642 I.Brad Mlller-PU 34 191 302 632 i.Evan Eschmeyer-NU 27 200 328 610 I.Ryan Bowen-IA 31 164 272 .603 i.Robert Traylor-MI 34 224 387 .579 i.Jerry Hester-IL 33 186 395 .471 'A.J. Guyton-IN 32 188 402 .468 i.Ricky Davls-IA 31 173 371 .466 >.Quincy Lewls-MN 35 197 431 .457 O.Louis Bullock-MI 34 182 411 .443 3-POINT FG PCT Min. 1.5 made per game) 'layer-Team G .Jaraan Cornell-PU 28 ^Kent McCausland-IA 31 I.Sean Wink-NU 27 t.Louis Bullock-MI 34 J.A.J. Guyton-IN 32 b.Robbie Reid-MI 34 '.Jason Klein-MS 30 S.Matt Heldman-IL 33 '.Kevin Turner-IL 33 I O.Pete Lisicky-PS 32 3FG FGA Pet 61 122 .500 16! 74 86 93 79 74 69 67 78 86 188 207 180 175 168 165 212 234 .460 .457 .449 .439 .423 .411 .406 .368 .368 Man HeUiniui ted the lliiiti in free Throw shooting and was third i?i the Bip Ten. FREE THROW PCT (Min. 2.5 made per game) Player-Team G FTM I.Louis Bullock-MI 34 123 2.Pete Lisicky-PS 32 106 3. Matt Heldman-IL 33 98 4.Michael Lewis-IN 32 84 S.Sean Mason-WI 31 128 6.Andrae Patterson-IN 32 88 7.Eric Harris-MN 35 140 8.Brian Cardinal-PU 36 122 9.Luke Recker-IN 32 82 I O.Brad Miller-PU 34 199 FTA 135 119 114 101 157 II I 177 155 105 255 Pet .911 .891 .860 .832 .815 .793 .791 .787 .781 .780 ASSISTS Player-Team G Assists Avg/G I .Mateen Cleaves-MS 30 2. Michael Lewis-IN 3.Travis Conlan-MI Dean Oliver-IA S.Carlos Davis-OS 6. Eric Harris-MN 7Julian Bonner-NU S.Matt Heldman-IL 9.Chad Austln-PU 32 31 31 30 35 27 33 35 217 150 131 131 126 144 II I 131 131 7.23 4.69 4.23 4.23 4.20 4.1 I 4.1 I 3.97 3.74 lO.Ryan Luehrsmann-IA 31 115 3.71 STEALS Player-Team G Steals Avg/G I.Ryan Bowen-IA 31 79 2.55 2.Mateen Cleaves-MS 30 73 2.43 3. Eric Harris-MN 35 72 2.06 4.Michael Redd-OS 30 61 2.03 S.Quincy Lewis-MN 35 68 1.94 6.Mike Kelley-WI 31 58 1.87 7.Brian Cardinal-PU 36 65 1.81 8.Hennssy Auriantal-WI 29 46 1.59 9.Travis Conlan-MI 31 49 1.58 I O.Jarrett Stephens-PS 31 48 1.55 BLOCKED SHOTS Player-Team G BloeksAvg/G I.Calvin Booth-PS 32 140 4.38 2.Ken Johnson-OS 30 58 1.93 3.DuJuan Wiley-MS 30 50 1.67 4.Brad Miller-PU 34 56 1.65 S.Quincy Lewis-MN 35 50 1.43 6. Robert Traylor-MI 34 46 1.35 7. Ryan Bowen-IA 31 41 1.32 S.Antoine Broxsie-MN 30 36 1.20 9.Maceo Baston-MI 30 33 I.IO 1 O.Gary McQuay-PU 36 35 0.97 V !]^^/ttiri£ Iflini'BaslietbalT 1 09 1997-98 In lieviei (^ucQ(^^^7=®(ajii(^ G A M E 1 Illinois 69 Bradley 59 November 17, 1997 •Assembly Hall Champaign, IL 'Attendance: 13,304 The most talked about matchup of this game was not between any two players on the court, but rather the two coaches on the bench. Illinois Head Coach Lon Kruger and Bradley Head Coach Jim Molanari are close friends, who played one season together at Kansas State, when Kruger was a senior and Molinari was a freshman. While their relationship was a much talked about part of the game, it was all about the players once the ball was tipped. The mini started five seniors and those players provided the lllini with 61 of the 69 team points. Kevin Turner led the way with 17 points, despite hitting only 4-of-l 5 from the floor. He was a perfect 7-of-7 from the line. The team, which will rely on its outside shooting a great deal this year, only managed to hit 4-of- 1 6 from beyond the arc, while Bradley shot 62 percent from three-point range (8-of- 1 3). Jerry Hester made his debut after missing most of last year following back surgery. He was 6-of- 1 7 from the floor and had 14 points. BU (59) FG-A 3P.A FTA REB TP A TO BK S Koita 0-1 0-0 0-2 2 Collins 0-2 0-0 2-3 2 Akinkunle 3-9 0-1 4-7 9 Dye 9-19 5-9 0-0 Roberson 3-8 l-l 2-4 7 Lee 0-0 0-0 1-2 2 Robinson 0-0 0-0 0-0 I I 2 10 I 4 10 23 2 6 9 7 3 2 3 1 10 Schairer 3-4 2-2 0-0 5 Cage 3-4 0-0 0-0 3 3 2 1 I Atkins 0-0 0-0 0-0 10 ToQis 21-47 8-13 9-18 30 59 12 16 5 4 FG% 1st; 9-20;.450 2nd; 12-27/444 Game: 3PT% 1st 2-3/.667 2nd; 6-l0;.600 Game: FTC I sc 6- 1 3/462 2nd: 3-5/600 Game: Ul (69) Hester Johnson Gee Heldman Turner Chukwudebe Boline Freeman l'\ McClain Storey Beyers FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB TP ^ 6-17 5-9 5-9 1-5 4-15 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 1-2 0-0 1-2 5-5 2-5 0-0 7-7 2-2 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 ,447 .615 500 TO BK S I I I I I 2 I 23-59 4-16 19-23 36 69 13 9 6 FG% Isc II-32/.344 2nd: 3PT% 1st 2- 1 1 /.1 82 2nd: FT% 1st I2-I2/I.0OO 2nd: 12-27/444 Game: .390 2-5/400 Game: .250 7-II/.636 Game: .826 Score by Periods: 1st 2nd Game Bradley 26 33 59 Illinois 36 33 69 t XmiVEBSlTY : OFIU.INOIS GAME Illinois 82 Georgia Southern 53 November 21, 1997 'Assembly Hall Champaign, IL 'Attendance: 10,789 Georgia Southern entered the game averaging 95 points through two games, but the tough Illinois defense allowed the Eagles only 53 points and 28 percent shooting from the floor Illinois took an I I point lead into the half and used a 16-5 run to start the second half to pull away from the Eagles. After only shooting 36 percent from the floor in the first half and 23 percent from three-point range (3-13), Illinois was l7-of-30 and 5-of-9 in the second half as the lllini out-scored Georgia Southern by 18 in the second half. One area where the lllini struggled was from the free-throw line. Illinois was only 53 percent from the line for the game (l6-of-30) after hitting over 80 percent the game before against Bradley. Four lllini players hit double-figures and sophomore Victor Chukwudebe grabbed a career- high 10 rebounds to lead the lllini. GSU(53) FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB TP A TO BK S McGinnis 4-9 2-4 0-17 iO 2 5 I I Jones 5-9 0-0 4-5 6 14 2 1 Daniel 0-6 0-2 0-1 6 5 3 Rolle 3-14 3-10 0-0 1 9 2 Martin 2-6 0-2 1-2 3 5 2 Wright 2-11 1-6 4^ 6 9 1 3 Wilkes 0-2 0-1 0-2 3 Kidd 0-1 0-1 2-2 1 2 2 Thompson 0-2 0-0 1-3 1 1 2 3 Gunn 0-0 0-0 0-0 Hill l-l 0-0 1-3 2 3 1 Totals 17-61 6-26 13-23 37 53 11 21 2 4 FG% Isc 7-27/.259 2nd: I0-34/.294 Game: .279 3PT% 1st -10/100 2nd: 5-16/.3I3 Game: .231 FT?'. 1st 4-8/500 2nd: 9-I5/.60O Game: .565 Ul(82) FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB TP A TO BK S Hester 7-15 1-3 3-4 6 18 4 3 Johnson 5-6 0-0 4-7 5 14 2 I Gee 1-4 0-0 1-2 4 3 1 I Heldman 5-6 2-2 0-10 12 8 3 2 Turner 4-12 3-8 2-4 2 13 3 I Chukwudebe 1-4 0-0 2-2 10 4 I Davis 1-4 1-4 0-0 2 3 I I I Boline 0-0 0-0 1-4 2 3 2 Freeman 0-0 0-0 0-0 McClain 3-10 1-5 2-4 6 9 5 3 Storey 2-2 0-0 0-0 2 4 10 Beyers 0-0 0-0 1-2 6 I Totals 29-63 8-22 16-30 48 82 16 17 3 8 FG% 3PT% FT% Isc l2-33/.364 2nd: Isc 3-I3/.23I 2nd: 1st 3-6/.50O 2nd: I7-30/.567 Game: 5-9/.556 Game: I3-24/.542 Game: 460 .364 .533 Score by Periods: I st 2nd Game Ga. Southern 19 34 53 Illinois 30 52 82 GAME Illinois 71 Illinois-Chicago 70 November 24, 1997 'Assembly Hall Champaign, IL 'Attendance: 1 1,043 Despite UlC's 10 three pointers, Illinois emergec from this matchup with the same one-point margir it held at the half. Jarrod Gee and Jerry Hester each poured in over 20 points to lead the lllini. Gee, who had eigh' at the half, hit seven field goals and five free throw; in the second half, giving the senior a career high 26 points, his best scoring effort since the UIC game in 1995 when he scored 24. Neither team ever led by more than seven points. UIC took a five-point lead with under four minutes in the first half on a Mark Miller three- point field goal. Eight consecutive points in the last five minutes by Kevin Turner helped the lllini take a one-point lead into the half. In the second half. UIC jumped out to a six-poin lead early behind the three-point shooting of Anthony Coomes and Mark Miller From the 1 7:22 mark to the 9:59 mark, Illinois outscored UIC 1 9-i and led by seven. UIC tied the game with 4:50 remaining, but Gee sealed the win with five points in the last 3:30. After two Kevin Turner free-throw misses at the 00:24 mark, UIC had a chance to win but the Flames did not get off a good shot. UIC (70) FG-A 3P-A FTA REB TP A TO BK S Jackson 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 I I i Lowe 6-10 0-0 2-4 6 14 2 3 2 Stavropoulos 1-4 0-2 2-2 2 4 10 1 Miller 9-20 4-9 2-3 6 24 3 I 10 Coomes 6-10 5-7 2-2 1 19 3 5 2 Walker 0-0 0-0 0-0 Kimbrough 1-7 1-4 0-0 3 3 Flagg 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 10 1 Ayers 1-3 0-10-0 2 2 110 Collins 2-4 0-0 0-0 4 4 Totals 26-58 10-23 8-11 33 70 12 II 4 4 FG% 1st l2-28/.429 2nd: l4-30/,467 Game: .448 3PT% 1st 4-IO/.400 2nd: 6-I3/.462 Game; .435 FT% 1st 3-3/1.000 2nd: 5-8/.625 Game: .727 UI(7I) FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB TP A TO BK S Hester 8-16 2-6 3-4 8 Johnson 2-4 0-0 1-2 7 Gee 10-13 0-0 6-9 5 Heldman 3-9 1-3 2-3 3 Turner 5-10 0-3 0-2 2 Chukwudebe 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 Davis 0-1 0-1 0-0 Freeman 0-0 0-0 0-0 I McClain 0-4 0-1 0-0 3 21 110 5 2 2 "0 I 26 2 9 4 10 1 10 3 I 1 10 2 10 1 Totals 28-57 3-14 12-22 33 71 12 7 2 5 FG% 1st 1 3-30/ 433 2nd: 3Pr/. 1st 2-10/200 2nd: FT% 1st 4-8/500 2nd: I5-27/.556 Ganne; .491 1-4/250 Game: .214 8-I4/.57I Game: .545 Score by Periods: 1st 2nd Game UIC 31 39 70 Illinois 32 39 71 110 !TujfitiJi£ Iflini (Bas/yetbaff 997-98 In 'Re.view (^QLQ(^^^7=^Sa[iBB GAME Illinois 70 Wichita State 5 7 Nov. 27, /997 • Eugene Guerro Ath/et/c Comp/ex • Boyomon, Puerto Rico 'Att; 1,500 Playing under the experimental rules with four quarters. Illinois took an early 14-7 lead after the first quarter and never relinquished that lead. The mini advanced to the championship bracket with the 70-57 win in the opening round of the tournament. Poor first-half shooting by both teams led to a 26-16 halftime score, with the lllini in the lead. The lllini failed to drain a three pointer for the first time in 76 games, but 2 1 points from Jerry Hester, a career-high 18 from Brian Johnson and 14 from Kevin Turner gave Illinois the victory. Hester knocked down seven field goals and two free throws in the second half to lead the lllini. Illinois was strong on the boards outrebounding the Shockers. 4 1 -30. Johnson used the free-throw line for 1 of his 18 points, hitting seven of nine attempts in the second half. WSU(57) FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB TP A TO BK S Williams Overstreet Hanl[b^V©(IIDP 5i©(3SDK£l3 YEAR 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 191 I 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 COACH SEASON W L BIG TEN W L BIG TEN POST FINISH SEASON Elwood Brown F.L Pinckney Fletcher Lane Herb V. Juul Herb V. Juul T.E. Thompson T.E. Thompson Ralph R.Jones Ralph R.Jones Ralph R.Jones Ralph R.Jones Ralph R. Jones Ralph R. Jones Ralph R. Jones Ralph R. Jones Frank J. Winters Frank J. Winters J. Craig Ruby J. Craig Ruby J. Craig Ruby . Craig Ruby . Craig Ruby . Craig Ruby . Craig Ruby . Craig Ruby . Craig Ruby . Craig Ruby . Craig Ruby . Craig Ruby . Craig Ruby . Craig Ruby Douglas R. Mills 6 I 20 7 5 6 8 10 6 6 4 6 10 6 9 4 16 13 13 9 6 9 II 14 9 I I II 9 10 5 10 8 12 II II 13 15 13 14 3 3 6 8 4 7 5 6 6 6 8 7 12 7 8 5 6 7 6 5 6 4 3 6 5 5 6 4 7 7 12 9 10 6 5 8 7 7 7 6 7 2 6 7 7 7 6 7 9 7 10 5 6 4 5 8 6 3 3 2 6 7 4 5 5 5 4 4 6 5 10 6 5 5 5 6 5 3 5 2 fourth fifth third fourth fourth fourth fifth fifth third FIRST second (T) FIRST (T) fourth (T) fifth third fourth (T) fourth (T) fourth (T) FIRST (T) third (T) fifth (T) fourth (T) ninth (T) fifth (T) fourth (T) fifth fifth fifth (T) fourth FIRST (T) third (T) FIRST (T) Mai Hnny Combes Lou Henson Doug Mills Illinois Coaching Records Coach Elwood Brown F. L. Pinckney Fletcher Lane Herb V, Juul T. E. Thompson Ralph RJones Frank J. Winters J. Craig Ruby Douglas R. Mills Harry Combes Harv Schmidt Gene Bartow Lou Henson Lon Kruger Seasons Yrs. 1906 1907 1908 1 909- 1 191 1-12 1913-20 1921-22 1923-36 1937-47 1948-67 1968-74 1975 1976-96 1997-98 I I I 2 2 8 2 14 1 I 20 7 I 21 2 93 G 14 1 I 26 22 28 I 19 37 243 217 466 166 26 647 65 2087 W 6 I 20 12 L Pet 8 ,429 10 .091 6 .769 10 .545 14 14 500 85 34 .714 25 12 .676 148 95 609 151 66 .696 316 ISO .678 89 77 536 8 18 .308 423 224 .654 45 20 .692 1343 744 .644 YEAR COACH 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 I960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 SEASON W L BIG TEN W L BIG TEN FINISH Douglas R. M Douglas R M Douglas R. M Douglas R. M Douglas R. M Douglas R, M Douglas R. M Douglas R. M Douglas R. M Douglas R. M Harry Combes Harry Combes Harry Combes Harry Combes Harry Combes Harry Combes Harry Combes Harry Combes Harry Combes Harry Combes Harry Combes Harry Combes Harry Combes Harry Combes Harry Combes Harry Combes Harry Combes Harry Combes Harry Combes Harry Combes Harv Schmidt Harv Schmidt Harv Schmidt Harv Schmidt Harv Schmidt Harv Schmidt Harv Schmidt Gene Bartow Lou Henson Lou Henson Lou Henson Lou Henson Lou Henson Lou Henson Lou Henson Lou Henson Lou Henson Lou Henson Lou Henson Lou Henson Lou Henson Lou Henson Lou Henson Lou Henson Lou Henson Lou Henson Lou Henson Lou Henson Lou Henson Lon Kruger Lon Kruger 9 14 14 13 18 17 I I 13 14 14 15 21 14 22 22 18 17 17 18 14 II 16 9 12 12 II 19 15 II 23 31 21 21 13 19 17 12 10 7 15 15 8 20 6 13 II 18 6 12 12 13 5 9 12 14 10 14 10 14 13 16 14 13 14 19 II 22 13 21 8 18 21 26 26 II I I 5 9 22 10 23 8 10 5 8 10 15 13 I I 19 12 18 13 22 10 23 10 7 7 13 12 5 7 7 8 7 10 7 13 12 14 10 10 II 7 5 7 8 5 7 I I 6 10 8 6 6 9 8 5 5 8 2 4 7 8 7 7 8 12 10 I 1 15 12 II 13 12 14 I I I I 7 I 1 10 10 7 1 I 13 5 6 9 9 6 12 14 I I 10 II II 10 6 8 7 3 6 7 5 6 4 7 7 II 7 . I I 7 3 eighth (T) third fourth (T) third (T) FIRST FIRST sixth third fifth (T) second (T) third (T) FIRST third (T) FIRST FIRST second third (T) second (T) second seventh eighth (T) fifth (T) third (T) seventh fourth (T) FIRST (T) sixth (T) third third (T) seventh (T) seventh (T) second (T) third (T) fifth (T) eighth (T) third (T) tenth ninth (T) seventh (T) sixth seventh seventh sixth (T) third sixth second (T) FIRST (T) second fourth (T) fourth third (T) second fourth (T) third (T) eighth third (T) fourth (T) fifth (T) ninth fourth (T) FIRST (T) NCAA NCAA NCAA NCAA NIT NCAA NIT NCAA NCAA NCAA NCAA NCAA NCAA NCAA NCAA NCAA NCAA NCAA NIT NCAA NCAA 122 ^njjhtin^ Iffini 'Bas/ietbaff Hitwis ^cord'BoolGf^2 1909-10(5-4, 5-4) Coach: H,V. Juul Captain: Carl Wacson Lineup: f Hall, f Popperfuss, c Watson, g Bernstein, g Thompson J IS 16 at Wisconsin 28 (L) J 21 34 Wisconsin 14 (W) J 29 33 Purdue 17 (W) F 5 30 Indiana 20 (W) F8 II Chicago 21 (L) F26 24 at Chicago 15 (W) M4 10 at Purdue 28 (L) MS 26 at Indiana 12 (W) M 9 9 Minnesota 22 (L) Big Ten; 4th place T. E. Thompson (2 years, 14-14) T. E.Thompson also had a two-year career as head bas- ketball coach at Illinois, compiling a 14-14 record. Thompson claimed, at the time, to be the only player in Western Conference history to have played five years of collegiate basketball. He was at Northwestern lor one year before playing at Illinois for four addi- tional seasons. In addition to his duties as basketball coach at Illinois in 1911-12, he also sen-ed as Athletic Director George HufiFs only assistant in the athletic department, doubling as the schools general manager of athletics and as ticket manager. After leaving the university, he founded The Thomas Thompson Company in Highland Park, III., a manufacturer of enamel products. 