1991–92 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1991–92 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball

Conference	Big Ten Conference
1991–92 record	13–15 (7–11 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lou Henson
Assistant coach	Dick Nagy
Assistant coach	Jimmy Collins
Assistant coach	Mark Coomes
MVP	Deon Thomas
Captain	Tom Michael Deon Thomas
Home arena	Assembly Hall

1991–92 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#3 Ohio State	15	–	3	.833	26	–	6	.813
#5 Indiana	14	–	4	.778	27	–	7	.794
#15 Michigan	11	–	7	.611	24	–	9	.727
#14 Michigan State	11	–	7	.611	22	–	8	.733
Iowa	10	–	8	.556	19	–	11	.633
Purdue	8	–	10	.444	18	–	15	.545
Minnesota	8	–	10	.444	16	–	16	.500
Illinois	7	–	11	.389	13	–	15	.464
Wisconsin	4	–	14	.222	13	–	18	.419
Northwestern	2	–	16	.111	9	–	19	.321

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1991–92 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

Regular season

Illinois’ consecutive 20-win season streak was snapped in 1992 when the Illini posted its first losing record in 14 years, going 13-15. Despite their losing record, the Illini outscored their opponents by over 100 points during the season (1,954 - 1,843). To emphasize how close the Illini were to a successful season, of the eleven Big Ten conference games that they lost, eight were by nine points or less, of which four games were lost by three points or fewer. Based on the allegations of recruiting violations from Iowa assistant coach Bruce Pearl, the most satisfying win during the conference season took place on February 23, 1992 when the Illini would defeat the Hawkeyes in an overtime thriller at Assembly Hall.

Team

No.	Player	Hometown	High School	Class	Position
3	Tim Geers	Chicago, Illinois	De La Salle High School	Jr.	Forward
4	Brooks Taylor	Chicago, Illinois	De La Salle High School	Jr.	Guard
10	Will Tuttle	Mokena, Illinois	Lincoln-Way Central High School	Fr.	Guard
11	Rennie Clemons	Springfield, Illinois	Calvary Academy	So.	Guard
13	Doug Clarida	Marion, Illinois	Marion High School	Sr.	Guard
14	Matt Williams	Libertyville, Illinois	Libertyville High School	Fr.	Guard
21	Scott Pierce	Euless, Texas	Trinity High School	So.	Forward
23	Mike Duis	Crescent City, Illinois	Crescent-Iroquois High School	Jr.	Forward
25	Deon Thomas (co-captain)	Chicago, Illinois	Simeon High School	So.	Forward/Center
30	Robert Bennett	Chicago, Illinois	Julian High School	Fr.	Forward
32	Tom Michael (co-captain)	Hoffman, Illinois	Carlyle High School	So.	Forward
33	Marc Davidson	Minooka, Illinois	Aurora Christian High School	Fr.	Forward
44	T.J. Wheeler	Christopher, Illinois	Christopher High School	So.	Guard
50	Matt Schnaderbeck	Des Plaines, Illinois	Maine West High School	Sr.	Forward

Head Coach Lou Henson (17th year at Illinois) ^[1]

