1996–97 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1996–97 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Second Round
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
AP #19
1996–97 record 22–10 (11–7 Big Ten)
Head coach Lon Kruger
Assistant coach Robert McCullum
Assistant coach Rob Judson
Assistant coach Mike Shepherd
Home arena Assembly Hall
Seasons
« 1995–96 1997–98 »

The 1996–97 Illinois Fighting Illini men’s basketball team represented the University of Illiniois.

Contents

Regular season

Team

No. Player Hometown Class Position
00 Victor Chukwudebe Springfield, Illinois Fr. Forward
4 Fess Hawkins Pine Bluff, Arkansas Fr. Center
5 Halim Abdullah Jersey City, New Jersey Jr. Guard
21 Matt Heldman Libertyville, Illinois Jr. Guard
22 Kiwane Garris (capt.) Chicago, Illinois Sr. Guard
25 Brian Notree Chicago, Illinois Jr. Guard
32 Jerry Gee Chicago, Illinois Jr. Forward
33 Kevin Turner Chicago, Illinois Jr. Guard
34 Brian Johnson Des Plaines, Illinois Jr. Forward
35 Carvell Ammons Champaign, Illinois So. Forward
40 Jerry Hester (capt.) Peoria, Illinois Sr. Forward
42 Herb Caldwell (capt.) Jacksonville, Illinois Sr. Forward
45 Chris Gandy Kankakee, Illinois Sr. Forward

Player stats

Player Games Played Field Goals Three Pointers Free Throws Rebounds Assists Blocks Steals Points
Kiwane Garris[1] 30 161 73 181 108 163 2 52 576
Chris Gandy[2] 30 119 12 68 174 16 19 27 318
Matt Heldman[3] 30 99 61 45 104 60 1 41 304
Kevin Turner[4] 30 113 59 16 68 63 1 31 301
Brian Notree[5] 30 90 10 58 112 41 1 21 248
Jerry Gee[6] 30 83 0 22 117 21 10 13 188
Brian Johnson[7] 30 55 31 49 119 61 13 20 160
Victor Chukwudebe[8] 30 32 0 12 65 4 12 11 76

NCAA basketball tournament

[9]

Awards and honors

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round Pick Player NBA Club

[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ill/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2009-10_Guide05.pdf pg. 124
  2. ^ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ill/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2009-10_Guide05.pdf pg. 124
  3. ^ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ill/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2009-10_Guide05.pdf pg. 124
  4. ^ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ill/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2009-10_Guide05.pdf pg. 124
  5. ^ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ill/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2009-10_Guide05.pdf pg. 124
  6. ^ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ill/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2009-10_Guide05.pdf pg. 124
  7. ^ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ill/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2009-10_Guide05.pdf pg. 124
  8. ^ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ill/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2009-10_Guide05.pdf pg. 124
  9. ^ http://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1997
  10. ^ http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1997&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
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1925–1950
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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