1994–95 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1994–95 Illinois Fighting Illini Fighting Illini logo.svg 175px Big Ten Conference Big Ten 19–12 10–8 Lou Henson Dick Nagy Jimmy Collins Mark Bial 20th 16th 12th 1st Robert Bennett Shelly Clark Kiwane Garris Assembly Hall San Juan Shootout, ChampionIllini Classic, Champion NCAA men's Division I tournament first round The 1994–95 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois. Regular season Roster 1994 Illinois Fighting Illini y yes Derrick Thomas 12 G FR Country Club Hills, Illinois Rich Central High School n W Matt Heldman 21 G 6 0 160 FR Libertyville, Illinois Libertyville High School n Kiwane Garris 22 G 6 2 180 SO Chicago, Illinois Westinghouse High School y Richard Keene 24 G 6 6 210 JR Collinsville, Illinois Collinsville High School n Bryant Notree 25 G 6 4 200 FR Chicago, Illinois Simeon High School y Robert Bennett 30 F 6 6 200 SR Chicago, Illinois Julian High School n C Brett Robisch 31 C 6 11 225 FR y Springfield, Illinois Calvary Academy n Jerry Gee 32 F 6 7 230 FR Chicago, Illinois St. Martin de Porres High School n Kevin Turner 33 G 6 2 160 FR Chicago, Illinois Simeon High School n Brian Johnson 34 F 6 6 195 FR yes Des Plaines, Illinois Maine West High School n Shelly Clark 35 F/C 6 9 260 JR Chicago, Illinois South Shore High School n C Jerry Hester 40 F 6 6 195 SO Peoria, Illinois Manual High School n Chris Gandy 45 F 6 9 205 SO yes Kankakee, Illinois Bradley-Bourbonnais High School n Steve Roth 52 C 6 10 250 SR Belleville, Illinois East High School n Lou Henson (New Mexico A&M) (20th year) Dick Nagy (New Mexico State University) (16th year) Jimmy Collins (New Mexico State University) (12th year) Mark Bial (University of Illinois) (1st year) https://fightingillini.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/1994-95 Schedule SourceUniversity of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1994-95 https://web.archive.org/web/20140222004649/http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/records/year-1994.html 2014-02-22 , FightingIllini.com yes yes |- !colspan=12 style="background:#DF4E38; color:white;"| Non-Conference regular season 11/25/1994 yes yes 1994 American University of Puerto Rico American-Puerto Rico Roberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan, PR San Juan Shootout 89-77 1,000 1-0 11/26/1994 yes yes 1994 College of Charleston Cougars College of Charleston Roberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan, PR San Juan Shootout 66-57 500 2-0 11/27/1994 yes yes Virginia Tech Roberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan, PR San Juan Shootout 85-75 500 3-0 12/3/1994 yes 6 yes Duke United Center Chicago, IL 65-70 21,500 3-1 12/5/1994 yes yes 1994 Kansas State Wildcats Kansas State Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS 76-69 8,643 4-1 12/9/1994 yes 1994 Northeastern Illinois Golden Eagles Northeastern Illinois Assembly Hall Champaign, IL Illini Classic 71-53 15,084 5-1 12/10/1994 yes 1994 Princeton Tigers Princeton Assembly Hall Champaign, IL Illini Classic 59-37 14,943 6-1 12/17/1994 yes 1994 UIC Flames Illinois-Chicago Assembly Hall Champaign, IL 75-60 15,696 7-1 12/19/1994 23 yes 1994 Mercer Bears Mercer Assembly Hall Champaign, IL 90-66 14,182 8-1 12/22/1994 23 yes yes Missouri Scottrade Center St. Louis, MO Braggin' Rights 58-76 21,714 8-2 12/27/1994 yes 8 yes Connecticut Hartford Civic Center Hartford, CT 56-71 16,294 8-3 12/29/1994 yes Memphis Assembly Hall Champaign, IL 86-76 16,313 9-3 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#DF4E38; color:#FFFFFF;"|Big Ten regular season 1/4/1995 1994 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State Assembly Hall Champaign, IL 79-70 15,813 10-3 1-0 1/7/1995 yes 1994 Northwestern Wildcats Northwestern Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL Rivalry 82-55 8,117 11-3 2-0 1/10/1995 yes Purdue Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN 62-58 14,123 12-3 3-0 1/14/1995 