1989–90 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

The 1989–90 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

1989–90 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 18
APNo. 18
Record21–8 (11–7 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
MVPKendall Gill
Captains
Home arenaAssembly Hall
Seasons
1989–90 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 Michigan State 15 3   .833 28 6   .824
No. 10 Purdue 13 5   .722 22 8   .733
No. 13 Michigan 12 6   .667 23 8   .742
No. 18 Illinois 11 7   .611 21 8   .724
No. 20 Minnesota 11 7   .611 23 9   .719
Ohio State 10 8   .556 17 13   .567
Indiana 8 10   .444 18 11   .621
Wisconsin 4 14   .222 14 17   .452
Iowa 4 14   .222 12 16   .429
Northwestern 2 16   .111 9 19   .321
Rankings from AP Poll

Regular season

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Coming off the Final Four season a year earlier, Illinois went 21-8 overall, 11-7 in the Big Ten in 1990. Kendall Gill, a senior, became the first player since Ken Norman in 1987 to average 20 points per game. Gill was named a First-Team All-American by UPI. Gill led the Big Ten in scoring and was a finalist for the John Wooden Player of the Year Award. He was the fifth overall pick in the NBA draft, going to the Charlotte Hornets.

Roster

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1989–90 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
F 3 Tim Geers 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr De La Salle High School Chicago, Illinois
G 4 Brooks Taylor 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr De La Salle High School Chicago, Illinois
G 10 P.J. Bowman 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr Centennial High School Champaign, Illinois
G 12 Travis Smith 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr Gallatin High School Ridgway, Illinois
G 13 Kendall Gill (C) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Rich Central High School Matteson, Illinois
G 20 Ken Gibson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Bloomington High School Bloomington, Illinois
F/C 21 Rodney Jones 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr West Philadelphia High School Philadelphia, PA
G 23 Larry Smith     6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Alton High School Alton, Illinois
F 24 Ervin Small 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 222 lb (101 kg) Sr Simeon High School Chicago, Illinois
F 25 Deon Thomas   6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Simeon High School Chicago, Illinois
G 30 Marcus Liberty 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr King High School Chicago, Illinois
F 32 Tom Michael   6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Carlyle High School Hoffman, Illinois
F 34 Andy Kaufmann 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) So Jacksonville High School Jacksonville, Illinois
G/F 35 Stephen Bardo (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Carbondale Community High School Carbondale, Illinois
F 40 Matt Schnaderbeck 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Maine West High School Des Plaines, Illinois
G/F 42 Brian O'Connell 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Schaumburg High School Schaumburg, Illinois
C 50 Andy Kpedi 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Kankakee Community College Warri, Nigeria
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
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-Conference regular season
11/28/1989*
no, no
No. 8 at Mississippi W 83-72  1-0
Tad Smith Coliseum (8,439)
Oxford, Mississippi
12/2/1989*
no, no
No. 8 Chicago State W 82-62  2-0
Assembly Hall (15,940)
Champaign, Illinois
12/5/1989*
no, no
No. 7 at No. 25 Florida W 74-69  3-0
O'Connell Center (11,929)
Gainesville, Florida
12/8/1989*
no, no
No. 7 Indiana State
Illini Classic
W 93-59  4-0
Assembly Hall (16,111)
Champaign, Illinois
12/9/1989*
no, no
No. 7 Metro State
Illini Classic
W 96-62  5-0
Assembly Hall (16,016)
Champaign
12/16/1989*
no, ABC
No. 5 Temple W 78-61  6-0
Assembly Hall (16,034)
Champaign
12/20/1989*
no, no
No. 5 vs. No. 4 Missouri
Braggin' Rights
W 101-93  7-0
St. Louis Arena (18,398)
St. Louis, Missouri
12/23/1989*
no, no
No. 5 Wisconsin-Green Bay W 71-47  8-0
Assembly Hall (15,530)
Champaign, Illinois
12/29/1989*
no, no
No. 4 vs. Grambling
Old Style Classic
W 97-73  9-0
Rosemont Horizon (10,009)
Rosemont, Illinois
12/30/1989*
no, no
No. 4 vs. No. 15 Memphis State
Old Style Classic
W 83-71  10-0
Rosemont Horizon (13,103)
Rosemont, Illinois
Big Ten regular season
1/4/1990
no, no
No. 4 Wisconsin W 73-59  11-0
(1-0)
Assembly Hall (15,636)
Champaign, Illinois
1/6/1990
no, no
No. 4 at Minnesota L 74-91  11-1
(1-1)
Williams Arena (16,545)
Minneapolis
1/13/1990
no, no
No. 8 at Northwestern
Rivalry
W 85-78  12-1
(2-1)
Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117)
Evanston, Illinois
1/15/1990
no, ESPN
No. 7 No. 6 Michigan L 70-74  12-2
(2-2)
Assembly Hall (16,136)
Champaign, Illinois
1/18/1990
no, no
No. 7 Michigan State W 73-64  13-2
(3-2)
Assembly Hall (16,037)
Champaign, Illinois
1/20/1990
no, no
No. 7 at No. 24 Purdue L 68-81  13-3
(3-3)
Mackey Arena (14,123)
West Lafayette, Indiana
1/25/1990
no, no
No. 10 at Wisconsin W 66-63  14-3
(4-3)
Wisconsin Field House (11,666)
Madison, Wisconsin
1/27/1990
no, no
No. 10 Ohio State W 92-81  15-3
(5-3)
Assembly Hall (16,154)
Champaign, Illinois
1/29/1990
no, no
No. 10 at Iowa
Rivalry
L 67-69  15-4
(5-4)
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (15,500)
Iowa City, Iowa
2/4/1990
no, no
No. 11 No. 22 Indiana
Rivalry
W 70-65  16-4
(6-4)
Assembly Hall (16,289)
Champaign, Illinois
2/8/1990
no, no
No. 12 No. 17 Minnesota W 99-72  17-4
(7-4)
Assembly Hall (16,105)
Champaign, Illinois
2/11/1990
no, no
No. 12 at No. 7 Michigan L 79-93  17-5
(7-5)
Crisler Arena (13,609)
Ann Arbor, Michigan
2/14/1990
no, no
No. 15 Northwestern
Rivalry
W 88-75  18-5
(8-5)
Assembly Hall (16,108)
Champaign, Illinois
2/17/1990
no, no
No. 15 at No. 21 Michigan State L 63-70  18-6
(8-6)
Breslin Student Events Center (15,138)
East Lansing, Michigan
2/21/1990
no, no
No. 19 No. 9 Purdue W 90-78  19-6
(9-6)
Assembly Hall (16,218)
Champaign, Illinois
2/21/1990
no, no
No. 19 at Ohio State L 80-86  19-7
(9-7)
St. John Arena (13,276)
Columbus, Ohio
3/4/1990
no, no
No. 18 Iowa
Rivalry
W 118-85  20-7
(10-7)
Assembly Hall (16,219)
Champaign, Illinois
3/11/1990
no, no
No. 20 at Indiana
Rivalry
W 69-63  21-7
(11-7)
Assembly Hall (17,228)
Bloomington, Indiana
NCAA tournament
3/15/1990*
no, no
(5 MW) No. 18 vs. (12 MW) Dayton
First Round
L 86-88  21-8
Frank Erwin Center (11,578)
Austin, Texas
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Player stats

