1994–95 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
1994–95 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball | |
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
1994–95 record | 19–12 (10–8 Big Ten) |
Head coach | |
Assistant coaches | |
MVP | Kiwane Garris |
Captain | Shelly Clark |
Home arena | Assembly Hall |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 12 Purdue | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 25 | – | 7 | .781 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 11 Michigan State | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 22 | – | 6 | .786 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 19 | – | 12 | .613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 17 | – | 14 | .548 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 19 | – | 12 | .613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 20 | – | 11 | .645 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn State | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 21 | – | 11 | .656 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 21 | – | 12 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 13 | – | 14 | .481 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio State | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 6 | – | 22 | .214 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 1 | – | 17 | .056 | 5 | – | 22 | .185 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from AP Poll *Minnesota 1 NCAA Tourn. game vacated due to sanctions against the program; 1 Win by forfeit (non-conf.) Disputed record (19-13) |
The 1994–95 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.
Regular season[]
Roster[]
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Source[1]
Schedule[]
Source[2]
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Non-Conference regular season | |||||||||||
11/25/1994* no, no |
No. NR | vs. American-Puerto Rico |
W 89-77 | 1-0 |
Roberto Clemente Coliseum (1,000) San Juan, PR | ||||||
11/26/1994* no, no |
No. NR | vs. College of Charleston San Juan Shootout |
W 66-57 | 2-0 |
Roberto Clemente Coliseum (500) San Juan, PR | ||||||
11/27/1994* no, no |
No. NR | vs. Virginia Tech San Juan Shootout |
W 85-75 | 3-0 |
Roberto Clemente Coliseum (500) San Juan, PR | ||||||
12/3/1994* no, no |
No. NR | vs. #6 Duke | L 65-70 | 3-1 |
United Center (21,500) Chicago, IL | ||||||
12/5/1994* no, no |
No. NR | @ Kansas State | W 76-69 | 4-1 |
Bramlage Coliseum (8,643) Manhattan, KS | ||||||
12/9/1994* no, no |
No. NR | vs. Northeastern Illinois |
W 71-53 | 5-1 |
Assembly Hall (15,084) Champaign, IL | ||||||
12/10/1994* no, no |
No. NR | vs. Princeton Illini Classic |
W 59-37 | 6-1 |
Assembly Hall (14,943) Champaign, IL | ||||||
12/17/1994* no, no |
No. NR | vs. Illinois-Chicago | W 75-60 | 7-1 |
Assembly Hall (15,696) Champaign, IL | ||||||
12/19/1994* no, no |
No. 23 | vs. Mercer | W 90-66 | 8-1 |
Assembly Hall (14,182) Champaign, IL | ||||||
12/22/1994* no, no |
No. 23 | vs. Missouri Braggin' Rights |
L 58-76 | 8-2 |
Scottrade Center (21,714) St. Louis, MO | ||||||
12/27/1994* no, no |
No. NR | @ #8 Connecticut | L 56-71 | 8-3 |
Hartford Civic Center (16,294) Hartford, CT | ||||||
12/29/1994* no, no |
No. NR | vs. Memphis | W 86-76 | 9-3 |
Assembly Hall (16,313) Champaign, IL | ||||||
1/4/1995 no, no |
No. NR | vs. Ohio State | W 79-70 | 10-3 (1-0) |
Assembly Hall (15,813) Champaign, IL | ||||||
1/7/1995 no, no |
No. NR | @ Northwestern | W 82-55 | 11-3 (2-0) |
Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117) Evanston, IL | ||||||
1/10/1995 no, no |
No. NR | @ Purdue | W 62-58 | 12-3 (3-0) |
Mackey Arena (14,123) West Lafayette, IN | ||||||
1/14/1995 no, no |
No. NR | vs. Indiana Rivalry |
W 78-67 | 13-3 (4-0) |
Assembly Hall (16,450) Champaign, IL | ||||||
1/17/1995 no, no |
No. 20 | vs. Michigan | L 59-69 | 13-4 (4-1) |
Assembly Hall (16,450) Champaign, IL | ||||||
1/21/1995 no, no |
