2008–09 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2008–09 Illinois Fighting Illini Fighting Illini logo.svg Big Ten Conference Big Ten 24–10 11–7 Bruce Weber 6th Wayne McClain 8th Jay Price 6th Jerrance Howard 2nd Chester Frazier Trent Meacham Chester Frazier Assembly Hall NCAA men's Division I tournament Round of 64 The 2008–09 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Bruce Weber's sixth season at Illinois. 2008 recruiting class no no 2008 Stan Simpson C Chicago, IL Simeon Career Academy 6 9 220 2007-10-15 3 3 89 Dominique Keller PF Port Arthur, TX Lee College 6 7 220 2008-03-10 2 N/A N/A 2008 Illinois Commit List for 2008 Men's Basketball Recruiting ESPN – Illinois Fighting Illini Basketball Recruiting 2008 illinois illinois 169 356 2009-03-21 189 yes 266 illinois-fighting-illini Roster 2008 Illinois Fighting Illini y yes Trent Meacham 1 G 6 2 195 SR y Champaign, IL Centennial High School y C Chester Frazier 3 G 6 2 195 SR Baltimore, MD Lake Clifton Eastern High School y C Jeffrey Jordan 13 G 6 1 185 SO Highland Park, IL Loyola Academy y Bubba Chisholm 15 G 5 11 180 JR Champaign, IL Central High School n Stan Simpson 21 C 6 9 220 FR yes Chicago, IL Simeon High School n Dominique Keller 23 F 6 7 230 JR Port Arthur, TX Memorial High School n Mike Davis basketball, born 1988 24 F 6 9 210 SO Alexandria, VA T. C. Williams High School y Calvin Brock 25 G 6 5 200 SR y Chicago, IL Simeon High School n Bill Cole 30 F 6 9 215 SO Peoria, IL Richwoods High School n Demetri McCamey 32 G 6 3 205 SO Bellwood, IL St. Joseph High School y Alex Legion 33 G 6 5 200 SO Detroit, MI Oak Hill Academy/University of Kentucky y C. J. Jackson 34 F 6 8 265 JR y Buena Vista, GA Tri-County High School n Richard Semrau 50 C 6 10 240 SO y Grafton, OH Lutheran West High School n Mike Tisdale 54 C 7 1 235 SO Riverton, IL Riverton High School y Bruce Weber (Wisconsin-Milwaukee) Jerrance Howard (Illinois) (interim) Wayne McClain (Illinois State) Jay Price (Kansas) https://fightingillini.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/2008-09 Schedule Source:https://fightingillini.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule/2008-09 2008-09 Men's Basketball Schedule yes |- !colspan=12 style=Illinois Fighting Illini|Exhibition 10/31/08 5:30 pm yes 2008 Florida Southern Moccasins Florida Southern Assembly Hall Champaign, IL 82–61 13,370 11/6/08 7:00 pm yes 2008 Lewis Flyers Lewis Assembly Hall Champaign, IL 62–56 13,814 |- !colspan=12 style=Illinois Fighting Illini|Non-conference regular season 11/14/08 8:30pm yes 2008 Eastern Washington Eagles Eastern Washington Assembly Hall Champaign, IL Big Ten Network.com 66–50 1–0 14,442 11/16/08 4:30pm yes 2008 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Assembly Hall Champaign, IL Big Ten Network.com 72–53 2–0 14,394 11/20/08 7:00pm yes yes Vanderbilt Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN FSN 69–63 3–0 12,630 11/23/08 3:00pm yes 2008 none Jackson State Tigers Jackson State Assembly Hall Champaign, IL BTN 78–64 4–0 13,865 11/28/08 5:00pm yes yes Kent State South Padre Island, TX South Padre Island Invitational Fox College Sports 69–63 OT 5–0 1,423 11/29/08 7:30pm yes yes 2008 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Tulsa South Padre Island, TX South Padre Island Invitational Fox College Sports 48–44 6–0 1,712 12/02/08 6:30pm yes Clemson Assembly Hall Champaign, IL ACC–Big Ten Challenge ESPN2 74–76 6–1 14,741 12/06/08 11:00am yes yes Georgia United Center Chicago, IL ESPNU 76–42 7–1 12,139 12/08/08 7:00pm yes 2008 none Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Hawaii Assembly Hall Champaign, IL BTN 68–58 8–1 14,303 12/10/08 7:00pm yes 2008 Chicago State Cougars Chicago State Assembly Hall Champaign, IL BTN 89–50 9–1 14,101 12/20/08 7:00pm yes 2008 Detroit Titans Detroit Assembly Hall Champaign, IL BTN 82–51 10–1 14,594 12/23/08 6:30pm yes yes Missouri 25 Scottrade Center St. Louis, MO Braggin' Rights ESPN2 75–59 11–1 19,586 12/28/08 1:00pm yes Eastern Michigan Assembly Hall Champaign, IL BTN 62–53 12–1 16,288 |- !colspan=12 style=Illinois Fighting Illini|Conference Regular Season 12/30/08 