1994–95 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 12 Purdue 15 – 3   .833 25 – 7   .781
No. 11 Michigan State 14 – 4   .778 22 – 6   .786
Indiana 11 – 7   .611 19 – 12   .613
Michigan 11 – 7   .611 17 – 14   .548
Illinois 10 – 8   .556 19 – 12   .613
Minnesota 10 – 8   .556 20 – 11   .645
Penn State 9 – 9   .500 21 – 11   .656
Iowa 9 – 9   .500 21 – 12   .636
Wisconsin 7 – 11   .389 13 – 14   .481
Ohio State 2 – 16   .111 6 – 22   .214
Northwestern 1 – 17   .056 5 – 22   .185
Rankings from AP Poll
*Minnesota 1 NCAA Tourn. game vacated due to sanctions against the program; 1 Win by forfeit (non-conf.)[1]
Disputed record (19-12)


The 1994–95 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

Regular season

Roster

1994–95 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 12 Derrick Thomas (W)
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 Fr Rich Central High School Country Club Hills, Illinois
G 21 Matt Heldman 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Fr Libertyville High School Libertyville, Illinois
G 22 Kiwane Garris 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Westinghouse High School Chicago, Illinois
G 24 Richard Keene 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Collinsville High School Collinsville, Illinois
G 25 Bryant Notree 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Simeon High School Chicago, Illinois
F 30 Robert Bennett (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Julian High School Chicago, Illinois
C 31 Brett Robisch 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 225 lb (102 kg) RS Fr Calvary Academy Springfield, Illinois
F 32 Jerry Gee 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Fr St. Martin de Porres High School Chicago, Illinois
G 33 Kevin Turner 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Fr Simeon High School Chicago, Illinois
F 34 Brian Johnson 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) RS Fr Maine West High School Des Plaines, Illinois
F/C 35 Shelly Clark (C) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Jr South Shore High School Chicago, Illinois
F 40 Jerry Hester 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Manual High School Peoria, Illinois
F 45 Chris Gandy 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS So Bradley-Bourbonnais High School Kankakee, Illinois
C 52 Steve Roth 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Sr East High School Belleville, Illinois
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

