1983–84 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

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1983–84 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 6
APNo. 6
Record26–5 (15–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
MVPBruce Douglas
MVPQuinn Richardson
CaptainQuinn Richardson
Home arenaAssembly Hall
Seasons
1983–84 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 6 Illinois 15 – 3   .833 26 – 5   .839
No. 10 Purdue 15 – 3   .833 22 – 7   .759
Indiana 13 – 5   .722 22 – 9   .710
Michigan 10 – 8   .556 24 – 9   .727
Michigan State 8 – 10   .444 15 – 13   .536
Ohio State 8 – 10   .444 15 – 14   .517
Northwestern 5 – 13   .278 14 – 14   .500
Minnesota 6 – 12   .333 15 – 13   .536
Iowa 6 – 12   .333 13 – 15   .464
Wisconsin* 0 – 18   .000 0 – 28   .000
Rankings from AP Poll
*Wisconsin forfeited all games due to NCAA sanctions.
Disputed record (4–14, 8–20)


The 1983–84 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illiniois.

Regular season[edit]

The 1983–84 season brought Illinois its 12th Big Ten Conference championship in a season where Illinois had four overtime games including an epic four-overtime 75–66 victory over Michigan. The next game was a two-overtime win at Iowa, Lou Henson’s 400th victory as a college head coach. The Illini recorded a 26-5 mark and were 15-3 in Big Ten play, tying Purdue for the league title. This season also marked Illinois’ first back-to-back 20 win seasons since 1951–52. The Illini would go on to record a total of nine consecutive 20-win seasons from 1982–83 to 1990–91. Illinois advanced to the NCAA Regional Finals before dropping a heart-breaking 54–51 loss to Kentucky on its home court, causing the NCAA to put a rule in place not allowing a school to play in a tournament game on its home court. Rumors also were floated that the outcome was predetermined, with home team time clock operations being implicated in part.

Roster[edit]

