1984–85 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1984–85 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
1984–85 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
Illini Classic, Champion
NCAA men's Division I tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 10
AP	No. 12
Record	26–9 (12–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lou Henson;
Assistant coaches	Dick Nagy; Jimmy Collins; Bob Hull;
MVP	Doug Altenberger
Captain	George Montgomery
Home arena	Assembly Hall
	Seasons ← 1983–84 1985–86 →

1984–85 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Michigan	16	–	2	.889	26	–	4	.867
No. 12 Illinois	12	–	6	.667	26	–	9	.743
Purdue	11	–	7	.611	20	–	9	.690
Ohio State	11	–	7	.611	20	–	10	.667
Iowa	10	–	8	.556	21	–	11	.656
Michigan State	10	–	8	.556	19	–	10	.655
Indiana	7	–	11	.389	19	–	14	.576
Minnesota	6	–	12	.333	13	–	15	.464
Wisconsin	5	–	13	.278	14	–	14	.500
Northwestern	2	–	16	.111	6	–	22	.214

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1984–85 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illiniois.

Regular season[edit]

The Illini started out the 1984-85 season ranked No. 1 nationally by Basketball Times in its preseason poll. Illinois made a return trip to the NCAA tournament where the Illini advanced to the Sweet 16.

Roster[edit]

1984–85 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	4	Scott Haftner	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Fr	Noblesville High School	Noblesville, Indiana
G	10	Tony Wysinger	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	155 lb (70 kg)	So	Peoria Central High School	Peoria, Illinois
F	11	Tom Schafer	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	So	Jacobs High School	Algonquin, Illinois
G	21	Glynn Blackwell	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Highland Park Community High School	Highland Park, Michigan
G	22	Doug Altenberger	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	Richwoods High School	Peoria, Illinois
F	23	George Montgomery (C)	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Sr	Corliss High School	Chicago, Illinois
F	24	Efrem Winters	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Jr	King High School	Chicago, Illinois
G	25	Bruce Douglas	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Quincy Senior High School	Quincy, Illinois
F/C	30	Scott Meents	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Jr	Herscher High School	Kankakee, Illinois
F	33	Ken Norman	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	So	Crane High School	Chicago, Illinois
F	34	Dee Maras	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Sr	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
C	40	Olaf Blab	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Fr	Charleston High School	Munich, West Germany
F	44	Anthony Welch	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	RS Jr	Creston High School	Grand Rapids, Michigan
C	40	Jens Kujawa	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Fr	Taylorville High School	Braunschweig, West Germany

Head coach

Lou Henson (New Mexico State University) (10th year)

Assistant coach(es)

Jimmy Collins (New Mexico State) (2nd year)
Dick Nagy (Hardin-Simmons University) (6th year)
Bob Hull (5th year)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