Source[2]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-Conference regular season
11/25/1994*
no, no 		vs. American-Puerto Rico
San Juan Shootout 		W 89-77  1-0
 Roberto Clemente Coliseum (1,000)
San Juan, PR
11/26/1994*
no, no 		vs. College of Charleston
San Juan Shootout 		W 66-57  2-0
 Roberto Clemente Coliseum (500)
San Juan, PR
11/27/1994*
no, no 		vs. Virginia Tech
San Juan Shootout 		W 85-75  3-0
 Roberto Clemente Coliseum (500)
San Juan, PR
12/3/1994*
no, no 		vs. No. 6 Duke L 65-70  3-1
 United Center (21,500)
Chicago, IL
12/5/1994*
no, no 		at Kansas State W 76-69  4-1
 Bramlage Coliseum (8,643)
Manhattan, KS
12/9/1994*
no, no 		Northeastern Illinois
Illini Classic 		W 71-53  5-1
 Assembly Hall (15,084)
Champaign, IL
12/10/1994*
no, no 		Princeton
Illini Classic 		W 59-37  6-1
 Assembly Hall (14,943)
Champaign, IL
12/17/1994*
no, no 		Illinois-Chicago W 75-60  7-1
 Assembly Hall (15,696)
Champaign, IL
12/19/1994*
no, no 		No. 23 Mercer W 90-66  8-1
 Assembly Hall (14,182)
Champaign, IL
12/22/1994*
no, no 		No. 23 vs. Missouri
Braggin' Rights 		L 58-76  8-2
 Scottrade Center (21,714)
St. Louis, MO
12/27/1994*
no, no 		at No. 8 Connecticut L 56-71  8-3
 Hartford Civic Center (16,294)
Hartford, CT
12/29/1994*
no, no 		Memphis W 86-76  9-3
 Assembly Hall (16,313)
Champaign, IL
Big Ten regular season
1/4/1995
no, no 		Ohio State W 79-70  10-3
(1-0) 		Assembly Hall (15,813)
Champaign, IL
1/7/1995
no, no 		at Northwestern
Rivalry 		W 82-55  11-3
(2-0) 		Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117)
Evanston, IL
1/10/1995
no, no 		at Purdue W 62-58  12-3
(3-0) 		Mackey Arena (14,123)
West Lafayette, IN
1/14/1995
no, no 		Indiana
Rivalry 		W 78-67  13-3
(4-0) 		Assembly Hall (16,450)
Champaign, IL
1/17/1995
no, no 		No. 20 Michigan L 59-69  13-4
(4-1) 		Assembly Hall (16,450)
Champaign, IL
1/21/1995
no, no 		No. 20 at Minnesota L 66-77  13-5
(4-2) 		Williams Arena (14,527)
Minneapolis, MN
1/28/1995
no, no 		No. 10 Michigan State W 72-64  13-6
(4-3) 		Assembly Hall (16,450)
Champaign, IL
2/1/1995
no, no 		at Iowa
Rivalry 		W 79-74  14-6
(5-3) 		Carver–Hawkeye Arena (15,500)
Iowa City, IA
2/4/1995
no, no 		at Wisconsin L 60-73  14-7
(5-4) 		Wisconsin Field House (11,500)
Madison, WI
2/8/1995
no, no 		Penn State W 67-58  15-7
(6-4) 		Assembly Hall (16,090)
Champaign, IL
2/11/1995
no, no 		Iowa
Rivalry 		W 104-97 ot 16-7
(7-4) 		Assembly Hall (16,450)
Champaign, IL
2/15/1995
no, no 		at No. 8 Michigan State L 58-68  16-8
(7-5) 		Breslin Student Events Center (15,138)
East Lansing, MI
2/22/1995
no, no 		No. 20 No. 22 Minnesota W 94-88 ot 17-8
(8-5) 		Assembly Hall (16,206)
Champaign, IL
2/26/1995
no, no 		at Michigan L 51-63  17-9
(8-6) 		Crisler Arena (13,562)
Ann Arbor, MI
3/2/1995
no, no 		at Indiana
Rivalry 		L 85-89  17-10
(8-7) 		Assembly Hall (17,101)
Bloomington, IN
3/4/1995
no, no 		No. 17 Purdue L 56-69  17-11
(8-8) 		Assembly Hall (14,123)
Champaign, IL
3/8/1995
no, no 		Northwestern
Rivalry 		W 99-57  18-11
(9-8) 		Assembly Hall (15,195)
Champaign, IL
3/11/1995
no, no 		at Ohio State W 82-63  19-11
(10-8) 		St. John Arena (11,216)
Columbus, OH
NCAA tournament
3/17/1995*
no, no 		(11 E) vs. (6 E) Tulsa
First Round 		L 62-68  19-12
 Knickerbocker Arena (15,100)
Albany, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Player stats

Player Games Played 2 pt. Field Goals 3 pt. Field Goals Free Throws Rebounds Assists Blocks Steals Points
Kiwane Garris[3] 31 104 46 148 88 117 0 36 494
Richard Keene[4] 31 60 63 29 119 111 4 30 338
Shelly Clark[5] 28 131 0 67 233 43 11 28 329
Jerry Hester[6] 30 81 38 47 145 57 10 23 323
Robert Bennett[7] 31 98 0 66 191 15 13 22 262
Jarrod Gee[8] 31 73 0 39 106 7 7 12 185
Bryant Notree 31 34 2 8 66 15 2 7 82
Kevin Turner 26 12 14 7 20 17 0 2 73
Chris Gandy 23 30 2 6 51 1 3 2 72
Brian Johnson 24 16 1 15 23 10 3 7 50
Brett Robisch 18 9 1 2 12 0 1 1 23
Matt Heldman 21 3 0 12 12 4 0 3 18
Steve Roth 15 4 0 1 15 0 0 0 9
Derrick Thomas 14 1 0 5 5 0 0 1 7

Awards and honors

Team players drafted into the NBA

Player NBA Club Round Pick

[10]

Rankings

Main article: 1994–95 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

References

  1. ^ "Forfeits and Vacated Games". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
  2. ^ University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1994-95 Archived 2014-02-22 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com
  3. ^ "Season Stats pg. 123" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
  4. ^ "Season Stats pg. 123" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
  5. ^ "Season Stats pg. 123" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
  6. ^ "Season Stats pg. 123" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
  7. ^ "Season Stats pg. 123" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
  8. ^ "Season Stats pg. 123" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
  9. ^ "List of MVPs" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
  10. ^ "1995 NBA Draft". Archived from the original on March 17, 2010. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
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