# 1992–93 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

The 1992–93 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

## Regular season

After sitting out a season, Andy Kaufmann returned for the 1992-93 campaign and helped lead Illinois to a 19-13 record and trip to the NCAA tournament.

### Roster
## Schedule

Source
| Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-Conference regular season |||||
| 11/25/1992* no, no | vs. Dayton Great Alaska Shootout | W 86-78 $^{OT}$ | 1 - 0 | Sullivan Arena (4,393) Anchorage, AK |
| 11/27/1992* no, no | vs. Vanderbilt Great Alaska Shootout | W 93-77 | 2 - 0 | Sullivan Arena (6,003) Anchorage, AK |
| 11/28/1992* no, no | vs. New Mexico State Great Alaska Shootout | L 94-95 | 2 - 1 | Sullivan Arena (6,687) Anchorage, AK |
| 12/3/1992* no, no | Illinois-Chicago | W 70-68 | 3 - 1 | Assembly Hall (10,943) Champaign, IL |
| 12/5/1992* no, no | Chicago State | W 88-61 | 4 - 1 | Assembly Hall (11,568) Champaign, IL |
| 12/11/1992* no, no | Jackson State Illini Classic | W 85-81 | 5 - 1 | Assembly Hall (11,257) Champaign, IL |
| 12/12/1992* no, no | Princeton Illini Classic | W 58-50 | 6 - 1 | Assembly Hall (12,085) Champaign, IL |
| 12/20/1992* no, no | Mercer | W 77-58 | 7 - 1 | Assembly Hall (11,614) Champaign, IL |
| 12/23/1992* no, no | vs. Missouri Braggin' Rights | L 65-66 | 7 - 2 | St. Louis Arena (18,379) St. Louis, MO |
| 12/26/1992* no, no | at Texas | L 72-89 | 7 - 3 | Frank Erwin Center (14,097) Austin, TX |
| 12/29/1992* no, no | Marquette | L 58-61 | 7 - 4 | Assembly Hall (12,235) Champaign, IL |
| Big Ten regular season |||||
| 1/7/1993 no, no | at Northwestern Rivalry | W 81-71 | 8 - 4 (1 - 0) | Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117) Evanston, IL |
| 1/9/1993 no, no | at Michigan State | W 52-39 | 9 - 4 (2 - 0) | Breslin Student Events Center (14,873) East Lansing, MI |
| 1/16/1993 no, no | No. 6 Indiana Rivalry | L 79-83 | 9 - 5 (2 - 1) | Assembly Hall (16,299) Champaign, IL |
| 1/21/1993 no, no | Penn State | W 82-66 | 10 - 5 (3 - 1) | Assembly Hall (11,665) Champaign, IL |
| 1/23/1993 no, no | at No. 5 Michigan | L 68-76 | 10 - 6 (3 - 2) | Crisler Arena (13,562) Ann Arbor, MI |
| 1/27/1993 no, no | Wisconsin | W 80-72 | 11 - 6 (4 - 2) | Assembly Hall (11,380) Champaign, IL |
| 1/30/1993 no, no | at Ohio State | W 86-76 | 12 - 6 (5 - 2) | St. John Arena (13,276) Columbus, OH |
| 2/4/1993 no, no | No. 9 Iowa Rivalry | W 78-77 | 13 - 6 (6 - 2) | Assembly Hall (14,985) Champaign, IL |
| 2/6/1993 no, no | Northwestern Rivalry | W 82-67 | 14 - 6 (7 - 2) | Assembly Hall (14,608) Champaign, IL |
| 2/10/1993 no, no | Michigan State | W 83-80 | 15 - 6 (8 - 2) | Assembly Hall (12,251) Champaign, IL |
| 2/13/1993* no, no | No. 17 Pittsburgh | L 79-95 | 15 - 7 (8 - 2) | Assembly Hall (16,321) Champaign, IL |
| 2/17/1993 no, no | at No. 1 Indiana Rivalry | L 72-93 | 15 - 8 (8 - 3) | Assembly Hall (16,336) Bloomington, IN |
| 2/20/1993 no, no | at Penn State | W 74-66 | 16 - 8 (9 - 3) | Rec Hall (7,455) University Park, PA |
| 2/25/1993 no, no | No. 17 Purdue | W 78-70 $^{2OT}$ | 17 - 8 (10 - 3) | Assembly Hall (14,096) Champaign, IL |
| 2/28/1993 no, no | at Wisconsin | L 66-74 | 17 - 9 (10 - 4) | Wisconsin Field House (11,500) Madison, WI |
| 3/3/1993 no, no | at Minnesota | L 65-67 | 17 - 10 (10 - 5) | Williams Arena (16,303) Minneapolis, MN |
| 3/6/1993 no, no | Ohio State | W 85-73 | 18 - 10 (11 - 5) | Assembly Hall (16,321) Champaign, IL |
| 3/10/1993 no, no | No. 3 Michigan | L 97-98 $^{OT}$ | 18 - 11 (11 - 6) | Assembly Hall (16,321) Champaign, IL |
| 3/13/1993 no, no | at No. 17 Iowa Rivalry | L 53-63 | 18 - 12 (11 - 7) | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA |
| NCAA tournament |||||
| 3/18/1993* no, no | vs. (11 W) Long Beach State Regional Round of 16 | W 75-72 | 19 - 12 | Jon M. Huntsman Center (11,493) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 3/20/1993* no, no | vs. (3 W) No. 8 Vanderbilt Regional Quarterfinals | L 68-85 | 19 - 13 | Jon M. Huntsman Center (12,084) Salt Lake City, UT |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. |||||

