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1982–83 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

American college basketball season

American college basketball season

FieldValue
modeBasketball
year1982–83
teamIllinois Fighting Illini
image1982–83_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_men's_basketball_team.jpg
image_size300px
conferenceBig Ten Conference
short_confBig Ten
record21–11
conf_record11–7
head_coachLou Henson
asst_coach1Tony Yates
asst_coach2Dick Nagy
asst_coach3Bob Hull
hc_year8th
ac1_year9th
ac2_year4th
ac3_year3rd
captainKevin Bontempscaptain2 =Derek Harpercaptain3 =Bryan Leonard
mvpDerek Harper
stadiumAssembly Hall
championIllini Classic, Champion
bowlNCAA Men's Division I Tournament
bowl_resultFirst Round

The 1982–83 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illiniois.

Regular season

One of Illinois’ best groups arrived on campus for the 1982-83 season. Guards Bruce Douglas and Doug Altenberger, and forwards Scott Meents and Efrem Winters joined sophomores George Montgomery and Anthony Welch to form the nucleus for a team that would win 95 games during the next four seasons. During this season, the Fighting Illini became the nation’s 25th team to cap the 1,000-win mark with a 72-70 victory over Texas A&M in the Great Alaska Shootout. Later that year, Derek Harper was selected First-Team All-Big Ten, falling one vote shy of being a unanimous pick, before leaving school early for the NBA draft. He was a first round selection of the Dallas Mavericks.

Roster

  • Lou Henson (New Mexico State University) (8th year)
  • Tony Yates (University of Cincinnati) (9th year)
  • Dick Nagy (Hardin-Simmons University) (4th year)
  • Bob Hull (3rd year)

Schedule and results

Source

|- !colspan=12 style="background:#DF4E38; color:white;"| Non-Conference regular season |- !colspan=9 style="background:#DF4E38; color:#FFFFFF;"|Big Ten regular season |- !colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#DF4E38"|NCAA Tournament |-

Player stats

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Derek Harper32118218513831121181872792
Efrem Winters31977159067213203114385
Anthony Welch321085158061201441517377
Bruce Douglas32101611716487189578301
George Montgomery326437204014622715184
Bryan Leonard304955102010422910122
Doug Altenberger3142829135402301596
Scott Meents2923734013352714681
Jay Daniels182502801529112971
Kevin Bontemps27138801420270130
Reggie Woodward1429513540216
Don Klusendorf132120560009
Dee Maras122420091014

Awards and honors

Team players drafted into the NBA

Illinois Fighting Illinicolor=white}}"PlayerIllinois Fighting Illinicolor=white}}"NBA clubIllinois Fighting Illinicolor=white}}"RoundIllinois Fighting Illinicolor=white}}"Pick
Derek HarperDallas Mavericks111

Rankings

Main article: 1982–83 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

References

References

  1. [http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/records/year-1982.html University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1982-83] {{Webarchive. link. (2014-01-11 , FightingIllini.com)
  2. [http://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1983 1983 NCAA Tournament]
  3. "Season Stats".
  4. "Season Stats".
  5. "Season Stats".
  6. "Season Stats".
  7. "Season Stats".
  8. "Season Stats".
  9. "List of MVPs".
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