1983–84 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 10 Tony Wysinger 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 155 lb (70 kg) Fr Peoria Central High School Peoria, Illinois
F 11 Tom Schafer 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Harry D. Jacobs High School Algonquin, Illinois
F 15 B.J. Jenkins 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Palatine High School Palatine, Illinois
G 21 Quinn Richardson (C) 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 175 lb (79 kg) RS Sr Eisenhower High School Robbins, Illinois
G 22 Doug Altenberger 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Richwoods High School Peoria, Illinois
F 23 George Montgomery 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Corliss High School Chicago, Illinois
F 24 Efrem Winters 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So King High School Chicago, Illinois
G 25 Bruce Douglas 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So Quincy Senior High School Quincy, Illinois
F/C 30 Scott Meents 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) So Herscher High School Kankakee, Illinois
F 31 Don Klusendorf 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr Lyons Township High School Western Springs, Illinois
F 32 Dragomir Marinkovich 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Lane Tech High School Chicago, Illinois
G 33 Stephan Freeman 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Chicago Public Schools Chicago, Illinois
F 34 Dee Maras 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Jr Antioch Community High School Antioch, Illinois
G 35 Reggie Woodward 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jr King High School Chicago, Illinois
F 43 Tom Siegel 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Belleville High School-East Belleville, Illinois
F 44 Anthony Welch Injured 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Creston High School Grand Rapids, Michigan
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
11/25/1983*
no, no 		No. NR Utah
Tribune Charities Holiday Classic 		W 99-65  1-0
 Rosemont Horizon (5,463)
Rosemont, IL
11/26/1983*
no, no 		No. NR Loyola (Chicago)
Tribune Charities Holiday Classic 		W 70-53  2-0
 Rosemont Horizon (5,854)
Rosemont, IL
12/2/1983*
no, no 		No. NR Western Illinois
Illini Classic 		W 65-49  3-0
 Assembly Hall (10,365)
Champaign, IL
12/3/1983*
no, no 		No. NR Southern Mississippi
Illini Classic 		W 78-47  4-0
 Assembly Hall (11,841)
Champaign, IL
12/6/1983*
no, no 		No. NR @ Vanderbilt W 69-55  5-0
 Memorial Gymnasium (15,204)
Nashville, TN
12/10/1983*
no, no 		No. NR West Texas State W 69-58  6-0
 Assembly Hall (10,430)
Champaign, IL
12/12/1983*
no, no 		No. NR Loyola (Chicago) W 74-69  7-0
 Assembly Hall (10,488)
Champaign, IL
12/21/1983*
no, no 		No. NR Cal State Northridge W 78-57  8-0
 Assembly Hall (8,253)
Champaign, IL
12/24/1983*
no, no 		No. NR Kentucky (#2) L 54-56  8-1
 Assembly Hall (10,732)
Champaign, IL
12/28/1983*
no, no 		No. 20 Missouri
Braggin' Rights 		W 66-60  9-1
 St. Louis Arena (17,844)
St. Louis, MO
Big Ten regular season
1/5/1984
no, no 		No. 14 Minnesota W 80-53  10-1
(1-0) 		Assembly Hall (11,012)
Champaign, IL
1/7/1984
no, no 		No. 14 @ Wisconsin W 63-62 OT 11-1
(2-0) 		Wisconsin Field House (7,569)
Madison, WI
1/11/1984
no, no 		No. 9 @ Indiana
Rivalry 		L 68-73 OT 11-2
(2-1) 		Assembly Hall (17,223)
Bloomington, IN
1/14/1984
no, no 		No. 9 @ Ohio State W 55-53  12-2
(3-1) 		St. John Arena (12,657)
Columbus, OH
1/21/1984
no, no 		No. 10 Purdue (#19) W 76-52  13-2
(4-1) 		Assembly Hall (16,166)
Champaign, IL
1/26/1984
no, no 		No. 9 Michigan State W 46-40  14-2
(5-1) 		Assembly Hall (14,035)
Champaign, IL
1/28/1984
no, no 		No. 9 Michigan W 75-66 4OT 15-2
(6-1) 		Assembly Hall (15,952)
Champaign, IL
2/2/1984
no, no 		No. 8 @ Iowa
Rivalry 		W 54-52 2OT 16-2
(7-1) 		Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,450)
Iowa City, IA
2/4/1984
no, no 		No. 8 @ Northwestern W 71-52  17-2
(8-1) 		Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117)
Evanston, IL
2/8/1984
no, no 		No. 8 Northwestern W 73-49  18-2
(9-1) 		Assembly Hall (11,513)
Champaign, IL
2/12/1984
no, no 		No. 8 Iowa
Rivalry 		W 73-53  19-2
(10-1) 		Assembly Hall (16,166)
Champaign, IL
2/16/1984
no, no 		No. 7 @ Michigan L 60-62  19-3
(10-2) 		Crisler Center (13,511)
Ann Arbor, MI
2/19/1984
no, no 		No. 8 @ Michigan State W 70-53  20-3
(11-2) 		Jenison Fieldhouse (10,004)
East Lansing, MI
2/25/1984
no, no 		No. 6 @ Purdue (#13) L 55-59  20-4
(11-3) 		Mackey Arena (14,123)
West Lafayette, IN
3/1/1984
no, no 		No. 10 Ohio State W 73-58  21-4
(12-3) 		Assembly Hall (14,911)
Champaign, IL
3/4/1984
no, no 		No. 10 Indiana
Rivalry 		W 70-53  22-4
(13-3) 		Assembly Hall (16,166)
Champaign, IL
3/8/1984
no, no 		No. 7 @ Minnesota W 53-41  23-4
(14-3) 		Williams Arena (14,729)
Minneapolis, MN
3/10/1984
no, no 		No. 7 Wisconsin W 81-57  24-4
(15-3) 		Assembly Hall (16,116)
Champaign, IL
NCAA Tournament
3/18/1984*
no, no 		No. 6 Villanova
Second Round 		W 64-56  25-4
 U.S. Cellular Arena (10,788)
Milwaukee, WI
3/22/1984*
no, no 		No. 6 Maryland (#11)
Regional semifinals 		W 72-70  26-4
 Rupp Arena (23,525)
Lexington, KY
3/24/1984*
no, no 		No. 6 @ Kentucky (#3)
Regional Finals 		L 51-54  26-5
 Rupp Arena (23,525)
Lexington, KY[4]
*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
Efrem Winters[5] 31 1039 182 92 205 54 21 19 456
Bruce Douglas[6] 31 1113 159 81 136 177 5 73 399
Doug Altenberger[7] 31 1125 143 66 15 68 4 39 352
George Montgomery[8] 31 967 124 53 224 53 17 27 301
Quinn Richardson[9] 31 1029 94 50 61 93 0 23 238
Scott Meents[10] 28 465 61 23 91 33 25 9 145
Tom Schafer 29 302 28 23 43 9 1 6 79
Tony Wysinger 30 192 15 27 14 23 0 11 57
Reggie Woodward 14 43 12 4 10 5 0 3 28
Don Klusendorf 19 55 4 10 10 6 0 1 18
Anthony Welch 2 25 6 2 2 0 0 0 14
Dee Maras 6 30 3 0 11 2 0 1 6
Drag Marinkovich 4 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 6
Joe Klauke 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Tom Siegel 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Stephan Freeman 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Awards and honors[edit]

Team players drafted into the NBA[edit]

Rankings[edit]

Main article: 1983–84 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 1983-84 Archived 2013-10-21 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com
  4. ^ 1984 NCAA Tournament
  5. ^ "Season Stats pg. 120" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2011.
  6. ^ "Season Stats pg. 120" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2011.
  7. ^ "Season Stats pg. 120" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2011.
  8. ^ "Season Stats pg. 120" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2011.
  9. ^ "Season Stats pg. 120" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2011.
  10. ^ "Season Stats pg. 120" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2011.
  11. ^ "List of MVPs" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
  12. ^ "List of MVPs" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
  13. ^ 1984 NBA Draft Archived 2012-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
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