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The 1987–88 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.
1987–88 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball | |
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Illini Classic, Champion | |
Conference | Big Ten Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 17 |
AP | No. 16 |
Record | 23–10 (12–6 Big Ten) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coaches |
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MVP | Nick Anderson |
MVP | Kenny Battle |
Captains |
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Home arena | Assembly Hall |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 3 Purdue | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 29 | – | 4 | .879 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 10 Michigan | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 26 | – | 8 | .765 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 17 Iowa | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 24 | – | 10 | .706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 16 Illinois | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 23 | – | 10 | .697 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 19 | – | 10 | .655 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio State | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 20 | – | 13 | .606 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan State | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 10 | – | 18 | .357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 10 | – | 18 | .357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 7 | – | 21 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1987–88 season brought Lou Henson his 500th career victory and laid the foundation for what would be an incredible history making season in 1988–1989.
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Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Non-Conference regular season | |||||||||||
11/27/1987* no, no |
vs. Baylor Maui Invitational |
W 73-50 | 1-0 |
Lahaina Civic Center (1,200) Maui, HI | |||||||
11/28/1987* no, no |
vs. Villanova Maui Invitational |
L 76-78 | 1-1 |
Lahaina Civic Center (1,200) Maui, HI | |||||||
11/29/1987* no, no |
vs. No. 7 Kansas Maui Invitational |
W 81-75 | 2-1 |
Lahaina Civic Center (1,000) Maui, HI | |||||||
12/2/1987* no, no |
Chicago State | W 86-57 | 3-1 |
Assembly Hall (13,486) Champaign, IL | |||||||
12/5/1987* no, no |
Mississippi Valley State | W 111-73 | 4-1 |
Assembly Hall (14,354) Champaign | |||||||
12/8/1987* no, no |
Austin Peay | W 100-62 | 5-1 |
Assembly Hall (14,519) Champaign | |||||||
12/11/1987* no, no |
Illinois-Chicago Illini Classic |
W 109-53 | 6-1 |
Assembly Hall (13,653) Champaign, IL | |||||||
12/12/1987* no, no |
Auburn Illini Classic |
W 107-103 ot | 7-1 |
Assembly Hall (14,847) Champaign, IL | |||||||
12/19/1987* no, no |
North Carolina | L 74-85 | 7-2 |
Assembly Hall (16,712) Champaign, IL | |||||||
12/22/1987* no, no |
vs. No. 17 Missouri Braggin' Rights |
W 75-63 | 8-2 |
St. Louis Arena (18,224) St. Louis, MO | |||||||
12/30/1987* no, no |
at Colorado | W 86-68 | 9-2 |
Coors Events Center (8,241) Denver, CO | |||||||
Big Ten regular season | |||||||||||
1/4/1988 no, no |
No. 11 Purdue | L 68-81 | 9-3 (0-1) |
Assembly Hall (16,654) Champaign, IL | |||||||
1/7/1988 no, no |
No. 19 | at Minnesota | W 65-61 ot | 10-3 (1-1) |
Williams Arena (10,988) Minneapolis, MN | ||||||
1/9/1988 no, no |
No. 19 | Michigan State | W 77-62 | 11-3 (2-1) |
Assembly Hall (16,616) Champaign, IL | ||||||
1/16/1988 no, no |
No. 20 | at Wisconsin | W 80-65 | 12-3 (3-1) |
Wisconsin Field House (11,068) Madison, WI | ||||||