191 0-11 (6-6, 6-5) Coach: T.E Thompson Captain: L.S. Bernstein Lineup: f Bernstein, f Poston. c Leo. g White, g Woolston D3I 19 at Evanston Y.M.C.A 28 (L) J 7 32 Indiana 22 (W) ^l\A 17 Chicago 23 (L) ^x J 20 18 at Minnesota 17 (W) ^^\ J 21 17 at Wisconsin 20 (L) y I J 28 29 Purdue 33 (L) 1^ / F 17 14 at Indiana 19 (L) F 18 2S at Purdue 15 (W) F24 18 at Chicago 19 (L) F 25 26 at Northwestern IS (W) M 2 22 Minnesota 12 (W) MM 21 Wisconsin 18 (W) I Ten: 4th place 1911-12(8-8,4-8) Coach: T.E, Thompson Captain: W.H. Woolston Lineup: f Hall, f Dahringer. f Gates, c Leo. g White, g Woolston D 16 48 Millikin 8 (W) D 29 43 at Evanston Reds 8 (W) D 30 37 at Evanston Reds 7 (W) J 5 44 Illinois Wesleyan 12 (W) J 12 16 at Minnesota 22 (L) J 14 10 at Wisconsin 27 (L) J 20 21 Chicago 22 (L) J 27 20 Purdue 35 (L) F6 14 at Purdue 28 (L) F 7 24 at Indiana 25 (L) F 10 13 Minnesota 10 (W) F 23 41 Indiana 16 (W) M2 25 Northwestern 10 (W) M8 12 at Chicago 17 (L) M9 30 at Northwestern 19 (W) MIS IS Wisconsin 23 (L) Big Ten: Sth place Ralph Jones (8 years, 85-34) ^^^MH^^^I After arriving at Illinois ^K ^B from Purdue, Ralph Jones Mft^m ^1 left an impressive legacy Hj^l ^ ^1 behind in Champaign. Be- ^^B^ ^^1 sides coaching freshman ^^^^j^^^B football and baseball dur- ing his tenure at Illinois, he was credited by some with originating the fast break in basketball. After leading the Fighting Illini to one outright crown and the sharing of one other conference champion- ship, Jones left to coach at Wabash and eventually Lake Forest Academy. In addi- tion, Jones was head coach of the Chicago Bears from 1930-33, where, among other achievements, he was credited with the re- vival of the T-formation, and the use of a man in motion to throw off the defense. 1912-13 (10-6, 7-6) Coach: Ralph R. Jones Captain: H.W. Dahringer Lineup: f Kircher. f Dahringer. f Williford. g White, g Duner. g Hoffman D20 18 Wesleyan 13 (W) J 4 27 at Decatur Y.M.C.A 13 (W) J 6 52 Rose Poly Tech 14 (W) J II IS Wisconsin 16 (L) J 21 22 Purdue 18 (W) J 28 35 Iowa 9 (W) F8 19 Minnesota 12 (W) F 14 23 Northwestern 22 (W) F2I 13 at Wisconsin 18 (L) F 22 20 at Minnesota 10 (W) F 26 12 Chicago 19 (L) Ml 29 Indiana 12 (W) M7 II at Purdue 12 (L) M8 23 at Indiana 17 (W) MM 16 at Chicago 21 (L) MIS 18 at Northwestern 20 (L) Big Ten: Sth place 1913^14 (9-4, 7-3) Coach: Ralph R. Jones Captain: E, A. Williford Lineup: f Kircher, f Williford. c Bane, g Crane, g Duner D 18 19 Millikin 10 J 2 46 Riverside (at LaGrange) 1 7 J 3 20 at Evanston Reds 24 J 6 35 Indiana 6 J 10 25 Wisconsin 26 J 17 26 Purdue 20 J 20 II Chicago 12 J 23 18 Minnesota 16 F 6 30 at Purdue 25 F 7 31 at Indiana 1 5 F 14 35 Northwestern 15 F 20 16 at Wisconsin 29 F2I 26 at Minnesota II Big Ten: 4th place 1914-15 (16-0, 12-0) National Champions Coach: Ralph R. Jones Captain: Sven Duner Lineup: f Alwood. f Williford. f Ralf Woods, c Bane, g Duner, g Ray Woods D 8 52 Arkansas A.C 6 D 12 50 Illinois Wesleyan 9 18 19 at Millikin 16 J 2 27 at Peoria Tigers 14 J II 34 Indiana 13 J 16 27 Purdue 8 J 23 24 Ohio State 17 J 26 20 at Indiana 4 F8 39 Wisconsin 19 F 13 19 at Wisconsin 17 F 15 20 at Minnesota 10 F23 20 Chicago 12 F 27 22 at Purdue 15 Ml 26 at Ohio State 19 M6 19 at Chicago 18 M 8 26 Minnesota 1 1 Big Ten: 1st place 1915-16(13-3,9-3) Coach: Ralph R. Jones Captain: Ray Woods Lineup: f Otto, f Ralf Woods, f Elwell. c Alwood. g Ray Woods, g Applegran D 13 36 Millikin 16 D 17 34 at Millikin 19 J I 25 at Illinois Wesleyan 18 J 4 24 Wabash 16 J I I 22 Purdue I I J 15 21 Ohio State 10 J 22 27 Wisconsin 20 F9 30 at Chicago 17 F 12 21 Northwestern (OT) 23 F 19 14 at Wisconsin 34 F2I 27 at Minnesota 22 F26 31 Chicago 13 F 29 16 at Northwestern 25 M4 29 at Purdue 19 M 6 28 at Ohio State 22 M 13 20 Minnesota 9 Big Ten: 2nd place (t) 124 fijjfitin^ Iflini 'Baskietball fCinois H^ecorcf (Booli^ WRWi^mB V(^aQt»[b^V©(Ilff S(30Qr^3 1916-17 (13-3, 10-2) loach: Ralph R. Jones Captain: C.G. Alwood .ineup: f Felmley, f McKay, f Ralf Woods, c Alwood. g Ray Woods, g Halas )9 38 atMillikin 18 (W) ) 15 26 Wabash 28 (L) ) 18 38 Millikin 16 (W) 3 52 Northwestern College 10 (W) 6 28 at Purdue 24 (W) 8 38 at Ohio State 14 (W) 12 4S Northwestern 17 (W) 16 20 Chicago 10 (W) 20 14 at Wisconsin 25 (L) 22 II at Minnesota 20 (L) 3 19 at Chicago 16 (W) 5 34 Ohio State 21 (W) 10 18 Minnesota 17 (W) 17 27 Purdue 16 (W) 24 20 Wisconsin 17 (W) 12 21 at Northwestern 12 (W) ig Ten: I st place (t) 1917-18 (9-6,6-6) 'oach: Ralph R. Jones Captains: George S. Halas, E.W. Anderson .ineup; f Anderson, f Mittleman. c Probst, c Taylor, g Halas . g Ingwersen ) 15 40 Millikin 13 (W) ) 19 31 atMillikin 13 (W) 5 24 Wabash 9 (W) 9 27 Purdue 17 (W) 14 28 Minnesota 17 (W) 19 21 Wisconsin 22 (L) 2 19 at Chicago 23 (L) 9 38 Northwestern 22 (W) II 35 Ohio State 21 (W) 16 26 at Purdue 29 (L) 18 26 at Ohio State 23 (W) 23 15 at Wisconsin 23 (L) 25 22 at Minnesota 35 (L) 12 14 at Northwestern 29 (L) 16 20 Chicago 17 (W) lig Ten: 4th place (t) 1918-19 (6-8, 5-7) loach; Ralph R. Jones Captain; B.A. Ingwersen -ineup; f Fletcher, f Ingwersen, f Mittleman, c Wilson, g Kopp, g Taylor 3 26 Great Lakes 28 (L) 10 37 Millikin 17 (W) 18 13 Purdue 16 (L) 20 25 Ohio State 20 (W) 25 25 at Wisconsin 15 (W) 27 17 at Minnesota 36 (L) I 27 at Michigan 23 (W) 8 12 at Chicago 17 (L) IS 16 Wisconsin 14 (W) 21 25 at Purdue 18 (W) 24 15 at Ohio State 32 (L) 11 15 Chicago 17 (L) •13 9 Minnesota 26 (L) 1 10 18 Michigan 22 (L) iig Ten; 5th place 1919-20(9-4, 8-4) Coach; Ralph R, Jones Captain: K.L. Wilson Lineup:f Wilson, f Felmley. f Mee. f Taylor. c Carney, g Vail, g Ingwersen. g Watwquist J 5 24 Northwestern College 12 (W) J 10 33 Purdue 31 (W) J 12 40 Ohio State 22 (W) J 17 31 Minnesota 19 (W) J 24 43 Wisconsin 20 (W) J 26 41 Michigan 14 (W) F7 20 at Purdue 36 (L) F 9 35 at Ohio State 27 (W) F 14 21 Chicago 23 (L) F2I 29 at Wisconsin 33 (L) F 23 26 at Minnesota 20 (W) F28 20 at Chicago 27 (L) Ml 28 at Michigan 21 (W) Big Ten: 3rd place Frank Winters (2 years, 25-12) W hilcin his rwo-year stint as coach of the Illinois bas- ketball team, Frank Win- ters was faced with having only a handful of veteran players available and was forced into installing an entirely new system ot play. His 25-12 record in rvvo years was a testament to the way Winters made nega- tives into positives. Upon arriving as head coach in the fall of 1920, he inherited a team whose best player. Chuck Carney, had just severely injured his knee in the last football game. Nonetheless, the team went on to an 11-7 record and improved to 14-3 in the 1922 campaign. 1920-21 (11-7, 7-5) Coach: Frank J, Winters Captain: C W. Vail Lineup: f Walquist. f Carney, f Hellstrom, c Reitsch. g Vail, g Sabog. g Collins D 18 24 Millikin 29 (L) D20 32 at Illinois Normal 21 (W) J I 25 Nebraska 30 (L) J 3 26 Nebraska 24 (W) J 10 42 Illinois Normal 17 (W) J 14 26 atMillikin 20 (W) J 18 33 Chicago 29 (W) j22 18 at Wisconsin 23 (L) J 24 23 at Minnesota 22 (W) F S 39 at Purdue 26 (W) F 7 46 Ohio State I I (W) F 12 24 Minnesota 20 (W) F 19 17 Wisconsin 9 (W) F22 19 Purdue 29 (L) F 26 18 at Michigan 24 (L) F28 35 at Ohio State 32 (W) M5 26 at Chicago 29 (L) M7 26 Michigan 28 (L) Big Ten: 4th place (t) 1921-22 (14-5, 7-5) Coach: Frank J. Winters Captain: C.R. Carney Lineup: f Popken. f Potter, f Carney, c Roettger. g Walquist. g Sabo D 16 35 Illinois Wesleyan 19 (W) D 17 32 Knox 24 (W) D 30 33 Millikin 20 (W^ J 2 49 Notre Dame 38 (W) J 3 40 Notre Dame 27 (W) J 7 30 Butler 28 (W) J 14 48 at Ohio State 36 (W) J 16 20 Michigan 17 (W) J 19 34 atMillikin 33 (W) F4 16 at Chicago 22 (L) F7 29 Purdue 28 (W) F 10 23 at Wisconsin 25 (L) F 1 1 29 at Minnesota 28 (W) F 18 28 Minnesota 18 (W) F 20 41 Ohio State 22 (W) F25 16 at Michigan 42 (L) F 27 37 Wisconsin 35 (W) M3 25 Chicago 26 (L) M7 31 at Purdue 39 (L) Big Ten: 4th place (t) J. Craig Ruby (14 years, 148-95) J. Craig Ruby was known as one of the great basket- ball tacticians of his time. He and legendary Kansas coach Phog Allen actively campaigned together tor higher baskets to offset the advantage of tall centers. Ruby alone advo- cated the elimination of the dribble to do away with stalling, and wanted the hoop enlarged to 20 inches in diameter rather than the standard 18. Ruby's second season at Illinois produced a tie for the Big Ten cham- pionship in 1124. but it was not until 19,35 that he could lead his team to tie for top conference honors again. ^^htin^f Iffini'Sas/letBaff 125 iCCinois ^corcf'Sooi /*\Q0alf8QII© VOdlDrt^lb^Yl^'^CaC? S(30Df^3 1922-23 (9-6, 7-5) Coach: J. Craig Ruby Captain: E.N. Hellstrom Lineup: f Potter, f Roectger. f Hellstrom, c Stilwell. g Popken. g Lipe D 16 29 Washingcon University 14 (W) D2I 41 Notre Dame 38 (W) D 2 25 Butler 29 (L) J 8 36 at Ohio State 31 (W) J 13 31 Indiana 22 (W) J 16 13 at Michigan 30 (L) J 20 20 Purdue 24 (L) F2 24 at Minnesota 21 (W) F7 20 Chicago 18 (W) F 12 24 at Indiana 3! (L) F 17 28 at Purdue 26 (W) F 19 25 Minnesota 18 (W) F24 20 at Chicago 24 (L) F 26 20 Michigan 27 (L) MS 37 Ohio State 21 (W) Big Ten: 4th place (t) 1923-24(11-6, 8-4) Coach: J. Craig Ruby Captain: G.E. Potter Lineup: f Karnes, f Potter, f Mauer, c Stilwell. g Lipe, g Popken Depauw 29 Washington University 17 Iowa State 12 Notre Dame 21 at Minnesota 36 at Ohio State 24 at Michigan 24 Northwestern 1 8 Butler 27 Ohio State 25 at Wisconsin 13 at Iowa 14 Wisconsin 20 Iowa 1 9 at Northwestern 35 Michigan 20 Minnesota 19 St place (t) D 12 D 15 D2I J2 J5 J 12 J 14 J 17 F5 F II F 16 F23 F2S F29 M 4 M8 M 10 31 Big Ten: I (L) (L) (W) (W) (L) (W) (L) (W) (W) (L) (L) (W) (W) (W) (W) (W) (W) 1924-25 (11-6, 8-4) Coach: J. Craig Ruby Captain: J.W. Mauer - — titieup: f Daugherity. f Karnes, c Martin, g Lipe, ^ g Mauer, g Haines >^r^ D 13 27 DePauw 23 LI D 19 36 Washington University.... 