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1987–88 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team


The 1987–88 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

1987–88 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
Illini Classic, Champion
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 17
APNo. 16
Record23–10 (12–6 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
MVPNick Anderson
MVPKenny Battle
Captains
Home arenaAssembly Hall
Seasons
1987–88 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 Purdue 16 – 2   .889 29 – 4   .879
No. 10 Michigan 13 – 5   .722 26 – 8   .765
No. 17 Iowa 12 – 6   .667 24 – 10   .706
No. 16 Illinois 12 – 6   .667 23 – 10   .697
Indiana 11 – 7   .611 19 – 10   .655
Ohio State 9 – 9   .500 20 – 13   .606
Wisconsin 6 – 12   .333 12 – 16   .429
Michigan State 5 – 13   .278 10 – 18   .357
Minnesota 4 – 14   .222 10 – 18   .357
Northwestern 2 – 16   .111 7 – 21   .250
Rankings from AP Poll

Regular season edit

The 1987–88 season brought Lou Henson his 500th career victory and laid the foundation for what would be an incredible history making season in 1988–1989.

Roster edit

1987–88 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 11 Travis Smith 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Ridgway High School Ridgway, Illinois
G 13 Kendall Gill 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Rich Central High School Matteson, Illinois
G 15 Mark Shapland 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Monticello High School Monticello, Illinois
G 21 Glynn Blackwell (C) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr Highland Park Community High School Highland Park, Michigan
G 23 Larry Smith 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Alton High School Alton, Illinois
F 24 Ervin Small 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Simeon High School Chicago, Illinois
G/F 25 Nick Anderson 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Simeon High School Chicago, Illinois
G 30 Eddie Manzke 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jr Marist High School Orland Park, Illinois
F 32 Bob Starnes 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) RS Fr St. Thomas Aquinas High School Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
F 33 Kenny Battle 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) RS Jr West Aurora High School Aurora, Illinois
G/F 35 Stephen Bardo 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Carbondale Community High School Carbondale, Illinois
F 40 Mike MacDonald 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Streamwood High School Streamwood, Illinois
F 44 Phil Kunz 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) So Carlyle High School Carlyle, Illinois
F 45 Lowell Hamilton 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Providence St. Mel High School Chicago, Illinois
F/C 50 Bryan Brickner 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Scales Mound High School Scales Mound, Illinois
C 54 Jens Kujawa (C) 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Jr Taylorville High School Braunschweig, West Germany
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

All-Time Illini Roster

Source[1] [2]

