2009–10 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2009–10 Illinois Fighting Illini 2009–10 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team.jpg 300px Big Ten Conference Big Ten 21–15 10–8 Bruce Weber 7th 9th 7th 3rd Wayne McClain Jay Price Jerrance Howard Bill Cole Demetri McCamey Demetri McCamey Assembly Hall NIT Quarterfinals The 2009–10 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Bruce Weber's seventh season at the school. They are members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Assembly Hall. The Illini finished the season 21–15, 10–8 in Big Ten play and lost in the semifinals of the 2010 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament. They were invited to the 2010 National Invitation Tournament where they advanced to the quarterfinals before falling to Dayton. Pre-season thumb|left|upright|Demetri McCamey set several Illini assists records during the season College GameDay On Tuesday, August 18, ESPN announced that Illinois will serve as one of the host sites for the network’s popular basketball series, College GameDay, during the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Two one-hour shows (10:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Central) will originate from the Assembly Hall on February 6, 2010 for the Illinois vs. Michigan State game. This is Illinois’s first appearance on ESPN College GameDay. The series, which is in its sixth season, will make four first-time stops in 2010. Other first-time hosts include Clemson, Kansas State and Washington. The Illinois/Michigan State game will be the only Big Ten game featured this season.http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/081809aab.html ESPN's College GameDay Driven by State Farm to Visit Illinois This Season 2009-08-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20110609135626/http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/081809aab.html 2011-06-09 dead Jeffrey Jordan On October 6, 2009 it was reported that Jeffrey Jordan was talking to former teammates and coaches about a possible return to the Illinois basketball team. Jordan had left the team in June, after his second season, to focus on school.http://www.illinihq.com/blogs/basketblog/2009/10/06/jordan_meeting_with_ui_coaches Jordan meeting with UI coaches 2009-10-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20091010133023/http://www.illinihq.com/blogs/basketblog/2009/10/06/jordan_meeting_with_ui_coaches 10 October 2009 dead dmy-all October 16, 2009, coach Bruce Weber said that Jordan planned to return to the team.fightingillini.com, Jordan Returns to Illini https://web.archive.org/web/20091026171233/http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/101609aai.html 2009-10-26, accessed 16 October 2009 Pre-season rankings 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings Various publications and news sources released their preseason rankings prior to the start of the 2009–10 season. Illinois has been ranked by the publications below. The Fighting Illini were ranked 23rd by the Associated Press in their pre-season poll released. The Illini received the 27th most votes in the Coaches poll and failed to make their Top 25. Associated Press Coaches AthlonAthlon Sports College Basketball 2009–10 Preview 2009–10 Athlon Sports Preseason Top 25 46 Athlon Sports