19 ' D 30 22 at Butler 24 ' J5 36 Kentucky 26 J 10 27 at Chicago 16 J 14 27 at Northwestern 16 J 17 34 Indiana 24 J 24 23 Iowa 15 , F 7 18 at Notre Dame 29 If 12 30 Northwestern 20 i\f 14 19 Chicago 15 F2I 35 Wisconsin 25 F 23 24 at Indiana 30 ■^ilTJll F27 25 at Iowa 33 '■' M2 18 at Purdue 34 M6 37 Purdue 27 M9 9 at Wisconsin 24 ■\ Big Ten: 3rd place (t) (W) (W) (L) (W) (W) (W) (W) (W) (L) (W) (W) (W) (L) (L) (L) (W) (L) ERglTY ^LTNOIS 1925-26 (9-8, 6-6) Coach: J. Craig Ruby Captain: L.M. Haines Lineup: f Daugherity. f Martin, f Lipe, c Mauer g Reynolds, g Haines D 12 23 Butler 22 (W) D 19 16 at Drake 20 (L) D2I 33 at Ames 14 (W) J 4 30 Kansas Aggies 29 (W) J II 17 Minnesota 8 (W) J 16 18 at Ohio State 30 (L) J 18 31 at Michigan 29 (W) J 23 14 at Chicago 19 (L) F6 14 Notre Dame 26 (L) F 10 29 Purdue 28 (W) F 13 35 Ohio State 31 (W) F 19 21 at Indiana 20 (W) F22 24 Chicago 16 (W) F26 24 Michigan 33 (L) M I 23 at Purdue 28 (L) M6 25 Indiana 28 (L) M8 21 at Minnesota 28 (L) Big Ten: 5th place (t) 1926-27 (10-7, 7-5) Coach: J. Craig Ruby Captain: R.S. Daugherity Lineup: f Daugherity, f Dorn, f Greene, c Lindsay, g McKay, g Reynolds Dll 37 Bradley 24 (W) D 17 22 Coe 28 (L) D 20 34 Drake 26 (W) D 30 36 North Dakota 28 (W) J 3 27 at Minnesota 13 (W) J 8 27 at Northwestern 23 (W) J 15 28 at Ohio State 29 (L) J 17 24 at Michigan 25 (L) J 22 40 Iowa 33 (W) F2 30 Butler 32 (L) F 5 36 Minnesota 27 (W) F 7 43 Ohio State 30 (W) F I 2 24 at Iowa 26 (L) F 16 46 Northwestern 32 (W) F 25 26 Michigan 30 (L) F 28 32 Wisconsin 28 (W) M5 13 at Wisconsin 39 (L) Big Ten: 4th place (t) 1927-28(5-12,2-10) Coach: J. Craig Ruby Captain: Everett Olson Lineup: f Dorn, f Drew, c Solyom. g Mills, g Deimling DIG 22 Knox 18 (W) D 17 41 Bradley 35 (W) D 27 23 at Washington 34 (L) D 29 34 at Washington 24 (W) D 30 26 at Washington 32 (L) J 7 24 Purdue 30 (L) J 13 30 at Iowa 36 (L) J 16 34 at Wisconsin 33 (W) J 21 29 at Indiana 44 (L) F8 32 Northwestern 20 (W) F 14 14 at Purdue 40 (L) F 17 26 at Chicago 52 (L) F 24 27 Iowa 41 (L) Ml 31 at Northwestern 39 (L) M3 18 Chicago 19 (L) M 6 23 Indiana 27 (L) M 9 22 Wisconsin 32 (L) Big Ten: 9th place (t) 1928-29 (10-7, 6-6) Coach: J. Craig Ruby Captain: E. F. Dorn Lineup: f Harper, f Dorn, f Drew, c May, g Mills, g Hill D 10 46 Bradley 29 (W) D 15 44 Lombard 22 (W) D 20 28 North Dakota 27 (W) D 3 1 38 Washington University 29 (W) J 5 24 at Purdue 33 (L) J 8 20 Indiana 16 (W) j 12 22 at Ohio State 27 (L) J 14 17 at Michigan 21 (L) J 19 22 Chicago 19 (W) F4 28 Butler 33 (L) F9 33 at Chicago 29 (W) FN 35 at Minnesota 32 (W) F 16 30 Ohio State 35 (L) F 18 27 Michigan 24 (W) F 23 22 at Indiana 32 (L) M2 23 Purdue 37 (L) M4 32 Minnesota 27 (W) Big Ten: 5th place {t} 1929-30 (8-8, 7-5) Coach: j. Craig Ruby Captain: DR. Mills Lineup: f E. Kamp, f Harper, c May, g Fend, g Mills, g R. Kamp D 14 22 Bradley 30 D 19 30 Washington University 19 D 23 26 DePauw 28 J 2 18 at Butler 28 J 6 19 Ohio State 1 5 J 13 24 at Michigan 18 J 18 9 at Wisconsin 14 F5 28 Chicago 25 F8 21 at Minnesota 26 F 10 30 at Northwestern 24 F 15 26 Minnesota 22 F 17 26 at Ohio State 16 F 22 32 Northwestern 34 F 24 17 Wisconsin 23 Ml 30 Michigan 17 M5 22 at Chicago 35 Big Ten: 4th place (t) 1930-31 (12-5, 7-5) Coach: J. Craig Ruby Captain: Charles B. Harper Lineup: f E. Kamp, f Harper, f Fencl, c May, g R. Kamp, g Owen DB 27 DePauw 15 D 13 23 Carleton II D 19 40 Miami 17 D22 28 Wabash 13 Jl 28 at Bradley 17 J 5 9 Wisconsin 12 J 10 15 at Purdue 30 J 12 27 Northwestern 29 J 17 34 Indiana 35 J 24 20 at Wisconsin 30 F 10 26 Purdue 22 F 14 26 at Iowa 23 F 16 35 at Northwestern 28 F2I 45 Chicago 22 F23 39 at Indiana 25 F 28 31 Iowa 1 3 M2 36 at Chicago 30 Big Ten: 5th place 126 yujfitiTi^ iffini'Sas/ietball' Cfinvis !l{ecorc[ (Bool^ *\QQalf8aii© Xl&in^\hY/°^(^zn S(30dp©3 1931-32 (11-6, 7-5) Zoach: J. Ci Zaptain: E. .ineup: f R. 3 12 ) 18 5 20 I 4 9 II 18 23 9 ■■ 13 ' IS ■n ^29 ■15 17 lig Ten: 5th raig Ruby B. Kamp Kamp, f Bartholomew, c Bennett, Kamp, g Owen St. Louis 17 Miami-Ohio 19 Butler 22 Cornell 23 Ohio State 29 Purdue 21 at Indiana 22 at Michigan 28 Chicago 20 Bradley 21 at Ohio State 29 at Minnesota IS Michigan 23 at Minnesota 27 at Purdue 34 at Chicago 20 Indiana 32 place 1932-33 (1 1-7, 6-6) loach: J. Craig Ruby laptain: W.B. Owen .ineup; f Froschauer, f Bennen. c Hellmich, g A.C Kamm. Owen 26 Bradley 21 24 Wabash 34 36 at Missouri 24 26 North Dakota 24 39 Detroit 28 27 Northwestern 2S 22 Michigan 17 30 at Michigan 3S 22 at Ohio State 33 27 at Northwestern 30 26 St. Louis 19 38 Wisconsin 25 29 Ohio State 3 1 26 at Minnesota 22 29 at Wisconsin 15 28 Minnesota 30 27 at Iowa 30 44 Iowa 16 iig Ten: 5th place (t) 3oach: J. :apt iin: -ineup: f c D 10 21 3 16 37 D22 40 D29 21 D30 37 3 31 7 20 8 21 13 32 IS 14 20 34 F6 38 F 10 28 F 12 42 (W) (W) (L) (W) (L) (W) (W) (L) (W) (W) (L) (W) (W) (L) (L) (W) (W) (W) (L) (W) (W) (W) (W) (W) (L) (L) (L) (W) (W) (L) (W) (W) (L) (L) (W) 1933-34(13-6, 7-5) Craig Ruby H. Hellmich Froschauer. f Fend, f A.j. Kamm, Helmich. g A.C. Kamm, g Benyon St. Louis 22 Illinois Wesleyan 19 at Washington University 36 at Knox 18 at Augustana 26 Missouri 27 Wisconsin 17 at Purdue 36 at Chicago 26 at Iowa 36 Northwestern 20 Bradley 26 Indiana 25 Chicago 21 (L) (W) (W) (W) (W) (W) (W) (L) (W) (L) (W) (W) (W) (W) F 17 22 at Wisconsin 28 F 19 25 at Northwestern 32 F 24 24 at Indiana 36 F26 35 Iowa 31 M5 27 Purdue 26 Big Ten: 4th place 1934-35 (15-5,9-3) Coach: J, Craig Ruby Captain: Frank Froschauer Lineup: f Froschauer, f Guttschow, c Dehner. c Riegel, g Henry, g Combes, g Beynon D 10 55 Bradley 25 D 10 26 DePaul 29 D 14 30 Wabash 27 D2I 35 at Washington University 18 D 22 33 St. Louis 22 D 29 24 at Butler 39 J I 35 at Wabash 28 J 5 28 Indiana 32 J 7 37 Purdue 36 J 12 44 at Ohio State 23 J 14 29 at Indiana 42 J 19 34 Michigan 22 F 5 27 Notre Dame 26 F9 43 at Chicago 36 F 16 27 at Purdue 35 F 18 44 Ohio State 36 F 23 38 at Minnesota 34 F25 39 Chicago 29 M2 41 Minnesota 29 M4 36 at Michigan 22 Big Ten: I st place (t) Big Ten: 3rd place (t) (L) (L) (L) (W) (W) (W) (L) (W) (W) (W) (L) (W) (L) (W) (W) (L) (W) (W) (W) (L) (W) (W) (W) (W) (W) 1935-36 (13-6, 7-5) Coach: J Craig Ruby Captain: Howard J Braun Lineup: f Combes, f Benham, f Vopicka, c Riegel, g Henry, g Braun D 7 35 St. Louis 27 D I I 40 Wabash 22 D 17 47 DePauw 14 D20 26 at DePaul 24 D 28 48 at Knox 31 D30 42 California 17 J 4 26 at Iowa 27 J 6 42 at Minnesota 19 J II 29 at Wisconsin 27 J 13 13 Ohio State 18 J 18 28 Northwestern 40 F5 23 at Notre Dame 33 F 10 36 Iowa 14 F IS 36 Wisconsin 20 F 17 39 at Northwestern 38 F 22 35 Minnesota 33 F 24 37 Michigan 42 F 29 30 at Ohio State 20 M2 22 at Michigan 35 (W) (W) (W) (W) (W) (W) (L) (W) (W) (L) (L) (L) (W) (W) (W) (W) (L) (W) (L) Douglas R. Mills 1 1 years (1 51-66) Doug Mills was not only an extremely successful basketball coach at Illinois, but one of the University's most prolific and long- standing administrators. He began his association with Fighting Illini athletics as a standout in both football and basketball in the late 1920s. Mills became the first Illinois head basketball coach to lead his squad to three Big Ten crowns. Also included in his 1 1 -year coaching tenure was the tormation ot the legendary "Whiz Kids" team of 1 942 and '43. That team won back- to-back Big Ten crowns. After retiring from the coaching ranks in 1947, Mills retained his position as athletic director until 1966. 1936-37 (14-4, 10-2) Coach: Douglas R. Mills Captain: Robert W Riegel Lineup: f Boudreau, f Combes, c Riegel, g Nisbet, g Vopicka, g Henr7 D8 51 Carroll 34 (W) D 12 44 DePauw 24 (W) D 19 44 Notre Dame 29 (W) D 23 25 at DePaul 3 1 (L) D 30 43 at Bradley 33 (W) J 4 38 Northwestern 47 (L) J 9 31 at Wisconsin 28 (W) J II 40 Indiana 31 (W) J 16 42 Iowa 28 18 82 Detroit 65 (W) ) 20 66 Wichita State (at Chicago) 63 (W) ) 27 58 at Washington State 59 (L) ) 29 86 Michigan St. (at Portland, OR) .... 77 (W) ) 30 62 Southern Cal (at Portland. OR) . 65 (L) 3 74 at Wisconsin 69 (W) 6 94 Indiana 74 (W) 10 77 Ohio State 59 (W) 13 101 at Northwestern 80 (W) 17 75 at Michigan 73 (W) 31 83 Notre Dame (at Chicago) 86 (L) ■ 3 65 Wisconsin 66 (L) 7 73 at Minnesota 82 (L) 14 49 at Purdue 83 (L) 17 81 Iowa 83 (L) 21 81 Purdue 88 (L) 24 74 at Michigan State 67 (W) 28 75 Minnesota 73 (W) 13 85 at Indiana 75 (W) 17 76 Michigan State 81 (L) ,ig Ten: 3rd place (t) 1970-71 (11-12, 5-9) loach: Harv Schmidt 'aptains: Rick Howat. Fred Miller -ineup: f Weatherspoon. f Miller, c Jackson and Conner, g Howat. g Krelle )l 113 Butler 102 (W) ) 5 72 Oklahoma 74 (L) ) 8 96 Vanderbilt 79 (W) ) 12 78 at Iowa State 63 (W) ) 14 82 Northern Michigan 70 (W) ) 26 76 Villanova (at Honolulu) 89 (L) )30 78 St. Louis (at Honolulu) 60 (W) 9 89 Michigan State 61 (W) 12 84 Wisconsin 82 (W) 16 69 at Michigan State 67 (W) 29 68 Southern Cal (at Chicago) 81 (L) 30 69 Notre Dame (at Chicago) (OT) . 66 (W) : 2 84 at Iowa 92 (L) ^6 93 Minnesota 78 (W) ■ \Z 72 at Ohio State 92 (L) ■ \b 70 Purdue 73 (L) ■ 20 86 Indiana 88 (L) = 23 84 at Wisconsin 88 (L) F 27 64 at Minnesota 80 (L) M2 74 Michigan 75 (L) M6 93 at Purdue 99 (L) M 9 70 Northwestern 85 (L) M 13 103 at Indiana 87 (W) Big Ten: 5th place (t) 1971-72(14-10,5-9) Coach: Harv Schmidt Captain: Jim Krelle Lineup: f Weatherspoon, f Conner, c Morris, g Krelle, g Roberson Dl 73 Butler 71 (W) D 4 70 at Oklahoma 65 (W) D 7 96 South Dakota 56 (W) D 10 79 atTulane 68 (W) DM 94 at Loyola (New Orleans) 74 (W) D 16 84 Georgia 78 (W) D23 92 at Vanderbilt 95 (L) D 28 74 North Carolina State 72 (W) (at Jacksonville, FL) D29 76 Florida (at Jacksonville, FL) 75 (W) J 8 67 at Northwestern 63 (W) J II 70 Michigan 75 (L) J 15 74 Purdue 85 (L) J 28 81 Notre Dame (at Chicago) 59 (W) F5 68 Northwestern 59 (W) F8 79 at Michigan State 89 (L) F 12 83 at Michigan 105 (L) F 15 84 at Iowa 87 (L) F 19 64 Ohio State 62 (W) F 22 7! Indiana 90 (L) F26 91 Wisconsin 86 (W) F29 70 at Ohio State 103 (L) M4 62 at Minnesota 9! (L) M7 91 Iowa 84 (W) MM 84 at Wisconsin 97 (L) Big Ten: 8th place (t) 1972-73 (14-10, 8-6) Coach: Harv Schmidt Captain: Nick Weatherspoon Lineup: f Schmidt, f Weatherspoon, c Conner, g Dawson, g Tucker D2 100 DePauw 68 (W) D 4 80 Valparaiso 62 (W) D 9 77 at Detroit (OT) 79 (L) D 12 74 Iowa State 60 (W) D 19 86 Furman 81 (W) D 22 72 at Southern Cal 75 (L) D 29 82 Temple (at New Orleans) 77 (W) D30 64 UCLA (at New Orleans) 71 (L) J 6 80 at Purdue 91 (L) J 8 76 Wisconsin 74 (W) J 13 80 Iowa 78 (W) J 25 87 Notre Dame (at Chicago) 84 (W) J 27 76 South Carolina (at Chicago) 86 (L) F3 76 Michigan 75 (W) F 5 84 at Northwestern 77 (W) F 10 88 at Wisconsin 99 (L) F 12 66 at Indiana 87 (L) F 17 79 Ohio State 68 (W) F 19 73 Minnesota 82 (L) F 24 8! Michigan State 71 (W) F 26 96 at Michigan 89 (W) M3 64 at Ohio State 65 (L) M 5 77 Northwestern 76 (W) M 10 76 at Iowa 93 (L) Big Ten: 3rd place (t) 1973-74(5-18,2-12) Coach: Harv Schmidt Captain: Jeff Dawson Lineup: f Schmidt, f Farnham. c Rucks, g Dawson, g Roberts N 30 80 at Arizona 101 (L) D 3 99 Tulane 78 (W) D8 60 Southern Cal 71 (L) D I I 64 Detroit 60 (W) D 14 87 Northern Michigan 72 (W) D 27 60 at St. John's (NY) 76 (L) D 29 83 Duquesne (at New York) 85 (L) J 5 75 at Ohio State 73 (W) J 12 69 Purdue 91 (L) J 14 82 Michigan State 90 (L) J 19 75 at Wisconsin 101 (L) J 24 88 Bradley (at Chicago) 105 (L) J 26 86 Jacksonville 89 (L) J 28 82 at Michigan State 93 (L) F2 77 Michigan 101 (L) F9 67 at Indiana I07(L) FN 61 at Minnesota 80 (L) F 16 75 at Northwestern 86 (L) F 18 83 Indiana 101 (L) F23 91 Iowa 84 (W) F25 52 Minnesota 72 (L) M 2 83 at Purdue 94 (L) M 9 78 Ohio State 79 (L) Big Ten: 10th place Gene Bartow (1 year, 8-1 8) Brotight to Illinois to con- tinue the magical rebuild- ing jobs he had under- taken at Valparaiso and ^V Memphis State, Gene *^ Bartow was counted on by Athletic Director Cecil Coleman to restore the successful level of play fans had become accustomed to in the past few decades. However, Bartow's stay in Champaign was short-lived, lasting only one year and producing an 8-18 record. The lure away from Illinois was a strong one for Bartow; he was hired away by UCLA to replace legendary Bruin coach John Wooden. OF ILLINOC,; !f^htuuf Iffini'Saslietbalf 1 33 iCfinois !Hecorcf "Booli /*\QQaTF3oxi© Vo(aDrt.[b^'i7(^aff 3(300^3 1974-75 (8-18,4-14) Coach: Gene Bartow Captain: Rick Schmidt Lineup: f Schmidt, f Matthews, c Washington and Carmichael. g Tucker, g Williams D 3 69 Valparaiso 58 (W) D7 96 DePauw 53 (W) D9 77 at Iowa State 71 (W) D 1 3 66 at Arizona 78 (L) D 14 69 at Arizona State 91 (L) D 27 76 Stanford (at Albuquerque, NM) . 89 (L) D 28 79 Army (at Albuquerque. NM) 70 (W) J 2 84 Michigan 86 (L) J 4 70 at Iowa 95 (L) J 6 47 at Minnesota 75 (L) J II 64 Northwestern 60 (W) J 13 72 Wisconsin 54 (W) J 18 67 Purdue 86 (L) J 23 69 Tulane 81 (L) J 25 66 at Ohio State 62 (W) J 27 57 at Indiana 73 (L) Fl 60 Michigan State 75 (L) F 3 50 Minnesota 56 (L) F8 47 at Northwestern 51 (L) F 10 70 at Wisconsin 76 (L) F 15 91 at Purdue II4(L) F 22 83 Ohio State 78 (W) F 24 89 Indiana 112(1-) Ml 82 at Michigan State 96 (L) M 3 75 at Michigan 77 (L) M8 70 Iowa 73 (L) Big Ten: 9th place (t) Leu Henson (21 years, 423-224) Lou Henson, the all-time winningest coach in Illi- nois basketball history, came to Champaign-Ur- bana after successful head coaching stints at Hardin- Simmons and New Mexico Stare Universi- cies. He finished his career No. 1 2 on the NCAA all-time victory list with 663 wins. Illinois became a national power under Henson, being selected to the NCAA tour- nament 1 1 times. The highlight ot the postseason competition came in 1989 when the spectacular FIving Illini team won a school-record 31 contests and advanced to the Final Four. Henson's Illini were also seeded among the top four in their regional for six consecutive years (1984-89) for the second-longest such streak (next to North Carolina) ever. Illinois finished in the upper division in the Big Ten nine consecutive seasons ( 1 983-9 1 ), and had 1 1 straight years of producing a plus-. 500 Big Ten record from 1981 to 1991, the fifth-longest streak ot that kind in Big Ten history. Henson led the Illini to a 1984 BigTen co-championship and No. 1 national ranking in 1989. He coached Illinois to nine straight 20-win sea- sons from 1983 to 199 land finished his career as the third-winningest coach in Big Ten history with 214 victories. 