1983–84 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1983–84 Illinois Fighting Illini 1983–84_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_men's_basketball_team.jpg 300px Big Ten Conference Big Ten 6 6 26–5 15–3 Lou Henson Dick Nagy Jimmy Collins Bob Hull 9th 5th 1st 4th Quinn Richardson Bruce Douglas Quinn Richardson Assembly Hall Big Ten Conference co-champions NCAA men's Division I tournament Elite Eight The 1983–84 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illiniois. Regular season 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 1983 Illinois Fighting Illini y yes Tony Wysinger 10 G 5 10 155 FR Peoria, Illinois Peoria Central High School n Tom Schafer 11 F 6 7 205 FR Algonquin, Illinois Harry D. Jacobs High School n B.J. Jenkins 15 F 6 4 175 FR Palatine, Illinois Palatine High School n Quinn Richardson 21 G 5 11 175 SR y Robbins, Illinois Eisenhower High School n C Doug Altenberger 22 G 6 4 180 SO Peoria, Illinois Richwoods High School n George Montgomery 23 F 6 8 215 JR Chicago, Illinois Corliss High School y George Montgomery (basketball) Efrem Winters 24 F 6 9 210 SO Chicago, Illinois King High School y Bruce Douglas 25 G 6 3 175 SO Quincy, Illinois Quincy Senior High School y Bruce Douglas (basketball) Scott Meents 30 F/C 6 9 230 SO Kankakee, Illinois Herscher High School y Don Klusendorf 31 F 6 6 210 SR Western Springs, Illinois Lyons Township High School n Dragomir Marinkovich 32 F 6 4 195 JR Chicago, Illinois Lane Tech High School n Stephan Freeman 33 G 6 2 180 SO Chicago, Illinois Chicago Public Schools n Dee Maras 34 F 6 7 225 JR Antioch, Illinois Antioch Community High School n Reggie Woodward 35 G 6 2 170 JR Chicago, Illinois King High School n Tom Siegel 43 F 6 5 200 JR Belleville, Illinois Belleville High School-East n Anthony Welch 44 F 6 9 200 JR yes y Grand Rapids, Michigan Creston High School n Lou Henson (New Mexico State University) (9th year) Jimmy Collins (New Mexico State) (1st year) Dick Nagy (Hardin-Simmons University) (5th year) Bob Hull (4th year) https://fightingillini.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/1983-84 Schedule SourceUniversity of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1983-84 https://web.archive.org/web/20131021174755/http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/records/year-1983.html 2013-10-21 , FightingIllini.com yes yes |- !colspan=12 style="background:#DF4E38; color:white;"| Non-Conference regular season 11/25/1983 yes 1983 Utah Utes men's basketball Utah yes Rosemont Horizon Rosemont, IL Tribune Charities Holiday Classic 99-65 5,463 1-0 11/26/1983 yes 1983 Loyola Ramblers Loyola (Chicago) yes Rosemont Horizon Rosemont, IL Tribune Charities Holiday Classic 70-53 5,854 2-0 12/2/1983 yes 1983 Western Illinois Leathernecks Western Illinois Assembly Hall Champaign, IL Illini Classic 65-49 10,365 3-0 12/3/1983 yes 1983 Southern Miss Golden Eagles Southern Mississippi Assembly Hall Champaign, IL Illini Classic 78-47 11,841 4-0 12/6/1983 yes 1983 Vanderbilt Commodores Vanderbilt yes Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN 69-55 15,204 5-0 12/10/1983 yes 1983 West Texas A&M Buffaloes West Texas State Assembly Hall Champaign, IL 69-58 10,430 6-0 12/12/1983 yes Loyola (Chicago) Assembly Hall Champaign, IL 74-69 10,488 7-0 12/21/1983 yes 1983 Cal State Northridge Matadors Cal State Northridge Assembly Hall Champaign, IL 78-57 8,253 8-0 12/24/1983 yes Kentucky 2 Assembly Hall Champaign, IL 54-56 10,732 8-1 12/28/1983 20 yes 1983 Missouri Tigers Missouri yes St. Louis Arena St. Louis, MO Braggin' Rights 66-60 17,844 9-1 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#DF4E38; color:#FFFFFF;"|Big Ten regular season 1/5/1984 14 1983 Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota Assembly Hall Champaign, IL 80-53 11,012 10-1 1-0 1/7/1984 14 Wisconsin yes Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI 63-62 OT 7,569 11-1 2-0 1/11/1984 9 Indiana yes Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN Rivalry 68-73 OT 17,223 11-2 2-1 1/14/1984 9 1983 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State yes St. John Arena Columbus, OH 55-53 12,657 12-2 3-1 1/21/1984 10 Purdue 19 Assembly Hall Champaign, IL 76-52 16,166 13-2 4-1 1/26/1984 9 Michigan State Assembly Hall Champaign, IL 46-40 14,035 14-2 5-1 1/28/1984 9 Michigan Assembly Hall Champaign, IL 75-66 4OT 15,952 15-2 6-1 2/2/1984 8 Iowa yes Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA Rivalry 54-52 2OT 15,450 16-2 7-1 2/4/1984 8 1983 Northwestern Wildcats Northwestern yes Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL Rivalry 71-52 8,117 17-2 8-1 2/8/1984 8 Northwestern Assembly Hall Champaign, IL Rivalry 73-49 11,513 18-2 9-1 2/12/1984 8 Iowa Assembly Hall Champaign, IL Rivalry 73-53 16,166 19-2 10-1 2/16/1984 7 Michigan yes Crisler Center Ann Arbor, MI 60-62 13,511 19-3 10-2 2/19/1984 8 Michigan State yes Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, MI 70-53 10,004 20-3 11-2 2/25/1984 