Schedule

Source^[2]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Regular Season
11/25/1991* no, no	No. NR	vs. Penn State	L 50-65	0-1	Assembly Hall (12,183) Champaign, IL
11/30/1991* no, no	No. NR	vs. Louisiana-Monroe	W 95-79	1-1	Assembly Hall (11,856) Champaign, IL
12/3/1991* no, no	No. NR	vs. Tennessee State	W 78-56	2-1	Assembly Hall (11,274) Champaign, IL
12/6/1991* no, no	No. NR	vs. Hawaii Illini Classic	W 69-63	3-1	Assembly Hall (11,524) Champaign, IL
12/7/1991* no, no	No. NR	vs. Washington Illini Classic	W 76-55	4-1	Assembly Hall (11,939) Champaign, IL
12/10/1991* no, no	No. NR	@ Temple	L 56-92	4-2	McGonigle Hall (3,623) Philadelphia, PA
12/21/1991* no, no	No. NR	vs. Maryland Baltimore County	W 84-71	5-2	Assembly Hall (11,576) Champaign, IL
12/23/1991* no, no	No. NR	vs. #16 Missouri Braggin' Rights	L 44-61	5-3	St. Louis Arena (18,034) St. Louis, MO
12/30/1991* no, no	No. NR	vs. Illinois-Chicago	W 84-75 ^ot	6-3	Assembly Hall (11,200) Champaign, IL
1/4/1992* no, no	No. NR	vs. #5 Connecticut	L 66-70	6-4	Assembly Hall (12,376) Champaign, IL
1/8/1992 no, no	No. NR	vs. Purdue	W 74-72 ^ot	7-4 (1-0)	Assembly Hall (12,674) Champaign, IL
1/11/1992 no, no	No. NR	@ #9 Michigan State	L 75-77	7-5 (1-1)	Breslin Student Events Center (15,138) East Lansing, MI
1/15/1992 no, no	No. NR	@ Iowa	L 69-74	7-6 (1-2)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
1/18/1992 no, no	No. NR	vs. #15 Michigan	L 61-68	7-7 (1-3)	Assembly Hall (15,985) Champaign, IL
1/22/1992 no, no	No. NR	vs. Wisconsin	W 74-67	8-7 (2-3)	Assembly Hall (11,758) Champaign, IL
1/25/1992 no, no	No. NR	@ Minnesota	L 53-54	8-8 (2-4)	Williams Arena (16,126) Minneapolis, MN
1/30/1992 no, no	No. NR	vs. #10 Ohio State	L 72-74	8-9 (2-5)	Assembly Hall (12,558) Champaign, IL
2/1/1992 no, no	No. NR	@ Northwestern	L 43-46	8-10 (2-6)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117) Evanston, IL
2/4/1992 no, no	No. NR	vs. #6 Indiana	L 65-76	8-11 (2-7)	Assembly Hall (15,590) Champaign, IL
2/11/1992 no, no	No. NR	@ Purdue	W 76-71 ^ot	9-11 (3-7)	Mackey Arena (14,123) West Lafayette, IN
2/15/1992 no, no	No. NR	vs. Minnesota	W 74-58	10-11 (4-7)	Assembly Hall (14,322) Champaign, IL
2/20/1992 no, no	No. NR	@ Wisconsin	L 78-92	10-12 (4-8)	Wisconsin Field House (9,403) Madison, WI
2/23/1992 no, no	No. NR	vs. Iowa	W 77-72 ^ot	11-12 (5-8)	Assembly Hall (16,281) Champaign, IL
2/26/1992 no, no	No. NR	vs. Northwestern	W 92-65	12-12 (6-8)	Assembly Hall (12,012) Champaign, IL
3/1/1992 no, no	No. NR	@ #2 Indiana	L 70-76	12-13 (6-9)	Assembly Hall (14,224) Bloomington, IN
3/7/1992 no, no	No. NR	vs. #13 Michigan State	W 80-71	13-13 (7-9)	Assembly Hall (14,087) Champaign, IL
3/11/1992 no, no	No. NR	@ #5 Ohio State	L 70-82	13-14 (7-10)	St. John Arena (13,276) Columbus, OH
3/14/1992 no, no	No. NR	@ #14 Michigan	W 59-68	13-15 (7-11)	Crisler Arena (13,605) Ann Arbor, MI
*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
Deon Thomas^[3]	28	199	0	144	193	20	44	25	542
Tom Michael^[4]	28	116	75	43	130	39	10	8	350
Rennie Clemons^[5]	28	104	11	93	106	137	7	42	312
T.J. Wheeler^[6]	27	84	29	81	111	72	3	18	278
Scott Pierce^[7]	28	55	1	52	97	26	9	9	163
Robert Bennett^[8]	28	57	2	17	105	14	12	12	133
Brooks Taylor^[9]	27	34	8	33	121	90	13	31	109

Awards and honors

Deon Thomas
- Fighting Illini All-Century team (2005)
- Team Most Valuable Player ^[10]

Rankings

Main article: 1991–92 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

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

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