1975-76 (14-13, 7-11) Coach: Lou Henson Captain: Appointed each game Lineup: f Adams, f Matthews, c Washington, g Williams, g Tucker, g Leighty N 28 60 at Nebraska 58 (W) Dl 73 Kent State 54 (W) D4 67 Missouri-Rolla 65 (W) D6 67 New Mexico 66 (W) D 8 90 North Dakota State 73 (W) D I I 73 at Furman 75 (L) D 13 58 at Southern Cal 62 (L) D20 66 Arizona 60 (W) D22 106 Rice 64 (W) J 3 60 at Iowa 84 (L) J 8 68 at Minnesota 77 (L) J 10 74 Northwestern 69 (W) J 12 71 Wisconsin 61 (W) JIT 55 Indiana 83 (L) J 19 63 at Ohio State 64 (L) J 24 63 Michigan State 74 (L) J 26 76 Michigan 75 (W) J 31 71 Purdue 63 (W) F 2 62 Minnesota 72 (L) F7 61 at Northwestern 55 (W) F 9 70 at Wisconsin 59 (W) F 14 48 at Indiana 58 (L) F 16 91 Ohio State 73 (W) F2I 59 at Michigan State 69 (L) F23 75 at Michigan 90 (L) F 28 62 at Purdue 81 (L) M6 70 Iowa 82 (L) Big Ten: 7th place (t) 1976-77 (16-14, 8-10) Coach: Lou Henson Captain: Audie Matthews Lineup: f Cobb, f Leighty. f Ferdinand, c Adams, g Matthews, g Lanter N 26 68 at St. Louis 65 (W) D 3 75 at Missouri 76 (L) D 4 54 Sl Louis (at Columbia, MO) 46 (W) D8 84 San Jose State 70 (W) D 1 1 67 Nebraska 63 (W) D 13 72 Cleveland State 70 (W) D 17 67 Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo 65 (W) D 18 80 Arizona State 74 (W) D 27 66 Houston (at Honolulu) 69 (L) D 29 73 William & Mary (at Honolulu) .... 64 (W) D 30 52 St. John's (NY) (at Honolulu) 56 (L) J I 70 at Long Beach State 84 (L) J 6 89 at Ohio State 72 (W) J 8 60 at Indiana 80 (L) J 13 69 Minnesota 83 *(W) j 15 81 lowa(OT) 84 (L) J 20 58 at Michigan State 67 (L) j22 61 at Michigan 66 (L) J 24 71 Northwestern 68 (W) J 29 63 at Purdue 66 (L) F3 82 Wisconsin 72 (W) F5 71 Purdue 70 (W) F 10 65 at Northwestern 63 (W) F 12 50 at Wisconsin 62 (L) FIT 73 Indiana 69 (W) F 19 60 Ohio State 64 (L) F24 64 at Iowa 76 (L) F 26 70 at Minnesota 72 *(W) M3 72 Michigan 87 (L) MS 61 Michigan State 62 (L) *Later forfeited to Illinois Big Ten: 6th place 1977-78 (13-14, 7-11) Coach: Lou Henson Captain: Audie Matthews Lineup: f Bresnahan. f Cobb, c Adams, g Matthews, g Gray N 25 64 North Carolina-Charlotte 68- (L) N28 113 Arizona 107 (W) D I 82 Southern Cal 59 (W) D 3 84 at South Carolina 68 (W) D6 96 Missouri 85 (W) D 16 81 Brigham Young 74 (W) D 28 75 Washington St (at Portland) 82 (L) D 29 86 Oregon (at Portland) 80 (W) D 30 68 Washington (at Portland) 81 (L) J 5 85 at Purdue 95 (L) J 7 65 at Indiana 64 (W) J 12 70 Michigan State 82 (L) J 14 65 Michigan 61 (W) J 19 66 at Minnesota 70 (L) J 21 73 Northwestern 64 (W) 126 70 at Iowa 61 (W) J 30 84 Ohio State 87 (L) F2 74 Wisconsin 71 (W) F4 65 at Ohio State 70 (L) F9 61 at Northwestern 72 (L) F 1 1 73 at Wisconsin 80 (L) F 16 69 Minnesota 75 (L) 134 fi/ffiting lffini(Bciskietbaff '[[iTwis ^cord (Booli^ ;*\QQalf8QLLl© V(^IIDft^[b^aV(^aGf' Q(30DP©3 F 18 77 Iowa 76 (W) F23 96 at Michigan 107 (L) F 2S 67 at Michigan State 89 (L) M 2 68 Indiana 77 (L) M 4 67 Purdue 66 (W) Big Ten: 7th place 1978-79 (19-11,7-11) Coach: Lou Henson Captain: Larry Lubin Lineup: f Johnson, f Smith, f Bresnahan, c Holcomb, g Judson N 24 109 Texas-Arlington 74 (W) N28 81 Denver 57 (W) D2 65 atTulane 60 (W) D 5 69 at Missouri 57 (W) D8 64 South Carolina 57 (W) D9 86 Centenary 60 (W) D 16 82 at Kent State 44 (W) D 22 64 Syracuse (at Lexington, KY) 61 (W) D 23 71 Texas A&M (at Lexington, KY) 57 (W) D28 84 Western Michigan 79 (W) (at Anchorage, AK) D29 88 Ozarks (at Anchorage, AK) 82 (W) D 30 92 at Alaska (Anchorage, AK) 80 (W) J 4 65 Indiana 61 (W) J 6 74 at Northwestern 56 (W) j II 57 Michigan State 55 (W) J 13 66 Ohio State (OT) 69 (L) J 18 81 at Wisconsin 74 (W) J 20 57 Purdue 69 (L) J 25 52 at Iowa 58 (L) J 27 54 Michigan 56 (L) F I 67 Minnesota 57 (W) F 3 65 at Michigan 74 (L) F8 65 at Purdue 71 (L) F 10 59 at Minnesota 57 (W) F 15 81 Wisconsin 64 (W) F 17 53 Iowa 67 (L) F22 55 at Ohio State 73 (L) F 24 62 at Michigan State 76 (L) M I 64 Northwestern 71 (L) M 3 60 Indiana 72 (L) Big Ten: 7th place 1979-80(22-13, 8-10) Coach: Lou Henson Captains: Levi Cobb. Neil Bresnahan Lineup: f Johnson, f Smith, c Griffin, g Gray, g Range, g Judson N 30 86 at Brigham Young 76 (W) D 4 66 Missouri (OT) 67 (L) D 6 74 Kent State 65 (W) D8 77 Long Beach State 60 (W) D 10 79 at Texas Christian 64 (W) DM 91 Missouri-St Louis 65 (W) D 14 94 Kentucky State 65 (W) D 15 47 Illinois State 40 (W) D 22 78 Marquette 80 (L) D28 75 Army (at Honolulu) 48 (W) D 29 77 Louisville (at Honolulu) 64 (W) D 30 94 at Havraii 82 (W) J 3 71 Iowa 72 (L) J 5 81 Northwestern 71 (W) JIG 66 at Purdue 74 (L) J 12 75 at Minnesota 79 (L) J 17 80 Michigan 69 (W) J 19 69 at Wisconsin 64 (W) J 24 76 Ohio State 79 (L) J 26 74 Michigan State 65 (W) J 31 54 at Indiana 60 (L) F 2 59 at Michigan State 68 (L) F 7 67 Wisconsin 50 (W) F 9 89 Indiana 68 (W) F 14 76 at Michigan 78 (L) F 16 57 at Ohio State 71 (L) F2I 60 Minnesota (OT) 58 (W) F23 69 Purdue 72 (L) F 28 90 at Northwestern 66 (W) Ml 71 at Iowa 75 (L) National Invitation Tournament M5 105 Loyola (Chicago) 87 (W) M 10 75 Illinois State 65 (W) M 13 65 Murray State 63 (W) M 17 63 Minnesota (at New York) 65 (L) M 1 9 84 Nevada-Las Vegas (at New York) 74 (W) Big Ten: 6th place (t) 1980-81 (21-8, 12-6) Coach: Lou Henson Captains: Derek Holcomb, Eddie Johnson. Mark Smith Lineup: f Johnson, f Smith, c Holcomb. g Range, g Harper N 29 98 Loyola Marymount 65 (W) D 6 87 Texas Christian 55 (W) D 10 84 Missouri (at St, Louis) 62 (W) D 13 69 at Marquette 68 (W) D 19 75 Brigham Young (at Knoxville) 80 (L) D20 106 lona (at Knoxville) 84 (W) 26 84 Ohio University 54 (W) D 27 93 Oklahoma 63 (W) J 3 104 Southern Illinois-Edwards 68 (W) J 8 88 at Northwestern 64 (W) J 10 61 at Indiana 78 (L) J 15 87 Purdue 65 (W) J 17 80 Minnesota 76 (W) J 22 76 at Michigan (OT) 80 (L) J 24 45 Wisconsin 54 (L) J 29 71 at Michigan State 70 (W) J 31 79 Iowa 66 (W) F5 82 Ohio State 63 (W) F7 66 at Iowa 72 (L) F 12 84 at Wisconsin 65 (W) F 14 63 at Ohio State 57 (W) F 19 67 Michigan 64 (W) F2I 82 Michigan State 62 (W) F 26 59 at Minnesota 76 (L) F28 81 at Purdue 70 (W) M5 66 Indiana 69 (L) M 7 98 Northwestern 76 (W) NCAA West Regional M 14 67 Wyoming (at Los Angeles) 65 (W) M 19 52 Kansas St. (at Salt Lake City) 57 (L) Big Ten: 3rd place 1981-82(18-11, 10-8) Coach: Lou Henson Captains: James Griffin, Perry Range, Craig Tucker Lineup: f Leonard, f/g Range, c Griffin, g Tucker, g Harper N 28 87 at Loyola (Chicago) (OT) 83 (W) D 5 55 Kansas State 49 (W) D 8 68 Missouri (at St. Louis) (OT) 78 (L) DM 72 Army 37 (W) D 12 76 Texas A&M 63 (W) D 19 53 St. Louis 43 (W) D22 90 North Dakota State 61 (W) D 28 56 Bowling Green (at Toledo. OH) 5 1 (W) D 29 51 at Toledo 71 (L) J 7 60 at Northwestern 50 (W) J 9 50 at Iowa 56 (L) J 14 50 Ohio State (OT) 51 (L) J 16 55 Michigan State 51 (W) J 21 53 Indiana 54 (L) J 23 64 at Minnesota 57 (WO J 28 63 at Purdue 48 (W) J 30 79 Michigan 61 (W) F4 88 Wisconsin 54 (W) F6 53 at Michigan 58 (L) FN 60 at Indiana 73 (L) F 13 68 at Wisconsin 60 (W) F 18 44 Purdue 52 (L) F 20 77 Minnesota 65 (W) F 25 47 at Michigan State 56 (L) F27 S3 at Ohio State 63 (L) M4 73 lowa(OT) 67 (W) M 6 85 Northwestern 65 (W) National Invitation Tournament M 10 126 Long Island 78 (W) MIS 58 Dayton 61 (L) Big Ten: 6th place 1982-83(21-11, 11-7) Coach: Lou Henson Captains: Kevin Bontemps. Derek Harper, Bryan Leonard Lineup: f Winters, f Welch, c Leonard. g Harper, g Douglas N 26 47 Vanderbilt (at Anchorage. AK) ... 58 (L) N 27 72 Texas A&M (at Anchorage. AK) 70 (W) N 28 68 Florida (at Anchorage, AK) 55 (W) D 2 94 Valparaiso 59 (W) D 4 75 Western Michigan 59 (W) D 8 59 at Kansas State 55 (W) D I I 57 at Kentucky 76 (L) D 13 79 Vanderbilt 77 (W) D 17 79 Southern Illinois-Carbondale 61 (W) D 18 67 Illinois State 60 (W) D 23 75 at Oklahoma 101 (L) D3I 73 Loyola (Chicago) 72 (W) J 3 74 Iowa State (at Rosemont, IL) 57 (W) j6 49 at Minnesota 75 (L) J 8 61 at Wisconsin 54 (W) J 13 55 Indiana 69 (L) J 15 63 Ohio State 55 (W) J 19 62 at Purdue 63 (L) J 27 78 at Michigan State 71 (W) J 29 87 at Michigan 74 (W) F3 62 Iowa 61 (W) F5 78 Northwestern 62 (W) F 10 55 at Northwestern 58 (L) F 12 66 at Iowa 68 (L) F 17 91 Michigan 71 (W) F 19 69 Michigan State 61 (W) F 23 54 Purdue 56 (L) M 3 74 at Ohio State 73 (W) M 5 55 at Indiana 67 (L) M 10 71 Wisconsin 64 (W) M 13 70 Minnesota 67 (W) NCAA West Regional M 17 49 Utah (at Boise, ID) 52 (L) Big Ten: 2nd place (t) V BNIVERSI15 OF ILLIN«;| ^i^fttimf Iffini'SasietSalf 135 Illinois ^Record 'Boot /i\QQalfaQII© V©SIDrt>[b^V©(IIDP S(30[?©a 1983-84 (26-5, 15-3) Coach: Lou Henson Captain: Quinn Richardson Lineup: f Winters, f Aitenberger. c Moncgomery, g Douglas, g Richardson N 25 99 Utah (at Rosemont, IL) 65 (W) N 26 70 Loyola (Chicago) 53 (W) (at Rosemont. IL) D 2 65 Western Illinois 49 (W) D 3 78 Southern Mississippi 47 (W) D6 69 atVanderbilt 55 (W) D 10 74 West Texas State 58 (W) D 12 74 Loyola (Chicago) 69 (W) D2I 78 Gal. State-Northridge 57 (W) D 24 54 Kentucky 56 (L) D 28 66 Missouri (at St. Louis) 60 (W) J 5 80 Minnesota 53 (W) J 7 63 at Wisconsin (OT) 62 (W) J 1 1 68 at Indiana (OT) 73 (L) J 14 55 at Ohio State 53 (W) J 21 76 Purdue 52 (W) J 26 46 Michigan State 40 (W) J 28 75 Michigan (40T) 66 (W) F 2 54 at Iowa (20T) 52 (W) F4 71 at Northwestern 52 (W) F8 73 Northwestern 49 (VST) F 12 73 Iowa 53 (W) F 16 60 at Michigan 62 (L) F 19 70 at Michigan State 53 (W) F 25 55 at Purdue 59 (L) M I 73 Ohio State 58 (W) M 4 70 Indiana 53 (W) M8 53 at Minnesota 41 (W) M 10 81 Wisconsin 57 (W) NCAA Mideast Regional M 18 64 Villanova (at Milwaukee) 56 (W) M 22 72 Maryland (at Lexington, KY) 70 (W) M24 51 Kentucky (at Lexington, KY) 54 (L) Big Ten: I st place (t) 1984-85 (26-9, 12-6) Coach: Lou Henson Captain: George Montgomery Lineup: f Welch, f Winters, c Montgomery, c Meents, g Aitenberger. g Douglas 31 Oklahoma (at Springfield, MA.) .. 64 (W) 64 Idaho State (at Anchorage. AK) . 44 (W) Alabama-Birmingham 59 (L) Oregon (at Anchorage. AK) (30T)72 (W) Chicago State 63 (W) Oklahoma 70 (W) 92 Gal State-Ghico 47 (W) 65 Missouri (at St. Louis) 50 (W) Columbia 48 (W) New Mexico State 55 (W) South Carolina State 47 (W) Cincinnati (at Rosemont. IL) 65 Loyola (Chicago) 63 (L) (at Rosemont. III.) at Minnesota 60 (L) at Iowa 64 (L) Michigan (OT) 58 (W) Michigan State 63 (W) at Wisconsin 67 (W) at Northwestern 43 (W) J 23 84 Ohio State 66 (W) J 27 52 Indiana 41 (W) J 30 34 at Purdue 54 (L) F 3 77 at Houston 76 (W) F7 56 at Michigan State 64 (L) F9 45 at Michigan 57 (L) F 14 64 Northwestern 42 (W) F 16 68 Wisconsin 49 (W) F2I 66 at Indiana 50 (W) F 23 64 at Ohio State 72 (L) M2 86 Purdue 43 (W) M7 59 lowa(OT) 53 (W) M9 82 Minnesota 54 (W) NCAA East Regional MIS 76 Northeastern (at Atlanta) 57 (W) M 17 74 Georgia (at Atlanta) 58 (W) M2I 53 Georgia Tech (at Providence, Rl) 61 (L) Big Ten: 2nd place 1985-86 (22-10, 11-7) Coach: Lou Henson Captains: Bruce Douglas. Efrem Winters Lineup: f Norman, f Welch, c Winters, c Meents. g Douglas, g Wysinger. g Blackwell N 26 95 Loyola (Chicago) 64 N 29 72 Hawaii-Loa (at Honolulu) 45 N 30 57 Oklahoma (at Honolulu) 59 D4 84 Wisconsin-Green Bay 34 D 6 79 Eastern Kentucky 56 D 7 115 Utah State 64 D 10 51 at Tennessee 54 D 14 102 Houston 92 D2I 67 Missouri (at St. Louis) 55 D23 95 Howard 61 D 30 64 Iowa State (at Rosemont, IL) 62 J 2 76 Minnesota 57 J 4 59 Iowa 60 J 8 59 at Michigan 61 J 12 51 at Michigan State 58 J 16 73 Wisconsin 54 J 18 72 Northwestern 46 J 23 67 at Ohio State 65 J 25 69 at Indiana 71 F2 80 Purdue 68 F 6 80 Michigan State 84 F8 83 Michigan (OT) 79 F 13 75 at Northwestern 52 F 15 82 at Wisconsin 74 F 20 60 Indiana 61 F22 66 Ohio State 62 F27 81 at Purdue 72 Ml 59 at Georgia Tech 57 M6 53 at Iowa 57 M8 73 at Minnesota 64 NCAA Southeast Regional M 14 75 Fairfield (at Charlotte, NC) 51 M 16 56 Alabama (at Charlotte, NC) 58 Big Ten: 4th place (t) 1986-87(23-8, 13-5) Coach: Lou Henson Captains: Doug Aitenberger, Ken Norman Tony Wysinger Lineup: f Norman, f Hamilton, c Kujawa, g Aitenberger. g Wysinger. g Blackwell N 28 67 N Mexico St. (at Laie. HI) 65 N 29 69 Duke (at Laie. HI) 62 D 4 92 Chicago State 78 D 6 99 at Pittsburgh 97 D8 85 Eastern Illinois 51 (W) (W) (L) (W) (W) (W) (L) (W) (W) (W) (W) (W) (L) (L) (L) (W) (W) (W) (L) (W) (L) (W) (W) (W) (L) (W) (W) (W) (L) (W) (W) (W) (W) (W) (W) D 12 D 13 D20 D23 D27 J3 J5 J8 J 10 J 14 J 17 J 22 J 24 J 28 J3I F2 F5 F7 F 12 F 14 F23 F25 M I M4 M7 NCAA MI2 Big Ten 92 Baylor 68 81 Princeton 55 77 at North Carolina 90 92 Missouri (at St. Louis) 74 82 at Loyola (Chicago) 83 95 Michigan 84 79 Michigan State 72 68 at Wisconsin 66 76 at Northwestern 69 88 Iowa (OT) 9 1 80 Minnesota 58 86 at Purdue (OT) 87 82 Arizona 63 66 at Indiana 69 69 Colorado 65 82 at Ohio State 65 72 Northwestern 43 99 Wisconsin 74 79 at Minnesota 67 6 1 at Iowa 66 75 Purdue (OT) 76 93 Ohio State 70 69 Indiana 67 89 at Michigan 75 77 at Michigan State 64 Southeast Regional 67 Austin Peay (at Birmingham. AL) 68 4th place (t) 1987-88 (23-10, 12-6) Coach: Lou Henson Captains: Glynn Blackwell, Jens Kujawa Lineup: f Anderson, f Battle, c Kujawa, g Gill, g Bardo, g Blackwell 73 Baylor (at Maui. HI) 50 76 Villanova (at Maui. HI) 78 Kansas (at Maui. HI) 75 Chicago State 57 Mississippi Valley State 73 Austin Peay 62 Illinois-Chicago 53 Auburn (OT) 103 North Carolina 85 Missouri (at St. Louis) 63 Colorado (at Denver) 68 Purdue 8 1 at Minnesota (OT) 6 I Michigan State 62 at Wisconsin 65 Tennessee 79 _. at Iowa 93 Northwestern 48 at Michigan 76 at Arizona 78 at Ohio State 64 Indiana 75 Minnesota SO at Michigan State 65 I 18 Ohio State 86 85 Wisconsin 65 79 at Purdue 93 75 at Indiana 65 Iowa 8 1 Michigan 74 at Northwestern 74 NCAA Southeast Regional MIS 81 Texas-San Antonio (at Cincinnati) 72 M20 63 Villanova (at Cincinnati) 66 Big Ten: 3rd place (t) N27 N28 N29 D2 D5 D8 D II D 12 D 19 D22 D30 J4 J7 J» J 16 il7 J2I J" J 28 J 30 F4 F6 F II F 13 F 17 F2I F25 F29 M6 M9 M 12 81 86 II I ICO 109 107 74 75 86 68 65 77 80 103 79 79 64 70 60 74 86 83 94 85 79 136 'Fijjfitin^ IlTini'Basl<:etbaff [[inois O^corcf'Bool^ !