1994–95 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1994–95 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball

San Juan Shootout, Champion Illini Classic, Champion
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, First Round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1994–95 record	19–12 (10–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lou Henson
Assistant coach	Dick Nagy
Assistant coach	Jimmy Collins
Assistant coach	Mark Bial
MVP	Kiwane Garris
Captain	Robert Bennett Shelly Clark
Home arena	Assembly Hall

1994–95 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#12 Purdue	15	–	3	.833	25	–	7	.781
#11 Michigan State	14	–	4	.778	22	–	6	.786
Indiana	11	–	7	.611	19	–	12	.613
Michigan	11	–	7	.611	17	–	14	.548
Illinois	10	–	8	.556	19	–	12	.613
Minnesota	10	–	8	.556	20	–	11	.645
Penn State	9	–	9	.500	21	–	11	.656
Iowa	9	–	9	.500	21	–	12	.636
Wisconsin	7	–	11	.389	13	–	14	.481
Ohio State	2	–	16	.111	6	–	22	.214
Northwestern	1	–	17	.056	5	–	22	.185

Rankings from AP Poll *Minnesota 1 NCAA Tourn. game vacated due to sanctions against the program; 1 Win by forfeit (non-conf.) Disputed record (19-13)

The 1994–95 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

Regular season

Team

No.	Player	Hometown	High School	Class	Position
21	Matt Heldman	Libertyville, Illinois	Libertyville High School	Fr.	Guard
12	Derrick Thomas	Country Club Hills, Illinois	Rich Central High School	Sr.	Guard
22	Kiwane Garris	Chicago, Illinois	Westinghouse High School	So.	Guard
24	Richard Keene	Collinsville, Illinois	Collinsville High School	Jr.	Guard
25	Bryant Notree	Chicago, Illinois	Simeon High School	Fr.	Guard
30	Robert Bennett (captain)	Chicago, Illinois	Julian High School	Sr.	Forward
31	Brett Robisch	Springfield, Illinois	Calvary Academy	Fr.	Center
32	Jerry Gee	Chicago, Illinois	St. Martin de Porres High School	Fr.	Forward
33	Kevin Turner	Chicago, Illinois	Simeon High School	Fr.	Guard
34	Brian Johnson	Des Plaines, Illinois	Maine West High School	Fr.	Forward
35	Shelly Clark (captain)	Chicago, Illinois	South Shore High School	Jr.	Forward/Center
40	Jerry Hester	Peoria, Illinois	Manual High School	So.	Forward
45	Chris Gandy	Kankakee, Illinois	Bradley Bourbanais High School	So.	Forward
52	Steve Roth	Belleville, Illinois	Belleville High School-East	Sr.	Center

Head Coach Lou Henson (20th year at Illinois) ^[1]

