2008–09 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

2008–09 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, First Round
Conference Big Ten Conference
2008–09 record 24–10 (11–7 Big Ten)
Head coach Bruce Weber
Assistant coach Wayne McClain
Assistant coach Jay Price
Assistant coach Jerrance Howard
Home arena Assembly Hall
Seasons
« 2007–08 2009–10 »
2008–09 Big Ten men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#8 Michigan State 15   3   .833     31   7   .816
#17 Purdue† 11   7   .611     27   10   .730
Illinois 11   7   .611     24   10   .706
Ohio State 10   8   .556     22   11   .667
Penn State 10   8   .556     27   11   .711
Wisconsin 10   8   .556     20   13   .606
Minnesota 9   9   .500     22   11   .667
Michigan 9   9   .500     21   14   .600
Northwestern 8   10   .444     17   14   .548
Iowa 5   13   .278     15   17   .469
Indiana 1   17   .056     6   25   .194
† 2009 Big Ten Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008–09 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represents University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the 2008–09 college basketball season. This will be head coach Bruce Weber's sixth season at the University of Illinois.

Contents

2008–09 Roster

Name Number Position Height Weight Year Hometown
Calvin Brock 25 G 6–5 200 Sr Chicago, IL
Bubba Chisholm 15 G 5–11 180 Jr Champaign, IL
Bill Cole, Head Coach 30 F 6–9 215 So Peoria, IL
Mike Davis 24 F 6–9 210 So Alexandria, VA
Chester Frazier 3 G 6–2 195 Sr Baltimore, MD
C.J. Jackson 34 F 6–8 265 Jr Buena Vista, GA
Jeffrey Jordan 13 G 6–1 185 So Highland Park, IL
Dominique Keller 23 F 6–7 230 Jr Port Arthur, TX
Alex Legion 33 G 6–5 200 So Detroit, MI
Demetri McCamey 32 G 6–3 205 So Bellwood, IL
Trent Meacham 1 G 6–2 195 Sr Champaign, IL
Richard Semrau 50 F 6–10 240 So Grafton, OH
Stan Simpson 21 C 6–9 220 Fr Chicago, IL
]] 54 C 7–1 235 So Riverton, IL

2008 Recruiting Class

Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Stan Simpson
C		 Chicago, IL Simeon Career Academy 6 ft 9 in (206 cm) 220 lb (100 kg) Oct 15,
2007 
Scout:   Rivals:   ESPN grade: 89
Dominique Keller
PF		 Port Arthur, TX Lee College 6 ft 7 in (201 cm) 220 lb (100 kg) Mar 10,
2008 
Scout:   Rivals:N/A   ESPN grade: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: Not Ranked   Rivals: Not Ranked
Note: In many cases, Scout and Rivals may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
In these cases, an average of the two was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.
Sources:

2008–09 Schedule and results

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance Record
11/14/08* 8:30pm Eastern Washington Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL Big Ten Network.com W 66–50  14,442 1–0
11/16/08* 4:30pm Texas A&M-CC Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL Big Ten Network.com W 72–53  14,394 2–0
11/20/08* 7:00pm at Vanderbilt Memorial Gymnasium • Nashville, TN FSN W 69–63  12,630 3–0
11/23/08* 3:00pm Jackson State Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL BTN W 78–64  13,865 4–0
11/28/08* 5:00pm vs. Kent State South Padre Island, TX •
(South Padre Island Invitational)		 Fox College Sports W 69–63 OT 1,423 5–0
11/29/08* 7:30pm vs. Tulsa South Padre Island, TX •
(South Padre Island Invitational)		 Fox College Sports W 48–44  1,712 6–0
12/02/08* 6:30pm Clemson Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL
(ACC–Big Ten Challenge)		 ESPN2 L 74–76  14,741 6–1
12/06/08* 11:00am vs. Georgia United Center • Chicago, IL ESPNU W 76–42  12,139 7–1
12/08/08* 7:00pm Hawaii Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL BTN W 68–58  14,303 8–1
12/10/08* 7:00pm Chicago State Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL BTN W 89–50  14,101 9–1
12/20/08* 7:00pm Detroit Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL BTN W 82–51  14,594 10–1
12/23/08* 6:30pm vs. #25 Missouri Scottrade Center • St. Louis, MO
(Braggin' Rights)		 ESPN2 W 75–59  19,586 11–1
12/28/08* 1:00pm Eastern Michigan Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL BTN W 62–53  16,288 12–1
12/30/08 6:00pm at #9 Purdue Mackey Arena • West Lafayette, IN ESPN2 W 71–67 OT 14,036 13–1 (1–0)
01/04/09 11:00am at #23 Michigan Crisler Arena • Ann Arbor, MI BTN L 64–74  12,912 13–2 (1–1)
01/10/09 2:00pm Indiana Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL BTN W 76–45  16,618 14–2 (2–1)
01/14/09 7:30pm #25 Michigan Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL BTN W 66–51  15,535 15–2 (3–1)
01/17/09 3:00pm at #7 Michigan State Breslin Center • East Lansing, MI ESPN L 57–63  14,759 15–3 (3–2)
01/20/09 6:00pm Ohio State #25 Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL ESPN W 67–49  15,549 16–3 (4–2)
01/24/09 3:00pm Wisconsin #25 Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL ESPN W 64–57  16,618 17–3 (5–2)
01/29/09 8:00pm at Minnesota #19 Williams Arena • Minneapolis, MN BTN L 36–59  14,625 17–4 (5–3)
02/01/09 1:00pm Iowa #19 Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL BTN W 62–54  16,618 18–4 (6–3)
02/05/09 8:00pm at Wisconsin #23 Kohl Center • Madison, WI ESPN L 63–50  17,230 18–5 (6–4)
02/08/09 12:00pm #12 Purdue #23 Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL CBS W 66–48  16,618 19–5 (7–4)
02/12/09 8:00pm at Northwestern #22 Welsh-Ryan Arena • Evanston, IL ESPN2 W 60–59  8,117 20–5 (8–4)
02/15/09 12:00pm at Indiana #22 Assembly Hall • Bloomington, IN CBS W 65–52  17,346 21–5 (9–4)
02/18/09 6:00pm Penn State #18 Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL BTN L 33–38  16,200 21–6 (9–5)
02/22/09 12:00 pm at Ohio State #18 Value City Arena • Columbus, OH CBS W 70–68  19,049 22–6 (10–5)
02/26/09 6:00pm Minnesota #20 Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL BTN W 52–41  16,395 23–6 (11–5)
03/01/09 4:00pm #9 Michigan State #20 Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL CBS L 66–74  16,618 23–7 (11–6)
03/05/09 9:00pm at Penn State #23 Bryce Jordan Center • University Park, PA ESPN/ESPN2 L 64–63  13,091 23–8 (11–7)
Big Ten Tournament
03/13/09 6:30pm vs. Michigan Conseco Fieldhouse • Indianapolis, IN
(Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinal)		 BTN W 60–50  14,647 24–8 (12–7)
03/14/09 4:30pm vs. #24 Purdue Conseco Fieldhouse • Indianapolis, IN
(Big Ten Tournament Semifinal)		 CBS L 66–56  15,728 24–9 (12–8)
NCAA Tournament
03/19/09 9:30pm vs. Western Kentucky Rose Garden • Portland, OR
(First Round)		 CBS L 76–72  17,169 24–10 (12–8)
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

References

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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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Bold Italic connotes national championship, Italic connotes final four appearance, underline connotes Big Ten regular season championship, * means Big Ten Tournament championship