Communications Lindy'sLindy's College Basketball 2009–10 National Picks 6 D.M.D. Publications, Inc. Sporting NewsSporting News College Basketball History for the taking DeCourcy, Mike 6 Sporting News Fox SportsFinal preseason top 25 for 2009-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20091017222321/http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/10213242/Final-preseason-top-25-for-2009-10 October 17, 2009, Fox Sports, retrieved 10-22-09 CBS SportsFinal Preseason Top 25 (and one): Distractions don't KO KU from top, CBS Sports, retrieved 10-22-09 SI.comKansas, Michigan State are 1-2 in first Power Rankings of 2009-10, SI.com, retrieved 10-22-09Rivals.comhttp://collegebasketball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=989561 Rivals.com Preseason Top 347 Countdown 2009-10-22 2009-10-22 Rivals.com https://web.archive.org/web/20091022041334/http://collegebasketball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=989561 22 October 2009 live 23 NR NR 25 21 18 23 NR 24 Departures Illinois lost a good portion of their backcourt with the departure of 2008-09 senior guards Chester Frazier, Trent Meacham, and Calvin Brock. Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Trent Meacham 1 G 6'2" 195 RS Senior Champaign, IL Graduated/Pro for WBC Raiffeisen Wels (Austria) Chester Frazier 3 G 6'2" 195 Senior Baltimore, MD Graduated/Hired by Illini as Graduate Assistant and Video Coordinator Calvin Brock 25 G 6'5" 200 RS Senior Chicago, IL Graduated 2009 additions Freshmen Joseph Bertrand, Brandon Paul and D.J. Richardson help fill the holes in the guard positions, while freshmen Stan Simpson and Tyler Griffey will add depth to the frontcourt. no no 2009 Joseph Bertrand SG Sterling, IL Sterling High School 6 5 185 10/12/08 3 3 88 Tyler Griffey PF Ballwin, MO Lafayette High School 6 8 210 09/06/08 3 3 91 Brandon Paul SG Gurnee, IL Warren Township HS 6 3 180 10/11/07 4 4 91 D.J. Richardson SG Peoria, IL Findlay College Prep 6 3 180 10/11/07 4 4 93 2009 Illinois Commit List for 2009 Men's Basketball Recruiting ESPN - Illinois Fighting Illini Basketball Recruiting 2009 illinois illinois 169 356 22 10 21 2009-04-15 yes 12 illinois-fighting-illini Roster 2009 Illinois Fighting Illini y yes D. J. Richardson 1 G 6 2 185 FR Peoria, IL Central High School y Joseph Bertrand 2 G 6 5 185 FR yes y Sterling, IL Sterling high School y basketball Brandon Paul 3 G 6 4 195 FR Gurnee, IL Warren Township High School y Jeffrey Jordan 13 G 6 1 185 JR Highland Park, IL Loyola Academy y Bubba Chisholm 15 G 5 11 180 SR Champaign, IL Central High School Stan Simpson 21 C 6 9 220 FR y Chicago, IL Simeon High School Dominique Keller 23 F 6 7 230 SR Port Arthur, TX Memorial High School Mike Davis basketball, born 1988 y 24 F 6 9 220 JR Alexandria, VA T. C. Williams High School Bill Cole 30 F 6 9 215 JR Peoria, IL Richwoods High School C Demetri McCamey 32 G 6 3 220 JR Bellwood, IL St. Joseph High School y C Alex Legion 33 G 6 5 200 JR Detroit, MI Oak Hill Academy/University of Kentucky y Tyler Griffey 42 F 6 9 225 FR Wildwood, MO Lafayette High School y Richard Semrau 50 C 6 10 245 JR y Grafton, OH Lutheran West High School Mike Tisdale 54 C 7 1 235 JR Riverton, IL Riverton High School y Bruce Weber (Wisconsin-Milwaukee) Wayne McClain (Illinois State) Jay Price (Kansas) Jerrance Howard (Illinois) Gary Nottingham (Glenville State) Sean Harrington (Illinois) https://fightingillini.