Schedule edit

Source[3]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-Conference regular season
11/27/1987*
no, no 		No. NR Baylor
Maui Invitational 		W 73-50  1-0
 Lahaina Civic Center (1,200)
Maui, HI
11/28/1987*
no, no 		No. NR Villanova
Maui Invitational 		L 76-78  1-1
 Lahaina Civic Center (1,200)
Maui, HI
11/29/1987*
no, no 		No. NR #7 Kansas
Maui Invitational 		W 81-75  2-1
 Lahaina Civic Center (1,000)
Maui, HI
12/2/1987*
no, no 		No. NR Chicago State W 86-57  3-1
 Assembly Hall (13,486)
Champaign, IL
12/5/1987*
no, no 		No. NR Mississippi Valley State W 111-73  4-1
 Assembly Hall (14,354)
Champaign
12/8/1987*
no, no 		No. NR Austin Peay W 100-62  5-1
 Assembly Hall (14,519)
Champaign
12/11/1987*
no, no 		No. NR Illinois-Chicago
Illini Classic 		W 109-53  6-1
 Assembly Hall (13,653)
Champaign, IL
12/12/1987*
no, no 		No. NR Auburn
Illini Classic 		W 107-103 ot 7-1
 Assembly Hall (14,847)
Champaign, IL
12/19/1987*
no, no 		No. NR North Carolina L 74-85  7-2
 Assembly Hall (16,712)
Champaign, IL
12/22/1987*
no, no 		No. NR #17 Missouri
Braggin' Rights 		W 75-63  8-2
 St. Louis Arena (18,224)
St. Louis, MO
12/30/1987*
no, no 		No. NR @ Colorado W 86-68  9-2
 Coors Events Center (8,241)
Denver, CO
Big Ten regular season
1/4/1988
no, no 		No. NR #11 Purdue L 68-81  9-3
(0-1) 		Assembly Hall (16,654)
Champaign, IL
1/7/1988
no, no 		No. 19 @ Minnesota W 65-61 ot 10-3
(1-1) 		Williams Arena (10,988)
Minneapolis, MN
1/9/1988
no, no 		No. 19 Michigan State W 77-62  11-3
(2-1) 		Assembly Hall (16,616)
Champaign, IL
1/16/1988
no, no 		No. 20 @ Wisconsin W 80-65  12-3
(3-1) 		Wisconsin Field House (11,068)
Madison, WI
1/17/1988*
no, no 		No. 20 Tennessee W 103-79  13-3
 Assembly Hall (15,386)
Champaign, IL
1/21/1988
no, no 		No. 13 @ #19 Iowa
Rivalry 		L 79-93  13-4
(3-2) 		Carver–Hawkeye Arena (15,500)
Iowa City, IA
1/23/1988
no, no 		No. 13 Northwestern W 79-48  14-4
(4-2) 		Assembly Hall (14,606)
Champaign, IL
3/4/1987
no, no 		No. 13 @ #8 Michigan L 64-76  14-5
(4-3) 		Crisler Arena (13,609)
Ann Arbor, MI
1/30/1988*
no, no 		No. 13 @ #1 Arizona L 70-78  14-6
 McKale Center (13,227)
Tucson, AZ
2/4/1988
no, no 		No. 17 @ Ohio State L 60-64  14-7
(4-4) 		St. John Arena (13,320)
Columbus, OH
2/6/1988
no, no 		No. 17 #3 Indiana
Rivalry 		L 74-75  14-8
(4-5) 		Assembly Hall (16,671)
Champaign, IL
2/11/1988
no, no 		No. NR Minnesota W 86-50  15-8
(5-5) 		Assembly Hall (14,313)
Champaign, IL
2/13/1988
no, no 		No. NR @ Michigan State W 83-65  16-8
(6-5) 		Jenison Fieldhouse (10,004)
East Lansing, MI
2/17/1988
no, no 		No. NR Ohio State W 118-86  17-8
(7-5) 		Assembly Hall (14,587)
Champaign, IL
2/21/1988
no, no 		No. NR Wisconsin W 85-65  18-8
(8-5) 		Assembly Hall (16,348)
Champaign, IL
2/25/1988
no, no 		No. NR @ #2 Purdue L 79-93  18-9
(8-6) 		Mackey Arena (14,123)
West Lafayette, IN
2/29/1988
no, no 		No. NR @ Indiana
Rivalry 		W 75-65  19-9
(9-6) 		Assembly Hall (16,233)
Bloomington, IN
3/6/1988
no, no 		No. NR #11 Iowa
Rivalry 		W 94-81  20-9
(10-6) 		Assembly Hall (16,538)
Champaign, IL
3/9/1988
no, no 		No. 19 Michigan W 85-74  21-9
(11-6) 		Assembly Hall (16,605)
Champaign, IL
3/12/1988
no, no 		No. 19 @ Northwestern W 79-74  22-9
(12-6) 		Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117)
Evanston, IL
NCAA Tournament[4]
3/18/1988*
no, no 		No. 16 Texas-San Antonio
NCAA tournament 		W 81-72  23-9
 Riverfront Coliseum (16,562)
Cincinnati, OH
3/20/1988*
no, no 		No. 16 Villanova
NCAA tournament 		L 63-66  23-10
 Riverfront Coliseum (16,562)
Cincinnati, OH
*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 2 pt. Field Goals 3 pt. Field Goals Free Throws Rebounds Assists Blocks Steals Points
Nick Anderson[5] 33 909 221 2 77 217 53 28 37 525
Kenny Battle[6] 33 1027 197 0 122 183 55 10 72 516
Glynn Blackwell[7] 33 822 143 10 83 111 78 1 40 399
Kendall Gill[8] 33 946 107 21 67 73 138 3 65 344
Lowell Hamilton[9] 33 627 140 1 48 127 9 19 14 331
Stephen Bardo[10] 33 820 77 3 53 138 125 7 41 216
Jens Kujawa[11] 33 719 69 0 38 171 34 29 17 176
Larry Smith[12] 31 403 45 2 41 37 80 1 19 133
Phil Kunz 26 195 16 0 9 41 2 13 3 41
Ervin Small 24 98 10 0 6 36 4 2 1 26
Mark Shapland 6 22 2 0 0 9 1 0 0 4
Bryan Brickner 5 13 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
Travis Smith 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
Mike MacDonald 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Eddie Manzke 6 18 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Bob Starnes 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Awards and honors edit

Team players drafted into the NBA edit

Player NBA Club Round Pick

[15]

Rankings edit

Main article: 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

References edit

  1. ^ Men's Basketball Roster
  2. ^ All-Time Illini Rosters Archived 2010-04-22 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1987-88 Archived February 3, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com
  4. ^ 1988 NCAA Tournament
  5. ^ "pg. 121 Season Stats" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
  6. ^ "pg. 121 Season Stats" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
  7. ^ "pg. 121 Season Stats" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
  8. ^ "pg. 121 Season Stats" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
  9. ^ "pg. 121 Season Stats" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
  10. ^ "pg. 121 Season Stats" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
  11. ^ "pg. 121 Season Stats" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
  12. ^ "pg. 121 Season Stats" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
  13. ^ "List of MVPs" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
  14. ^ "List of MVPs" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
  15. ^ 1988 NBA Draft Archived 2010-03-17 at the Wayback Machine
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