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1984–85 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

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1984–85 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
Illini Classic, Champion
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
APNo. 12
Record26–9 (12–6 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
MVPDoug Altenberger
CaptainGeorge Montgomery
Home arenaAssembly Hall
Seasons
1984–85 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
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

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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

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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 Current redshirt 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 Current redshirt 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Fr Taylorville High School Braunschweig, West Germany
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
11/18/1984*
no, no
No. 2 vs. No. 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 vs. Idaho State
Great Alaska Shootout
W 66-44  2-0
Sullivan Arena (2,863)
Anchorage, AK
11/24/1984*
no, no
No. 2 vs. Alabama-Birmingham
Great Alaska Shootout
L 52-59  2-1
Sullivan Arena (4,500)
Anchorage, AK
11/25/1984*
no, no
No. 2 vs. 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 No. 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 vs. 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 vs. Cincinnati W 87-65  11-1
Rosemont Horizon (5,910)
Rosemont, IL
12/22/1984*
no, no
No. 4 vs. Loyola (Chicago) L 62-63  11-2
Rosemont Horizon (15,882)
Rosemont, IL
Big Ten regular season
1/3/1985
no, no
No. 6 at Minnesota L 58-60  11-3
(0-1)
Williams Arena (14,532)
Minneapolis, MN
1/5/1985
no, no
No. 6 at 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 No. 17 Michigan State W 75-63  13-4
(2-2)
Assembly Hall (16,545)
Champaign, IL
1/17/1985
no, no
No. 11 at Wisconsin W 78-67  14-4
(3-2)
Wisconsin Field House (9,448)
Madison, WI
1/19/1985
no, no
No. 11 at Northwestern
Rivalry
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 No. 13 Indiana
Rivalry
W 52-41  17-4
(6-2)
Assembly Hall (16,764)
Champaign, IL
1/30/1985
no, no
No. 5 at Purdue L 34-54  17-5
(6-3)
Mackey Arena (14,123)
West Lafayette, IN
2/3/1985*
no, no
No. 5 at Houston W 77-76  18-5
Hofheinz Pavilion (7,000)
Houston, TX
2/7/1985
no, no
No. 9 at Michigan State L 56-64  18-6
(6-4)
Jenison Fieldhouse (9,691)
East Lansing, MI
2/9/1985
no, no
No. 9 at No. 8 Michigan L 45-57  18-7
(6-5)
Crisler Arena (13,609)
Ann Arbor, MI
2/14/1985
no, no
No. 17 Northwestern
Rivalry
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 at Indiana
Rivalry
W 66-50  21-7
(9-5)
Assembly Hall (16,823)
Bloomington, IN
2/23/1985
no, no
No. 16 at 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
3/15/1985*
no, no
(3 E) No. 12 vs. (14 E) Northeastern
First round
W 76-57  25-8
Omni Coliseum (14,311)
Atlanta, GA
3/17/1985*
no, no
(3 E) No. 12 vs. (6 E) No. 19 Georgia
Second Round
W 74-58  26-8
Omni Coliseum (16,723)
Atlanta, GA
3/21/1985*
no, no
(3 E) No. 12 vs. (2 E) No. 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

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Player Games Played Minutes Played Field Goals Free Throws Rebounds Assists Blocks Steals Points
Anthony Welch[2] 35 1092 182 51 189 51 9 26 415
Doug Altenberger[3] 35 1113 162 70 126 67 14 38 394
Efrem Winters[4] 35 1071 137 76 252 49 32 33 350
Bruce Douglas[5] 35 1174 118 42 107 200 6 85 278
George Montgomery[6] 23 587 86 64 168 39 6 21 236
Ken Norman[7] 29 354 86 55 107 26 16 9 227
Scott Meents[8] 35 652 84 25 111 87 24 16 193
Tony Wysinger[9] 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

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Team players drafted into the NBA

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

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Rankings

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References

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  1. ^ University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1984-85 Archived 2014-02-03 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com
  2. ^ "Season Stats pg. 121" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2011.
  3. ^ "Season Stats pg. 121" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2011.
  4. ^ "Season Stats pg. 121" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2011.
  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. ^ "List of MVPs" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
  11. ^ 1985 NBA Draft Archived 2011-05-20 at the Wayback Machine