No. 20 | @ Minnesota | L 66-77 | 13-5 (4-2) |
Williams Arena (14,527) Minneapolis, MN | ||||||
1/28/1995 no, no |
No. NR | vs. #10 Michigan State | W 72-64 | 13-6 (4-3) |
Assembly Hall (16,450) Champaign, IL | ||||||
2/1/1995 no, no |
No. NR | @ Iowa Rivalry |
W 79-74 | 14-6 (5-3) |
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA | ||||||
2/4/1995 no, no |
No. NR | @ Wisconsin | L 60-73 | 14-7 (5-4) |
Wisconsin Field House (11,500) Madison, WI | ||||||
2/8/1995 no, no |
No. NR | vs. Penn State | W 67-58 | 15-7 (6-4) |
Assembly Hall (16,090) Champaign, IL | ||||||
2/11/1995 no, no |
No. NR | vs. Iowa Rivalry |
W 104-97 ot | 16-7 (7-4) |
Assembly Hall (16,450) Champaign, IL | ||||||
2/15/1995 no, no |
No. NR | @ #8 Michigan State | L 58-68 | 16-8 (7-5) |
Breslin Student Events Center (15,138) East Lansing, MI | ||||||
2/22/1995 no, no |
No. 20 | vs. #22 Minnesota | W 94-88 ot | 17-8 (8-5) |
Assembly Hall (16,206) Champaign, IL | ||||||
2/26/1995 no, no |
No. NR | @ Michigan | L 51-63 | 17-9 (8-6) |
Crisler Arena (13,562) Ann Arbor, MI | ||||||
3/2/1995 no, no |
No. NR | @ Indiana Rivalry |
L 85-89 | 17-10 (8-7) |
Assembly Hall (17,101) Bloomington, IN | ||||||
3/4/1995 no, no |
No. NR | vs. #17 Purdue | L 56-69 | 17-11 (8-8) |
Assembly Hall (14,123) Champaign, IL | ||||||
3/8/1995 no, no |
No. NR | vs. Northwestern | W 99-57 | 18-11 (9-8) |
Assembly Hall (15,195) Champaign, IL | ||||||
3/11/1995 no, no |
No. NR | @ Ohio State | W 82-63 | 19-11 (10-8) |
St. John Arena (11,216) Columbus, OH | ||||||
NCAA Tournament[3] | |||||||||||
3/17/1995* no, no |
No. NR | vs. Tulsa NCAA Tournament |
L 62-68 | 19-12 |
Knickerbocker Arena (15,100) Albany, NY | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time. |
Player stats[]
Player | Games Played | 2 pt. Field Goals | 3 pt. Field Goals | Free Throws | Rebounds | Assists | Blocks | Steals | Points |
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Kiwane Garris[4] | 31 | 104 | 46 | 148 | 88 | 117 | 0 | 36 | 494 |
Richard Keene[5] | 31 | 60 | 63 | 29 | 119 | 111 | 4 | 30 | 338 |
Shelly Clark[6] | 28 | 131 | 0 | 67 | 233 | 43 | 11 | 28 | 329 |
Jerry Hester[7] | 30 | 81 | 38 | 47 | 145 | 57 | 10 | 23 | 323 |
Robert Bennett[8] | 31 | 98 | 0 | 66 | 191 | 15 | 13 | 22 | 262 |
Jarrod Gee[9] | 31 | 73 | 0 | 39 | 106 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 185 |
Bryant Notree | 31 | 34 | 2 | 8 | 66 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 82 |
Kevin Turner | 26 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 73 |
Chris Gandy | 23 | 30 | 2 | 6 | 51 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 72 |
Brian Johnson | 24 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 50 |
Brett Robisch | 18 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 |
Matt Heldman | 21 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
Steve Roth | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Derrick Thomas | 14 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Awards and honors[]
- Kiwane Garris
- Team Most Valuable Player [10]
Team players drafted into the NBA[]
Player | NBA Club | Round | Pick |
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Rankings[]
References[]
- ^ FightingIllini.com
- ^ University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1994-95 Archived 2014-02-22 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com
- ^ 1995 NCAA Tournament
- ^ Season Stats pg. 123
- ^ Season Stats pg. 123
- ^ Season Stats pg. 123
- ^ Season Stats pg. 123
- ^ Season Stats pg. 123
- ^ Season Stats pg. 123
- ^ List of MVPs
- ^ "1995 NBA Draft". Archived from the original on 2009-07-30. Retrieved 2011-03-14.
Categories:
- 1994–95 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season
- Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball seasons
- 1995 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament participants
- 1994 in sports in Illinois
- 1995 in sports in Illinois