1984–85 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

The 1984–85 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illiniois.

1984–85 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
Illini Classic, Champion
NCAA men's Division I tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 10
AP	No. 12
Record	26–9 (12–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lou Henson (10th season)
Assistant coaches	Dick Nagy (6th season) Jimmy Collins (2nd season) Bob Hull (5th season)
MVP	Doug Altenberger
Captain	George Montgomery
Home arena	Assembly Hall
Seasons ← 1983–84 1985–86 →

1984–85 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 Michigan	16	–	2		.889			26	–	4		.867
No. 12 Illinois	12	–	6		.667			26	–	9		.743
Purdue	11	–	7		.611			20	–	9		.690
Ohio State	11	–	7		.611			20	–	10		.667
Iowa	10	–	8		.556			21	–	11		.656
Michigan State	10	–	8		.556			19	–	10		.655
Indiana	7	–	11		.389			19	–	14		.576
Minnesota	6	–	12		.333			13	–	15		.464
Wisconsin	5	–	13		.278			14	–	14		.500
Northwestern	2	–	16		.111			6	–	22		.214
Rankings from AP Poll

Regular season

The Illini started out the 1984-85 season ranked No. 1 nationally by Basketball Times in its preseason poll. Illinois made a return trip to the NCAA tournament where the Illini advanced to the Sweet 16.

Roster

1984–85 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown F 4 Scott Haftner 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Fr Noblesville High School Noblesville, Indiana G 10 Tony Wysinger 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 155 lb (70 kg) So Peoria Central High School Peoria, Illinois F 11 Tom Schafer 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Jacobs High School Algonquin, Illinois G 21 Glynn Blackwell 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Highland Park Community High School Highland Park, Michigan G 22 Doug Altenberger 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Richwoods High School Peoria, Illinois F 23 George Montgomery (C) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Sr Corliss High School Chicago, Illinois F 24 Efrem Winters 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Jr King High School Chicago, Illinois G 25 Bruce Douglas 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Quincy Senior High School Quincy, Illinois F/C 30 Scott Meents 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Jr Herscher High School Kankakee, Illinois F 33 Ken Norman 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Crane High School Chicago, Illinois F 34 Dee Maras 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Sr Antioch Community High School Antioch, Illinois G 35 Reggie Woodward 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jr King High School Chicago, Illinois C 40 Olaf Blab  7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Fr Charleston High School Munich, West Germany F 44 Anthony Welch 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 200 lb (91 kg) RS Jr Creston High School Grand Rapids, Michigan C 40 Jens Kujawa  7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Fr Taylorville High School Braunschweig, West Germany	Head coach Lou Henson (New Mexico State University) (10th year) Assistant coach(es) Jimmy Collins (New Mexico State) (2nd year) Dick Nagy (Hardin-Simmons University) (6th year) Bob Hull (5th year) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Source^[1]