6 Purdue 13 yes Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN 55-59 14,123 20-4 11-3 3/1/1984 10 Ohio State Assembly Hall Champaign, IL 73-58 14,911 21-4 12-3 3/4/1984 10 Indiana Assembly Hall Champaign, IL Rivalry 70-53 16,166 22-4 13-3 3/8/1984 7 Minnesota yes Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN 53-41 14,729 23-4 14-3 3/10/1984 7 Wisconsin Assembly Hall Champaign, IL 81-57 16,116 24-4 15-3 |- !colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#DF4E38"|NCAA Tournament 3/18/1984 6 yes Villanova U.S. Cellular Arena yes 2 ME 7 ME Milwaukee, WI Second Round 64-56 10,788 25-4 3/22/1984 6 yes Maryland 11 Rupp Arena yes 2 ME 3 ME Lexington, KY Regional semifinals 72-70 23,525 26-4 3/24/1984 6 yes Kentucky 3 Rupp Arena Lexington, KY yes 2 ME 1 ME Regional Finals 51-54 23,525 26-51984 NCAA Tournament |- Central Time Player stats PlayerGames Played Minutes playedField GoalsFree ThrowsReboundsAssistsBlocksStealsPointsEfrem Wintershttp://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ill/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2009-10_Guide05.pdf Season Stats pg. 120 2011-03-15 2011-07-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20110708212650/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ill/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2009-10_Guide05.pdf dead 31103918292205542119456Bruce Douglashttp://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ill/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2009-10_Guide05.pdf Season Stats pg. 120 2011-03-15 2011-07-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20110708212650/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ill/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2009-10_Guide05.pdf dead 31111315981136177573399Doug Altenbergerhttp://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ill/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2009-10_Guide05.pdf Season Stats pg. 120 2011-03-15 2011-07-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20110708212650/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ill/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2009-10_Guide05.pdf dead 311125143661568439352George Montgomeryhttp://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ill/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2009-10_Guide05.pdf Season Stats pg. 120 2011-03-15 2011-07-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20110708212650/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ill/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2009-10_Guide05.pdf dead 3196712453224531727301Quinn Richardsonhttp://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ill/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2009-10_Guide05.pdf Season Stats pg. 120 2011-03-15 2011-07-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20110708212650/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ill/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2009-10_Guide05.pdf dead 31102994506193023238Scott Meentshttp://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ill/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2009-10_Guide05.pdf Season Stats pg. 120 2011-03-15 2011-07-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20110708212650/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ill/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2009-10_Guide05.pdf dead 2846561239133259145Tom Schafer2930228234391679Tony Wysinger301921527142301157Reggie Woodward14431241050328Don Klusendorf19554101060118Anthony Welch22562200014Dee Maras63030112016Drag Marinkovich462200006Joe Klauke221000002Tom Siegel331010002Stephan Freeman230000000 Awards and honors Bruce Douglas United Press International 3rd team All-American Big Ten Player of the Year Team Co-Most Valuable Playerhttp://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ill/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/05_mbb_guide_06.pdf List of MVPs 2013-01-15 2014-10-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20141030004049/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ill/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/05_mbb_guide_06.pdf dead Fighting Illini All-Century team (2005) Quinn Richardson Team Co-Most Valuable Playerhttp://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ill/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/05_mbb_guide_06.pdf List of MVPs 2013-01-15 2014-10-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20141030004049/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ill/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/05_mbb_guide_06.pdf dead Team players drafted into the NBA No one from the Fighting Illini was selected in the 1984 NBA draft.1984 NBA Draft Rankings 1983–84 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings References Illinois Fighting Illini Category:Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball seasons Illinois Illinois Fight Illinois Fight