^[|QalfaDLQ© V(^IIDft>[b^V©(IIGf' @(30Gf^3 1988-89(31-5, 14-4) Coach: Lou Henson Captains; Kenny Battle, Lowell Hamilton Lineup: f Anderson, f Battle, f Liberty, c Hamilton, g Gill, g Bardo N26 N29 D3 D6 D9 D 10 D 17 D 19 D22 D28 D29 D30 |7 112 114 I 19 22 124 128 F2 F5 F9 F II F li F 18 F20 F26 M2 M5 MB M II 85 Illinois-Chicago 59 (W) 86 Metro State 55 (W) 91 Mississippi 79 (W) 97 Florida 67 (W) 112 Duquesne 81 (W) 107 Arkansas-Little Rock 88 (W) 105 Tennessee Tech 77 (W) 87 Missouri (at St. Louis) 84 (W) 127 at Louisiana State 100 (W) 85 Tulsa (at Honolulu) 58 (W) 80 Georgia Tech (at Honolulu) 75 (W) 96 at Hawaii 87 (W) 71 Michigan State 54 (W) 103 Wisconsin 80 (W) 96 Michigan 84 (W) 75 at Northwestern 70 (W) 1 03 Georgia Tech (20T) 92 (W) 62 at Minnesota 69 (L) 75 Indiana 65 (W) 72 at Purdue 76 (L) 82 at Iowa 86 (L) 62 Ohio State 60 (W) 84 Northwestern 69 (W) 75 at Michigan State 56 (W) 52 at Wisconsin 72 (L) 102 Purdue 75 (W) 94 at Ohio State 71 (W) 63 Minnesota 58 (W) 70 at Indiana 67 (W) 118 Iowa 94 (W) 89 at Michigan 73 (W> MCAA Midwest Regional M 16 77 McNeese St. (at Indianapolis) 71 (W) M 18 72 Ball State (at Indianapolis) 60 (W) ^ 24 83 Louisville (at Minneapolis) 69 (W) y| 26 89 Syracuse (at Minneapolis) 86 (W) MCAA Final Four 6,1 81 Michigan (at Seatde) 83 (L) Big Ten: 2nd place 1989-90 (21-8, 11-7) Coach: Lou Henson Captains: Kendall Gill. Stephen Bardo Lineup: f Liberty, f Kaufmann. c Small and Jones, g Gill, g Bardo. g Bowman at Mississippi 72 (W) Chicago State 62 (W) at Florida 69 (W) Indiana State 59 (W) Metro State 62 (W) Temple 61 (W) Missouri (at St. Louis) 93 (W) Wisconsin-Green Bay 47 (W) Grambling (at Chicago) 73 (W) Memphis St. (at Chicago) 71 (W) Wisconsin 59 (W) at Minnesota 9 1 (L) at Northwestern 78 (W) Michigan 74 (L) Michigan State 64 (W) at Purdue 81 (L) at Wisconsin 63 (W) Ohio State 8 1 (W) at Iowa 69 (L) Indiana 65 (W) Minnesota 72 (W) N28 83 D2 82 D5 74 D8 93 D9 96 D 16 78 D20 101 D23 71 D29 97 D30 83 4 73 6 74 113 85 15 70 18 73 20 68 125 66 127 92 129 67 F4 70 F8 99 Fll 79 at Michgian 93 F 14 88 Northwestern 74 F 17 63 at Michigan State 70 F2I 90 Purdue 78 F 26 80 at Ohio State 86 M 4 118 Iowa 85 Mil 69 at Indiana 43 NCAA Midwest Regional MIS 86 Dayton (at Austin. TX) 88 Big Ten: 4th place (t) 1990-91 (21-10, 11-7) Coach: Lou Henson Captains: Andy Kpedi. Larry Smich Lineup: f Thomas, f Kaufmann, c Kpedi, g Smith, g demons at American-Puerto Rico 84 Nebraska (at San Juan) 100 Old Dominion (atSanjuan) 62 Illinois-Chicago 71 Eastern Illinois 87 Wisconsin-Milwaukee {20T) I 16 at Penn State 78 Oregon State 78 Georgia Southern 67 Arkansas-Little Rock 72 Missouri (at St. Louis) 81 Louisiana State 96 at Memphis State 75 at Indiana 109 Purdue 61 Minnesota 66 Michigan State 7 1 at Ohio State 89 at Michigan 67 Iowa 50 Wisconsin 62 Northwestern 59 at Purdue 56 at Minnesota 74 at Michigan State 62 Ohio State 73 at Iowa 74 Michigan 65 at Northwestern 81 at Wisconsin 85 Indiana 70 (L) (W) (L) (W) (L) (W) (W) (L) N23 103 N24 73 N25 80 N29 60 D 1 106 D3 120 D5 68 D7 112 D8 85 D 15 83 D 19 84 D22 102 D29 84 J2 74 J5 43 J 10 47 JI7 48 jl9 55 J 24 72 J 28 53 F2 70 F4 73 F4 59 F 10 94 F 14 58 F20 44 F23 79 F28 48 M2 91 M4 77 M 10 58 (W) (L) (W) (L) (W) (W) (L) (W) (W) (W) (W) (W) (W) (L) (W) (W) (L) (L) (W) (W) (W) (W) (W) (W) (L) (L) (W) (W) (W) (L) (L) Big Ten; 3rd place (t) 1991-92 (13-15,7-11) Coach: Lou Henson Captains: Tom Michael. Deon Thomas Lineup: f Michael, f Pierce and Bennett, c Thomas, g Wheeler, g Clemens Penn State 65 Northeast Louisiana 70 Tennessee State 56 Hawaii 64 Washington 55 at Temple 92 Maryland-Baltimore 7 1 Missouri (at St. Louis) 61 at IHinois-Chicago (OT) 87 Connecticut 70 Purdue (OT) 72 at Michigan State 77 at Iowa 74 Michigan 68 Wisconsin 67 at Minnesota 54 N25 60 N30 95 D3 78 D6 69 D7 76 D 10 56 D2I 84 D23 44 D30 94 |4 66 J8 74 Jll 75 J15 49 J 18 41 J 22 74 J 25 53 (L) (W) (W) (W) (W) (L) (W) (L) (W) (L) (W) (L) (L) (L) (W) (L) J 30 72 Ohio State 74 F I 43 at Northwestern 44 F4 65 Indiana 74 Fll 74 at Purdue (OT) 71 F 15 74 Minnesota 58 F 20 78 at Wisconsin 92 F 23 77 lowa(OT) 72 F 24 92 Northwestern 45 Ml 70 at Indiana 74 M7 80 Michigan State 71 M I I 70 at Ohio State 82 M 14 59 at Michigan 48 Big Ten: 8th place (L) (L) (L) (W) (W) (L) (W) (W) (L) (W) (L) (L) 1992-93(19-13, 11-7) Coach: Lou Henson Captains: Tom Michael. Deon Thomas Lineup: f Kaufmann. f Bennett, c Thomas, g demons, g Keene and Wheeler N 25 86 Dayton (OT) (at Anchorage) 78 (W) N 27 93 Vanderbilt (at Anchorage) 77 (W) N 28 94 N. Mexico St. (at Anchorage) 95 (L) D 3 70 Illinois-Chicago 68 (W) DS 88 Chicago State 61 (W) DM 85 Jackson State 81 (W) D I 2 58 Princeton 50 (W) D20 77 Mercer 58 (W) D 23 65 Missouri (at Sl Louis) 66 (L) D26 72 at Texas 89 (L) 29 58 Marquette 61 (L) J 7 81 at Northwestern 71 (W) J 9 52 at Michigan State 39 (W) J 14 79 Indiana 83 (L) J 21 82 Penn State 66 (W) J 23 68 at Michigan 76 (L) J 27 80 Wisconsin 72 (W) J 30 84 at Ohio State 74 (W) F4 78 Iowa 77 (W) F 4 82 Northwestern 67 (W) F 10 83 Michigan State 80 (W) F 13 79 Pittsburgh 95 (L) FIT 72 at Indiana 93 (L) F20 74 at Penn State 66 (W) F 25 78 Purdue (20T) 70 (W) F 28 44 at Wisconsin 74 (L) M3 45 at Minnesota 47 (L) M4 85 Ohio State 73 (W) M 10 97 Michigan (OT) 98 (L) M 13 53 at Iowa 43 (L) NCAA West Regional M 1 8 75 Long Beach St. (at Salt Lake City) 72 M 20 68 Vanderbilt (at Salt Lake City) 85 Big Ten: 3rd place (t) TINIVERSIT'J. OF ILIilNOIif iFightiruj UTini 'Sas/letbalT 137 UCinois H^ecorcf (Booi /^[l[|a^3m© V(B(iiDrt^[b^°^©(ac? S(30Gf*®a 1993-94(17-11, 10-8) Coach: Lou Henson Captains: Tom Michael, Deon Thomas. T.J. Wheeler Lineup: f Wheeler, f Clark, c Thomas, g Garris, g Keene D I 99 LaSalle 73 (W) D4 101 Illinois-Chicago 80 (W) D 7 65 at Marquette 74 (L) D 10 no Morehead State 75 (W) DM 108 American 84 (W) D 18 121 Chicago State 52 (W) D20 79 Jackson State 63 (W) D 22 107 Missouri (30T) {at St. Louis) 108 (L) J 2 83 Texas 78 (W) J 8 74 at Michigan State 79 (L) J 12 81 Northwestern 53 (W) J 15 83 at Ohio State 75 (W) J 19 105 Iowa 90 (W) J 23 70 Michigan 74 (L) J 25 56 at Wisconsin 66 (L) J 30 88 Indiana 81 (W) F2 83 at Penn State 65 (W) F 9 72 Michigan State 64 (W) F 12 68 at Northwestern 79 (L) F 15 80 Ohio State 68 (W) F 19 69 at Iowa 83 (L) F 22 70 at Michigan 79 (L) F 27 76 Wisconsin 65 (W) Ml 77 at Indiana 82 (L) M 5 84 Penn State 59 (W) M9 90 Minnesota 75 (W) M 13 77 at Purdue 87 (L) NCAA Midwest Regional M 18 77 Georgetown 84 (L) (at Oklahoma City. OK) Big Ten: 4th place (t) 1994-95 (19-12, 10-8) Coach: Lou Henson Captains: Robert Bennett & Shelly Clark Lineup: f Hester, f Bennett, c Clark, g Garris, g Keene N25 N 26 N27 D3 D5 D9 D 10 D 17 D 19 -D42 at American-Puerto Rico 77 (W) Charleston (at San Juan) 57 (W) Virginia Tech (at San Juan) 75 (W) Duke (at Chicago) 70 (L) at Kansas State 69 (W) Northeastern Illinois 53 (W) Princeton 37 (W) Illinois-Chicago 60 (W) Mercer 66 (W) Missouri (at St Louis) 76 (L) at Connecticut 7 1 (L) Memphis 76 (W) Ohio State 70 (W) at Northwestern 55 (W) at Purdue 58 (W) Indiana 67 (W) Michigan 69 (L) at Minnesota 77 (L) Michigan State 75 (L) at Iowa 74 (W) at Wisconsin 73 (L) Penn State 58 (W) 104 Iowa (OT) 97 (W) F 15 58 at Michigan State 48 (L) F 22 94 Minnesota (OT) 88 (W) F26 51 at Michigan 63 (L) M 2 85 at Indiana 89 (L) M4 56 Purdue 69 (L) M8 99 Northwestern 57 (W) M I I 82 at Ohio State 63 (W) NCAA East Regional M 17 62 Tulsa (at Albany. NY) 68 (L) Big Ten: 5th place (t) 1995-96(18-13, 7-11) Coach: Lou Henson Captains: Richard Keene. Kiwane Garris. jerry Hester Lineup: f Hester, f Notree & Gandy. c Gee, g Garris, g Keene N25 N28 D2 D4 D8 D9 D 16 D20 D23 D27 D29 D30 J3 J6 J9 J 13 J 18 J 20 J 24 J 27 F3 F8 F 14 F 17 F 20 F 24 F 28 M3 M6 M9 83 Texas-San Antonio 80 89 Eastern Illinois 57 75 at Duke 65 82 Kansas State 56 89 Southeast Missouri State 70 97 Ball State 53 81 Illinois-Chicago 73 96 Missouri (at St. Louis) (OT) 85 83 California (at Chicago) 69 64 Syracuse (at Honolulu) 75 82 at Hawaii (OT) 81 85 N. Carolina St. (at Honolulu) 76 64 at Minnesota 49 58 Michigan State 48 68 at Michigan 83 71 Indiana 85 79 at Iowa 82 7 1 at Purdue 47 77 Ohio State 44 74 at Northwestern 62 56 Wisconsin 57 58 at Penn State 4 1 93 Northwestern 42 76 at Ohio State 67 71 Purdue 74 9 1 Iowa 86 64 at Indiana 74 73 Michigan 42 67 66 at Michigan State 77 Minnesota 67 National Invitation Tournament M 13 69 Alabama 72 Big Ten: 9th place (W) (W) (W) (W) (W) (W) (W) (W) (W) (L) (W) (W) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (W) (W) (W) (L) (L) (W) (W) (L) (W) (L) (W) (L) (L) (L) Lon Kruger (2 years, 45-20) 7^ Lon Kjugerwas named the l4th men's basketball coach at the University ot Illinois on March 21. 1996, succeeding Lou Henson, who retired after 21 seasons at Illinois. Kruger came to Champaign-Urbana after six seasons at Florida, where he led the Gators to their first Final Four in 1 994. His previous head coaching experience includes a four year stint at his alma mater Kansas State ( 1 987-90) and at Pan American (1983- 86). In his second year at Illinois, Kruger led the Illini to a share of the Big Ten champion- ship, the school's first since 1984. He has guided Illinois to consecutive NCAA Tour- nament appearances. 1996-97(22-10, 11-7) Coach: Lon Kruger Captains: Kiwane Garris. Chris Gandy. Herb Caldwell Lineup: f Gee, f Gandy, g Garris, g Heldman, g Turner N22 68 at Illinois-Chicago 63 N 25 92 Delaware State 51 N 29 73 Texas Christian (at Hilo. HI) 57 N 30 60 Louisville (at Hilo. HI) 70 Dl 92 Virginia Tech (at Hilo, HI) 68 D 3 88 at California (20T) 89 D6 84 Columbia 59 D 7 86 Tennessee State 73 D I I 94 Chicago State 57 D 14 91 Coppin State 55 D 2 1 79 UCLA (at Chicago) 63 D 28 85 Missouri (at Sl Louis) 69 J 2 69 Purdue 75 J 4 72 at Ohio State 64 J 9 74 at Michigan 88 J 1 1 85 Penn State 70 J 14 96 Minnesota 90 J 22 66 at Michigan State 43 J 25 54 Wisconsin 73 J 29 45 at Iowa 82 F2 78 at Indiana 74 F5 70 Northwestern 58 F9 64 Iowa 51 F 12 45 at Wisconsin 42 F 15 79 Michigan State 48 F 22 64 at Minnesota 47 F 25 87 at Penn State 45 M2 70 Michigan 51 M 5 90 Ohio State 83 M8 69 at Purdue 77 NCAA Southeast Regional M 14 90 Southern Cal (at Charlotte. NC) 77 M 16 63 Tenn.-Chattanooga 75 (at Charlotte. NC) Big Ten; 4th place (t) (W) (W) (W) (L) (W) (L) (W) (W) (W) (W) (W) (W) (L) (W) (L) (W) (W) (W) (L) (L) (W) (W) (W) (L) (W) (L) (W) (W) (W) (L) (W) (L) 138 9^ijfittn^ Iffini'Sas/ietBaff (iinois liecord 'Boofi 1997-98(23-10, 13-3) Zoach: Lon Kruger :aptains: Jerry Hester, Brian Johnson .ineup: f Gee. f Johnson, f Hester, g Heldman. g Turner JI7 69 Bradley 59 (W) J2I 82 Georgia Southern 53 (W) J24 71 Illinois-Chicago 70 (W) J27 70 Wichita State (at Bayamon) 57 (W) J28 57 #19 Louisville (at Bayamon) 58 (L) 429 66 St. John's (at Bayamon) 83 (L) )2 88 Texas-Pan American 60 (W) )6 51 at Saint Louis (TWA Dome) 57 (L) )8 88 Maine 69 (W) )I3 71 #17 Clemson (at Chicago) 61 (W) )20 105 Texas 80 (W) )23 69 Missouri (at St. Louis) 75 (L) 330 69 at #9 UCLA 74 (L) 3 74 Indiana 72 (W) 8 76 at #11 Iowa 64 (W) 10 59 at Northwestern 44 (W) 13 58 #9 Purdue 68 (L) 17 64 at Michigan State 68 (L) 2! 62 Wisconsin 48 (W) 25 64 #16 Michigan 53 (W) 28 66 at Ohio State 62 (W) 31 77 at Penn State 71 (W) =4 68 Minnesota 56 (W) =7 53 at Wisconsin (OT) 47 (W) = 12 84 #13 Michigan State 63 (W) = 14 72 at #8 Purdue 75 (L) = 18 69 Northwestern 57 (W) =22 79 Iowa 72 (W) =24 82 at Indiana 72 (W) 5ig Ten Tournament ■16 66 Wisconsin (at Chicago) 61 (W) 17 47 #9 Purdue 68 (L) MCAA West Regional >1I2 64 South Alabama 51 (W) 114 61 #20 Maryland 67 (L) iig Ten: I st place (t) ^Hff S(^S>GP©3 iF^htimj Iffini 'Sas/^etbalT 139 Iffinois H^corcf^oo^ 5i©(30GP(il3 VQo ®g)^[D©Qaife Opponent A Alabama Alabama-Birmingham Ataska-Anchofage Ames American American-Puerto Rico Arizona Arizona State Arkansas Arkansas Athletic Club Arkansas-Little Rock Army Auburn Augustana Austin Peay B Ball State Baylor Beaumont YMCA Birmingham Athletic Club Bowling Green Bradley Brigham Young Butler C Cairo Athletic Club California Cal Poly (SLO) Cal St.