1979–80 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1979–80 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
National Invitation Tournament, Semifinals
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches #Not ranked
AP #Not ranked
1979–80 record 22–13 (8–10 Big Ten)
Head coach Lou Henson
Assistant coach Tony Yates
Assistant coach Dick Nagy
Assistant coach Larry Lubin
Home arena Assembly Hall
Seasons
« 1978–79 1980–81 »

The 1979–80 Illinois Fighting Illini men’s basketball team represented the University of Illiniois.

Contents

Regular season

Team

No. Player Hometown Class Position
10 Reno Gray Chicago, Illinois Sr. Guard
12 Kevin Westervelt Peoria, Illinois Sr. Guard
13 James Griffin Grandview, Texas So. Center
20 Kevin Bontemps Morton, Illinois Fr. Guard
21 Quinn Richardson Robbins, Illinois Fr. Guard
22 Perry Range South Beloit, Illinois So. Guard
30 Rob Judson Zion, Illinois Sr. Guard
31 Neil Bresnahan (capt.) Oak Park, Illinois Sr. Forward
32 Levi Cobb (capt.) Chicago, Illinois Sr. Forward
33 Eddie Johnson Chicago, Illinois Jr. Forward
42 Mark Smith Peoria, Illinois Sr. Forward
43 Bryan Leonard Belleville, Illinois So. Forward
44 Derek Holcomb Peoria, Illinois Jr. Center

Player stats

Player Games Played Field Goals Free Throws Rebounds Assists Blocks Steals Points
Eddie Johnson[1] 35 266 78 310 71 7 13 610
Mark Smith[2] 35 187 161 214 95 11 35 535
Reno Gray[3] 35 131 57 47 109 2 39 319
James Griffin[4] 35 119 36 154 25 39 18 274
Perry Range[5] 35 90 63 85 64 2 36 243
Derek Holcomb[6] 31 72 36 164 44 46 15 180
Neil Bresnahan[7] 35 67 27 121 64 11 14 161
Rob Judson[8] 31 59 32 44 47 0 15 150

National Invitation Tournament

[9]

Awards and honors

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round Pick Player NBA Club
6 117 Neil Bresnahan Golden State Warriors

[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ill/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2009-10_Guide05.pdf pg. 119
  2. ^ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ill/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2009-10_Guide05.pdf pg. 119
  3. ^ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ill/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2009-10_Guide05.pdf pg. 119
  4. ^ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ill/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2009-10_Guide05.pdf pg. 119
  5. ^ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ill/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2009-10_Guide05.pdf pg. 119
  6. ^ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ill/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2009-10_Guide05.pdf pg. 119
  7. ^ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ill/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2009-10_Guide05.pdf pg. 119
  8. ^ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ill/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2009-10_Guide05.pdf pg. 119
  9. ^ http://www.nit.org/history/nit-postseason-results-1980s.html
  10. ^ http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1980&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
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1950–1975
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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