# 1985–86 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

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).

### Roster
## Schedule

Source
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-Conference regular season ||||||
| 11/26/1985* no, no | No. 7 | Loyola (Chicago) | W 95-64 | 1-0 | Assembly Hall (13,143) Champaign, IL |
| 11/26/1985* no, no | No. 7 | Hawaii Loa Hawaii Thanksgiving Invitational | W 72-45 | 2-0 | Kaneohe Armory (200) Honolulu, HI |
| 11/29/1985* no, no | No. 7 | vs. No. 13 Oklahoma Hawaii Thanksgiving Invitational | L 57-59 | 2-1 | Kaneohe Armory (300) Honolulu, HI |
| 12/4/1985* no, no | No. 12 | Wisconsin-Green Bay | W 84-34 | 3-1 | Assembly Hall (13,417) Champaign, IL |
| 12/6/1985* no, no | No. 12 | Eastern Kentucky Illini Classic | W 79-56 | 4-1 | Assembly Hall (13,707) Champaign |
| 12/7/1985* no, no | No. 12 | 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 | 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 | 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 |
| Big Ten regular season ||||||
| 1/2/1986 no, no | No. 14 | Minnesota | W 76-57 | 10-2 (1-0) | Assembly Hall (13,329) Champaign, IL |
| 1/4/1986 no, no | No. 14 | Iowa Rivalry | L 59-60 | 10-3 (1-1) | Assembly Hall (16,676) Champaign, IL |
| 1/8/1986 no, no | No. 18 | at No. 2 Michigan | L 59-61 | 10-4 (1-2) | Crisler Arena (13,609) Ann Arbor, MI |
| 1/12/1986 no, no | No. 18 | at Michigan State | L 51-58 | 10-5 (1-3) | Jenison Fieldhouse (7,912) East Lansing, MI |
| 1/16/1986 no, no | | Wisconsin | W 73-54 | 11-5 (2-3) | Assembly Hall (12,829) Champaign, IL |
| 1/18/1986 no, no | | Northwestern Rivalry | W 72-46 | 12-5 (3-3) | Assembly Hall (13,891) Champaign, IL |
| 1/23/1986 no, no | | at Ohio State | W 67-65 | 13-5 (4-3) | St. John Arena (13,071) Columbus, OH |
| 1/25/1986 no, no | | at Indiana Rivalry | L 69-71 | 13-6 (4-4) | Assembly Hall (17,128) Bloomington, IN |
| 2/2/1986 no, no | | Purdue | W 80-68 | 14-6 (5-4) | Assembly Hall (16,412) Champaign, IL |
| 2/6/1986 no, no | | Michigan State | L 80-84 | 14-7 (5-5) | Assembly Hall (15,947) Champaign, IL |
| 2/8/1986 no, no | | Michigan | W 83-79 $^{ot}$ | 15-7 (6-5) | Assembly Hall (16,353) Champaign, IL |
| 2/13/1986 no, no | | at Northwestern Rivalry | W 75-52 | 16-7 (7-5) | Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117) Evanston, IL |
| 2/15/1986 no, no | | at Wisconsin | W 82-74 | 17-7 (8-5) | Wisconsin Field House (10,605) Madison, WI |
| 2/20/1986 no, no | | No. 15 Indiana Rivalry | L 60-61 | 17-8 (8-6) | Assembly Hall (16,349) Champaign, IL |
| 2/22/1986 no, no | | Ohio State | W 66-62 | 18-8 (8-7) | Assembly Hall (16,376) Champaign, IL |
| 2/27/1986 no, no | | at No. 20 Purdue | W 81-72 | 19-8 (9-7) | Mackey Arena (14,123) West Lafayette, IN |
| 3/1/1986* no, no | No. 12 | at No. 4 Georgia Tech | W 59-57 | 20-8 | Alexander Memorial Coliseum (15,148) Atlanta, GA |
| 3/6/1986 no, no | No. 19 | at Iowa Rivalry | L 53-57 | 20-9 (10-7) | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (15,450) Iowa City, IA |
| 3/8/1986 no, no | No. 19 | at Minnesota | W 73-64 | 21-9 (11-7) | Williams Arena (13,608) Minneapolis, MN |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| 3/14/1986* no, no | (4 S) No. 19 | vs. (13 S) Fairfield First Round | W 75-51 | 22-9 | Charlotte Coliseum (-) Charlotte, NC |
| 3/16/1986* no, no | (4 S) No. 19 | vs. (5 S) Alabama Second Round | 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 | Minutes Played | Field Goals | Free Throws | Rebounds | Assists | Blocks | Steals | Points |
| Ken Norman | 32 | 1015 | 216 | 93 | 226 | 32 | 25 | 24 | 525 |
| Anthony Welch | 32 | 931 | 162 | 22 | 147 | 49 | 12 | 18 | 334 |
| Efrem Winters | 32 | 944 | 124 | 48 | 183 | 40 | 19 | 15 | 296 |
| Bruce Douglas | 32 | 1070 | 118 | 47 | 88 | 199 | 10 | 88 | 283 |
| Tony Wysinger | 28 | 717 | 115 | 39 | 41 | 106 | 2 | 39 | 269 |
| Glynn Blackwell | 32 | 650 | 94 | 18 | 63 | 53 | 0 | 37 | 206 |
| Scott Meents | 32 | 507 | 77 | 24 | 89 | 46 | 22 | 17 | 178 |
| Lowell Hamilton | 24 | 182 | 36 | 16 | 41 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 88 |
| Curtis Taylor | 18 | 139 | 15 | 24 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 54 |
| Jens Kujawa | 18 | 97 | 19 | 4 | 44 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 42 |
| Doug Altenberger | 5 | 68 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
| Olaf Blab | 13 | 49 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| Reggie Woodward | 4 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Charles Keller | 12 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 54 |
| Brian Sterrett | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dave Wells | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Jim Green | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Awards and honors

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

## Team players drafted into the NBA

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