1985-86_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_men's_basketball_team

1985–86 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
1985–86 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
Illini Classic, Champion
NCAA men's Division I tournament, second round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 20
AP	No. 19
Record	22–10 (11–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lou Henson;
Assistant coaches	Dick Nagy; Jimmy Collins; Mark Coomes;
MVP	Ken Norman
Captains	Bruce Douglas; Efrem Winters;
Home arena	Assembly Hall
	Seasons ← 1984–85 1986–87 →

1985–86 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

American college basketball season

The 1985–86 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illiniois.

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-Conference regular season
11/26/1985* no, no	No. 7	Loyola (Chicago)	W 95-64	1-0	Assembly Hall (13,143) Champaign, IL
11/26/1985* no, no	No. 7	Hawaii Loa Hawaii Thanksgiving Invitational	W 72-45	2-0	Kaneohe Armory (200) Honolulu, HI
11/29/1985* no, no	No. 7	vs. No. 13 Oklahoma Hawaii Thanksgiving Invitational	L 57-59	2-1	Kaneohe Armory (300) Honolulu, HI
12/4/1985* no, no	No. 12	Wisconsin-Green Bay	W 84-34	3-1	Assembly Hall (13,417) Champaign, IL
12/6/1985* no, no	No. 12	Eastern Kentucky Illini Classic	W 79-56	4-1	Assembly Hall (13,707) Champaign
12/7/1985* no, no	No. 12	Utah State Illini Classic	W 115-64	5-1	Assembly Hall (13,980) Champaign
12/10/1985* no, no	No. 10	Tennessee	L 51-54	5-2	Mabee Center (12,700) Tulsa, OK
12/14/1985* no, no	No. 10	Houston	W 102-92	6-2	Assembly Hall (15,564) Champaign, IL
12/21/1985* no, no	No. 15	vs. Missouri Braggin' Rights	W 67-55	7-2	St. Louis Arena (13,106) St. Louis, MO
12/23/1985* no, no	No. 15	Howard	W 67-55	8-2	Assembly Hall (10,043) Champaign, IL
12/30/1985* no, no	No. 16	Iowa State	W 64-62	9-2	Rosemont Horizon (9,876) Rosemont, IL
Big Ten regular season
1/2/1986 no, no	No. 14	Minnesota	W 76-57	10-2 (1-0)	Assembly Hall (13,329) Champaign, IL
1/4/1986 no, no	No. 14	Iowa Rivalry	L 59-60	10-3 (1-1)	Assembly Hall (16,676) Champaign, IL
1/8/1986 no, no	No. 18	at No. 2 Michigan	L 59-61	10-4 (1-2)	Crisler Arena (13,609) Ann Arbor, MI
1/12/1986 no, no	No. 18	at Michigan State	L 51-58	10-5 (1-3)	Jenison Fieldhouse (7,912) East Lansing, MI
1/16/1986 no, no		Wisconsin	W 73-54	11-5 (2-3)	Assembly Hall (12,829) Champaign, IL
1/18/1986 no, no		Northwestern Rivalry	W 72-46	12-5 (3-3)	Assembly Hall (13,891) Champaign, IL
1/23/1986 no, no		at Ohio State	W 67-65	13-5 (4-3)	St. John Arena (13,071) Columbus, OH
1/25/1986 no, no		at Indiana Rivalry	L 69-71	13-6 (4-4)	Assembly Hall (17,128) Bloomington, IN
2/2/1986 no, no		Purdue	W 80-68	14-6 (5-4)	Assembly Hall (16,412) Champaign, IL
2/6/1986 no, no		Michigan State	L 80-84	14-7 (5-5)	Assembly Hall (15,947) Champaign, IL
2/8/1986 no, no		Michigan	W 83-79 ^ot	15-7 (6-5)	Assembly Hall (16,353) Champaign, IL
2/13/1986 no, no		at Northwestern Rivalry	W 75-52	16-7 (7-5)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117) Evanston, IL
2/15/1986 no, no		at Wisconsin	W 82-74	17-7 (8-5)	Wisconsin Field House (10,605) Madison, WI
2/20/1986 no, no		No. 15 Indiana Rivalry	L 60-61	17-8 (8-6)	Assembly Hall (16,349) Champaign, IL
2/22/1986 no, no		Ohio State	W 66-62	18-8 (8-7)	Assembly Hall (16,376) Champaign, IL
2/27/1986 no, no		at No. 20 Purdue	W 81-72	19-8 (9-7)	Mackey Arena (14,123) West Lafayette, IN
3/1/1986* no, no	No. 12	at No. 4 Georgia Tech	W 59-57	20-8	Alexander Memorial Coliseum (15,148) Atlanta, GA
3/6/1986 no, no	No. 19	at Iowa Rivalry	L 53-57	20-9 (10-7)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (15,450) Iowa City, IA
3/8/1986 no, no	No. 19	at Minnesota	W 73-64	21-9 (11-7)	Williams Arena (13,608) Minneapolis, MN
NCAA Tournament^[4]
3/14/1986* no, no	No. 19	vs. Fairfield first round	W 75-51	22-9	Charlotte Coliseum (-) Charlotte, NC
3/16/1986* no, no	No. 19	vs. Alabama Second Round	L 56-58	22-10	Charlotte Coliseum (11,325) Charlotte, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

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1986 NCAA Tournament

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Player	Games Played	Minutes Played	Field Goals	Free Throws	Rebounds	Assists	Blocks	Steals	Points
Ken Norman^[5]	32	1015	216	93	226	32	25	24	525
Anthony Welch^[6]	32	931	162	22	147	49	12	18	334
Efrem Winters^[7]	32	944	124	48	183	40	19	15	296
Bruce Douglas^[8]	32	1070	118	47	88	199	10	88	283
Tony Wysinger^[9]	28	717	115	39	41	106	2	39	269
Glynn Blackwell^[10]	32	650	94	18	63	53	0	37	206
Scott Meents^[11]	32	507	77	24	89	46	22	17	178
Lowell Hamilton^[12]	24	182	36	16	41	4	6	4	88
Curtis Taylor	18	139	15	24	20	14	1	9	54
Jens Kujawa	18	97	19	4	44	4	5	2	42
Doug Altenberger	5	68	10	0	10	3	0	3	20
Olaf Blab	13	49	7	1	8	2	6	1	15
Reggie Woodward	4	20	1	7	1	1	0	2	9
Charles Keller	12	25	1	5	1	1	0	1	54
Brian Sterrett	2	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	2
Dave Wells	1	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	2
Jim Green	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Player	NBA Club	Round	Pick
Bruce Douglas	Sacramento Kings	3	57
Anthony Welch	Dallas Mavericks	3	62
Scott Meents	Chicago Bulls	4	74
Efrem Winters	Atlanta Hawks	4	88

1985-86_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_men's_basketball_team

1985–86 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

Regular season

Roster

Schedule

Player stats

Awards and honors

Team players drafted into the NBA

Rankings

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v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 5 Michigan	14	–	4	.778	28	–	5	.848
No. 16 Indiana	13	–	5	.722	21	–	8	.724
No. 18 Michigan State	12	–	6	.667	23	–	8	.742
No. 19 Illinois	11	–	7	.611	22	–	10	.688
Purdue	10	–	8	.556	22	–	10	.688
Iowa	10	–	8	.556	20	–	12	.625
Ohio State	8	–	10	.444	19	–	14	.576
Minnesota	5	–	13	.278	15	–	16	.484
Wisconsin	4	–	14	.222	12	–	16	.429
Northwestern	2	–	16	.111	8	–	20	.286

Rankings from AP Poll