1992–93 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1992–93 Illinois Fighting Illini 1992–93 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team.jpg 300px Big Ten Conference Big Ten 19–13 11–7 Lou Henson Dick Nagy Jimmy Collins Mark Coomes 18th 14th 10th 8th Tom Michael Deon Thomas Deon Thomas Assembly Hall NCAA men's Division I tournament second round The 1992–93 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois. Regular season After sitting out a season, Andy Kaufmann returned for the 1992–93 campaign and helped lead Illinois to a 19–13 record and trip to the NCAA tournament. Roster 1992 Illinois Fighting Illini y yes Davin Harris 3 G 6 0 160 JR Bloomington, Illinois Bloomington High School n Brooks Taylor 4 G 6 4 190 SR Chicago, Illinois De La Salle High School n Rennie Clemons 11 G 6 0 185 JR Springfield, Illinois Calvary Academy n Richard Keene 24 G 6 6 190 FR Collinsville, Illinois Collinsville High School n Deon Thomas 25 F/C 6 9 230 JR y Chicago, Illinois Simeon High School y C Robert Bennett 30 F 6 6 200 SO Chicago, Illinois Julian High School n Tom Michael 32 F 6 8 220 JR y Hoffman, Illinois Carlyle High School n C Marc Davidson 33 F 6 6 220 SO Minooka, Illinois Aurora Christian High School n Andy Kaufmann 34 F 6 6 225 SR y Jacksonville, Illinois Jacksonville High School y Gene Cross 42 G 6 3 185 JR Olympia Fields, Illinois Rich Central High School y T.J. Wheeler 44 G 6 4 190 JR Buckner, Illinois Christopher High School n Chris Gandy 45 F 6 9 200 FR yes Kankakee, Illinois Bradley Bourbanais High School n Steve Roth 52 C 6 10 240 SO Belleville, Illinois East High School n Lou Henson (New Mexico State University) (18th year) Jimmy Collins (New Mexico State) (10th year) Dick Nagy (Hardin-Simmons University) (14th year) Mark Coomes (New Mexico State) (8th year) https://fightingillini.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/1992-93 Schedule SourceUniversity of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1992–93 https://web.archive.org/web/20130625105116/http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/records/year-1992.html 2013-06-25 , FightingIllini.com yes |- !colspan=12 style="background:#DF4E38; color:white;"| Non-Conference regular season 11/25/1992 yes yes 1992 Dayton Flyers Dayton Sullivan Arena Anchorage, AK Great Alaska Shootout 86–78 OT 4,393 1–0 11/27/1992 yes yes Vanderbilt Sullivan Arena Anchorage, AK Great Alaska Shootout 93–77 6,003 2–0 11/28/1992 yes yes New Mexico State Sullivan Arena Anchorage, AK Great Alaska Shootout 94–95 6,687 2–1 12/3/1992 yes 1992 UIC Flames Illinois-Chicago Assembly Hall Champaign, IL 70–68 10,943 3–1 12/5/1992 yes 1992 Chicago State Cougars Chicago State Assembly Hall Champaign, IL 88–61 11,568 4–1 12/11/1992 yes 1992 Jackson State Tigers Jackson State Assembly Hall Champaign, IL Illini Classic 85–81 11,257 5–1 12/12/1992 yes 1992 Princeton Tigers Princeton Assembly Hall Champaign, IL Illini Classic 58–50 12,085 6–1 12/20/1992 yes 1992 Mercer Bears Mercer Assembly Hall Champaign, IL 77–58 11,614 7–1 12/23/1992 yes yes Missouri St. Louis Arena St. Louis, MO Braggin' Rights 65–66 18,379 7–2 12/26/1992 yes yes 1992 Texas Longhorns Texas Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX 72–89 14,097 7–3 12/29/1992 yes Marquette Assembly Hall Champaign, IL 58–61 12,235 7–4 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#DF4E38; color:#FFFFFF;"|Big Ten regular season 1/7/1993 yes 1992 Northwestern Wildcats Northwestern Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL Rivalry 81–71 8,117 8–4 1–0 1/9/1993 yes Michigan State Breslin Student Events Center East Lansing, MI 52–39 14,873 9–4 2–0 1/16/1993 6 Indiana Assembly Hall Champaign, IL Rivalry 79–83 16,299 9–5 2–1 1/21/1993 1992 Penn State Nittany Lions Penn State Assembly Hall Champaign, IL 82–66 11,665 10–5 3–1 1/23/1993 5 yes Michigan Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI 68–76 13,562 10–6 3–2 1/27/1993 Wisconsin Assembly Hall Champaign, IL 80–72 11,380 11–6 4–2 1/30/1993 yes 1992 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State St. John Arena Columbus, OH 86–76 13,276 12–6 5–2 2/4/1993 9 Iowa Assembly Hall Champaign, IL Rivalry 78–77 