1994–95 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team


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

1994–95 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record19–12 (10–8 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
MVPKiwane Garris
Captains
Home arenaAssembly Hall
Seasons
1994–95 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 12 Purdue 15 3   .833 25 7   .781
No. 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.)[1]
Disputed record (19-12)

Regular season

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Roster

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1994–95 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 12 Derrick Thomas (W)
Fr Rich Central High School Country Club Hills, Illinois
G 21 Matt Heldman 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Fr Libertyville High School Libertyville, Illinois
G 22 Kiwane Garris 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Westinghouse High School Chicago, Illinois
G 24 Richard Keene 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Collinsville High School Collinsville, Illinois
G 25 Bryant Notree 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Simeon High School Chicago, Illinois
F 30 Robert Bennett (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Julian High School Chicago, Illinois
C 31 Brett Robisch 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 225 lb (102 kg) RS Fr Calvary Academy Springfield, Illinois
F 32 Jerry Gee 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Fr St. Martin de Porres High School Chicago, Illinois
G 33 Kevin Turner 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Fr Simeon High School Chicago, Illinois
F 34 Brian Johnson 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) RS Fr Maine West High School Des Plaines, Illinois
F/C 35 Shelly Clark (C) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Jr South Shore High School Chicago, Illinois
F 40 Jerry Hester 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Manual High School Peoria, Illinois
F 45 Chris Gandy 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS So Bradley-Bourbonnais High School Kankakee, Illinois
C 52 Steve Roth 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Sr East High School Belleville, Illinois
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule

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Source[2]

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

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Player Games Played 2 pt. Field Goals 3 pt. Field Goals Free Throws Rebounds Assists Blocks Steals Points
Kiwane Garris[3] 31 104 46 148 88 117 0 36 494
Richard Keene[4] 31 60 63 29 119 111 4 30 338
Shelly Clark[5] 28 131 0 67 233 43 11 28 329
Jerry Hester[6] 30 81 38 47 145 57 10 23 323
Robert Bennett[7] 31 98 0 66 191 15 13 22 262
Jarrod Gee[8] 31 73 0 39 106 7 7 12 185
Bryant Notree 31 34 2 8 66 15 2 7 82
Kevin Turner 26 12 14 7 20 17 0 2 73
Chris Gandy 23 30 2 6 51 1 3 2 72
Brian Johnson 24 16 1 15 23 10 3 7 50
Brett Robisch 18 9 1 2 12 0 1 1 23
Matt Heldman 21 3 0 12 12 4 0 3 18
Steve Roth 15 4 0 1 15 0 0 0 9
Derrick Thomas 14 1 0 5 5 0 0 1 7

Awards and honors

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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. ^ "Forfeits and Vacated Games". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
  2. ^ University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1994-95 Archived 2014-02-22 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com
  3. ^ "Season Stats pg. 123" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
  4. ^ "Season Stats pg. 123" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
  5. ^ "Season Stats pg. 123" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
  6. ^ "Season Stats pg. 123" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
  7. ^ "Season Stats pg. 123" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
  8. ^ "Season Stats pg. 123" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
  9. ^ "List of MVPs" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
  10. ^ "1995 NBA Draft". Archived from the original on March 17, 2010. Retrieved March 14, 2011.