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/2009-10 2010-01-14 Schedule thumb|Fighting Illini feet Source:https://fightingillini.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule/2009-10 2009-10 Men's Basketball Schedule http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/ill-m-baskbl-sched-2009.html 2009-10 Schedule 2009-10-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20120318113442/http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/ill-m-baskbl-sched-2009.html 2012-03-18 dead yes |- !colspan=12 style="background:#DF4E38; color:white;"| Exhibition Fri, Oct 30, 2009 7:00pm yes 23 2009 Missouri Southern Lions Missouri Southern Assembly Hall Champaign, IL BTN.com 95–67 14,454Illinois 95, MSSU 67 https://web.archive.org/web/20110609140427/http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/stats/103009aaa.html 2011-06-09 , ESPN, Retrieved 2009-11-02 Sun, Nov 8, 2009 4:00pm yes 23 2009 Quincy Hawks Quincy Assembly Hall Champaign, IL BTN.com 84–63 14,451Illinois 84, Quincy 63 https://web.archive.org/web/20110609140451/http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/stats/110809aaa.html 2011-06-09 , ESPN, Retrieved 2009-11-08 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#DF4E38; color:white;"| Non-Conference regular season Fri, Nov 13, 2009 7:00pm yes 23 2009 SIU Edwardsville Cougars SIU Edwardsville Assembly Hall Champaign, IL ESPN360 96–69 16,012SIU-Edwardsville 69, Illinois 96, ESPN, Retrieved 2009-11-16 1–0 Tue, Nov 17, 2009 7:00pm yes 23 Northern Illinois Assembly Hall Champaign, IL ESPN360 80–61 14,979Northern Illinois 61, (25) Illinois 80, ESPN, Retrieved 2009-11-18 2–0 Sat, Nov 21, 2009 7:00pm yes 23 2009 Presbyterian Blue Hose Presbyterian Assembly Hall Champaign, IL Las Vegas Invitational BTN 94–48 13,121Presbyterian 48, (25) Illinois 94, ESPN, Retrieved 2009-11-22 3–0 Tue, Nov 24, 2009 8:30pm yes 21 Wofford Assembly Hall Champaign, IL Las Vegas Invitational ESPNU 78–64 12,982Wofford 64, (21) Illinois 78, ESPN, Retrieved 2009-11-24 4–0 Fri, Nov 27, 2009 9:30pm yes yes 21 Utah Orleans Arena Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas Invitational HoopsTV 58–60 N/AUtah 60, (21) Illinois 58, ESPN, Retrieved 2009-12-04 4–1 Sat, Nov 28, 2009 7:00pm yes yes 21 2009 Bradley Braves Bradley Orleans Arena Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas Invitational HoopsTV 68–72 N/A(21) Illinois 68, Bradley 72 ESPN, Retrieved 2009-12-04 4–2 Wed, Dec 2, 2009 6:15pm yes yes Clemson 18 Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC ACC – Big Ten Challenge ESPN 76–74 10,000Illinois 76, (19) Clemson 74, ESPN, Retrieved 2009-12-04 5–2 Sat, Dec 5, 2009 6:30pm yes Boise St Assembly Hall Champaign, IL BTN 84–77 15,903Boise State 77, Illinois 84, ESPN, Retrieved 2009-12-07 6–2 Tue, Dec 8, 2009 7:30pm yes Vanderbilt Assembly Hall Champaign, IL BTN 79–68 15,594(24) Vanderbilt 68, Illinois 79, ESPN, Retrieved 2009-12-08 7–2 Sun, Dec 13, 2009 1:30pm yes Western Michigan Assembly Hall Champaign, IL BTN 88–53 14,886Western Michigan 53, Illinois 88, ESPN, Retrieved 2009-12-14 8–2 Sat, Dec 19, 2009 6:00pm yes yes Georgia Arena at Gwinnett Center Duluth, GA ESPNU 67–70 4,008Illinois 67, Georgia 70, ESPN, retrieved 2009-12-21 8–3 Wed, Dec 23, 2009 8:30pm yes yes