1985–86 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
1985–86 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball | |
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Illini Classic, Champion | |
Conference | Big Ten Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 20 |
AP | No. 19 |
Record | 22–10 (11–7 Big Ten) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coaches |
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MVP | Ken Norman |
Captains | |
Home arena | Assembly Hall |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 5 Michigan | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 28 | – | 5 | .848 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 16 Indiana | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 21 | – | 8 | .724 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 18 Michigan State | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 23 | – | 8 | .742 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 19 Illinois | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 22 | – | 10 | .688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 22 | – | 10 | .688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 20 | – | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio State | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 19 | – | 14 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 15 | – | 16 | .484 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 8 | – | 20 | .286 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1985–86 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illiniois.
Regular season
[edit]Junior college transfer Ken Norman highlighted the 1985-86 season as he set the school record for single-season field-goal percentage (.641).
Roster
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Schedule
[edit]Source[1]
Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Non-Conference regular season | |||||||||||
11/26/1985* no, no | No. 7 | Loyola (Chicago) | W 95-64 | 1-0 | Assembly Hall (13,143) Champaign, IL | ||||||
11/26/1985* no, no | No. 7 | Hawaii Loa Hawaii Thanksgiving Invitational | W 72-45 | 2-0 | Kaneohe Armory (200) Honolulu, HI | ||||||
11/29/1985* no, no | No. 7 | vs. No. 13 Oklahoma Hawaii Thanksgiving Invitational | L 57-59 | 2-1 | Kaneohe Armory (300) Honolulu, HI | ||||||
12/4/1985* no, no | No. 12 | Wisconsin-Green Bay | W 84-34 | 3-1 | Assembly Hall (13,417) Champaign, IL | ||||||
12/6/1985* no, no | No. 12 | Eastern Kentucky Illini Classic | W 79-56 | 4-1 | Assembly Hall (13,707) Champaign | ||||||
12/7/1985* no, no | No. 12 | Utah State Illini Classic | W 115-64 | 5-1 | Assembly Hall (13,980) Champaign | ||||||
12/10/1985* no, no | No. 10 | vs. Tennessee | L 51-54 | 5-2 | Mabee Center (12,700) Tulsa, OK | ||||||
12/14/1985* no, no | No. 10 | Houston | W 102-92 | 6-2 | Assembly Hall (15,564) Champaign, IL | ||||||
12/21/1985* no, no | No. 15 | vs. Missouri Braggin' Rights | W 67-55 | 7-2 | St. Louis Arena (13,106) St. Louis, MO | ||||||
12/23/1985* no, no | No. 15 | Howard | W 67-55 | 8-2 | Assembly Hall (10,043) Champaign, IL | ||||||
12/30/1985* no, no | No. 16 | vs. Iowa State | W 64-62 | 9-2 | Rosemont Horizon (9,876) Rosemont, IL | ||||||
Big Ten regular season | |||||||||||
1/2/1986 no, no | No. 14 | Minnesota | W 76-57 | 10-2 (1-0) | Assembly Hall (13,329) Champaign, IL | ||||||
1/4/1986 no, no | No. 14 | Iowa Rivalry | L 59-60 | 10-3 (1-1) | Assembly Hall (16,676) Champaign, IL | ||||||
1/8/1986 no, no | No. 18 | at No. 2 Michigan | L 59-61 | 10-4 (1-2) | Crisler Arena (13,609) Ann Arbor, MI | ||||||
1/12/1986 no, no | No. 18 | at Michigan State | L 51-58 | 10-5 (1-3) | Jenison Fieldhouse (7,912) East Lansing, MI | ||||||
1/16/1986 no, no | Wisconsin | W 73-54 | 11-5 (2-3) | Assembly Hall (12,829) Champaign, IL | |||||||
1/18/1986 no, no | Northwestern Rivalry | W 72-46 | 12-5 (3-3) | Assembly Hall (13,891) Champaign, IL | |||||||
1/23/1986 no, no | at Ohio State | W 67-65 | 13-5 (4-3) | St. John Arena (13,071) Columbus, OH | |||||||
1/25/1986 no, no | at Indiana Rivalry | L 69-71 | 13-6 (4-4) | Assembly Hall (17,128) Bloomington, IN | |||||||
2/2/1986 no, no | Purdue | W 80-68 | 14-6 (5-4) | Assembly Hall (16,412) Champaign, IL | |||||||
2/6/1986 no, no | Michigan State | L 80-84 | 14-7 (5-5) | Assembly Hall (15,947) Champaign, IL | |||||||