-Chico Cal SL-Northridge Carleton Carroll Centenary Champaign High School Chanute AFB Chicago Chicago State Chicago YMCA Cincinnati Clemson Cleveland State Coe College of Charleston Colgate Colorado Columbia Columbus YMCA Coppin State Connecticut Connecticut State Cornell Creighton D Dayton ~^, Decatur YMCA Delaware State Denver DePaul DePauw Detroit Drake Duke Duquesne Eastern Illinois Eastern Kentucky Evanston YMCA Reds Fairfield Florida Fort Worth YMCA Furman Games Won Lost Home Away* 2 I I I I 2 5 3 I I 2 5 I 2 2 2 2 I I 3 12 5 37 I 9 I I I 2 2 I I 3 68 6 I 2 I I 2 I 3 4 4 I I 2 I 5 6 6 2 I I 17 10 8 5 3 3 I I I I 2 3 2 I I 2 3 I 2 I 2 2 I I 3 10 3 29 I 4 I I I 2 2 I I 2 39 6 I I I I I 3 3 4 2 I 2 I 2 2 8 5 I 29 I I I I 2 I 2 6 2 I I I I 3 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 2-0 1-0 i-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 8-1 2-0 25-4 0-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 l-l 22-12 6-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 l-l 0-0 2-0 2-0 3-0 0-0 1-0 0-1 1-0 4-1 4-0 0-1 0-0 1-0 1-0 6-3 8-2 6-0 3-0 0-0 1-0 3-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-1 0-1 1-0 1-0 0-0 2-0 1-2 l-l 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0 2-0 0-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 2-1 1-2 4-4 1-0 3-5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 17-17 0-0 0-1 l-l 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 i-0 l-l 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 2-0 4-1 2-0 0-0 0-0 5-3 0-0 l-l l-l 2-1 l-l 0-0 0-0 2-3 1-0 3-0 2-0 0-1 Opponent G Galveston YMCA Georgetown Georgia Georgia Southern Georgia Tech Camp Grant Grambling Great Lakes H Harvard Hawaii Hawaii Armed Forces All-Stars Hawaii-Loa Houston Hov/ard I Idaho State Illinois-Chicago Illinois State Illinois Wesleyan Indiana Indiana State lona Iowa Iowa State J Jacksonville (Fla.) Jackson State K Kansas Kansas Aggies Kansas State Kent State Kentucky Kentucky State Knox L LaSalle Long Beach State Louisiana State Louisville Loyola (Chicago) Loyola (Los Angeles) Loyola (New Orleans) In Maine Manhattan Marquette Maryland Maryland-Baltimore McNeese State Melbourne (Australia) Memphis YMCA Memphis Mercer Metro State Mexico Miami (Fla.) Miami (Ohio) Michigan Michigan State Millikm Minnesota Mississippi Mississippi Valley State Missouri Missouri-St. Louis Mobile YMCA Monmouth College Montgomery YMCA Morehead State Mount Vernon Murray State Games Won Lost Home Away* 1 0-0 1 1 0-0 4 2-0 2 2-0 5 1 1-0 1 0-0 1 0-0 6 4 3-2 2 2-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 2 l-l 1-0 0-0 1 7-1 4-0 1 5-1 138 73 40-29 1-0 0-0 124 60 50-13 1 5-0 1 0-0 2-0 0-0 1-0 2 3-0 2-0 8 2-1 1-0 2-0 1-0 1 1-0 1-0 1 0-0 3 6-0 1-0 1 1-0 1-0 0-0 5 6-2 0-0 1-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 0-0 3-0 133 67 S6 44-23 85 45 40 29-13 15 1 8-1 151 93 59 60-16 2-0 1-0 28 18 5-1 1-0 0-0 1-0 1 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 "^(Away and Neutral) 1 40 flj/itijyj Ulmi'Saskietbaff litwis ^cord'BoolS>DQ©[ate Opponent Nebraska Nevada-Las Vegas New Mexico New Mexico State New York University North Carolina North Carolina-Charlotte North Carolina State Northeast Louisiana Northeastern Northeastern Illinois Northwestern College Northwestern North Dakota North Dakota State Northern Michigan Notre Dame Oberlin Ohio Ohio State Oklahoma Oklahoma ASM Old Dominion Oregon Oregon State College of the Ozarks College of Pacific Peoria Tigers Peoria YMCA Penn State Pennsylvania Games Won Lost Home Away* I 3 3 3 I 3 I I I 2 140 5 2 2 39 I 4 146 18 3 I 2 3 I 5 I I 2 3 I 3 I I I 2 108 5 2 2 27 I 4 91 13 2 I 2 3 I 2 I 2 I 32 12 54 5 I 4 4-1 0-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 l-l 0-1 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 2-0 55-12 5-0 2-0 2-0 12-1 1-0 4-0 54-20 8-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 4-1 2-0 2-1 1-0 0-0 1-1 2-3 0-1 0-0 3-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 51-21 0-0 0-0 0-0 15-11 0-0 0-0 38-34 5-4 2-0 0-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 4-3 2-0 Matt HeUiiiian started every game jor the Fighting lllini Lut seasoiL Opponent Pittsburgh Princeton Providence Purdue R Rice Riverside Rose Poly S Santa Clara St. John's University Sl Joseph (Pa.) St. Louis St. Mary's (Calif.) San Francisco San Jose State Shelbyville Business College South Carolina South Carolina State South Dakota Southeast Missouri State Southern California Southern Illinois (Carbondale) Southern Illinois (Edwardsville) Stanford Syracuse T Temple Temple YMCA Tennessee Tennessee State Tennessee Tech Texas Texas-Arlington Texas-El Paso Texas ASM Texas Christian Texas-Pan American Texas-San Antonio Toledo Tulane Tulsa U UCLA Utah Utah State V Vaiparaiso Vanderbilt Villanova Virginia Tech W Wabash Waco YMCA Washington Washington (St. Louis) Washington State Western Kentucky West Texas State West Virginia Western Illinois Western Michigan Wheaton William & Mary Wichita State Wisconsin Wisconsin-Green Bay Wisconsin-Milwaukee Wright Field Wyoming X Xavier Y Yale Games Won Lost Home Away"^ 6 7 I 152 2 I 2 1 3 5 15 5 I I 4 I 2 2 I 2 159 2 I I I I 4 6 73 2 I 2 10 I I 2 1 2 I I I 1 1 1 4 2 2 I I 2 I 2 I I 3 3 2 I 4 I 3 1 2 3 4 3 2 2 I I 79 2 I 5 I 6 2 1 3 2 1 3 I I 6 I 3 3 2-2 6-0 0-0 49-27 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 7-2 1-0 1-0 2-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 l-l 1-0 1-0 3-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 2-1 0-0 2-2 0-0 2-0 3-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 0-1 26-51 1-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 1-2 0-1 3-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 l-l 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-5 0-0 0-0 1-2 2-1 1-3 1-0 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 2-0 2-0 0-0 1-0 1-3 2-0 l-l 0-0 0-0 2-3 3-3 2-0 7 3 6-2 l-l 1 0-0 1-0 3 1-0 1-3 3 9-1 3-2 1 4-0 0-1 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1 1-0 2-1 1-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 1 1-0 0-j 0-0 ' 1 0-0 2J 97 62 60-17 37J 2-0 1-0 1 0-1 0-0 1-0 0-0 1/ ^^/itinq Iffini CBasietbafl 141 TIMIVERSIDljil OF ILUNOKi Iffinois Uncord ^001 Total Points (Avg.) l906-(scatistical information not available) I907-Edw3rd Ryan 94 1908-Henry Popperfuss 401 1 909-Carl Watson 142 1 9 1 0-Albert Hall 66 191 l-EmmettPoston 90 i 9 1 2-Albert Hall 1 1 3 1913-Homer Dahringer 169 1914-EdwardWilliford 130 1915-EdwardWilliford 116 1916-Ralf Woods 122 1917-Ralf Woods 164 1918-Earl Anderson 201 1919-Ken Wilson I 18 1920-Charles Carney 215 1 92 1 -Charles Vail. Jr 1 08 1922-Charles Carney 249 1923-Walter Roettger 129 1924-Leland Stilwell 129 1925-Russell Daugherity I 1 1 1926-Russell Daugherity 99 1927-Russell Daugherity 135 1928-John How 125 1929-John How 102 1930-Charles Harper 76 1 93 1 -Charles Harper 124 1932-Caslon Bennett 106 1933-Frank Froschauer 140 1934-Frank Froschauer 170 1935-Frank Froschauer 147 1935-Bob Riegel 147 I936-Hari7 Combes 154 1937-Lou Boudreau 157 1938-Louis Dehner 223 1939-Louis Dehner 239 1 940- William Hapac 244 1 94 1 -Art Mathisen 178 1942-Andy Phillip 232 1943-Andy Phillip 305 1944-Stan Patrick 240 1945-Walt Kirk 212 1946-Bob Doster 273 I 947-Andy Phillip 192 1948-Dwight Eddleman 277 1949-Dwight Eddleman 329 1950-Wally Osterkorn 333 1 95 1 -Don Sunderlage 471 1952-John Kerr 357 1953-JohnKerr 386 -" ~X_^ 1954-John Kerr 556 T\ ' 1955-PaulJudson 363 ! 1956-GeorgeBonSalle 321 / ,: 1 957-Harv Schmidt 414 -' 1958-DonOhl 431 1 959.Roger Taylor 376 1 960-Govoner Vaughn .... 41 I 1 96 1 -Dave Downey 402 1962-Dave Downey 445 1 963-Dave Downey 5 1 3 1964-SkipThoren 488 1965-SkipThoren 533 1966-Don Freeman 668 1967-Jim Dawson 521 Jiiill 1968-Dave Scholz 529 1969-DaveScholz 459 8.5) 1 5.4) 10.9) 7.3) 7.5) 7.1) 10.6) 10.0) 7.3) 12.2) 10.3) 13.4) 85) 16.5) 6.0) 13.1) 8.9) 7.6) 6.5) 5.8) 7.9) 7.4) 6.0) 4.8) 7.3) 6.2) 7.8) 8.9) 7.4) 7.4) 8.1) 8.7) 12.4) 12.6) 12.2) 8.9) lO.I) 16.9) 12.0) 10.6) 13.0) 9.6) 13.9) 13.1) 15.1) 17.4) 13.7) 17.5) 25.3) 16.5) 22.9) 18.8) 19.6) 17.9) 17.9) 16.8) 20.2) 19.7) 20.3) 22.2) 27.8) 21.7) 22.0) 19.1) 1 970-Greg Jackson 409 ( 1 7.0) 1 97 1 -Rick Howat 474 (20.6) 1 972-Nick Weatherspoon 500 (20.8) 1 973-Nick Weatherspoon 600 (25.0) 1 974-Rick Schmidt 493 (2 1 .4) 1 975-Rick Schmidt 524 (20.2) 1 976-Rich Adams 429 ( 1 5.9) 1 977-Audie Matthews 479 ( 1 6.0) 1 978-Audie Matthews 327 ( 1 2. 1 ) 1 979-Mark Smith 404 (13.5) 1 980-Eddie Johnson 610 (1 7.4) 1 98 1 -Eddie Johnson 500 ( 1 7.2) 1 982-Craig Tucker 450 ( 1 5.5) 1 983-Derek Harper 492 (5.4) 1 984-Efi-em Winters 456 { 1 4.7) 1 985-Anthony Welch 415 ( 1 1 .9) 1 986-Ken Norman 525 ( 1 6.4) 1987-Ken Norman 641 (20.7) 1 988-Nick Anderson 525 ( 1 5.9) 1 989-Nick Anderson 647 ( 1 8.0) 1 990-Kendall Gill 58 1 (20.0) 1 99 1 -Andy Kaufmann 660 (2 1 .3) 1 992-Deon Thomas 542 ( 1 9.4) 1 993-Deon Thomas 587 ( 1 8.3) 1 994-Deon Thomas 548 ( 1 9.6) 1 995-Kiwane Garris 494 ( 1 5.9) 1 996-Kiwane Garris 386 ( 1 5.4) 1 997-Kiwane Garris 622 ( 1 9.4) 1 998-Kevin Turner 584 ( 1 7.7) •Some statistical information is not available, thus averages w multiplied by games played to give an estimate. Total Rebounds (Avg.) 1959-John Wessels 205 (9.3) 1 960-Govoner Vaughn 187 (8.1) 1 96 1 -Dave Downey 267 (III) 1 962-Dave Downey 269 ( 1 2.2) 1 963-Dave Downey 254 (9.8) 1 964-Skip Thoren 331 ( 1 3.8) Jarrod Gee wiis a leading reboinider for the lllnir [he hist two seasons. 1 965-Skip Thoren 349 ( 1 4.5) 1 966-Don Freeman 285 (II .9) 1967-Dave Scholz 250 (10.9) 1 968-Dave Scholz 230 (9.6) 1 969-Dave Scholz 209 (8.7) 1 970-Greg Jackson 234 (9.8) 1 97 1 -Nick Weatherspoon 246 ( 1 0.7) 1 972-Nick Weatherspoon 265 (II .0) 1 973-Nick Weatherspoon 295 ( 1 2.3) 1 974-Rick Schmidt 165 (7.2) 1 975-Rick Schmidt 139 (5.3) 1 976-Rich Adams 158 (5.9) 1977-LeviCobb 192 (6.4) 1978-NeilBresnahan 195 (7.2) 1979-Neil Bresnahan 236 (7.9) 1 980-Eddie Johnson 310 (8.9) 1 98 1 -Eddie Johnson 267 (9.2) 1 982-James Griffin 204 (7.0) 1 983-Efrem Winters 2 1 3 (5.9) 1984-George Montgomery 224 (7.2) 1 985-Efrem Winters 252 (7.2) 1 986-Ken Norman 226 (7. 1 ) 1 987-Ken Norman 303 (9.8) 1 988-Nick Anderson 2 1 7 (6.6) 1 989-Nick Anderson 285 (7.9) 1 990-Marcus Liberty 206 (7.7) 1 99 1 -Deon Thomas 203 (6.8) 1 992-Deon Thomas 193 (6.9) 1 993-Deon Thomas 256 (8.0) 1 994-Deon Thomas 194 (6.9) 1995-Shelly Clark 233 (8.3) 1 996-Bryant Notree 1 90 (6.1) jan-od Gee 1 90 (6.1) 1 997-Chris Gandy 181 (5.7) 1 998-Jerry Hester 175 (5.3) Jarrod Gee 175 (5.3) Field Goal Percentage (Min. 3 attempts per game) 1 948-Jim Marks 35 1 (33-94) 1 949-Fred Green 338 (65- 1 92) I 950-Wally Osterkorn 406 ( 1 25-308) 1 95 1 -Clive Follmer 386 (88-228) 1 952-Jobn Kerr 392 ( 1 43-365) 1953-Clive Follmer 406 (82-202) 1954-jim Dutcher 441 (30-68) 1 955-Phil Judson 444 (35-79) 1 956-Hai-v Schmidt 43 1 (II 3-262) 1 957-Harv Schmidt 432 (1 56-36 1 ) 1 958-Roger Taylor 435 (97-223) 1959-Ed Perry 489 (46-94) 1 960-Lee Frandsen 477 (4 1 -86) 1 96 1 -Jerry Colangelo 459 ( 1 28-279) 1 962-Bob Starnes 477 (81-1 70) 1 963-Bill Burwell 500 ( 1 58-3 1 6) 1 964-Skip Thoren 50 1 (1 87-373) 1 965-Skip Thoren 560 (2 1 9-39 1 ) 1 966-Bob Brown 478 (44-92 ) 1967-Deon Flessner 466 (85-182) 1 968-Jodie Harrison 553 (88- 1 59) 1 969-Jodie Harrison 608 (87- 1 43) 1970-Fred Miller 507 (107-21 1) 1 97 1 -Rick Howat 485 ( 1 90-39 1 ) 1 972-Larry Cohen 457 (42-92) 1 973-Nick Conner 462 ( 1 36-294) 1974-Tom Carmichael 500 (48-96) 1975-Tom Carmichael 608 (54-89) 1 976-Nate Williams 534 (102-191) 142 '/i^fitiTi^ IfCini 'Bas^etbaff linois H^corcC'Booll 177-Audie Matthews 3 1 (202-396) 178-Rob Judson 5 1 4 (76- 1 48) 179-Derek Holcomb 539 (90- 1 67) ISO-Mark Smith 552 (1 87-339) IB I -Derek Holcomb 569 (70- 1 23) 182-Perry Range 521 (1 46-280) i83-Derek Harper 537 (1 98-369) |84-Quinn Richardson 588 (94- 1 60) |85-Ken Norman 632 (86- 1 36) 186-Ken Norman 64 1 (2 1 6-337) '87-Ken Norman 578 (256-443) i87-Loweli Hamilton 578 ( 1 49-258) '88-Kenny Battle 578 ( 1 97-34 1 ) '89-Kenny Battle 604 (218-361) 190-Ervin Small 568 (75- 1 32) '9 1 -Deon Thomas 577 ( 1 72-298) '92-Deon Thomas 585 ( 1 99-340) 193-Deon Thomas 606 (225-371 ) 194-Deon Thomas 633 (207-327) 195-Robert Bennett 55 1 (98- 1 78) 196-Bryant Notree 515 (1 22-237) '97-Jarrod Gee 54 1 (86- 1 59) Brian Johnson 54 1 (59-109) '98-Brian Johnson 589 (83-141) 3-Point Percentage 1in. 1 .5 attempts per game) i83-Derek Harper* 481 (13-27) 187-Doug Altenberger 475 (76- 1 60) 188-Kendall Gill 304 (2 1 -69) 189-Stephen Bardo 492 (29-59) 190-Andy Kaufmann 449 (22-49) 19 1 -Andy Kaufmann 394 (41-1 04) 192-Tom Michael 493 (75- 1 52) 193-Tom Michael 400 (26-65) 194-Richard Keene 425 (48- 1 1 3) 195-Jerry Hester 404 (38-94) 196-Jerry Hester 388 (38-98) 197-Matt Heldman 4 1 8 (64- 1 53) 198-Matt Heldman 406 (67- 1 65) jxperrmental season for 3-point rule; 27 attempts in 32 games) Free Throw Percentage lin. 1.5 FTs made per game) 148-Bill Erickson 6 1 7 (37-60) 149-Don Sunderlage 684 (39-57) 150-Burdette Thurlby 722 (52-72) >5 1 -Ted Beach 825 (47-57) >52-Clive Follmer 765 (91-119) >53-Max Hooper 790 (45-57) IS4-Max Hooper 812 (34-42) >55-Bill Ridley 726 (88- 1 24) >56-Harv Schmidt 793 (69-87) >57-Harv Schmidt 76 1 (1 02- 1 34) )58-Roger Taylor 840 (68-8 1 ) )59-Roger Taylor 833 (60-72) )60-Govoner Vaughn 865 (83-96) >6 1 -Bill Small 894 (42-47) )62-Bill Small 864 (70-8 1 ) ?63-Bob Starnes 800 (84- 1 05) )64-Tal Brody 684 (91-133) ?65-Bogie Redman 833 (55-66) ?66-Don Freeman 77 1 ( 1 52- 1 97) ?67-Jim Dawson 762 (93-122) J68-Mike Price 729 (62-85) ?69-Randy Crews 767 (46-60) Kcfi Non/ian led Illinois in storing, rebounding and blocked shots in 1986 and 1987. 1970-Mike Price 824 1 97 1 -Rick Howat 832 1972-Larry Cohen 867 1973-Jeff Dawson 814 1974-Dennis Graff 862 1975-Rick Schmidt 804 1976-Otho Tucker 764 1977-Audie Matthews 798 1 978-Rob Judson 957 1979-Mark Smith 771 1980- I98I-' 1982. 1983. 1984. 