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1983–84 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
American college basketball season
American college basketball season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| mode | Basketball |
| year | 1983–84 |
| team | Illinois Fighting Illini |
| image | 1983–84_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_men's_basketball_team.jpg |
| image_size | 300px |
| conference | Big Ten Conference |
| short_conf | Big Ten |
| CoachRank | 6 |
| APRank | 6 |
| record | 26–5 |
| conf_record | 15–3 |
| head_coach | Lou Henson |
| asst_coach1 | Dick Nagy |
| asst_coach2 | Jimmy Collins |
| asst_coach3 | Bob Hull |
| hc_year | 9th |
| ac1_year | 5th |
| ac2_year | 1st |
| ac3_year | 4th |
| captain | Quinn Richardson |
| mvp | Bruce Douglas |
| mvp2 | Quinn Richardson |
| stadium | Assembly Hall |
| champion | Big Ten Conference co-champions |
| bowl | [NCAA men's Division I tournament](1984-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-tournament) |
| bowl_result | [Elite Eight](1984-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-tournament) |
The 1983–84 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illiniois.
Regular season
The 1983–84 season brought Illinois its 12th Big Ten Conference championship in a season where Illinois had four overtime games including an epic four-overtime 75–66 victory over Michigan. The next game was a two-overtime win at Iowa, Lou Henson’s 400th victory as a college head coach. The Illini recorded a 26-5 mark and were 15-3 in Big Ten play, tying Purdue for the league title. This season also marked Illinois’ first back-to-back 20 win seasons since 1951–52. The Illini would go on to record a total of nine consecutive 20-win seasons from 1982–83 to 1990–91. Illinois advanced to the NCAA Regional Finals before dropping a heart-breaking 54–51 loss to Kentucky on its home court, causing the NCAA to put a rule in place not allowing a school to play in a tournament game on its home court. Rumors also were floated that the outcome was predetermined, with home team time clock operations being implicated in part.
Roster
- Lou Henson (New Mexico State University) (9th year)
- Jimmy Collins (New Mexico State) (1st year)
- Dick Nagy (Hardin-Simmons University) (5th year)
- Bob Hull (4th year)
Schedule
Source
|- !colspan=12 style="background:#DF4E38; color:white;"| Non-Conference regular season |- !colspan=9 style="background:#DF4E38; color:#FFFFFF;"|Big Ten regular season |- !colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#DF4E38"|NCAA Tournament |-
Player stats
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Efrem Winters | 31 | 1039 | 182 | 92 | 205 | 54 | 21 | 19 | 456 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bruce Douglas | 31 | 1113 | 159 | 81 | 136 | 177 | 5 | 73 | 399 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Doug Altenberger | 31 | 1125 | 143 | 66 | 15 | 68 | 4 | 39 | 352 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| George Montgomery | 31 | 967 | 124 | 53 | 224 | 53 | 17 | 27 | 301 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Quinn Richardson | 31 | 1029 | 94 | 50 | 61 | 93 | 0 | 23 | 238 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Scott Meents | 28 | 465 | 61 | 23 | 91 | 33 | 25 | 9 | 145 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tom Schafer | 29 | 302 | 28 | 23 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tony Wysinger | 30 | 192 | 15 | 27 | 14 | 23 | 0 | 11 | 57 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reggie Woodward | 14 | 43 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Don Klusendorf | 19 | 55 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Anthony Welch | 2 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dee Maras | 6 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Drag Marinkovich | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Joe Klauke | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tom Siegel | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stephan Freeman | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Awards and honors
- Bruce Douglas
- United Press International 3rd team All-American
- Big Ten Player of the Year
- Team Co-Most Valuable Player
- Fighting Illini All-Century team (2005)
- Quinn Richardson
- Team Co-Most Valuable Player
Team players drafted into the NBA
- No one from the Fighting Illini was selected in the 1984 NBA draft.
Rankings
Main article: 1983–84 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
References
References
- [http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/records/year-1983.html University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1983-84] {{Webarchive. link. (2013-10-21 , FightingIllini.com)
- [http://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1984 1984 NCAA Tournament]
- "Season Stats pg. 120".
- "Season Stats pg. 120".
- "Season Stats pg. 120".
- "Season Stats pg. 120".
- "Season Stats pg. 120".
- "Season Stats pg. 120".
- "List of MVPs".
- "List of MVPs".
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