1994–95 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1994–95 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
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
Record	19–12 (10–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lou Henson (20th season);
Assistant coaches	Dick Nagy (16th season); Jimmy Collins (12th season); Mark Bial (1st season);
MVP	Kiwane Garris
Captains	Robert Bennett; Shelly Clark;
Home arena	Assembly Hall
	Seasons ← 1993–94 1995–96 →

1994–95 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	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)

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

Regular season

Roster

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

Lou Henson (New Mexico A&M) (20th year)

Assistant coach(es)

Dick Nagy (New Mexico State University) (16th year)
Jimmy Collins (New Mexico State University) (12th year)
Mark Bial (University of Illinois) (1st year)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

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

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

Kiwane Garris
- Team Most Valuable Player ^[9]

Team players drafted into the NBA

Player	NBA Club	Round	Pick

^[10]

Rankings

References

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

[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.

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