14,985 13–6 6–2 2/6/1993 Northwestern Assembly Hall Champaign, IL Rivalry 82–67 14,608 14–6 7–2 2/10/1993 Michigan State Assembly Hall Champaign, IL 83–80 12,251 15–6 8–2 2/13/1993 yes 17 Pittsburgh Assembly Hall Champaign, IL 79–95 16,321 15–7 8–2 2/17/1993 1 yes Indiana Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN Rivalry 72–93 16,336 15–8 8–3 2/20/1993 yes Penn State Rec Hall University Park, PA 74–66 7,455 16–8 9–3 2/25/1993 17 Purdue Assembly Hall Champaign, IL 78–70 2OT 14,096 17–8 10–3 2/28/1993 yes Wisconsin Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI 66–74 11,500 17–9 10–4 3/3/1993 yes Minnesota Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN 65–67 16,303 17–10 10–5 3/6/1993 Ohio State Assembly Hall Champaign, IL 85–73 16,321 18–10 11–5 3/10/1993 3 Michigan Assembly Hall Champaign, IL 97–98 OT 16,321 18–11 11–6 3/13/1993 17 yes Iowa Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA Rivalry 53–63 15,500 18–12 11–7 |- !colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#DF4E38"|NCAA tournament1993 NCAA Tournament 3/18/1993 yes yes 1992 Long Beach State 49ers men's basketball Long Beach State 6 W 11 W Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT Regional Round of 16 75–72 11,493 19–12 3/20/1993 yes 8 yes 6 W 3 W Vanderbilt Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT Regional Quarterfinals 68–85 12,084 19–13 Central Time Season Statistics + Final Individual Statistics University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1992–93 https://web.archive.org/web/20130625105116/http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/records/year-1992.html 2013-06-25 , FightingIllini.com Minutes Scoring Total FGs 3-point FGs Free-Throws Rebounds Player GP GS Tot Avg Pts Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG 3FA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg A TO Blk Stl Thomas, Deon 32 30 1098 34.3 587 18.3 225 371 .606 0 0 .000 137 212 .646 82 174 256 8.0 37 57 42 17 Kaufmann, Andy 31 25 902 29.1 537 17.3 183 433 .423 37 106 .349 134 168 .798 54 74 128 4.1 74 112 1 17 Clemons, Rennie 29 27 857 29.6 287 9.9 105 221 .475 6 16 .375 71 113 .628 14 77 91 3.1 121 66 4 42 Keene, Richard 32 24 724 22.6 266 8.3 92 226 .407 57 145 .393 25 34 .735 9 62 71 2.2 73 58 4 25 Wheeler, T.J. 32 12 770 24.1 257 8.0 85 185 .459 27 78 .346 60 69 .870 35 75 110 3.4 75 57 2 22 Bennett, Robert 32 29 871 27.2 243 7.6 98 180 .544 0 1 .000 47 87 .540 84 132 216 6.8 16 49 21 17 Michael, Tom 30 8 379 12.6 124 4.1 41 97 .423 26 65 .400 16 23 .696 23 44 67 2.2 19 11 7 3 Davidson, Marc 30 2 306 10.2 45 1.5 17 39 .436 1 5 .200 10 17 .588 29 36 65 2.2 9 16 2 7 Harris, Davin 26 1 177 6.8 42 1.6 16 35 .457 2 9 .222 8 11 .727 6 10 16 0.6 17 21 0 9 Taylor, Brooks 31 2 360 11.6 35 1.1 12 34 .353 2 6 .333 9 16 .563 10 26 36 1.2 54 32 8 20 Roth, Steve 14 0 21 1.5 4 0.3 2 3 .667 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 2 4 0.3 0 0 1 0 Cross, Gene 12 0 12 1.0 2 0.2 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Rice, Brian 9 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0.1 1 0 0 0 Griswold, Matt 8 0 8 1.0 0 0.0 0 3 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 1 3 0.4 0 2 0 0 Team 0 90 90 2 Total 32 6500 2429 75.9 877 1832 .479 158 431 .367 517 750 .689 351 804 1155 36.1 496 485 92 179 Opponents 32 6500 2347 73.3 860 1926 .447 181 493 .367 446 643 .694 391 670 1061 33.2 440 428 104 212 Legend   GP  Games played   GS  Games started  Avg  Average per game   FG  Field-goals made  FGA  Field-goal attempts  Off  Offensive rebounds  Def  Defensive rebounds   A  Assists   TO Turnovers  Blk  Blocks  Stl  Steals  High  Team high Awards and honors Deon Thomas Fighting Illini All-Century team (2005) Team Most Valuable Player http://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 Lou Henson Big Ten Coach of the Year. Team players drafted into the NBA PlayerNBA ClubRoundPick1993 NBA draft Rankings 1992–93 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings References Illinois Fighting Illini Category:Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball seasons Category:1992 in sports in Illinois Category:1993 in sports in Illinois Illinois