Indiana Assembly Hall Champaign, IL Rivalry 78-67 16,450 13-3 4-0 1/17/1995 20 Michigan Assembly Hall Champaign, IL 59-69 16,450 13-4 4-1 1/21/1995 20 yes Minnesota Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN 66-77 14,527 13-5 4-2 1/28/1995 10 Michigan State Assembly Hall Champaign, IL 72-64 16,450 13-6 4-3 2/1/1995 yes Iowa Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA Rivalry 79-74 15,500 14-6 5-3 2/4/1995 yes Wisconsin Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI 60-73 11,500 14-7 5-4 2/8/1995 1994 Penn State Nittany Lions Penn State Assembly Hall Champaign, IL 67-58 16,090 15-7 6-4 2/11/1995 Iowa Assembly Hall Champaign, IL Rivalry 104-97 ot 16,450 16-7 7-4 2/15/1995 8 yes Michigan State Breslin Student Events Center East Lansing, MI 58-68 15,138 16-8 7-5 2/22/1995 20 22 Minnesota Assembly Hall Champaign, IL 94-88 ot 16,206 17-8 8-5 2/26/1995 yes Michigan Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI 51-63 13,562 17-9 8-6 3/2/1995 yes Indiana Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN Rivalry 85-89 17,101 17-10 8-7 3/4/1995 17 Purdue Assembly Hall Champaign, IL 56-69 14,123 17-11 8-8 3/8/1995 Northwestern Assembly Hall Champaign, IL Rivalry 99-57 15,195 18-11 9-8 3/11/1995 yes Ohio State St. John Arena Columbus, OH 82-63 11,216 19-11 10-8 |- !colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#DF4E38"|NCAA tournament 3/17/1995 yes yes Tulsa Knickerbocker Arena Albany, NY First Round 11 E 6 E 62-68 15,100 19-12 |- Central Time Player stats PlayerGames Played2 pt. Field Goals3 pt. Field GoalsFree ThrowsReboundsAssistsBlocksStealsPointsKiwane Garrishttp://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ill/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2009-10_Guide05.pdf Season Stats pg. 123 2011-03-14 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 311044614888117036494Richard Keenehttp://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ill/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2009-10_Guide05.pdf Season Stats pg. 123 2011-03-14 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 31606329119111430338Shelly Clarkhttp://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ill/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2009-10_Guide05.pdf Season Stats pg. 123 2011-03-14 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 28131067233431128329Jerry Hesterhttp://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ill/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2009-10_Guide05.pdf Season Stats pg. 123 2011-03-14 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 30813847145571023323Robert Bennetthttp://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ill/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2009-10_Guide05.pdf Season Stats pg. 123 2011-03-14 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 3198066191151322262Jarrod Geehttp://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ill/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2009-10_Guide05.pdf Season Stats pg. 123 2011-03-14 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 31730391067712185Bryant Notree 31342866152782Kevin Turner 261214720170273Chris Gandy 2330265113272Brian Johnson 241611523103750Brett Robisch 189121201123Matt Heldman 2130121240318Steve Roth 15401150009Derrick Thomas 1410550017 Awards and honors Kiwane Garris 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 Team players drafted into the NBA PlayerNBA ClubRoundPickhttp://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1995&lg=N 1995 NBA Draft 2011-03-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20100317233753/http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1995&lg=N 2010-03-17 usurped Rankings 1994–95 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings References Illinois Category:Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball seasons Illinois Category:1994 in sports in Illinois Category:1995 in sports in Illinois