1993–94 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1993–94 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, First Round
Conference Big Ten Conference
1993–94 record 17–11 (10–8 Big Ten)
Head coach Lou Henson
Assistant coach Dick Nagy
Assistant coach Jimmy Collins
Assistant coach Mark Coomes
Home arena Assembly Hall
Seasons
« 1992–93 1994–95 »

The 1993–94 Illinois Fighting Illini men’s basketball team represented the University of Illiniois.

Contents

Regular season

Team

No. Player Hometown Class Position
22 Kiwane Garris Chicago, Illinois Fr. Guard
24 Richard Keene Collinsville, Illinois So. Guard
25 Deon Thomas (capt.) Chicago, Illinois Sr. Forward/Center
30 Robert Bennett Chicago, Illinois Jr. Forward
32 Tom Michael (capt.) Hoffman, Illinois Sr. Forward
34 Andy Kaufmann Jacksonville, Illinois Sr. Forward
35 Shelly Clark Chicago, Illinois Jr. Forward/Center
40 Jerry Hester Peoria, Illinois Fr. Forward
42 Gene Cross Olympia Fields, Illinois Sr. Guard
44 T.J. Wheeler (capt.) Christopher, Illinois Sr. Guard
45 Chris Gandy Kankakee, Illinois Fr. Forward
52 Steve Roth Belleville, Illinois Jr. Center

Player stats

Player Games Played Field Goals Three Pointers Free Throws Rebounds Assists Blocks Steals Points
Deon Thomas[1] 28 207 0 133 194 43 37 23 548
Kiwane Garris[2] 28 133 29 151 98 107 1 33 446
T.J. Wheeler[3] 26 99 30 61 119 97 3 22 289
Shelly Clark[4] 26 97 0 54 166 33 6 15 248
Jerry Hester[5] 28 87 21 32 111 43 6 19 227
Richard Keene[6] 28 81 48 14 97 113 4 30 224
Robert Bennett[7] 28 49 0 43 103 10 6 16 141
Tom Michael[8] 26 41 30 11 45 21 4 4 123

Awards and honors

NCAA basketball tournament

[9]

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round Pick Player NBA Club
2 1 Deon Thomas Dallas Mavericks

[10]

See also

References

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