2/8/1986 no, no | Michigan | W 83-79 ot | 15-7 (6-5) | Assembly Hall (16,353) Champaign, IL | |||||||
2/13/1986 no, no | at Northwestern Rivalry | W 75-52 | 16-7 (7-5) | Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117) Evanston, IL | |||||||
2/15/1986 no, no | at Wisconsin | W 82-74 | 17-7 (8-5) | Wisconsin Field House (10,605) Madison, WI | |||||||
2/20/1986 no, no | No. 15 Indiana Rivalry | L 60-61 | 17-8 (8-6) | Assembly Hall (16,349) Champaign, IL | |||||||
2/22/1986 no, no | Ohio State | W 66-62 | 18-8 (8-7) | Assembly Hall (16,376) Champaign, IL | |||||||
2/27/1986 no, no | at No. 20 Purdue | W 81-72 | 19-8 (9-7) | Mackey Arena (14,123) West Lafayette, IN | |||||||
3/1/1986* no, no | No. 12 | at No. 4 Georgia Tech | W 59-57 | 20-8 | Alexander Memorial Coliseum (15,148) Atlanta, GA | ||||||
3/6/1986 no, no | No. 19 | at Iowa Rivalry | L 53-57 | 20-9 (10-7) | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (15,450) Iowa City, IA | ||||||
3/8/1986 no, no | No. 19 | at Minnesota | W 73-64 | 21-9 (11-7) | Williams Arena (13,608) Minneapolis, MN | ||||||
NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
3/14/1986* no, no | (4 S) No. 19 | vs. (13 S) Fairfield First Round | W 75-51 | 22-9 | Charlotte Coliseum (-) Charlotte, NC | ||||||
3/16/1986* no, no | (4 S) No. 19 | vs. (5 S) Alabama Second Round | L 56-58 | 22-10 | Charlotte Coliseum (11,325) Charlotte, NC | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. |
Player stats
[edit]Player | Games Played | Minutes Played | Field Goals | Free Throws | Rebounds | Assists | Blocks | Steals | Points |
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Ken Norman[2] | 32 | 1015 | 216 | 93 | 226 | 32 | 25 | 24 | 525 |
Anthony Welch[3] | 32 | 931 | 162 | 22 | 147 | 49 | 12 | 18 | 334 |
Efrem Winters[4] | 32 | 944 | 124 | 48 | 183 | 40 | 19 | 15 | 296 |
Bruce Douglas[5] | 32 | 1070 | 118 | 47 | 88 | 199 | 10 | 88 | 283 |
Tony Wysinger[6] | 28 | 717 | 115 | 39 | 41 | 106 | 2 | 39 | 269 |
Glynn Blackwell[7] | 32 | 650 | 94 | 18 | 63 | 53 | 0 | 37 | 206 |
Scott Meents[8] | 32 | 507 | 77 | 24 | 89 | 46 | 22 | 17 | 178 |
Lowell Hamilton[9] | 24 | 182 | 36 | 16 | 41 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 88 |
Curtis Taylor | 18 | 139 | 15 | 24 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 54 |
Jens Kujawa | 18 | 97 | 19 | 4 | 44 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 42 |
Doug Altenberger | 5 | 68 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
Olaf Blab | 13 | 49 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
Reggie Woodward | 4 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
Charles Keller | 12 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 54 |
Brian Sterrett | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Dave Wells | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Jim Green | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Awards and honors
[edit]- Bruce Douglas
- Ken Norman
- Team Most Valuable Player [10]
- Fighting Illini All-Century team (2005)
Team players drafted into the NBA
[edit]Player | NBA Club | Round | Pick |
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Bruce Douglas | Sacramento Kings | 3 | 57 |
Anthony Welch | Dallas Mavericks | 3 | 62 |
Scott Meents | Chicago Bulls | 4 | 74 |
Efrem Winters | Atlanta Hawks | 4 | 88 |
Rankings
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1985-86 Archived 2014-02-03 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com
- ^ "Season Stats pg. 121" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 16, 2011.
- ^ "Season Stats pg. 121" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 16, 2011.
- ^ "Season Stats pg. 121" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 16, 2011.
- ^ "Season Stats pg. 121" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 16, 2011.
- ^ "Season Stats pg. 121" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 16, 2011.
- ^ "Season Stats pg. 121" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 16, 2011.
- ^ "Season Stats pg. 121" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 16, 2011.
- ^ "Season Stats pg. 121" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 16, 2011.
- ^ "List of MVPs" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
- ^ 1986 NBA Draft Archived 2012-02-05 at the Wayback Machine