## Season Statistics

Final Individual Statistics :
| | | | Minutes | Minutes | Scoring | Scoring | Total FGs | Total FGs | Total FGs | 3-point FGs | 3-point FGs | 3-point FGs | Free-Throws | Free-Throws | Free-Throws | Rebounds | Rebounds | Rebounds | Rebounds | | | | |
| Player | GP | GS | Tot | Avg | Pts | Avg | FG | FGA | Pct | 3FG | 3FA | Pct | FT | FTA | Pct | Off | Def | Tot | Avg | A | TO | Blk | Stl |
| Thomas, Deon | 32 | 30 | 1098 | 34.3 | 587 | 18.3 | 225 | 371 | .606 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 137 | 212 | .646 | 82 | 174 | 256 | 8.0 | 37 | 57 | 42 | 17 |
| Kaufmann, Andy | 31 | 25 | 902 | 29.1 | 537 | 17.3 | 183 | 433 | .423 | 37 | 106 | .349 | 134 | 168 | .798 | 54 | 74 | 128 | 4.1 | 74 | 112 | 1 | 17 |
| Clemons, Rennie | 29 | 27 | 857 | 29.6 | 287 | 9.9 | 105 | 221 | .475 | 6 | 16 | .375 | 71 | 113 | .628 | 14 | 77 | 91 | 3.1 | 121 | 66 | 4 | 42 |
| Keene, Richard | 32 | 24 | 724 | 22.6 | 266 | 8.3 | 92 | 226 | .407 | 57 | 145 | .393 | 25 | 34 | .735 | 9 | 62 | 71 | 2.2 | 73 | 58 | 4 | 25 |
| Wheeler, T.J. | 32 | 12 | 770 | 24.1 | 257 | 8.0 | 85 | 185 | .459 | 27 | 78 | .346 | 60 | 69 | .870 | 35 | 75 | 110 | 3.4 | 75 | 57 | 2 | 22 |
| Bennett, Robert | 32 | 29 | 871 | 27.2 | 243 | 7.6 | 98 | 180 | .544 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 47 | 87 | .540 | 84 | 132 | 216 | 6.8 | 16 | 49 | 21 | 17 |
| Michael, Tom | 30 | 8 | 379 | 12.6 | 124 | 4.1 | 41 | 97 | .423 | 26 | 65 | .400 | 16 | 23 | .696 | 23 | 44 | 67 | 2.2 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 3 |
| Davidson, Marc | 30 | 2 | 306 | 10.2 | 45 | 1.5 | 17 | 39 | .436 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 10 | 17 | .588 | 29 | 36 | 65 | 2.2 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 7 |
| Harris, Davin | 26 | 1 | 177 | 6.8 | 42 | 1.6 | 16 | 35 | .457 | 2 | 9 | .222 | 8 | 11 | .727 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 0.6 | 17 | 21 | 0 | 9 |
| Taylor, Brooks | 31 | 2 | 360 | 11.6 | 35 | 1.1 | 12 | 34 | .353 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 9 | 16 | .563 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 1.2 | 54 | 32 | 8 | 20 |
| Roth, Steve | 14 | 0 | 21 | 1.5 | 4 | 0.3 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cross, Gene | 12 | 0 | 12 | 1.0 | 2 | 0.2 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rice, Brian | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Griswold, Matt | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | 90 | 90 | | | 2 | | |
| Total | 32 | | 6500 | | 2429 | 75.9 | 877 | 1832 | .479 | 158 | 431 | .367 | 517 | 750 | .689 | 351 | 804 | 1155 | 36.1 | 496 | 485 | 92 | 179 |
| Opponents | 32 | | 6500 | | 2347 | 73.3 | 860 | 1926 | .447 | 181 | 493 | .367 | 446 | 643 | .694 | 391 | 670 | 1061 | 33.2 | 440 | 428 | 104 | 212 |

## Awards and honors

* Deon Thomas
** Fighting Illini All-Century team (2005)
** Team Most Valuable Player
* Lou Henson
** Big Ten Coach of the Year.

## Team players drafted into the NBA

| Player | NBA Club | Round | Pick |