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
11/18/1984* no, no	No. 2	#5 Oklahoma Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off Classic	W 81-64	1-0	Hall of Fame (7,530) Springfield, MA
11/23/1984* no, no	No. 2	Idaho State Great Alaska Shootout	W 66-44	2-0	Sullivan Arena (2,863) Anchorage, AK
11/24/1984* no, no	No. 2	Alabama-Birmingham Great Alaska Shootout	L 52-59	2-1	Sullivan Arena (4,500) Anchorage, AK
11/25/1984* no, no	No. 2	Oregon Great Alaska Shootout	W 75-72 ^3ot	3-1	Sullivan Arena (4,500) Anchorage, AK
11/28/1984* no, no	No. 7	Chicago State	W 81-63	4-1	Assembly Hall (14,543) Champaign, IL
12/1/1984* no, no	No. 7	#10 Oklahoma	W 73-70	5-1	Assembly Hall (16,671) Champaign, IL
12/4/1984* no, no	No. 7	Cal State-Chico	W 92-47	6-1	Assembly Hall (14,046) Champaign, IL
12/6/1984* no, no	No. 7	Missouri Braggin' Rights	W 65-50	7-1	St. Louis Arena (12,946) St. Louis, MO
12/7/1984* no, no	No. 7	Columbia Illini Classic	W 72-48	8-1	Assembly Hall (14,989) Champaign, IL
12/8/1984* no, no	No. 7	New Mexico State Illini Classic	W 93-55	9-1	Assembly Hall (15,789) Champaign, IL
12/16/1984* no, no	No. 6	South Carolina State	W 83-47	10-1	Assembly Hall (14,026) Champaign, IL
12/18/1984* no, no	No. 4	Cincinnati	W 87-65	11-1	Rosemont Horizon (5,910) Rosemont, IL
12/22/1984* no, no	No. 4	Loyola (Chicago)	L 62-63	11-2	Rosemont Horizon (15,882) Rosemont, IL
Big Ten regular season
1/3/1985 no, no	No. 6	@ Minnesota	L 58-60	11-3 (0-1)	Williams Arena (14,532) Minneapolis, MN
1/5/1985 no, no	No. 6	@ Iowa Rivalry	L 60-64	11-4 (0-2)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (15,450) Iowa City, IA
1/10/1985 no, no	No. 15	Michigan	W 64-58 ^ot	12-4 (1-2)	Assembly Hall (13,801) Champaign, IL
1/12/1985 no, no	No. 15	#17 Michigan State	W 75-63	13-4 (2-2)	Assembly Hall (16,545) Champaign, IL
1/17/1985 no, no	No. 11	@ Wisconsin	W 78-67	14-4 (3-2)	Wisconsin Field House (9,448) Madison, WI
1/19/1985 no, no	No. 11	@ Northwestern	W 55-43	15-4 (4-2)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117) Evanston, IL
1/23/1985 no, no	No. 6	Ohio State	W 84-66	16-4 (5-2)	Assembly Hall (15,906) Champaign, IL
1/27/1985 no, no	No. 6	#13 Indiana Rivalry	W 52-41	17-4 (6-2)	Assembly Hall (16,764) Champaign, IL
1/30/1985 no, no	No. 5	@ Purdue	L 34-54	17-5 (6-3)	Mackey Arena (14,123) West Lafayette, IN
2/3/1985* no, no	No. 5	@ Houston	W 77-76	18-5	Hofheinz Pavilion (7,000) Houston, TX
2/7/1985 no, no	No. 9	@ Michigan State	L 56-64	18-6 (6-4)	Jenison Fieldhouse (9,691) East Lansing, MI
2/9/1985 no, no	No. 9	@ #8 Michigan	L 45-57	18-7 (6-5)	Crisler Arena (13,609) Ann Arbor, MI
2/14/1985 no, no	No. 17	Northwestern	W 64-42	19-7 (7-5)	Assembly Hall (15,841) Champaign, IL
2/16/1985 no, no	No. 17	Wisconsin	W 68-49	20-7 (8-5)	Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL
2/21/1985 no, no	No. 16	@ Indiana Rivalry	W 66-50	21-7 (9-5)	Assembly Hall (16,823) Bloomington, IN
2/23/1985 no, no	No. 16	@ Ohio State	L 64-72	21-8 (9-6)	St. John Arena (13,681) Columbus, OH
3/2/1985 no, no	No. 18	Purdue	W 86-43	22-8 (10-6)	Assembly Hall (16,648) Champaign, IL
3/7/1985 no, no	No. 14	Iowa Rivalry	W 59-53 ^ot	23-8 (11-6)	Assembly Hall (16,742) Champaign, IL
3/9/1985 no, no	No. 14	Minnesota	W 82-56	24-8 (12-6)	Assembly Hall (16,617) Champaign, IL
NCAA Tournament^[4]
3/15/1985* no, no	No. 12	Northeastern First round	W 76-57	25-8	Omni Coliseum (14,311) Atlanta, GA
3/17/1985* no, no	No. 12	#19 Georgia Second Round	W 74-58	26-8	Omni Coliseum (16,723) Atlanta, GA
3/21/1985* no, no	No. 12	#6 Georgia Tech Regional semifinals	L 53-61	26-9	Providence Civic Center (11,913) Providence, RI
*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
Anthony Welch^[5]	35	1092	182	51	189	51	9	26	415
Doug Altenberger^[6]	35	1113	162	70	126	67	14	38	394
Efrem Winters^[7]	35	1071	137	76	252	49	32	33	350
Bruce Douglas^[8]	35	1174	118	42	107	200	6	85	278
George Montgomery^[9]	23	587	86	64	168	39	6	21	236
Ken Norman^[10]	29	354	86	55	107	26	16	9	227
Scott Meents^[11]	35	652	84	25	111	87	24	16	193
Tony Wysinger^[12]	35	410	48	38	32	64	1	16	134
Tom Schafer	15	227	31	18	46	17	2	5	80
Scott Haffner	29	201	20	9	16	17	2	2	49
Reggie Woodward	12	34	12	5	3	3	0	4	29
Glynn Blackwell	10	65	8	9	11	10	1	7	25

Awards and honors[edit]

Bruce Douglas
- Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year
- Fighting Illini All-Century team (2005)
Ken Norman
- Fighting Illini All-Century team (2005)
Doug Altenberger
- Team Most Valuable Player ^[13]

Team players drafted into the NBA[edit]

Player	NBA Club	Round	Pick
George Montgomery	Portland Trail Blazers	2	39

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Rankings[edit]

References[edit]

^ Men's Basketball Roster
^ All-Time Illini Rosters Archived 2010-04-22 at the Wayback Machine
^ University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1984-85 Archived 2014-02-03 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com
^ 1985 NCAA Tournament
^ "Season Stats pg. 121" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2011.
^ "Season Stats pg. 121" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2011.
^ "Season Stats pg. 121" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2011.
^ "Season Stats pg. 121" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2011.
^ "Season Stats pg. 121" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2011.
^ "Season Stats pg. 121" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2011.
^ "Season Stats pg. 121" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2011.
^ "Season Stats pg. 121" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2011.
^ "List of MVPs" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
^ 1985 NBA Draft Archived 2011-05-20 at the Wayback Machine

[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 1984-85 Archived 2014-02-03 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com

[4] 1985 NCAA Tournament

[5] "Season Stats pg. 121" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2011.

[6] "Season Stats pg. 121" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2011.

[7] "Season Stats pg. 121" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2011.

[8] "Season Stats pg. 121" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2011.

[9] "Season Stats pg. 121" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2011.

[10] "Season Stats pg. 121" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2011.

[11] "Season Stats pg. 121" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2011.

[12] "Season Stats pg. 121" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2011.

[13] "List of MVPs" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2013.

[14] 1985 NBA Draft Archived 2011-05-20 at the Wayback Machine

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v t e Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
Venues	Kenney Gym (1906–1925) Huff Hall (1926–1963) State Farm Center (1963–present) Prairie Capital Convention Center (2015)
Rivalries	Indiana Iowa Missouri Northwestern
Culture & lore	Whiz Kids Flyin' Illini Orange Krush Fighting Illini Sports Network Oskee Wow-Wow Illinois Loyalty Chief Illiniwek 1960s slush fund scandal
People	Head coaches NBA draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics