1990–91 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

The 1990–91 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

1990–91 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
Illini Classic, Champion
Banned from any postseason tournament
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record21–10 (11–7 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
MVPAndy Kpedi
MVPLarry Smith
Captains
Home arenaAssembly Hall
Seasons
1990–91 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 5 Ohio State 15 3   .833 27 4   .871
No. 3 Indiana 15 3   .833 29 5   .853
Illinois 11 7   .611 21 10   .677
Michigan State 11 7   .611 19 11   .633
Iowa 9 9   .500 21 11   .656
Purdue 9 9   .500 17 12   .586
Wisconsin 8 10   .444 15 15   .500
Michigan 7 11   .389 14 15   .483
Minnesota 5 13   .278 12 16   .429
Northwestern 0 18   .000 5 23   .179
Rankings from AP Poll

Regular season

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Entering the 1990–91 season, Illinois, faced with the loss of Kendall Gill, Steve Bardo and Marcus Liberty, who declared himself eligible for the NBA draft after his junior season, was picked to finish as low as ninth in the Big Ten by some publications. But, junior forward Andy Kaufmann burst onto the scene scoring 660 points, the second largest single-season total in Illinois history. He and the Illini proved the preseason expectations wrong by going 21-10 and finishing third in the Big Ten.

Roster

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1990–91 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
F 3 Tim Geers 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So De La Salle High School Chicago, Illinois
G 4 Brooks Taylor 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 170 lb (77 kg) So De La Salle High School Chicago, Illinois
G 10 Rennie Clemons 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Calvary Academy Springfield, Illinois
G 12 Pat Kennedy
Sr
G 23 Larry Smith (C) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) RS Sr Alton High School Alton, Illinois
F 24 Scott Pierce 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Trinity High School Euless, Texas
F 25 Deon Thomas 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 200 lb (91 kg) RS Fr Simeon High School Chicago, Illinois
F 32 Tom Michael 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 190 lb (86 kg) RS Fr Carlyle High School Hoffman, Illinois
F 34 Andy Kaufmann 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr Jacksonville High School Jacksonville, Illinois
F 40 Matt Schnaderbeck 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Maine West High School Des Plaines, Illinois
G 41 Scott Spitz
Sr
G 42 Gene Cross 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Rich Central High School Olympia Fields, Illinois
G 44 T.J. Wheeler 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Christopher High School Buckner, Illinois
C 50 Andy Kpedi (C) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Sr Kankakee Community College Warri, Nigeria
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

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Source[1]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-Conference regular season
11/23/1990*
no, no
at American-Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico Classic
W 103-84  1-0
Mario Morales Coliseum (400)
Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
11/24/1990*
no, no
vs. Nebraska
Puerto Rico Classic
L 73-100  1-1
Mario Morales Coliseum (400)
Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
11/25/1990*
no, no
vs. Old Dominion
Puerto Rico Classic
W 80-62  2-1
Mario Morales Coliseum (400)
Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
11/29/1990*
no, no
Illinois-Chicago L 60-71  2-2
Assembly Hall (11,117)
Champaign, IL
12/1/1990*
no, no
Eastern Illinois W 106-87  3-2
Assembly Hall (12,643)
Champaign, IL
12/3/1990*
no, no
Wisconsin-Milwaukee W 120-116 2ot 4-2
Assembly Hall (11,835)
Champaign, IL
12/5/1990*
no, no
at Penn State L 68-78  4-3
Rec Hall (7,347)
University Park, PA
12/7/1990*
no, no
Oregon State
Illini Classic
W 112-78  5-3
Assembly Hall (12,631)
Champaign, IL
12/8/1990*
no, no
Georgia Southern
Illini Classic
W 85-67  6-3
Assembly Hall (12,098)
Champaign, IL
12/15/1990*
no, no
Arkansas-Little Rock
Illini Classic
W 83-72  7-3
Assembly Hall (12,213)
Champaign, IL
12/19/1990*
no, no
vs. Missouri
Braggin' Rights
W 84-81  8-3
St. Louis Arena (17,253)
St. Louis, MO
12/22/1990*
no, no
No. 10 Louisiana State W 102-96  9-3
Assembly Hall (14,824)
Champaign, IL
12/29/1990*
no, no
at Memphis State W 84-75  10-3
Pyramid Arena (11,200)
Memphis, TN
Big Ten regular season
1/2/1991
no, no
at No. 5 Indiana
Rivalry
L 74-109  10-4
(0-1)
Assembly Hall (17,283)
Bloomington, IN
1/5/1991
no, no
Purdue W 63-61  11-4
(1-1)
Assembly Hall (15,721)
Champaign, IL
1/10/1991
no, no
Minnesota W 67-66  12-4
(2-1)
Assembly Hall (12,435)
Champaign, IL
1/17/1991
no, no
Michigan State L 68-71  12-5
(2-2)
Assembly Hall (13,487)
Champaign, IL
1/19/1991
no, no
at No. 4 Ohio State L 55-89  12-6
(2-3)
St. John Arena (13,276)
Columbus, OH
1/26/1991
no, no
at Michigan W 72-67  13-6
(3-3)
Crisler Arena (11,707)
Ann Arbor, MI
1/28/1991
no, no
Iowa
Rivalry
W 53-50  14-6
(4-3)
Assembly Hall (14,846)
Champaign, IL
2/2/1991
no, no
Wisconsin W 70-62  15-6
(5-3)
Assembly Hall (16,295)
Champaign, IL
2/4/1991
no, no
Northwestern
Rivalry
W 73-59  16-6
(6-3)
Assembly Hall (12,068)
Champaign, IL
2/6/1991
no, no
at Purdue W 59-56  17-6
(7-3)
Mackey Arena (14,123)
West Lafayette, IN
2/10/1991
no, no
at Minnesota W 94-74  18-6
(8-3)
Williams Arena (16,305)
Minneapolis, MN
2/16/1991
no, no
at Michigan State L 58-62  18-7
(8-4)
Breslin Student Events Center (15,138)
East Lansing, MI
2/20/1991
no, no
No. 2 Ohio State L 64-73  18-8
(8-5)
Assembly Hall (13,885)
Champaign, IL
2/23/1991
no, no
at Iowa
Rivalry
W 79-74  19-8
(9-5)
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (15,500)
Iowa City, IA
2/28/1991
no, no
Michigan W 68-65  20-8
(10-5)
Assembly Hall (14,584)
Champaign, IL
3/2/1991
no, no
at Northwestern
Rivalry
W 91-81  21-8
(11-5)
Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117)
Evanston, IL
3/6/1991
no, no
at Wisconsin L 77-85  21-9
(11-6)
Wisconsin Field House (11,189)
Madison, WI
3/10/1991
no, no
No. 3 Indiana
Rivalry
L 58-70  21-10
(11-7)
Assembly Hall (16,321)
Champaign, IL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Player stats

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Player Games Played Minutes Played 2 pt. Field Goals 3 pt. Field Goals Free Throws Rebounds Assists Blocks Steals Points
Andy Kaufmann[2] 31 967 184 41 169 154 67 0 18 660
Deon Thomas [3] 30 933 172 0 108 203 18 54 10 452
Larry Smith[4] 29 989 116 24 90 168 144 8 42 394
Rennie Clemons[5] 31 834 82 8 76 99 96 7 43 264
Andy Kpedi[6] 31 766 83 0 35 197 15 27 13 201
Scott Pierce[7] 31 512 50 0 25 96 18 7 11 135
Tom Michael[8] 31 515 31 18 15 84 31 10 17 131
T.J. Wheeler 13 202 14 4 19 28 20 2 11 59
Brooks Taylor 27 362 21 1 13 54 28 4 27 58
Tim Geers 22 123 5 5 16 18 8 4 5 41
Matt Schnaderbeck 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Pat Kennedy 11 17 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1
Gene Cross 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Scott Spitz 11 20 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0

Awards and honors

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NCAA basketball tournament

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  • Postseason ban due to NCAA violations[10]

Team players drafted into the NBA

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Player NBA Club Round Pick

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Rankings

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References

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  1. ^ University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1990-91 Archived 2014-02-03 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com
  2. ^ "Season Stats pg. 115" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
  3. ^ "Season Stats pg. 115" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
  4. ^ "Season Stats pg. 122" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
  5. ^ "Season Stats pg. 115" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
  6. ^ "Season Stats pg. 122" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
  7. ^ "Season Stats pg. 122" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
  8. ^ "Season Stats pg. 122" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
  9. ^ "List of MVPs" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
  10. ^ "Illinois Banned From '91 NCAA Tournament". Los Angeles Times. November 8, 1990.
  11. ^ 1991 NBA Draft Archived 2011-01-01 at the Wayback Machine