1992–93 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

The 1992–93 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

1992–93 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record19–13 (11–7 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
MVPDeon Thomas
Captains
Home arenaAssembly Hall
Seasons
1992–93 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 Indiana 17 1   .944 31 4   .886
No. 13 Iowa 11 7   .611 23 9   .719
Illinois 11 7   .611 19 13   .594
Minnesota 9 9   .500 22 10   .688
No. 22 Purdue 9 9   .500 18 10   .643
Ohio State 8 10   .444 15 13   .536
Michigan State 7 11   .389 15 13   .536
Wisconsin 7 11   .389 14 14   .500
Northwestern 3 15   .167 8 19   .296
Penn State 2 16   .111 7 20   .259
No. 3 Michigan 0 3   .000 0 4   .000
Rankings from AP Poll
*Michigan vacated all games due to NCAA sanctions.
Disputed record (15-3, 31-5)

Regular season

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After sitting out a season, Andy Kaufmann returned for the 1992-93 campaign and helped lead Illinois to a 19-13 record and trip to the NCAA tournament.

Roster

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1992–93 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 3 Davin Harris 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Jr Bloomington High School Bloomington, Illinois
G 4 Brooks Taylor 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr De La Salle High School Chicago, Illinois
G 11 Rennie Clemons 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Calvary Academy Springfield, Illinois
G 24 Richard Keene 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Collinsville High School Collinsville, Illinois
F/C 25 Deon Thomas (C) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) RS Jr Simeon High School Chicago, Illinois
F 30 Robert Bennett 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Julian High School Chicago, Illinois
F 32 Tom Michael (C) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) RS Jr Carlyle High School Hoffman, Illinois
F 33 Marc Davidson 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) So Aurora Christian High School Minooka, Illinois
F 34 Andy Kaufmann 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) RS Sr Jacksonville High School Jacksonville, Illinois
G 42 Gene Cross 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Rich Central High School Olympia Fields, Illinois
G 44 T.J. Wheeler 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Christopher High School Buckner, Illinois
F 45 Chris Gandy   6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Bradley Bourbanais High School Kankakee, Illinois
C 52 Steve Roth 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) So East High School Belleville, Illinois
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

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Source[1]

Date
time, TV
Opponent Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-Conference regular season
11/25/1992*
no, no
vs. Dayton
Great Alaska Shootout
W 86-78 OT 1 - 0
Sullivan Arena (4,393)
Anchorage, AK
11/27/1992*
no, no
vs. Vanderbilt
Great Alaska Shootout
W 93-77  2 - 0
Sullivan Arena (6,003)
Anchorage, AK
11/28/1992*
no, no
vs. New Mexico State
Great Alaska Shootout
L 94-95  2 - 1
Sullivan Arena (6,687)
Anchorage, AK
12/3/1992*
no, no
Illinois-Chicago W 70-68  3 - 1
Assembly Hall (10,943)
Champaign, IL
12/5/1992*
no, no
Chicago State W 88-61  4 - 1
Assembly Hall (11,568)
Champaign, IL
12/11/1992*
no, no
Jackson State
Illini Classic
W 85-81  5 - 1
Assembly Hall (11,257)
Champaign, IL
12/12/1992*
no, no
Princeton
Illini Classic
W 58-50  6 - 1
Assembly Hall (12,085)
Champaign, IL
12/20/1992*
no, no
Mercer W 77-58  7 - 1
Assembly Hall (11,614)
Champaign, IL
12/23/1992*
no, no
vs. Missouri
Braggin' Rights
L 65-66  7 - 2
St. Louis Arena (18,379)
St. Louis, MO
12/26/1992*
no, no
at Texas L 72-89  7 - 3
Frank Erwin Center (14,097)
Austin, TX
12/29/1992*
no, no
Marquette L 58-61  7 - 4
Assembly Hall (12,235)
Champaign, IL
Big Ten regular season
1/7/1993
no, no
at Northwestern
Rivalry
W 81-71  8 - 4
(1 - 0)
Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117)
Evanston, IL
1/9/1993
no, no
at Michigan State W 52-39  9 - 4
(2 - 0)
Breslin Student Events Center (14,873)
East Lansing, MI
1/16/1993
no, no
No. 6 Indiana
Rivalry
L 79-83  9 - 5
(2 - 1)
Assembly Hall (16,299)
Champaign, IL
1/21/1993
no, no
Penn State W 82-66  10 - 5
(3 - 1)
Assembly Hall (11,665)
Champaign, IL
1/23/1993
no, no
at No. 5 Michigan L 68-76  10 - 6
(3 - 2)
Crisler Arena (13,562)
Ann Arbor, MI
1/27/1993
no, no
Wisconsin W 80-72  11 - 6
(4 - 2)
Assembly Hall (11,380)
Champaign, IL
1/30/1993
no, no
at Ohio State W 86-76  12 - 6
(5 - 2)
St. John Arena (13,276)
Columbus, OH
2/4/1993
no, no
No. 9 Iowa
Rivalry
W 78-77  13 - 6
(6 - 2)
Assembly Hall (14,985)
Champaign, IL
2/6/1993
no, no
Northwestern
Rivalry
W 82-67  14 - 6
(7 - 2)
Assembly Hall (14,608)
Champaign, IL
2/10/1993
no, no
Michigan State W 83-80  15 - 6
(8 - 2)
Assembly Hall (12,251)
Champaign, IL
2/13/1993*
no, no
No. 17 Pittsburgh L 79-95  15 - 7
(8 - 2)
Assembly Hall (16,321)
Champaign, IL
2/17/1993
no, no
at No. 1 Indiana
Rivalry
L 72-93  15 - 8
(8 - 3)
Assembly Hall (16,336)
Bloomington, IN
2/20/1993
no, no
at Penn State W 74-66  16 - 8
(9 - 3)
Rec Hall (7,455)
University Park, PA
2/25/1993
no, no
No. 17 Purdue W 78-70 2OT 17 - 8
(10 - 3)
Assembly Hall (14,096)
Champaign, IL
2/28/1993
no, no
at Wisconsin L 66-74  17 - 9
(10 - 4)
Wisconsin Field House (11,500)
Madison, WI
3/3/1993
no, no
at Minnesota L 65-67  17 - 10
(10 - 5)
Williams Arena (16,303)
Minneapolis, MN
3/6/1993
no, no
Ohio State W 85-73  18 - 10
(11 - 5)
Assembly Hall (16,321)
Champaign, IL
3/10/1993
no, no
No. 3 Michigan L 97-98 OT 18 - 11
(11 - 6)
Assembly Hall (16,321)
Champaign, IL
3/13/1993
no, no
at No. 17 Iowa
Rivalry
L 53-63  18 - 12
(11 - 7)
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (15,500)
Iowa City, IA
NCAA tournament[2]
3/18/1993*
no, no
vs. (11 W) Long Beach State
Regional Round of 16
W 75-72  19 - 12
Jon M. Huntsman Center (11,493)
Salt Lake City, UT
3/20/1993*
no, no
vs. (3 W) No. 8 Vanderbilt
Regional Quarterfinals
L 68-85  19 - 13
Jon M. Huntsman Center (12,084)
Salt Lake City, UT
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Season Statistics