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-Conference regular season
11/18/1984* no, no	No. 2	vs. No. 5 Oklahoma Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off Classic	W 81-64	1-0	Hall of Fame (7,530) Springfield, MA
11/23/1984* no, no	No. 2	vs. Idaho State Great Alaska Shootout	W 66-44	2-0	Sullivan Arena (2,863) Anchorage, AK
11/24/1984* no, no	No. 2	vs. Alabama-Birmingham Great Alaska Shootout	L 52-59	2-1	Sullivan Arena (4,500) Anchorage, AK
11/25/1984* no, no	No. 2	vs. Oregon Great Alaska Shootout	W 75-72 3ot	3-1	Sullivan Arena (4,500) Anchorage, AK
11/28/1984* no, no	No. 7	Chicago State	W 81-63	4-1	Assembly Hall (14,543) Champaign, IL
12/1/1984* no, no	No. 7	No. 10 Oklahoma	W 73-70	5-1	Assembly Hall (16,671) Champaign, IL
12/4/1984* no, no	No. 7	Cal State-Chico	W 92-47	6-1	Assembly Hall (14,046) Champaign, IL
12/6/1984* no, no	No. 7	vs. Missouri Braggin' Rights	W 65-50	7-1	St. Louis Arena (12,946) St. Louis, MO
12/7/1984* no, no	No. 7	Columbia Illini Classic	W 72-48	8-1	Assembly Hall (14,989) Champaign, IL
12/8/1984* no, no	No. 7	New Mexico State Illini Classic	W 93-55	9-1	Assembly Hall (15,789) Champaign, IL
12/16/1984* no, no	No. 6	South Carolina State	W 83-47	10-1	Assembly Hall (14,026) Champaign, IL
12/18/1984* no, no	No. 4	vs. Cincinnati	W 87-65	11-1	Rosemont Horizon (5,910) Rosemont, IL
12/22/1984* no, no	No. 4	vs. Loyola (Chicago)	L 62-63	11-2	Rosemont Horizon (15,882) Rosemont, IL
Big Ten regular season
1/3/1985 no, no	No. 6	at Minnesota	L 58-60	11-3 (0-1)	Williams Arena (14,532) Minneapolis, MN
1/5/1985 no, no	No. 6	at Iowa Rivalry	L 60-64	11-4 (0-2)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (15,450) Iowa City, IA
1/10/1985 no, no	No. 15	Michigan	W 64-58 ot	12-4 (1-2)	Assembly Hall (13,801) Champaign, IL
1/12/1985 no, no	No. 15	No. 17 Michigan State	W 75-63	13-4 (2-2)	Assembly Hall (16,545) Champaign, IL
1/17/1985 no, no	No. 11	at Wisconsin	W 78-67	14-4 (3-2)	Wisconsin Field House (9,448) Madison, WI
1/19/1985 no, no	No. 11	at Northwestern Rivalry	W 55-43	15-4 (4-2)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117) Evanston, IL
1/23/1985 no, no	No. 6	Ohio State	W 84-66	16-4 (5-2)	Assembly Hall (15,906) Champaign, IL
1/27/1985 no, no	No. 6	No. 13 Indiana Rivalry	W 52-41	17-4 (6-2)	Assembly Hall (16,764) Champaign, IL
1/30/1985 no, no	No. 5	at Purdue	L 34-54	17-5 (6-3)	Mackey Arena (14,123) West Lafayette, IN
2/3/1985* no, no	No. 5	at Houston	W 77-76	18-5	Hofheinz Pavilion (7,000) Houston, TX
2/7/1985 no, no	No. 9	at Michigan State	L 56-64	18-6 (6-4)	Jenison Fieldhouse (9,691) East Lansing, MI
2/9/1985 no, no	No. 9	at No. 8 Michigan	L 45-57	18-7 (6-5)	Crisler Arena (13,609) Ann Arbor, MI
2/14/1985 no, no	No. 17	Northwestern Rivalry	W 64-42	19-7 (7-5)	Assembly Hall (15,841) Champaign, IL
2/16/1985 no, no	No. 17	Wisconsin	W 68-49	20-7 (8-5)	Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL
2/21/1985 no, no	No. 16	at Indiana Rivalry	W 66-50	21-7 (9-5)	Assembly Hall (16,823) Bloomington, IN
2/23/1985 no, no	No. 16	at Ohio State	L 64-72	21-8 (9-6)	St. John Arena (13,681) Columbus, OH
3/2/1985 no, no	No. 18	Purdue	W 86-43	22-8 (10-6)	Assembly Hall (16,648) Champaign, IL
3/7/1985 no, no	No. 14	Iowa Rivalry	W 59-53 ot	23-8 (11-6)	Assembly Hall (16,742) Champaign, IL
3/9/1985 no, no	No. 14	Minnesota	W 82-56	24-8 (12-6)	Assembly Hall (16,617) Champaign, IL
NCAA Tournament
3/15/1985* no, no	(3 E) No. 12	vs. (14 E) Northeastern First round	W 76-57	25-8	Omni Coliseum (14,311) Atlanta, GA
3/17/1985* no, no	(3 E) No. 12	vs. (6 E) No. 19 Georgia Second Round	W 74-58	26-8	Omni Coliseum (16,723) Atlanta, GA
3/21/1985* no, no	(3 E) No. 12	vs. (2 E) No. 6 Georgia Tech Regional semifinals	L 53-61	26-9	Providence Civic Center (11,913) Providence, RI
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Player stats

Player	Games Played	Minutes Played	Field Goals	Free Throws	Rebounds	Assists	Blocks	Steals	Points
Anthony Welch[2]	35	1092	182	51	189	51	9	26	415
Doug Altenberger[3]	35	1113	162	70	126	67	14	38	394
Efrem Winters[4]	35	1071	137	76	252	49	32	33	350
Bruce Douglas[5]	35	1174	118	42	107	200	6	85	278
George Montgomery[6]	23	587	86	64	168	39	6	21	236
Ken Norman[7]	29	354	86	55	107	26	16	9	227
Scott Meents[8]	35	652	84	25	111	87	24	16	193
Tony Wysinger[9]	35	410	48	38	32	64	1	16	134
Tom Schafer	15	227	31	18	46	17	2	5	80
Scott Haffner	29	201	20	9	16	17	2	2	49
Reggie Woodward	12	34	12	5	3	3	0	4	29
Glynn Blackwell	10	65	8	9	11	10	1	7	25

Awards and honors

• Bruce Douglas
  • Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year
  • Fighting Illini All-Century team (2005)
• Ken Norman
  • Fighting Illini All-Century team (2005)
• Doug Altenberger
  • Team Most Valuable Player ^[10]

Team players drafted into the NBA

Player	NBA Club	Round	Pick
George Montgomery	Portland Trail Blazers	2	39

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Rankings

Main article: 1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

References

1. University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1984-85 Archived 2014-02-03 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com
2. "Season Stats pg. 121" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2011.
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10. "List of MVPs" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
11. 1985 NBA Draft Archived 2011-05-20 at the Wayback Machine