1962–63 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1962–63 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
Big Ten Conference champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Elite Eight
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches #5
AP #8
1962–63 record 20–6 (11–3 Big Ten)
Head coach Harry Combes
Assistant coach Howard Braun
Assistant coach Jim Wright
Home arena Huff Hall
Seasons
« 1961–62 1963–64 »

The 1962–63 Illinois Fighting Illini men’s basketball team represented the University of Illiniois.

Contents

Regular season

Team

No. Player Hometown Class Position
10 Larry Bauer Springfield, Illinois So. Forward
11 Bob Meadows Collinsville, Illinois So. Guard
12 Tal Brody Trenton, New Jersey So. Guard
14 John Love Ottawa, Illinois Jr. Forward
22 John Lovelace Carbondale, Illinois Sr. Guard
25 Bill Burwell Brooklyn, New York Sr. Center
30 Jeff Ferguson Benton, Illinois Sr. Forward
31 Tony Latham Waukegan, Illinois So. Guard
32 Bill Edwards Windsor, Illinois Jr. Guard
33 Bogie Redmon Collinsville, Illinois So. Forward
34 Bill McKeown Clinton, Illinois So. Guard
35 Skip Thoren Rockford, Illinois So. Center
40 Dave Downey Canton, Illinois Sr. Forward
44 Bob Starnes Dukedom, Tennessee Sr. Forward
53 Bill Small Aurora, Illinois Sr. Guard

NCAA basketball tournament

[1]

Awards and honors

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round Pick Player NBA Club
3 24 Bill Burwell St. Louis Hawks
4 30 Dave Downey San Francisco Warriors
5 40 Bill Small Detroit Pistons

[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1963
  2. ^ http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1963&lg=N

External links

Team
Head coaches
Elwood Brown · F. L. Pinckney · Fletcher Lane · Herb Juul · T. E. Thompson · Ralph Jones · Frank Winters · J. Craig Ruby · Douglas Mills · Harry Combes · Harv Schmidt · Gene Bartow · Lou Henson · Lon Kruger · Bill Self · Bruce Weber
National players of the year
Championships
Helm's Foundation (National): 1915
Big Ten (Regular season): 1915, 1917, 1924, 1935, 1937, 1942, 1943, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1963, 1984, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005
Big Ten (Tournament): 2003, 2005
1905–1925
1906 • 1907 • 1908 • 1909 • 1910 • 1911 • 1912 • 1913 • 1914 • 1915 • 1916 • 1917 • 1918 • 1919 • 1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 • 1925
1925–1950
1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929  • 1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939 • 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945  • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949 • 1950
1950–1975
1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956  • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975
1975–2000
1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000
2000–2025
2001 • 2002 • 2003* • 2004 • 2005* • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012
Bold Italic connotes national championship, Italic connotes final four appearance, underline connotes Big Ten regular season championship, * means Big Ten Tournament championship