1991–92 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

The 1991–92 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

1991–92 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record13–15 (7–11 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
MVPDeon Thomas
Captains
Home arenaAssembly Hall
Seasons
1991–92 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 Ohio State 15 3   .833 26 6   .813
No. 5 Indiana 14 4   .778 27 7   .794
No. 15 Michigan 11 7   .611 24 9   .727
No. 14 Michigan State 11 7   .611 22 8   .733
Iowa 10 8   .556 19 11   .633
Purdue 8 10   .444 18 15   .545
Minnesota 8 10   .444 16 16   .500
Illinois 7 11   .389 13 15   .464
Wisconsin 4 14   .222 13 18   .419
Northwestern 2 16   .111 9 19   .321
Rankings from AP Poll

Regular season

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Illinois’ consecutive 20-win season streak was snapped in 1992 when the Illini posted its first losing record in 14 years, going 13-15. Despite their losing record, the Illini outscored their opponents by over 100 points during the season (1,954 - 1,843). To emphasize how close the Illini were to a successful season, of the eleven Big Ten conference games that they lost, eight were by nine points or less, of which four games were lost by three points or fewer. Based on the allegations of recruiting violations from Iowa assistant coach Bruce Pearl, the most satisfying win during the conference season took place on February 23, 1992, when the Illini would defeat the Hawkeyes in an overtime thriller at Assembly Hall.