Missouri Scottrade Center St. Louis, MO Braggin' Rights ESPN2 68–81 20,497Illinois 68, Missouri 81, ESPN, Retrieved 2009-12-31 8–4 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#DF4E38; color:#FFFFFF;"|Big Ten regular season Wed, Dec 30, 2009 8:00pm Northwestern 25 Assembly Hall Champaign, IL Rivalry BTN 89–83 OT 16,618Northwestern 83, Illinois 89, ESPN, Retrieved 2009-12-31 9–4 1–0 Sat, Jan 2, 2010 12:00pm yes yes Gonzaga United Center Chicago, IL CBS 83–85 OT 20,917(22)Gonzaga 85, Illinois 83, ESPN, retrieved 2010-01-03 9–5 Tue, Jan 5, 2010 8:00pm Iowa Assembly Hall Champaign, IL Rivalry BTN 59–42 14,806Illinois 59, Iowa 42, ESPN, retrieved 2010-01-06 10–5 2–0 Sat, Jan 9, 2010 7:00pm yes Indiana Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN Rivalry BTN 66–60 16,634Illinois 66, Indiana 60, ESPN, retrieved 2010-01-11 11–5 3–0 Tue, Jan 12, 2010 8:00pm Penn State Assembly Hall Champaign, IL BTN 54–53 14,469Penn State 53, Illinois 54, ESPN, retrieved 2010-01-13 12–5 4–0 Sat, Jan 16, 2010 2:30pm yes Michigan State 7 Breslin Center East Lansing, MI CBS 63–73 14,759Illinois 63, (8) Michigan State 73, ESPN, retrieved 2010-02-08 12–6 4–1 Tue, Jan 19, 2010 8:00pm Purdue 13 Assembly Hall Champaign, IL ESPN 78–84 16,618(15) Purdue 84, Illinois 78, ESPN, retrieved 2010-02-08 12–7 4–2 Sat, Jan 23, 2010 7:00pm yes Northwestern Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL Rivalry BTN 68–73 8,117Illinois 68, Northwestern 73, ESPN, retrieved 2010-02-08 12–8 4–3 Wed, Jan 27, 2010 5:30pm yes Penn State Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA BTN 77–67 8,085Illinois 77, Penn State 67, ESPN, retrieved 2010-02-08 13–8 5–3 Sat, Jan 30, 2010 1:00pm Indiana Assembly Hall Champaign, IL Rivalry ESPN2 72–70 16,618Indiana 70, Illinois 72, ESPN, retrieved 2010-02-08 14–8 6–3 Wed, Feb 3, 2010 7:30pm yes Iowa Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA Rivalry BTN 57–49 11,441Illinois 57, Iowa 49, ESPN, retrieved 2010-02-08 15–8 7–3 Sat, Feb 6, 2010 8:00pm Michigan State 5 Assembly Hall Champaign, IL ESPN College GameDay ESPN 78–73 16,618(5) Michigan State 73, Illinois 78, ESPN, retrieved 2010-02-08 16–8 8–3 Tue, Feb 9, 2010 6:00pm yes Wisconsin 11 Kohl Center Madison, WI BTN 63–56 17,230Illinois 63, (13) Wisconsin 56, ESPN, retrieved 2010-02-10 17–8 9–3 Sun, Feb 14, 2010 12:00pm Ohio State 13 Assembly Hall Champaign, IL CBS 53–72 16,616(16) Ohio State 72, Illinois 53, ESPN, retrieved 2010-02-14 17–9 9–4 Sat, Feb 20, 2010 3:00pm yes Purdue 4 Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN ESPN 65–75 14,123Illinois 65, (4) Purdue 75, ESPN, retrieved 2010-02-22 17–10 9–5 Tue, Feb 23, 2010 6:00pm yes Michigan Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI ESPN 51–44 11,357Illinois 51, Michigan 44, ESPN, retrieved 2010-03-05 18–10 10–5 Sat, Feb 27, 2010 3:00pm Minnesota Assembly Hall Champaign, IL BTN 60–62 16,618Minnesota 62, Illinois 60, ESPN, retrieved 2010-03-05 18–11 10–6 Tue, March 2, 2010 8:00pm yes Ohio State 6 Schottenstein Center Columbus, OH ESPN 57–73 16,177Illinois 57, (7) Ohio St 73, ESPN, retrieved 2010-03-05 18–12 10–7 Sun, March 8, 2010 1:00pm Wisconsin 15 Assembly Hall Champaign, IL ESPN 57–72 16,618 18–13 10–8 |- !colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#DF4E38"|Big Ten tournament Fri, Mar 12, 2010 1:30pm yes 5 Wisconsin 13 4 Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Quarterfinals ESPN 58–54 16,207 19–13 Sat, Mar 13, 2010 12:40pm yes 5 Ohio State 5 1 Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Semifinals CBS 81–88 2 OT N/A 19–14 |- !colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#DF4E38"|National Invitation Tournament Wed, Mar 17, 2010 8:00pm yes yes 1 Stony Brook 8 Stony Brook Arena Stony Brook, NY First Round ESPNU 76–66 4,423 20–14 Mon, Mar 22, 2010 7:00pm yes 1 Kent State 4 Assembly Hall Champaign, IL Second Round ESPNU 75–58 10,032 21–14 Wed, Mar 24, 2010 9:00pm yes 1 Dayton 3 Assembly Hall Champaign, IL Quarterfinals ESPN2 71–77 8,548 21–15 Central Time The March 17, 2010 NIT first-round game was hosted by Stony Brook due to a previously scheduled performance by Cirque du Soleil at Assembly Hall.http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/031710aaa.html Illinois Stumps Stony Brook, 76-66 2014-11-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20100322192657/http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/031710aaa.html 2010-03-22 dead Season statistics 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 + Individual player statistics2009-10 Illinois Season Statistics https://web.archive.org/web/20130625105913/http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/mbb-stats-2010.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 McCamey, Demetri 36 34 1241 34.5 542 15.1 191 421 .454 56 164 .341 104 147 .707 17 112 129 3.6 254 123 5 53 Tisdale, Mike 36 36 1006 27.9 429 11.9 165 282 .585 5 6 .833 94 112 .839 77 139 216 6.0 28 50 59 12 Davis, Mike 36 32 1161 32.2 385 10.7 172 364 .473 0 0 .000 41 65 .631 81 249 330 9.2 34 53 23 18 Richardson, D.J. 36 35 1112 30.9 379 10.5 124 311 .399 69 177 .390 62 80 .775 18 79 97 2.7 75 60 6 24 Paul, Brandon 36 14 682 18.9 280 7.8 93 279 .333 36 129 .279 58 90 .644 42 68 110 3.1 46 46 5 29 Keller, Dominique 35 0 399 11.4 156 4.5 66 145 .455 10 35 .286 14 27 .519 24 54 78 2.2 20 26 12 15 Cole, Bill 36 22 766 21.3 157 4.4 57 124 .460 29 77 .377 14 23 .609 38 78 116 3.2 36 24 22 24 Griffey, Tyler 32 4 270 8.4 105 3.3 42 80 .525 7 20 .350 14 16 .875 22 34 56 1.8 11 13 4 10 Legion, Alex 11 1 109 9.9 30 2.7 11 37 .297 4 19 .211 4 6 .667 0 10 10 0.9 5 4 1 3 Jordan, Jeff 33 2 454 13.8 52 1.6 22 50 .440 2 8 .250 6 10 .600 16 28 44 1.3 56 26 3 13 Semrau, Richard 15 0 67 4.5 21 1.4 9 13 .692 0 0 .000 3 5 .600 8 14 22 1.5 3 4 3 0 Chisholm, Bubba 12 0 16 1.3 7 0.6 3 12 .250 1 10 .100 0 0 .000 0 2 2 0.2 0 1 0 1 Simpson, Stan 8 0 17 2.1 4 0.5 2 9 .222 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 3 0 3 0.4 2 0 1 0 Team 50 74 124 3.4 13 Total 36 7300 2547 70.8 957 2127 .450 219 645 .340 414 581 .713 396 941 1337 37.1 570 443 144 202 Opponents 36 7300 2406 66.8 838 2094 .400 267 831 .321 463 665 .696 407 833 1240 34.4 461 433 61 221 Rankings Poll Pre-Season Week1 Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12 Week13 Week14 Week15 Week16 Week17 Week18 Final AP 23 23 20 (RV) (RV) (RV) (RV) -- -- -- -- -- -- (RV) (RV) (RV) (RV) -- -- Coaches (RV) 25 21 (RV) (RV) (RV) (RV) (RV) -- -- -- -- -- -- (RV) -- -- -- -- + Legend   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking   No change (RV)   Received votes References 2 Illinois Category:Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball seasons Illinois Illinois Illinois