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Player Games Played Minutes Played 2 pt. Field Goals 3 pt. Field Goals Free Throws Rebounds Assists Blocks Steals Points
Kendall Gill[2] 29 1000 188 23 136 143 96 16 63 581
Marcus Liberty[3] 29 958 195 8 103 206 39 26 32 517
Andy Kaufmann[4] 29 682 69 22 81 93 54 5 27 285
Steve Bardo [5] 29 944 71 28 55 178 137 14 37 281
Rodney Jones[6] 29 542 88 0 40 126 9 18 17 216
Ervin Small[7] 29 577 74 1 49 151 12 5 23 200
P.J. Bowman[8] 29 571 16 23 21 35 73 2 16 122
Andy Kpedi 19 201 17 0 20 54 2 11 4 54
Brooks Taylor 24 154 12 0 13 25 24 5 10 37
Ken Gibson 20 54 7 4 8 8 1 0 2 34
Tim Geers 20 104 11 0 11 19 9 1 5 33
Travis Smith 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

Awards and honors

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NCAA basketball tournament

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  • Midwest
    • Dayton 88, Illinois 86

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Team players drafted into the NBA

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Player NBA Club Round Pick
Kendall Gill Charlotte Hornets 1 5
Stephen Bardo Atlanta Hawks 2 41
Marcus Liberty Denver Nuggets 2 42

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Rankings

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References

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  1. ^ University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1989-90 Archived 2014-02-03 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com
  2. ^ Season Stats Archived 2007-10-30 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Season Stats Archived 2007-11-11 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "pg. 122 Season Stats" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
  5. ^ Season Stats Archived 2007-11-30 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "pg. 122 Season Stats" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
  7. ^ "pg. 122 Season Stats" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
  8. ^ "pg. 122 Season Stats" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
  9. ^ "List of MVPs" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
  10. ^ 1990 NCAA Tournament
  11. ^ 1990 NBA draft Archived 2010-03-17 at the Wayback Machine