Roster

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1991–92 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) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr De La Salle High School Chicago, Illinois
G 4 Brooks Taylor 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr De La Salle High School Chicago, Illinois
G 10 Will Tuttle 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Lincoln-Way Central High School Mokena, Illinois
G 11 Rennie Clemons 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Calvary Academy Springfield, Illinois
G 13 Doug Clarida 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr Marion High School Marion, Illinois
G 14 Matt Williams 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Libertyville High School Libertyville, Illinois
F 21 Scott Pierce 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Trinity High School Euless, Texas
F 23 Mike Duis 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) RS Jr Crescent-Iroquois High School Crescent City, Illinois
F/C 25 Deon Thomas (C) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 222 lb (101 kg) RS So Simeon High School Chicago, Illinois
F 30 Robert Bennett 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Julian High School Chicago, Illinois
F 32 Tom Michael (C) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) RS So Carlyle High School Hoffman, Illinois
F 33 Marc Davidson 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Aurora Christian High School Minooka, Illinois
F 34 Andy Kaufmann (I)   6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Sr Jacksonville High School Jacksonville, Illinois
G 42 Gene Cross 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Rich Central High School Olympia Fields, Illinois
G 44 T.J. Wheeler 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Christopher High School Buckner, Illinois
F 50 Matt Schnaderbeck 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Maine West High School Des Plaines, Illinois
C 52 Steve Roth 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Fr 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
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-Conference regular season
11/25/1991*
no, no
Penn State L 50-65  0-1
Assembly Hall (12,183)
Champaign, IL
11/30/1991*
no, no
Louisiana-Monroe W 95-79  1-1
Assembly Hall (11,856)
Champaign, IL
12/3/1991*
no, no
Tennessee State W 78-56  2-1
Assembly Hall (11,274)
Champaign, IL
12/6/1991*
no, no
Hawaii
Illini Classic
W 69-63  3-1
Assembly Hall (11,524)
Champaign, IL
12/7/1991*
no, no
Washington
Illini Classic
W 76-55  4-1
Assembly Hall (11,939)
Champaign, IL
12/10/1991*
no, no
at Temple L 56-92  4-2
McGonigle Hall (3,623)
Philadelphia, PA
12/21/1991*
no, no
Maryland Baltimore County W 84-71  5-2
Assembly Hall (11,576)
Champaign, IL
12/23/1991*
no, no
vs. No. 16 Missouri
Braggin' Rights
L 44-61  5-3
St. Louis Arena (18,034)
St. Louis, MO
12/30/1991*
no, no
Illinois-Chicago W 84-75 ot 6-3
Assembly Hall (11,200)
Champaign, IL
1/4/1992*
no, no
No. 5 Connecticut L 66-70  6-4
Assembly Hall (12,376)
Champaign, IL
Big Ten regular season
1/8/1992
no, no
Purdue W 74-72 ot 7-4
(1-0)
Assembly Hall (12,674)
Champaign, IL
1/11/1992
no, no
at No. 9 Michigan State L 75-77  7-5
(1-1)
Breslin Student Events Center (15,138)
East Lansing, MI
1/15/1992
no, no
at Iowa
Rivalry
L 69-74  7-6
(1-2)
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (15,500)
Iowa City, IA
1/18/1992
no, no
No. 15 Michigan L 61-68  7-7
(1-3)
Assembly Hall (15,985)
Champaign, IL
1/22/1992
no, no
Wisconsin W 74-67  8-7
(2-3)
Assembly Hall (11,758)
Champaign, IL
1/25/1992
no, no
at Minnesota L 53-54  8-8
(2-4)
Williams Arena (16,126)
Minneapolis, MN
1/30/1992
no, no
No. 10 Ohio State L 72-74  8-9
(2-5)
Assembly Hall (12,558)
Champaign, IL
2/1/1992
no, no
at Northwestern
Rivalry
L 43-46  8-10
(2-6)
Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117)
Evanston, IL
2/4/1992
no, no
No. 6 Indiana
Rivalry
L 65-76  8-11
(2-7)
Assembly Hall (15,590)
Champaign, IL
2/11/1992
no, no
at Purdue W 76-71 ot 9-11
(3-7)
Mackey Arena (14,123)
West Lafayette, IN
2/15/1992
no, no
Minnesota W 74-58  10-11
(4-7)
Assembly Hall (14,322)
Champaign, IL
2/20/1992
no, no
at Wisconsin L 78-92  10-12
(4-8)
Wisconsin Field House (9,403)
Madison, WI
2/23/1992
no, no
Iowa
Rivalry
W 77-72 ot 11-12
(5-8)
Assembly Hall (16,281)
Champaign, IL
2/26/1992
no, no
Northwestern
Rivalry
W 92-65  12-12
(6-8)
Assembly Hall (12,012)
Champaign, IL
3/1/1992
no, no
at No. 2 Indiana
Rivalry
L 70-76  12-13
(6-9)
Assembly Hall (14,224)
Bloomington, IN
3/7/1992
no, no
No. 13 Michigan State W 80-71  13-13
(7-9)
Assembly Hall (14,087)
Champaign, IL
3/11/1992
no, no
at No. 5 Ohio State L 70-82  13-14
(7-10)
St. John Arena (13,276)
Columbus, OH
3/14/1992
no, no
at No. 14 Michigan L 59-68  13-15
(7-11)
Crisler Arena (13,605)
Ann Arbor, MI
*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
Deon Thomas[2] 28 946 199 0 144 193 20 44 25 542
Tom Michael[3] 28 865 41 75 43 130 39 10 8 350
Rennie Clemons[4] 28 930 93 11 93 106 137 7 42 312
T.J. Wheeler[5] 27 780 55 29 81 111 72 3 18 278
Scott Pierce[6] 28 518 54 1 52 97 26 9 9 163
Robert Bennett[7] 28 504 55 2 17 105 14 12 12 133
Brooks Taylor[8] 27 694 25 9 33 121 90 13 31 109
Marc Davidson 26 218 16 1 8 32 9 1 4 43
Will Tuttle 22 123 3 0 20 15 10 5 7 26
Steve Roth 16 35 3 0 3 9 1 2 1 9
Doug Clarida 13 21 0 1 3 3 2 0 0 6
Tim Geers 6 19 0 1 3 4 0 1 1 6
Matt Williams 6 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 4
Mike Duis 15 21 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 3
Gene Cross 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Schnaderbeck 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Awards and honors

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Rankings

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References

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  1. ^ University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1991-92 Archived 2014-02-03 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com
  2. ^ "Season Stats pg. 123" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
  3. ^ "Season Stats pg. 123" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
  4. ^ "Season Stats pg. 123" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
  5. ^ "Season Stats pg. 123" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
  6. ^ "Season Stats pg. 123" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
  7. ^ "Season Stats pg. 123" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
  8. ^ "Season Stats pg. 123" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
  9. ^ "List of MVPs" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2013.