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Mark Smith 817 Mark Smith 816 Craig Tucker 833 Bruce Douglas 719 Quinn Richardson 794 Doug Altenberger 769 Ken Norman 802 Glynn Blackwell 871 Kendall Gill 753 Stephen Bardo 792 Andy Kaufmann 802 Andy Kaufmann 833 TJ, Wheeler 844 T.J. Wheeler 870 T.J. Wheeler 813 Kiwane Garris 831 Kiwane Garris 862 Kiwane Garris 833 Matt Heldman 860 (89-108) (94-1 13) (39-45) (83-102) (50-58) (144-179) (68-89) (75-94) (45-47) (84-109) (161-197) (102-125) (I 10-132) (64-89) (50-63) (70-91) (93-116) (6 I -70) (67-89) (76-96) (81-101) (169-203) (81-96) (60-69) (61-75) (148-178) (112-130) (204-245) (98-1 14) Total Steals (Avg.) 1 978-Mark Smith 37 ( 1 .37) 1 979.Mark Smith 53 ( 1 .77) 1 980-Reno Gray 39 ( I . I I ) 1 98 1 -Derek Harper 39 ( 1 .34) 1 982-Derek Harper 67 (2.3 1 ) 1 983-Bruce Douglas 78 (2.44) 1 984-Bruce Douglas 73 (2.35) 1 985-Bruce Douglas 85 (2.43) 1 986-Bruce Douglas 88 (2.75) 1 987-Kendall Gill 39 ( 1 .26) 1 988-Kenny Battle 72 (2. 1 8) 1 989-Kenny Battle 89 (2.47) 1 990-Kendall Gill 63 (2. 1 7) 1 99 1 -Rennie demons 43 ( 1 .39) 1 992-Rennie demons 42 ( 1 .50) 1 993-Rennie demons 42 ( 1 .45) 1994-Kiwane Garris 33 (1.18) 1 995-Kiwane Garris 36 (1.16) 1 996-Kiwane Garris 42 (1.68) 1 997-Kiwane Garris 52 ( 1 .63) 1 998-Kevin Turner 44 (1.33) Total Assists (Avg.) 1974-Jeff Dawson 73 1975-Rick Schmidt 73 1 976-Otho Tucker 84 1977-Steve Lanter 103 1978-Neil Bresnahan 68 1979-Mark Smith 121 1980- 1981- 1982- 1983- 1984- 1985- 1986- 1987- 1988- 1989- Reno Gray 109 Derek Harper 156 ■Derek Harper 145 Bruce Douglas 189 ■Bruce Douglas 177 Bruce Douglas 200 Bruce Douglas 199 Tony Wysinger 192 Kendall Gill 138 Larry Smith 157 (3.17) (2.81) (3.23) (3.43) (2.52) (4.03) (3.11) (5.38) (5.00) (5,91) (5.71) (5.71) (6.22) (6.40) (4.20) (4.36) 1990-Stephen Bardo 137 (4.72) 1 99 l-Urry Smith 144 (4.97) 1 992-Rennie Clemons 137 (4.89) 1 993-Rennie Clemons 121 (4.17) 1994-Richard Keene 113 (4.04) 1 995-Kiwane Garris 117 (3,77) 1996-Richard Keene 162 (5.23) 1 997-Kiwane Garris 180 (5.63) 1998-Matt Heldman 131 (3.97) Blocked Shots (Avg.) 1978- 1979. 1980- 1981- 1982- 1983- 1984. 1985. 1986. 1987. 1988. 1989. 1990. I99|. 1992. 1993. 1994 1995. 1996. 1997 1998- Rich Adams 32 Derek Holcomb 86 Derek Holcomb 46 Derek Holcomb 42 James Griffin 56 .Efrem Winters 3 I Scott Meents 25 Efrem Winters 32 .Ken Norman 25 Ken Norman 48 .Jens Kujawa 29 .Nick Anderson 32 .Marcus Liberty 26 .Deon Thomas 54 Deon Thomas 44 Deon Thomas 42 Deon Thomas 37 Robert Bennett 13 .Jarrod Gee 33 -Chris Gandy 21 arrod Gee 29 ^^htijy Iffini'Bas^etbafl 143 Iffinois H^corcf'Boc ZI\dqdq[D(I]Q Ht^aon Qth2Ji}33il3(33 Illinois stats on top in bold, opponent stats on bottom G 14 II 26 14 9 12 16 16 13 16 16 14 II 26 14 9 12 16 16 13 16 16 FG FGA FG% 3P 3 PA 3P% FT FTA FT% Reb. Avg. PF DQ Pts. 363 431 25.9 30.8 71 5! y^ss 223 879 407 193 258 413 412 603 268 177 241 289 20.2 33.8 29.1 ; M.4 21.5 : E5.8 37.5 23.2 19.1 19.7 20.1 18.1 38 92 93 34 32 48 SO 46 28 28 33 35 353 246 22.1 15.4 52 21 338 444 405 226 208 294 26.0 27.8 25.3 17.4 13.0 18.4 46 52 36 29 19 34 144 ^igfitin^ Iffini (Bas/^ietSaCC '[[inois Uncord ^00^ 1916-17 1917-18 1918-19 1919-20 1920-21 1921-22 1922-23 1923-24 1924-25 1925-26 1926-27 16 15 14 13 18 19 15 17 17 17 17 16 15 14 13 18 19 15 17 17 17 17 o HG TO BK STL 449 281 28.1 17.6 52 28 386 313 25.7 20.9 40 35 280 391 301 305 20.0 3 0.1 21.5 23.5 37 43 36 36 449 423 24.9 23.5 46 32 596 527 31.4 27.7 49 39 393 374 26.2 24.9 41 38 443 447 398 343 400 409 26.0 26.3 23.4 20.2 23.5 24.1 38 37 35 36 34 33 525 473 ^i^/ttiriq Iffini 'Bas/ietbalt 145 UCinois H^ecorcC'Bool 1927-28 1928-29 1929-30 1930-31 1931-32 1932-33 1933-34 1934-35 1935-36 1936-37 1937-38 G 17 17 16 17 17 18 19 20 19 18 IB 17 17 16 17 17 18 19 20 19 18 18 FG 1 4* 107* 105* 136* 120* 128* 124* 162* 255 256 275 154* 125* 98* 96* 106* 10* 121* 1 38* 130* 161* 136* FGA FG% 3P SPA 3P% FT 82* 93* 74* 67* 89* 94* 76* 1 15* 124 170 156 IDS* 82* 77* 107* 88* 107* 92* 100* 82* 69* 86* FTA FT% Reb. Avg. PF 142* 124* 122* I IS* 122* 127* 162* 120* 149* 147* 160* 147* 136* 123* 136* 157* I 17* 137* 117* 160* 134* 141* DQ Pts. Ave. X 492 556 28.9 32.7 491 472 28.9 27.8 NOTE: * Conference Games Only 380 374 23.8 23.4 489 372 28.8 21.9 ^\ HG 41 46 32 45 v J 52 37 35 35 485 402 28.5 23.6 44 34 526 431 29.2 23.9 44 34 549 704 508 590 28.9 35.2 26.7 29.5 38 55 36 42 634 686 510 583 33.4 38.1 26.8 32.4 48 51 42 61 1 46 'Juj/itiiy Iftini'Bas/^etbaff 707 669 39.3 37.2 60 51 UCinois ^corcf^ool^ 1938-39 1939-40 1940-41 1941-42 1942-43 1943-44 1944-45 1945-46 1946-47 1947-48 1948-49 19 19 282 20 20 312 163- STL NOTE: ''' Conference Games Only 20 20 330 1 80* 20 20 416 359 21 21 441 337 20 20 447 323 1663 1331 .269 .243 20 20 485 344 1727 1415 .281 .243 25 25 651 514 2152 1832 .303 .281 175 195 215 223 165 178 212 234 233 264 403 86* 121* 144* 127* 125 136 202 221 217 276 388 270 316 382 401 392 467 666 222 231 372 416 400 475 584 .61 1 .563 .555 .584 .594 .565 .605 .563 .593 .540 531 542 .581 664 134* 228* 190* 168* 181 209 330 315 350 421 509 141* 195* 1 97* 201* 211 265 326 178 330 401 533 739 819 875 1043 1039 950 1043 1 117 1127 1234 1705 580 664 793 883 667 850 920 895 863 964 1416 38.9 41.0 43.8 45.3 57.7 47.5 52.2 53.2 56.4 61.7 68.2 30.5 33.2 39.7 38.4 37.1 42.5 46.0 42.6 432 48.2 56.6 61 60 56 63 92 69 77 85 94 98 96 41 62 53 50 53 56 65 67 58 70 76 ^i^htiriq IlTini 'Basl^etbaff 147 -tf._. 3P 3PA 3P% Iffinois H^corcCCBool^ 1949-50 1950-51 1951-52 1952-53 1953-54 1954-55 1955-56 1956-57 1957-58 1958-59 1959-60 G 22 27 26 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 23 22 27 26 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 23 FG 509 715 679 657 605 684 731 708 695 742 716 468 658 586 493 465 521 551 652 679 644 664 FGA 1621 2056 2007 1823 1670 1764 1836 1778 1795 1817 1729 1666 2095 1916 1516 1357 1504 1566 1675 1708 1594 1696 FG% .314 .348 .338 .361 .362 .389 .398 .398 .387 .408 .414 .281 .314 .306 .316 .343 .346 .352 .389 .397 .403 .391 FT FTA FT% Reb. Avg. PF 366 491 487 461 468 440 534 435 356 331 399 363 374 427 467 493 515 574 431 364 447 44 1 627 747 779 691 690 671 725 620 503 517 562 6M 565 661 727 740 789 813 632 515 671 654 584 .657 .625 .671 .678 .656 .737 .702 .708 .640 .710 .594 .662 646 .642 .666 .653 .706 .681 .707 .666 .675 1179 1128 1256 1293 53.4 49.0 508 614 474 491 57. 1 56.2 500 477 475 440 369 457 479 517 643 661 451 513 394 535 414 360 377 432 DQ Pts. Ave. HG TO BK STL 1384 1299 62.9 59.0 76 83 1921 1865 1690 1599 71.1 71.7 62.6 61.5 89 95 91 74 1775 1678 1453 1423 80.7 76.3 66.0 64.7 96 90 91 84 ..SJ 1808 1996 1851 1557 1678 1735 82.2 90.7 84.1 70.8 76.3 78.9 104 III 112 92 96 102 1746 1722 79.4 78.3 102 98 1815 1173 82.5 53.3 103 102 1831 1769 79.6 76.9 96 109 148 ^^igfitity Ifdni'Sas/ietSaff [Unois Hiecorcf'Sooli^ 1960-61 1961-62 1962-63 1 963-64 1964-65 1965-66 1966-67 1967-68 1968-69 1969-70 1970-71 G 24 23 26 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 23 24 23 26 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 23 FG 705 712 855 786 899 830 802 602 768 735 742 725 737 755 765 754 799 843 593 642 679 708 FGA 1722 1645 1892 1853 1871 1905 1846 1500 1708 1563 1629 1813 1772 1983 1817 1937 1817 1825 1361 1449 1597 1577 FG% .409 .433 .452 .424 .480 .435 .434 .401 .450 .470 .455 .400 .416 .381 .421 .389 .439 .461 .436 .443 .424 449 422 413 589 649 .716 .636 481 424 1832 1863 76.3 77.6 99 96 459 314 618 478 .727 .657 382 452 1883 1788 81.9 77.7 101 104 491 481 670 657 .733 .732 501 491 444 399 663 609 .670 .644 ). 1228 1154 1349 1262 1280 1137 1271 1286 ;. 51.2 50.2 51.9 52.6 53.3 49.4 48.9 53.6 467 498 2201 1991 2016 1929 84.7 76.6 84.0 80.4 106 103 104 no 415 399 591 564 .703 .708 1278 1218 53.3 50.8 426 454 2213 1897 92.2 79.0 121 105 438 431 617 601 .709 .717 1243 1199 51.8 50.0 464 464 2098 2029 87.4 84.5 120 109 462 385 697 556 .663 .693 1214 1218 50.6 50.8 437 501 2066 2071 86.1 86.3 99 120 337 373 526 565 .641 .644 461 424 1541 1561 64.2 65.0 75 95 466 424 663 581 .703 .730 990 1144 1055 957 41.3 47.7 43.9 39.9 455 489 359 355 568 537 .632 661 1078 1059 44.9 44.1 438 435 383 415 572 591 .670 .702 1061 1069 46.1 46.1 449 427 2002 1829 1867 1708 1713 1831 83.4 75.9 81.1 71.2 71.4 79.6 105 101 124 88 102 105 1) !Fi£fitiTi^ Iffini'Saslietbafl' 149 tJNIVBRSirl' OF ILUNO' 3P 3 PA 3P% iCfinois Uncord (Bool{ 1971-72 1972-73 1973-74 1 974-75 1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 G 24 24 23 26 27 30 37 39 35 29 29 24 24 23 26 27 30 37 39 35 29 29 i FG 694 765 693 722 765 855 847 891 1040 916 768 761 779 826 809 739 782 797 738 909 755 667 FGA 1645 1730 1571 1714 1619 1802 1857 1908 2160 1799 1620 1726 1757 1662 1770 1672 1662 1683 1828 2080 1724 1510 FG% .422 .442 .441 .421 .473 .474 .456 .467 .481 .509 .474 .441 .443 .497 .457 .442 .471 .474 .404 .437 .438 .442 FT FTA FT% 489 367 689 522 .709 .703 364 310 513 467 .709 .663 371 377 509 474 .729 711 401 374 546 553 .734 .676 329 388 460 530 .715 .732 338 521 480 740 .704 .704 350 477 498 684 .703 .697 310 534 422 378 670 551 438 382 454 739 577 533 681 780 608 547 683 .723 .731 .709 .690 .706 .720 .698 Reb. Avg. PF 1152 1119 48.0 46.6 426 483 1066 1183 44.4 49.3 475 491 902 1085 39.2 47.2 505 514 1044 1219 40.2 47.0 553 526 996 1064 36.9 39.4 521 516 1094 1094 36.5 36.5 660 561 1133 1238 1344 1120 960 1118 1097 1244 926 937 42.0 41.3 38.4 38.6 33.1 41.4 36.6 35.5 31.9 32.3 617 516 619 530 705 701 559 530 499 523 DQ 24 16 19 22 13 30 20 26 28 25 20 25 14 21 17 20 21 Pts. Ave. HG 1877 1889 78.2 78.7 96 105 1849 1868 78.9 77.8 100 99 1757 1989 76.4 86.5 99 107 244 347 1845 1992 71.0 76.6 96 I 14 390 484 1859 1866 68.9 69.1 106 90 427 413 430 438 2048 2085 68.3 69.5 89 87 459 405 414 456 65 81 2044 2092 2614 2254 2071 1948 2369 1948 75.5 69.7 74.7 77.7 76.7 64.9 67.7 67.2 113 109 105 106 107 82 87 84 398 398 473 472 162 56 216 253 473 338 505 556 I 19 86 215 181 618 479 397 419 120 65 187 166 547 407 306 421 I 14 74 194 147 1914 2369 66.0 59.2 126 83 435 366 150 9^yfitin^ iffini'Baskietbal'f [[inois ^cord(Boolj^W ^1^1 Most Men Fouled Out 5 5 Do,igAlter,berger was n perfect 6-of 6 from Highest Winning Score 127 three-point range against Wisconsin on Feb. Highest Losing Score 1 07 17, 198 y. Lowest Winning Score (Modern era) 38 Lowest Losing Score (Modern era) 3 1 NOTE ■ Some statistical categories have Largest Victory Margin (Home) 69 been recorded only in recent years. . ^\/- ^ Kyi /a \ >i-i „ J .■ u f M ■ ■ • 1 Largest Victory Margin (Away 42 Kecords ror the roUowing categories only / u / go back as iar as the season in which tliey Longest Winning Streak 25 games were first kept: Fouls - 1926; FG Att. - Longest Winning Streak to Open Season 1 7 games 1942; FT Att. - 1942; Rebounds • 1959; Turnovers - 1968; Assists - 1971; Blocked longest Losing Streak I I games shots - 1978; Steals - 1978; Minutes - 1978; Games- 1906 Illinois vs. Louisiana State (100) Illinois (53-78) vs. LSU (36-72) Illinois (53-92) vs. Long Island (28-85) Illinois (31-132) vs. Colgate (20-75) Illinois (38-55) vs. Wis.-Green Bay (16-48) Illinois (14-34) vs. Iowa (8-18) Illinois (14-34) vs. Iowa (8-18) Illinois (8-12) vs. Ohio State (7-18) Illinois (38-52) vs. Texas (18-29) Illinois (38-52) vs. Texas (18-29) Illinois (16-16) vs. Wisconsin (11-15) Illinois (24-24) vs. Penn State (8- 1 6) Illinois (79) vs. Wisconsin (5 1 ) Illinois (31) 62 vs. Minnesota (14) Illinois (35) vs. Long Island (16) Illinois (35) vs. Utah State (I I) Illinois (20) vs. Texas-Arlington (9) Illinois (20) vs. Purdue (10) Illinois (14) vs. Denver (I) Illinois (33) vs. Purdue (40) Illinois (33) vs. Iowa (29) Illinois (5) vs. Iowa (I) Illinois (5) vs. Purdue (6) Illinois 1 27 vs. Louisiana State 100 Illinois 1 07 vs. Missouri 108 (30T) Illinois 38 vs. Wisconsin 3 1 Illinois 31 vs, Minnesota 34 Illinois 121 vs. Chicago State 52 Illinois 86 vs. Northwestern 44 2/2 1/14 thru 2/9/16 11/26/88- 1/26/89 1/12/74 thru 2/18/74 1 2/22/88 (A) 1 2/22/88 (A) 3/10/82 (H) 2/30/48 (H) 12/4/85 (H) 2/24/96 (H) 2/24/96 (H) 3/6/93 (H) 1 2/20/97 (H) 12/20/97 (H) 1/17/85 (A) 1/21/93 (H) 2/16/59 (H) 3/4/72 (A) 3/10/82 (H) 12/7/85 (H) 11/24/78 (H) 2/23/87 (H) ll/28/78(H) 3/1/52 (A) 1/15/77(8) 2/9/52 (A) 3/1/52 (A) 1 2/22/88 (A) 12/22/93 (N) 1/1/46 (A) 1/6/47 (H) 12/18/93 (H) 2/27/43 (A) Team Season 1/ Most Points 3,110 1 988-89 (36 games, 86.4 avg.) Most Field Goals 1 ,200 1 988-89 (36 games, 1 200-2340) Most Field-Goal Attempts 2,340 1 988-89 (36 games. 1 200-2340) Best Field-Goal Accuracy 544 1 985-86 (32 games, 990- 1 828) Most Three-Point Goals 238 1 996-97 (32 games, 238-632) Most Three-Point Attempts 632 1 996-97 (32 games, 238-632) Best Three-Point Accuracy 46 1 1 986-87 (3 I games, I 1 2-243) Most Free Throws 580 1 990-9 1(31 games, 580-850) Most Free-Throw Attempts 850 1 990-9 1(31 games, 580-850) Best Free-Throw Accuracy 744 1 996-97 (32 games, 5 1 4-69 1 ) Most Rebounds 1 ,349 1 962-63 (26 games, 5 1 .9 avg.) Most Turnovers 537 1990-91 (31 games, 17.3 avg.) Most Personal Fouls 705 1979-80 (35 games, 20.1 avg.) Most Men Fouled Out 30 1 976-77 (30 games, 1 .0 avg.) Most Assists 639 1 988-89 (36 games, 1 7.8 avg.) Most Blocked Shots 1 62 1 978-79 (30 games, 5.4 avg.) Most Steals 34 1 1 988-89 (36 games, 9.5 avg.) Ail-Time Big Ten lings / 905 through 1 998 Team Indiana Purdue Illinois Michigan Ohio State Iowa Michigan State Minnesota Wisconsin Chicago Penn State Northwestern Standi (conference games Wins Losses 743 504 760 746 624 61! 