Schedule

Source^[2]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Regular Season
11/25/1994* no, no	#NR	vs. American-Puerto Rico San Juan Shootout	W 89-77	1-0	Roberto Clemente Coliseum (1,000) San Juan, PR
11/26/1994* no, no	#NR	vs. College of Charleston San Juan Shootout	W 66-57	2-0	Roberto Clemente Coliseum (500) San Juan, PR
11/27/1994* no, no	#NR	vs. Virginia Tech San Juan Shootout	W 85-75	3-0	Roberto Clemente Coliseum (500) San Juan, PR
12/3/1994* no, no	#NR	vs. #6 Duke	L 65-70	3-1	United Center (21,500) Chicago, IL
12/5/1994* no, no	#NR	@ Kansas State	W 76-69	4-1	Bramlage Coliseum (8,643) Manhattan, KS
12/9/1994* no, no	#NR	vs. Northeastern Illinois Illini Classic	W 71-53	5-1	Assembly Hall (15,084) Champaign, IL
12/10/1994* no, no	#NR	vs. Princeton Illini Classic	W 59-37	6-1	Assembly Hall (14,943) Champaign, IL
12/17/1994* no, no	#NR	vs. Illinois-Chicago	W 75-60	7-1	Assembly Hall (15,696) Champaign, IL
12/19/1994* no, no	#23	vs. Mercer	W 90-66	8-1	Assembly Hall (14,182) Champaign, IL
12/22/1994* no, no	#23	vs. Missouri Braggin' Rights	L 58-76	8-2	Scottrade Center (21,714) St. Louis, MO
12/27/1994* no, no	#NR	@ #8 Connecticut	L 56-71	8-3	Hartford Civic Center (16,294) Hartford, CT
12/29/1994* no, no	#NR	vs. Memphis	W 86-76	9-3	Assembly Hall (16,313) Champaign, IL
1/4/1995 no, no	#NR	vs. Ohio State	W 79-70	10-3 (1-0)	Assembly Hall (15,813) Champaign, IL
1/7/1995 no, no	#NR	@ Northwestern	W 82-55	11-3 (2-0)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117) Evanston, IL
1/10/1995 no, no	#NR	@ Purdue	W 62-58	12-3 (3-0)	Mackey Arena (14,123) West Lafayette, IN
1/14/1995 no, no	#NR	vs. Indiana	W 78-67	13-3 (4-0)	Assembly Hall (16,450) Champaign, IL
1/17/1995 no, no	#20	vs. Michigan	L 59-69	13-4 (4-1)	Assembly Hall (16,450) Champaign, IL
1/21/1995 no, no	#20	@ Minnesota	L 66-77	13-5 (4-2)	Williams Arena (14,527) Minneapolis, MN
1/28/1995 no, no	#NR	vs. #10 Michigan State	L 72-64	13-6 (4-3)	Assembly Hall (16,450) Champaign, IL
2/1/1995 no, no	#NR	@ Iowa	W 79-74	14-6 (5-3)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
2/4/1995 no, no	#NR	@ Wisconsin	L 60-73	14-7 (5-4)	Wisconsin Field House (11,500) Madison, WI
2/8/1995 no, no	#NR	vs. Penn State	W 67-58	15-7 (6-4)	Assembly Hall (16,090) Champaign, IL
2/11/1995 no, no	#NR	vs. Iowa	W 104-97 ^ot	16-7 (7-4)	Assembly Hall (16,450) Champaign, IL
2/15/1995 no, no	#NR	@ #8 Michigan State	L 58-68	16-8 (7-5)	Breslin Student Events Center (15,138) East Lansing, MI
2/22/1995 no, no	#20	vs. #22 Minnesota	W 94-88 ^ot	17-8 (8-5)	Assembly Hall (16,206) Champaign, IL
2/26/1995 no, no	#NR	@ Michigan	L 51-63	17-9 (8-6)	Crisler Arena (13,562) Ann Arbor, MI
3/2/1995 no, no	#NR	@ Indiana	L 85-89	17-10 (8-7)	Assembly Hall (17,101) Bloomington, IN
3/4/1995 no, no	#NR	vs. #17 Purdue	L 56-69	17-11 (8-8)	Assembly Hall (14,123) Champaign, IL
3/8/1995 no, no	#NR	vs. Northwestern	W 99-57	18-11 (9-8)	Assembly Hall (15,195) Champaign, IL
3/11/1995 no, no	#NR	@ Ohio State	W 82-63	19-11 (10-8)	St. John Arena (11,216) Columbus, OH
NCAA Tournament
3/17/1995* no, no	#NR	vs. Tulsa NCAA Tournament	L 62-68	19-12	Knickerbocker Arena (15,100) Albany, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Player stats

Player	Games Played	Field Goals	Three Pointers	Free Throws	Rebounds	Assists	Blocks	Steals	Points
Shelly Clark^[3]	28	131	0	67	233	43	11	28	494
Kiwane Garris^[4]	31	150	46	148	88	117	0	36	494
Richard Keene^[5]	31	123	63	29	119	111	4	30	338
Jerry Hester^[6]	30	119	38	47	145	57	10	23	323
Robert Bennett^[7]	31	98	0	66	191	15	13	22	262
Jerry Gee^[8]	31	73	0	39	106	7	7	12	185

Awards and honors

Kiwane Garris
- Team Most Valuable Player ^[9]

NCAA basketball tournament

East
- Tulsa 68, Illinois 62

^[10]

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club

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Rankings

Main article: 1994–95 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

References

Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball

Venues	Kenney Gym (1906–1925) Huff Hall (1926–1963) State Farm Center (1963–present) Prairie Capital Convention Center (2015)

Rivalries	Indiana Missouri

Culture & lore	Whiz Kids Flyin' Illini Orange Krush Fighting Illini Sports Network Oskee Wow-Wow Illinois Loyalty Chief Illiniwek

People	Head coaches NBA draftees Consensus All-Americans

Seasons	1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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