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Final Individual Statistics [3]
Minutes Scoring Total FGs 3-point FGs Free-Throws Rebounds
Player GP GS Tot Avg Pts Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG 3FA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg A TO Blk Stl
Thomas, Deon 32 30 1098 34.3 587 18.3 225 371 .606 0 0 .000 137 212 .646 82 174 256 8.0 37 57 42 17
Kaufmann, Andy 31 25 902 29.1 537 17.3 183 433 .423 37 106 .349 134 168 .798 54 74 128 4.1 74 112 1 17
Clemons, Rennie 29 27 857 29.6 287 9.9 105 221 .475 6 16 .375 71 113 .628 14 77 91 3.1 121 66 4 42
Keene, Richard 32 24 724 22.6 266 8.3 92 226 .407 57 145 .393 25 34 .735 9 62 71 2.2 73 58 4 25
Wheeler, T.J. 32 12 770 24.1 257 8.0 85 185 .459 27 78 .346 60 69 .870 35 75 110 3.4 75 57 2 22
Bennett, Robert 32 29 871 27.2 243 7.6 98 180 .544 0 1 .000 47 87 .540 84 132 216 6.8 16 49 21 17
Michael, Tom 30 8 379 12.6 124 4.1 41 97 .423 26 65 .400 16 23 .696 23 44 67 2.2 19 11 7 3
Davidson, Marc 30 2 306 10.2 45 1.5 17 39 .436 1 5 .200 10 17 .588 29 36 65 2.2 9 16 2 7
Harris, Davin 26 1 177 6.8 42 1.6 16 35 .457 2 9 .222 8 11 .727 6 10 16 0.6 17 21 0 9
Taylor, Brooks 31 2 360 11.6 35 1.1 12 34 .353 2 6 .333 9 16 .563 10 26 36 1.2 54 32 8 20
Roth, Steve 14 0 21 1.5 4 0.3 2 3 .667 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 2 4 0.3 0 0 1 0
Cross, Gene 12 0 12 1.0 2 0.2 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Rice, Brian 9 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0.1 1 0 0 0
Griswold, Matt 8 0 8 1.0 0 0.0 0 3 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 1 3 0.4 0 2 0 0
Team 0 90 90 2
Total 32 6500 2429 75.9 877 1832 .479 158 431 .367 517 750 .689 351 804 1155 36.1 496 485 92 179
Opponents 32 6500 2347 73.3 860 1926 .447 181 493 .367 446 643 .694 391 670 1061 33.2 440 428 104 212
Legend
  GP  Games played   GS  Games started  Avg  Average per game
  FG  Field-goals made  FGA  Field-goal attempts  Off  Offensive rebounds
 Def  Defensive rebounds   A  Assists   TO Turnovers
 Blk  Blocks  Stl  Steals  High  Team high

Awards and honors

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Team players drafted into the NBA

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Player NBA Club Round Pick

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Rankings

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References

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  1. ^ University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1992-93 Archived 2013-06-25 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com
  2. ^ 1993 NCAA Tournament
  3. ^ University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1992-93 Archived 2013-06-25 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com
  4. ^ "List of MVPs" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
  5. ^ 1993 NBA draft