614 389 624 567 168 40 402 521 552 538 599 591 381 665 729 296 66 846 only) Pet. ,596 ,593 ,575 ,537 ,505 ,510 ,505 ,484 ,438 ,362 ,377 .322 Years Games 91a 1247 93 93 81 86 86b 47 91 93 40c 6 90 1281 1298 1162 1210 1205 770 1289 1296 464 106 1248 n - missed 1906-07 season; h - missed 1907-08 season; c- Missed 194'i-45 season^ dropped out of conference after 1945-46 season. 164 'Ji^fitiTi^ Iffini 'Bas/'e3r old record and becomes Illinois' all-time leading scorer 1997 Illinois finishes the season !9th in the AP poll and 24th in the USA Today poll 1990 Kendall Gill leads the Big Ten in scoring with 20-4 ppg in league games Illinois finishes the season 18th in both the AP and UPI polls in the Big Ten by some publications. But, junior forward Andy Kaufmann burst onto the scene scoring 660 points, the second largest single-season total in Illinois history. He and the lUini proved the preseason expectations wrong by going 21-10 and finishing third in the Big Ten. Illinois' consecutive 20-win season streak was snapped in 1992 when the Illini posted its first losing record in 14 years, going 13-15. After sitting out a season, Kaufmann returned for the 1992-93 campaign and helped lead Illinois to a 19-13 record and trip to the NCAA Tournament. The following season, Illinois again advanced to the NCAA Tournament and in the process, senior Deon Thomas broke a 1 3-year old record and became the school's all-dme leading scorer. Thomas scored his record-breaking 1,693rd point in the championship game of the Illini/ Pepsi Classic against American and he went on to finish his career with 2, 1 29 points. In 1994 a young upstan freshman, Kiwane Garris, would begin his assault on the all-time scoring list. He notched 446 points as a freshman and would be the catalyst on the Illini team over the next few years. After advancing to the NCAA Tournament in 1995, Illinois extended its run on postseason play with a benh in the 1996 NIT. In 1996, the Illini started the season 11-1 before losing Garris to injur}'. Without its leader, the Illini dfopped its first five Big Ten games. Garris returned, but was never 100 percent and junior forward Jerry Hester missed games with a sevetely sprained ankle. The Illini finished the 1996 season 18-13 overall, 7-11 in the Big Ten. But more importantly the 1996 season marked the end ot the most March 21, 1996 Lon Kruger becomes the 14th head coach at Illinois and in two years he's led the Illini to a 45-20 record and a Big Ten Championship successful era in Illinois basketball when Lou Henson announced his retirement before the end of the season. In his 21 yeats at Illinois Henson notched 423 victories and guided the Illini to 1 1 NCAA Tournament appearances. The Okay, Okla. native coached Illinois to 11, 20-win seasons and finished his caieer as the third-winningest coach in Big Ten history with 214 league victories. On March 21, 1996 a new eta in Illinois basketball began when Director of Athletics Ron Guenther introduced Lon Kruger as the Univeisit)''s l4th men's basketball coach. Kruger came ro Illinois from the University of Florida and carried a list of impressive credentials, including guiding Florida to the Final four in 1994. In only his first year at Illinois, Kruger guided Illinois to a 22-10 record and the second round of rhe NCAA Tournament. His 22 wins in 1997 are the most by a coach in his first season at Illinois. Over the course of the season Illinois defeated five ranked opponents, including No. 7 Minnesota, 96- 90, at the Assembly Hall. Illinois also traveled to Bloomington and handed Inchana a 78-74 loss, the first win for Illinois at ^\ssembly Hall in Bloomington since 1990. During the course of the year, Garris etched his name in the Illinois record book with one of the best season performances by any Illini player in histor)'. He finished his career second on the all-time scoring hst with 1 ,948 points and he set the single-season record for free throws made and attempted. Garris averaged 19.4 points and missed being the Big Ten's leading scorer by three one- hundredths of a point. Lon Kntger, Kei'ifi Turner, Jerry' Hester. Ron Guenther I99S Big Ten Champions Illinois finishes the year 22nd in the AP poll In 1998, Kruger did the unthinkable as he took a team picked to finish seventh in the Big Ten and guided the Illini to a share of its first Big Ten title since 1984. On the way to the league crown, Illinois went 5-0 against Indiana, Iowa, and Michigan the first time in school history the Illini has gone imdefeated against those teams during the course of a season. Illinois advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament after earning a No. 5 seed in the West Regional. The Illini defense was the Big Ten s best as Illinois finished the yeat first in scoring defense, field-goal defense and three-point defense in league games. The ftiture onl\' looks bright fof Illinois basketball under the guidance of Kruger and his staff. Illinois is scheduled to open a state- of-the-art ptactice facilit)' in October, the Richard T. Ubben Basketball Complex, which will include a practice gj'^m, ttaining room, weight room, video room, players loimge and coaches offices. Kruger and his staff have also attracred top players to the Universin- and ha\-e pitted the lUini against some of the best competition in the nation outside of the Big Ten. With a 45- 20 record and a Big Ten championship trophy in just two years, Kruger has quickly extended the fine tradition of Illinois basketball that all began 93 years ago. TJNlVBKSITTi OF ILLINOli ^^/itimj Iffini'SasfietBalT \ 77 Iffinois ^asl<^t6a[[9{iston 1915 1916 1917 1918 1920 1922 1937 1938 1939 1940 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 v: Ray Woods - G, I st (Helms) Ray Woods - G, 1st (Helms) Ray Woods - G, 1st (Helms) Chuck Alwood - C, 1st (Helms) Earl Anderson - F, 1st (Helms) Chuck Carney - F, 1st (Helms) Chuck Carney - F, 1st (Helms) Harry Combes - F, 2nd (Omaha) Lou Boudreau - F, 1st (MSG) Louis (Pick) Dehner - C, 3rd (Con) Louis (Pick) Dehner - C, 1 st (MSG), 3rd (Con) Bill Hapac - F, 1st (Helms. Con) Andy Phillip - F, 1st (Helms) Jack Smiley - G, HM (SN) Art Mathisen - C, HM (SN) Ken Menke - F, HM (SN, Con) Gene Vance - G, HM (SN) Andy Phillip - F, 1st (Con. PM, Helms, SN, AP, UP, NEA, Look) Art Mathisen - C, HM (Con) Gene Vance - G, HM (Con) Walt Kirk - G, HM (Con) Walt Kirk - G, HM (Con) Jack Burmaster - G, HM (SN) Bob Doster - F, HM (SN) Andy Phillip - F-G, 1st (True, NABC), HM (Con) Jack Smiley - G, 3rd (Helms), HM (Con) Gene Vance - G, HM (Con) Dwight (Dike) Eddleman - F, 2nd (AP), 3rd (Con, True) Jack Burmaster - G, HM (Con) Bill Erickson - G, 1st (Helms, Col), 3rd (SN, UP), 4th (Con) Dwight (Dike) Eddleman - F, 1st (Con), 2nd (AP, UP) Bill Erickson - G, HM (Con) Don Sunderlage - G, 2nd (Helms, SN), 3rd (UP, Con), HM (AP) Ted Beach - F, HM (Con) Rod Fletcher - G, HM (Con) 1952 Rod Fletcher - G, 1st (Look, Con, Helms), 2nd (AP, UP, INS, NABC, Col, Ath) John (Red) Kerr - C, HM (AP, UP, Con) Irv Bemoras - F, HM (UP, Con) Jim Breder - G, HM (UP, Con) Bob Peterson - C, HM (UP) 1 953 Irv Bemoras - F, 2nd (Con, Helms, Look), HM (AP) Jim Bredar - G, 2nd (Con, Helms, Look), HM (AP) John (Red) Kerr - C, HM (AP, INS, Con) 1 954 John (Red) Kerr - C, 2nd (Helms), 3rd (Look, AP, UP). 4th (Con) 1 955 Bill Ridley - G, HM (AP, Con) Paul Judson - G, HM (INS, Con) George BonSalle - G, HM (Con) 1 956 Paul Judson - G, 2nd (Con), 3rd (NABC, UP, NEA), HM (INS) Bill Ridley - G, 2nd (Con), 3rd (NABC, UP) Bruce Brothers - F, HM (Con) Anfly Phillip Kendidl Gill wiu ii comcnsui All-Aincriain in 1990. 178 !Fi0/ttiJi^ Iffini'Sas^etSaff UCinois ^asl<:etBa[[!Histonj 1957 1958 1959 I960 1961 1962 1963 Harv Schmidt - F, HM (Con) Harv Schmidt - F, 2nd (Con) George BonSalle - C, 2nd (NABC), HM (Con) Don OhI - G, HM (AP, Con) Don OhI - G, 2nd (Con), 3rd (Helms) Govoner Vaughn - F, HM (Con) Roger Taylor - G, HM (Con) Mannie Jackson - G, HM (Con) Govoner Vaughn - F, HM (Con) Dave Downey - F, HM (Con) John Wessels - C, HM (Con) Dave Downey - F, HM (Con) Bill Burwell - C, HM (Con) Dave Downey - F, 1st (Helms), 2nd (Con), HM (AP) Bill Small - F/G, HM (Con) Academic All-Americans Voted by College Sports Informaton Directors of America, 1964- Illhii /issismiit couch Roh Jufison was mi academic All-American tn !9'^9. 1965 Tal Brody - C ,2nd 1967 Jim Dawson - G, 2nd Dave Scholz C, HM 1968 Dave Scholz C, 1st 1969 Denny Pace - G/F, 3rd 1970 Rick Howat - G, 3rd 1971 Rick Howat - G, 1st 1974 Rick Schmidt - F. 1st Jeff Dawson - G, 2nd 1975 Rick Schmidt - F. 1st 1976 Ortho Tucker - G, 3rd 1979 Rob Judson - G, 4th Steve Lanter - G, 4th Chicago Bulls anywiaicer johnyiy Red Ken- was a second team All-Aiuerica se/ecTioji in 1954. 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1972 1973 1974 1975 1977 1983 1984 Tal Brody - G, HM (SN, Con) Duane (Skip) Thoren - C, HM (Con) Duane (Skip) Thoren - C, 1st (Helms). 2nd (AP, Con), 3rd (UPI, BN, NABC) Bogie Redmon - F, HM (Con) Tal Brody - G, 2nd (SN, Con) Don Freeman - F, 1st (Helms), 2nd (Con, BN), HM (UPI) Rich Jones- F, HM (Con) Jim Dawson - G, HM (Con) C, HM (Con) C, 1st (Helms), HM Dave Scholz • Dave Scholz • (Con) Dave Scholz • 3rd C, I St (Helms) (AP), HM (Con) Mike Price - G, HM (Con) Nick Weatherspoon - F, HM (Con) Nick Weatherspoon - F, 1st (CASF), HM (Con) Jeff Dawson - G, HM (Con) Rick Schmidt - F, HM (Con) Audie Matthews - G, HM (Con) Levi Cobb - F, HM (Con) Derek Harper - G, 2nd (AP), 3rd (BN) Bruce Douglas - G, 3rd (UPI) Key to Abbreviations AP Associated Press Arg Argosy Ath Athletic Publications BN Basketball News BK\V Basketball WeeUy BW Basketball Writers of America Col Colliers Con Converse CSAF Citizens Savings Athletic Foundation Helms Hellms Foundation INS International News Service K Kodak Look Look Magazine MSG Madison Square Garden NABC National Association of Basketball Coaches NEA Newspaper Enterprise Association | Omaha Ohaha World Newspaper PM Pic Magazine SN Sporting News True True Magazine UP United Press 1st First Team 2nd Second Team 3rd Third Team HM Honorable Mention G Guard F Forward C Center 1 987 Ken Norman - F, 2nd (AP, BW, SN, K), HM (UPI) 1 988 Nick Anderson - F, HM (SN) Kenny Battle - F, HM (SN) 1989 Nick Anderson - F, HM (AP, UPI, SN) Kenny Battle - F, HM (AP, UPI, SN) Kendall Gill - G. HM (SN) 1990 Kendall Gill - G, 1st (UPI), 2nd (BKW), 3rd (AP, SN, NABC) 1994 Deon Thomas - F/C, HM (AP) ^^/iting Iffini'Basl Turpin is a past winner ol the ^^1^^ Illinois Broadcasters Association's M I Silver Dome Award, given to down state Illinois' best play-by-play broadcaster. Loren Tate provides color analysis on Fighting Illini basketball radio broadcasts. Tate is the former executive sports editor ot the Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette and in his retirement he still covers the Illini football and basketball teams, writing columns for the paper. Prior to assuming his position with The News-Gazette, Tate served as sports editor of the Hammond Times for 1 1 years. A 1953 Universit)' ot Illinois graduate, Tate's career also includes extensive experience in the electronic media. He was sports director for WICD-TV from 1969-79. Currently, he co-hosts the Saturday Sportsline talk show with Turpin on WDWS/WHMS Radio. The Illini Sports Network is managed by the Division of Intercollegiate Athletics, including management, distribution, sales operations, affiliate relations and programming. Illini Sports Network programming includes Illinois football, men's and women's basketball, volleyball, and baseball, along with the popular "Illini Today" series, and the coaches' live weekly call-in shows. "Lon Kruger Live" can be heard on Monday nights from 6-7 p.m. ISN2 debuted in the fall of 1997, featuring alternative sports programming including "I on the Illini," a weekly 1 5- minute coaches show featuring all 1 8 sport programs. ISN2 also features expanded women's basketball and volleyball game coverage. 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Green Street 352-2272 Directions to Assembly Hail From Chicago O'Hare International Airport: 190/94 to 157 South or 1-294 Tri-State Tollway East to 1-80 "West to 1-57 South: 1-57 South to 1-74 East. Exit Neil Street, turn right. Travel approx. 3 miles to Kirby Ave. and turn left. The Assembly Hall will be ahead on your right. Approximate travel time: 3:00 From Chicago Midway Airport: Take Cicero Avenue South to 1-294 Tri-State Tollway East to 1-57 South. Take 1-57 South to 1-74 East. Exit Neil Street, turn right. Travel approx. 3 miles to Kirby Ave. and turn left^. The Assembly Hall will be ahead on your right. Approximate travel time: 2:45 From Indianpolis International Airport: 1-465 North to 1-74 West. Exit Neil Street, turn left. Travel approx. 3 miles to Kirby Ave. and turn left. The Assem- bly Hall will be ahead on your right. 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