1985–86 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1985–86 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
Illini Classic, Champion
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 20
AP	No. 19
1985–86 record	22–10 (11–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lou Henson
Assistant coach	Dick Nagy
Assistant coach	Jimmy Collins
Assistant coach	Mark Coomes
MVP	Ken Norman
Captain	Bruce Douglas Efrem Winters
Home arena	Assembly Hall

1985–86 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#5 Michigan	14	–	4	.778	28	–	5	.848
#16 Indiana	13	–	5	.722	21	–	8	.724
#18 Michigan State	12	–	6	.667	23	–	8	.742
#19 Illinois	11	–	7	.611	22	–	10	.688
Purdue	10	–	8	.556	22	–	10	.688
Iowa	10	–	8	.556	20	–	12	.625
Ohio State	8	–	10	.444	19	–	14	.576
Minnesota	5	–	13	.278	15	–	16	.484
Wisconsin	4	–	14	.222	12	–	16	.429
Northwestern	2	–	16	.111	8	–	20	.286

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1985–86 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illiniois.

Regular season

Junior college transfer Ken Norman highlighted the 1985-86 season as he set the school record for single-season field-goal percentage (.641).

Team

No.	Player	Hometown	High School	Class	Position
10	Tony Wysinger	Peoria, Illinois	Peoria Central High School	Jr.	Guard
12	Chuck Keller	Effingham, Illinois	Effingham High School	Sr.	Guard
21	Glynn Blackwell	Highland Park, Michigan	Highland Park Community High School	So.	Guard
22	Doug Altenberger	Peoria, Illinois	Richwoods High School	Sr.	Guard
23	Curtis Taylor	Syracuse, New York	Fowler High School	Fr.	Guard
24	Efrem Winters (captain)	Chicago, Illinois	King High School	Sr.	Forward
25	Bruce Douglas (captain)	Quincy, Illinois	Quincy Senior High School	Sr.	Guard
30	Scott Meents	Kankakee, Illinois	Herscher High School	Sr.	Forward/Center
33	Ken Norman	Chicago, Illinois	Crane High School	Jr.	Forward
34	Dave Wells	Freeport, Illinois	Freeport High School	Jr.	Guard
35	Reggie Woodward	Chicago, Illinois	King High School	Sr.	Guard
40	Olaf Blab	Munich, West Germany	Charleston High School	So.	Center
42	Jim Green	Morton, Illinois	Academy of Our Lady/Spalding Institute	Sr.	Forward
44	Anthony Welch	Grand Rapids, Michigan	Creston High School	Sr.	Forward
45	Lowell Hamilton	Chicago, Illinois	Providence St. Mel High School	Fr.	Forward
54	Jens Kujawa	Braunschweig, West Germany	Taylorville High School	So.	Center

Head Coach Lou Henson (11th year at Illinois) ^[1]

Schedule

Source^[2]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Regular Season
11/26/1985* no, no	No. 7	vs. Loyola (Chicago)	W 95-64	1-0	Assembly Hall (13,143) Champaign, IL
11/26/1985* no, no	No. 7	vs. Hawaii Loa Hawaii Thanksgiving Invitational	W 72-45	2-0	Kaneohe Armory (200) Honolulu, HI
11/29/1985* no, no	No. 7	vs. #13 Oklahoma Hawaii Thanksgiving Invitational	L 57-59	2-1	Kaneohe Armory (300) Honolulu, HI
12/4/1985* no, no	No. 12	vs. Wisconsin-Green Bay	W 84-34	3-1	Assembly Hall (13,417) Champaign, IL
12/6/1985* no, no	No. 12	vs. Eastern Kentucky Illini Classic	W 79-56	4-1	Assembly Hall (13,707) Champaign
12/7/1985* no, no	No. 12	vs. Utah State Illini Classic	W 115-64	5-1	Assembly Hall (13,980) Champaign
12/10/1985* no, no	No. 10	vs. Tennessee	L 51-54	5-2	Mabee Center (12,700) Tulsa, OK
12/14/1985* no, no	No. 10	vs. Houston	W 102-92	6-2	Assembly Hall (15,564) Champaign, IL
12/21/1985* no, no	No. 15	vs. Missouri Braggin' Rights	W 67-55	7-2	St. Louis Arena (13,106) St. Louis, MO
12/23/1985* no, no	No. 15	vs. Howard	W 67-55	8-2	Assembly Hall (10,043) Champaign, IL
12/30/1985* no, no	No. 16	vs. Iowa State	W 64-62	9-2	Rosemont Horizon (9,876) Rosemont, IL
1/2/1986 no, no	No. 14	vs. Minnesota	W 76-57	10-2 (1-0)	Assembly Hall (13,329) Champaign, IL
1/4/1986 no, no	No. 14	vs. Iowa	L 59-60	10-3 (1-1)	Assembly Hall (16,676) Champaign, IL
1/8/1986 no, no	No. 18	@ #2 Michigan	L 59-61	10-4 (1-2)	Crisler Arena (13,609) Ann Arbor, MI
1/12/1986 no, no	No. 18	@ Michigan State	L 51-58	10-5 (1-3)	Jenison Fieldhouse (7,912) East Lansing, MI
1/16/1986 no, no	No. NR	vs. Wisconsin	W 73-54	11-5 (2-3)	Assembly Hall (12,829) Champaign, IL
1/18/1986 no, no	No. NR	vs. Northwestern	W 72-46	12-5 (3-3)	Assembly Hall (13,891) Champaign, IL
1/23/1986 no, no	No. NR	@ Ohio State	W 67-65	13-5 (4-3)	St. John Arena (13,071) Columbus, OH
1/25/1986 no, no	No. NR	@ Indiana	L 69-71	13-6 (4-4)	Assembly Hall (17,128) Bloomington, IN
2/2/1986 no, no	No. NR	vs. Purdue	W 80-68	14-6 (5-4)	Assembly Hall (16,412) Champaign, IL
2/6/1986 no, no	No. NR	vs. Michigan State	L 80-84	14-7 (5-5)	Assembly Hall (15,947) Champaign, IL
2/8/1986 no, no	No. NR	vs. Michigan	W 83-79 ^ot	15-7 (6-5)	Assembly Hall (16,353) Champaign, IL
2/13/1986 no, no	No. NR	@ Northwestern	W 75-52	16-7 (7-5)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117) Evanston, IL
2/15/1986 no, no	No. NR	@ Wisconsin	W 82-74	17-7 (8-5)	Wisconsin Field House (10,605) Madison, WI
2/20/1986 no, no	No. NR	vs. #15 Indiana	L 60-61	17-8 (8-6)	Assembly Hall (16,349) Champaign, IL
2/22/1986 no, no	No. NR	vs. Ohio State	W 66-62	18-8 (8-7)	Assembly Hall (16,376) Champaign, IL
2/27/1986 no, no	No. NR	@ #20 Purdue	W 81-72	19-8 (9-7)	Mackey Arena (14,123) West Lafayette, IN
3/1/1986* no, no	No. 12	@ #4 Georgia Tech	W 59-57	20-8	Alexander Memorial Coliseum (15,148) Atlanta, GA
3/6/1986 no, no	No. 19	@ Iowa	L 53-57	20-9 (10-7)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (15,450) Iowa City, IA
3/8/1986 no, no	No. 19	@ Minnesota	W 73-64	21-9 (11-7)	Williams Arena (13,608) Minneapolis, MN
NCAA Tournament
3/14/1986* no, no	No. 19	vs. Fairfield NCAA Tournament	W 75-51	22-9	Charlotte Coliseum (-) Charlotte, NC
3/16/1986* no, no	No. 19	vs. Alabama NCAA Tournament	L 56-58	22-10	Charlotte Coliseum (11,325) Charlotte, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Player stats

Player	Games Played	Field Goals	Free Throws	Rebounds	Assists	Blocks	Steals	Points
Ken Norman^[3]	32	216	93	226	32	25	24	525
Anthony Welch^[4]	32	162	22	147	49	12	18	334
Efrem Winters^[5]	32	124	48	183	40	19	15	296
Bruce Douglas^[6]	32	118	47	88	199	10	88	283
Tony Wysinger^[7]	28	115	39	41	106	2	39	269
Glynn Blackwell^[8]	32	94	18	63	53	0	37	206
Scott Meents^[9]	32	77	24	89	46	22	17	178
Lowell Hamilton^[10]	24	36	16	41	4	6	4	88

NCAA basketball tournament

Southeast Regional
- Illinois 75, Fairfield 51
- Alabama 58, Illinois 56

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Awards and honors

Bruce Douglas
- Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year
- Fighting Illini All-Century team (2005)
Ken Norman
- Team Most Valuable Player ^[12]
- Fighting Illini All-Century team (2005)

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
3	57	Bruce Douglas	Sacramento Kings
3	62	Anthony Welch	Dallas Mavericks
4	74	Scott Meents	Chicago Bulls
4	88	Efrem Winters	Atlanta Hawks

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Rankings

Main article: 1985–86 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 2016–17

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

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