1/17/1988* no, no |
No. 20 | Tennessee | W 103-79 | 13-3 |
Assembly Hall (15,386) Champaign, IL | ||||||
1/21/1988 no, no |
No. 13 | at No. 19 Iowa Rivalry |
L 79-93 | 13-4 (3-2) |
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA | ||||||
1/23/1988 no, no |
No. 13 | Northwestern Rivalry |
W 79-48 | 14-4 (4-2) |
Assembly Hall (14,606) Champaign, IL | ||||||
3/4/1987 no, no |
No. 13 | at No. 8 Michigan | L 64-76 | 14-5 (4-3) |
Crisler Arena (13,609) Ann Arbor, MI | ||||||
1/30/1988* no, no |
No. 13 | at No. 1 Arizona | L 70-78 | 14-6 |
McKale Center (13,227) Tucson, AZ | ||||||
2/4/1988 no, no |
No. 17 | at Ohio State | L 60-64 | 14-7 (4-4) |
St. John Arena (13,320) Columbus, OH | ||||||
2/6/1988 no, no |
No. 17 | No. 3 Indiana Rivalry |
L 74-75 | 14-8 (4-5) |
Assembly Hall (16,671) Champaign, IL | ||||||
2/11/1988 no, no |
Minnesota | W 86-50 | 15-8 (5-5) |
Assembly Hall (14,313) Champaign, IL | |||||||
2/13/1988 no, no |
at Michigan State | W 83-65 | 16-8 (6-5) |
Jenison Fieldhouse (10,004) East Lansing, MI | |||||||
2/17/1988 no, no |
Ohio State | W 118-86 | 17-8 (7-5) |
Assembly Hall (14,587) Champaign, IL | |||||||
2/21/1988 no, no |
Wisconsin | W 85-65 | 18-8 (8-5) |
Assembly Hall (16,348) Champaign, IL | |||||||
2/25/1988 no, no |
at No. 2 Purdue | L 79-93 | 18-9 (8-6) |
Mackey Arena (14,123) West Lafayette, IN | |||||||
2/29/1988 no, no |
at Indiana Rivalry |
W 75-65 | 19-9 (9-6) |
Assembly Hall (16,233) Bloomington, IN | |||||||
3/6/1988 no, no |
No. 11 Iowa Rivalry |
W 94-81 | 20-9 (10-6) |
Assembly Hall (16,538) Champaign, IL | |||||||
3/9/1988 no, no |
No. 19 | Michigan | W 85-74 | 21-9 (11-6) |
Assembly Hall (16,605) Champaign, IL | ||||||
3/12/1988 no, no |
No. 19 | at Northwestern Rivalry |
W 79-74 | 22-9 (12-6) |
Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117) Evanston, IL | ||||||
NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
3/18/1988* no, no |
(3 S) No. 16 | vs. (14 S) Texas-San Antonio First Round |
W 81-72 | 23-9 |
Riverfront Coliseum (16,562) Cincinnati, OH | ||||||
3/20/1988* no, no |
(3 S) No. 16 | vs. (6 S) Villanova Second Round |
L 63-66 | 23-10 |
Riverfront Coliseum (16,562) Cincinnati, OH | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. |
Player | Games Played | Minutes Played | 2 pt. Field Goals | 3 pt. Field Goals | Free Throws | Rebounds | Assists | Blocks | Steals | Points |
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Nick Anderson[2] | 33 | 909 | 221 | 2 | 77 | 217 | 53 | 28 | 37 | 525 |
Kenny Battle[3] | 33 | 1027 | 197 | 0 | 122 | 183 | 55 | 10 | 72 | 516 |
Glynn Blackwell[4] | 33 | 822 | 143 | 10 | 83 | 111 | 78 | 1 | 40 | 399 |
Kendall Gill[5] | 33 | 946 | 107 | 21 | 67 | 73 | 138 | 3 | 65 | 344 |
Lowell Hamilton[6] | 33 | 627 | 140 | 1 | 48 | 127 | 9 | 19 | 14 | 331 |
Stephen Bardo[7] | 33 | 820 | 77 | 3 | 53 | 138 | 125 | 7 | 41 | 216 |
Jens Kujawa[8] | 33 | 719 | 69 | 0 | 38 | 171 | 34 | 29 | 17 | 176 |
Larry Smith[9] | 31 | 403 | 45 | 2 | 41 | 37 | 80 | 1 | 19 | 133 |
Phil Kunz | 26 | 195 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 41 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 41 |
Ervin Small | 24 | 98 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 26 |
Mark Shapland | 6 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Bryan Brickner | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Travis Smith | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Mike MacDonald | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Eddie Manzke | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Starnes | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Player | NBA Club | Round | Pick |
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