ILLINOIS FIGHTING ILLINI MEN'S BASKETBALL

The 'Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team' is a NCAA Division I college basketball team competing in the Big Ten Conference. Home games are played at Assembly Hall, located on University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's campus in Champaign.

Contents

Past Seasons

Coaching history

All-Time statistical leaders

Career leaders

Single-season Leaders

Single-game leaders

Seasons

2006-2007

2004-2005

External links

Past Seasons

'Season'	'Overall Record'	'Home Record'	'Conference Record'	'Conference Season/ Tournament Results'	'Postseason'
1971-72	-	-
1972-73	-	-
1973-74	-	-
1974-75	-	-
1975-76	-	-
1976-77	-	-
1977-78	13-14	-	7-11
1978-79	19-11	-	7-11
1979-80	22-13	-	8-10
1980-81	21-8	-	12-6
1981-82	18-11	-	10-8		NIT
1982-83	21-11	-	11-7	Conference Runner-Up	#7 seed, NCAA First Round
1983-84	26-5	-	15-3	Conference Champion	#2 seed, NCAA Elite Eight
1984-85	26-9		12-6	Conference Runner-Up	#3 seed, NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1985-86	22-10		11-7		#4 seed, NCAA Second Round
1986-87	23-8	-	13-5		#3 seed, NCAA First Round
1987-88	23-10	-	12-6		#3 seed, NCAA Second Round
1988-89	31-5	-	14-4	Conference Runner-Up	#1 seed, 'NCAA Final Four'
1989-90	21-8	-	11-7		#5 seed, NCAA First Round
1990-91	21-10	-	11-7
1991-92	13-15	-	7-11
1992-93	19-13	-	11-7		#6 seed, NCAA Second Round
1993-94	17-11	-	10-8		#8 seed, NCAA First Round
1994-95	19-12	-	10-8		#11 seed, NCAA First Round
1995-96	18-13	-	7-11		NIT
1996-97	22-10	-	11-7		#6 seed, NCAA Second Round
1997-98	23-10		13-3	Conference Champion	#5 seed, NCAA Second Round
1998-99	14-18	5-8	3-13	Tournament Runner-Up
1999-00	22-10	12-1	11-5	Tournament Runner-Up	#4 seed, NCAA Second Round
2000-01	27-8	12-0	13-3	Conference Champion	#1 seed, NCAA Elite Eight
2001-02	26-9	13-1	11-5	Conference Champion	#4 seed, NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2002-03	25-7	14-0	11-5	Conference Runner-Up, Tournament Champion	#4 seed, NCAA Second Round
2003-04	26-7	12-1	13-3	Conference Champion, Tournament Runner-Up	#5 seed, NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2004-05	37-2	15-0	15-1	Conference Champion, Tournament Champion	#1 seed, 'National Runner-Up'
2005-06	26-7	15-1	11-5	Conference Runner-Up	#4 seed, NCAA Second Round
2006-07	23-12	14-3	9-7		#12 seed, NCAA First Round

Coaching history

'Coach'	'Years'	'Record'	'Conference Record'	'Conference Titles'	'NCAA Appearances'
Elwood Brown	1906-1907	6-8	3-6
F. L. Pinckney	1907-1908	1-10	0-8
Fletcher Lane	1908-1909	20-6	6-5
Herb V. Juul	1909-1910	12-10	10-10
T. E. Thompson	1910-1912	14-14	10-13
Ralph R. Jones	1912-1920	85-34	64-31	2
Frank J. Winters	1920-1922	25-12	14-10
J. Craig Ruby	1922-1936	148-95	94-74	2
Douglas R. Mills	1936-1947	151-66	88-47	3	1
Harry Combes	1947-1967	316-150	174-104	4	4
Harv Schmidt	1967-1974	89-77	43-55
Gene Bartow	1974-1975	8-18	4-14
Lou Henson	1975-1996	423-224	214-164	1	12
Lon Kruger	1996-2000	81-48	38-28	1	3
Bill Self	2000-2003	78-24	35-13	2	3
Bruce Weber	2003-Present	112-28	48-16	2	4
'Totals'		'1569-824'	'845-598'	'17'	'27'

All-Time statistical leaders

Career leaders

★ Points Scored: Deon Thomas (2129)

★ Assists: Bruce Douglas (765)

★ Rebounds: James Augustine (1023)

★ Steals: Bruce Douglas (324)

Single-season Leaders

★ Points Scored: Donnie Freeman (668, 1966)

★ Assists: Deron Williams (264, 2005)

★ Rebounds: Skip Thoren (349, 1965)

★ Steals: Kenny Battle (89, 1989)

Single-game leaders

★ Points Scored: Dave Downey (53, 1963)

★ Assists: Tony Wysinger (16, 1986)

★ Rebounds: Skip Thoren (24, 1963)

★ Steals: Bruce Douglas (8, 1984)

Seasons

2006-2007

In the 2006-07 season, the Illini finished tied for 4th place in the Big Ten, earning the 6th seed in the Big Ten tournament, and losing in the seminfinals to . The Illini were selected as a 12-seed in the NCAA tournament; losing their opening-round game to by a score of 54-52. This was the first time the Illini failed to advance to the second round of the NCAA Tournament since 1999.

2004-2005

In 2004-2005 the Illini went 37-2 tying the record for most wins in a season. They lost in the National Championship to the North Carolina Tar Heels. The Illini won the Big Ten regular season and tournament which was held in Chicago. They gained a #1 seed in the "big dance" and posted one of the most memorable games in NCAA history against Arizona. Down 15 points with around 4 minutes left, the Illini sparked a run led by Deron Williams. The game was sent into overtime and the orange and blue pulled off the one point win to advance to the Final Four in St. Louis. Against the Louisville Cardinals in the Final Four they won in their final victory of the season. The Illini had all 5 starters; Deron Williams, Luther Head, Dee Brown, James Augustine, and Roger Powell, Jr.; eventually play in the NBA. Deron Williams and Dee Brown both play for the Utah Jazz and Luther Head plays for the Houston Rockets. Coach Bruce Weber also won many Coach of the Year awards.

External links

★ Illini Basketball History