6:00pm yes Purdue 9 Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN ESPN2 71–67 OT 13–1 1–0 14,036 01/04/09 11:00am yes Michigan 23 Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI BTN 64–74 13–2 1–1 12,912 01/10/09 2:00pm Indiana Assembly Hall Champaign, IL Rivalry BTN 76–45 14–2 2–1 16,618 01/14/09 7:30pm Michigan 25 Assembly Hall Champaign, IL BTN 66–51 15–2 3–1 15,535 01/17/09 3:00pm yes Michigan State 7 Breslin Center East Lansing, MI ESPN 57–63 15–3 3–2 14,759 01/20/09 6:00pm 25 Ohio State Assembly Hall Champaign, IL ESPN 67–49 16–3 4–2) 15,549 01/24/09 3:00pm 25 Wisconsin Assembly Hall Champaign, IL ESPN 64–57 17–3 5–2 16,618 01/29/09 8:00pm yes 19 Minnesota Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN BTN 36–59 17–4 5–3 14,625 02/01/09 1:00pm 19 Iowa Assembly Hall Champaign, IL Rivalry BTN 62–54 18–4 6–3 16,618 02/05/09 8:00pm yes 23 Wisconsin Kohl Center Madison, WI ESPN 50–63 18–5 6–4 17,230 02/08/09 12:00pm 23 Purdue 12 Assembly Hall Champaign, IL CBS 66–48 19–5 7–4 16,618 02/12/09 8:00pm yes 22 Northwestern Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL Rivalry ESPN2 60–59 20–5 8–4 8,117 02/15/09 12:00pm yes 22 Indiana Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN Rivalry CBS 65–52 21–5 9–4 17,346 02/18/09 6:00pm 18 Penn State Assembly Hall Champaign, IL BTN 33–38 21–6 9–5 16,200 02/22/09 12:00 pm yes 18 Ohio State Value City Arena Columbus, OH CBS 70–68 22–6 10–5 19,049 02/26/09 6:00pm 20 Minnesota Assembly Hall Champaign, IL BTN 52–41 23–6 11–5 16,395 03/01/09 4:00pm 20 Michigan State 9 Assembly Hall Champaign, IL CBS 66–74 23–7 11–6 16,618 03/05/09 9:00pm yes 23 Penn State Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA ESPN/ESPN2 63–64 23–8 11–7 13,091 |- !colspan=12 style=Illinois Fighting Illini|Big Ten tournament 03/13/09 6:30pm yes 2 Michigan 7 Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Quarterfinals BTN 60–50 24–8 14,647 03/14/09 4:30pm yes 2 Purdue 24 3 Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Semifinals CBS 56–66 24–9 15,728 |- !colspan=12 style=Illinois Fighting Illini|NCAA Tournament 03/19/09 9:30pm yes 5 S Western Kentucky 12 S Rose Garden Portland, OR First Round CBS 72–76 24–10 17,169 Central Time Rankings 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings AP 0 18 25 19 23 22 18 20 23 NR Coaches 0 19 25 т 20 21 20 16 20 23 25 NR 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 statistics2008-09 Illinois Season Statistics https://web.archive.org/web/20130625105843/http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/ill-m-baskbl-CumulativeStats0809.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 34 32 1040 30.6 391 11.5 140 341 .411 56 179 .313 55 72 .764 11 79 90 2.6 156 83 7 32 Davis, Mike 34 34 1045 30.7 383 11.3 171 321 .533 0 0 .000 41 60 .683 60 215 275 8.1 67 51 22 23 Tisdale, Mike 34 34 841 24.7 346 10.2 147 277 .531 1 5 .200 51 64 .797 44 91 135 4.0 19 47 48 11 Meacham, Trent 34 34 1046 30.8 346 10.2 114 270 .422 69 164 .421 49 58 .845 8 76 84 2.5 92 36 4 31 Keller, Dominique 34 0 428 12.6 202 5.9 86 165 .521 9 22 .409 21 32 .656 29 50 79 2.3 7 30 18 10 Frazier, Chester 31 31 1029 33.2 178 5.7 60 134 .448 26 68 .382 32 48 .667 41 107 148 4.8 164 68 9 43 Brock, Calvin 34 5 593 17.4 180 5.3 73 164 .445 7 23 .304 27 43 .628 43 66 109 3.2 31 37 6 24 Legion, Alex 22 0 244 11.1 77 3.5 28 97 .289 12 50 .240 9 12 .750 9 23 32 1.5 11 18 1 8 Cole, Bill 17 0 76 4.5 27 1.6 9 25 .360 6 16 .375 3 9 .333 5 8 13 0.8 4 2 3 1 Semrau, Richard 21 0 190 9.0 29 1.4 13 28 .464 0 0 .000 3 7 .429 10 22 32 1.5 6 15 2 5 Jordan, Jeff 33 0 278 8.4 32 1.0 14 32 .438 1 3 .333 3 8 .375 3 9 12 0.4 33 13 1 6 Jackson, C.J. 13 0 22 1.7 9 0.7 3 3 1.000 0 0 .000 3 4 .750 4 2 6 0.5 1 5 1 2 Chisholm, Bubba 14 0 18 1.3 4 0.3 1 8 .125 1 7 .143 1 2 .500 0 1 1 0.1 4 1 0 3 Team 53 58 111 14 Total 34 6850 2204 64.8 859 1865 .461 188 537 .350 298 419 .711 320 807 1127 33.1 595 420 122 199 Opponents 34 6851 1944 57.2 730 1847 .395 173 584 .296 311 493 .631 392 739 1131 33.3 396 467 80 196 References Illinois Illinois Category:Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball seasons Illinois Illinois