page_title: Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
section_title: NCAA Men's Basketball All-American
hierarchical_section_title: Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball / Individual honors / NCAA Men's Basketball All-American
caption_attribution_description: Wizards v/s Clippers 03/12/11
context_page_description: The Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team is an NCAA Division I college basketball team competing in the Big Ten Conference. Home games are played at the State Farm Center, located on the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign's campus in Champaign. Illinois has one pre-tournament national championship in 1915, one retroactive national championship awarded in 1943 by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll. Illinois has appeared in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament 31 times, and has competed in 5 Final Fours, 9 Elite Eights, and has won 17 Big Ten regular season championships.
  The team is currently coached by Brad Underwood, who was hired on March 18, 2017. Through the end of the 2017–18 season, Illinois ranks 12th all-time in winning percentage and 15th all-time in wins among all NCAA Division I men's college basketball programs.
context_section_description: Key to abbreviations:
  AP Associated Press, Arg Argosy, Ath Athletic Publications, BN Basketball News, BT Basketball Times, BKW Basketball Weekly, BW Basketball Writers of America, Col Colliers, Con Converse, CSAF Citizens Savings Athletic Foundation, Helms Helms Foundation, INS International News Service, K Kodak, Look Look magazine, MSG Madison Square Garden, NABC National Association of Basketball Coaches, NEA Newspaper Enterprise Association, Omaha Omaha World Newspaper, PM Pic Magazine, SN Sporting News, True True Magazine, UP United Press, W Wooden
  1st First Team, 2nd Second Team, 3rd Third Team, HM Honorable Mention
  1915 Ray Woods–1st (Helms)
  1916 Ray Woods–1st (Helms)
  1917 Ray Woods–1st (Helms), Clyde Alwood–1st (Helms)
  1918 Earl Anderson–1st (Helms)
  1920 Chuck Carney–1st (Helms)
  1922 Chuck Carney–1st (Helms)
  1937 Harry Combes–2nd (Omaha)
  1938 Lou Boudreau–1st (MSG), Louis Dehner–3rd (Con)
  1939 Louis Dehner–1st (MSG), 3rd (Con)
  1940 Bill Hapac–1st (Helms, Con)
  1942 Andy Phillip–1st (Helms), 2nd (PM), 3rd (Con), Jack Smiley–HM (SN), Art Mathisen–HM (SN), Ken Menke–HM (SN, Con), Gene Vance–HM (SN)
  1943 Andy Phillip–1st (Con, PM, Helms, SN, AP, UP, NEA, Look,), Jack Smiley–3rd (Con), Art Mathisen–HM (Con), Gene Vance–HM (Con)
  1944 Walt Kirk–HM (Con)
  1945 Walt Kirk–1st (Helms, Con), 2nd (AM), HM (Con)
  1946 Jack Burmaster–HM (SN), Bob Doster–HM (SN)
  1947 Andy Phillip–1st (True, NABC), HM (Con), Jack Smiley–3rd (Helms), HM (Con), Gene Vance–HM (Con)
  1948 Dwight Eddleman–2nd (AP), 3rd (Con, True), Jack Burmaster–HM (Con)
  1949 Bill Erickson–1st (Helms, Col, NABC), 3rd (SN, UP), 4th (Con), Dwight Eddleman–1st (Con), 2nd (AP, UP)
  1950 Bill Erickson–HM (Con)
  1951 Don Sunderlage–2nd (Helms, SN), 3rd (UP, Con), HM (AP), Ted Beach–HM (Con), Rod Fletcher–HM (Con)
  1952 Rod Fletcher–1st (Look, Con, Helms), 2nd (AP, UP, INS, NABC, Col, Ath), John Kerr–HM (AP, UP, Con), Irv Bemoras–HM (UP, Con), Jim Bredar–HM (UP, Con), Bob Peterson–HM (UP)
  1953 Irv Bemoras–2nd (Con, Helms, Look), HM (AP), Jim Bredar–2nd (Con, Helms, Look, INS), 3rd (AP), John Kerr–HM (AP, INS, Con)
  1954 John Kerr–2nd (Helms), 3rd (Look, AP, UP), 4th (Con)
  1955 Bill Ridley–HM (AP, Con), Paul Judson–HM (INS, Con), George Bon Salle–HM (Con)
  1956 Paul Judson–2nd (Con), 3rd (NABC, UP, NEA), HM (INS), Bill Ridley–2nd (Con), 3rd (NABC, UP, AP), Bruce Brothers–HM (Con), Harv Schmidt–HM (Con)
  1957 Harv Schmidt–2nd (Con), George Bon Salle–2nd (NABC) HM (Con), Don Ohl–HM (AP, Con)
  1958 Don Ohl–2nd (Con), 3rd (Helms), Govoner Vaughn–HM (Con)
  1959 Roger Taylor–HM (Con)
  1960 Mannie Jackson–HM (Con), Govoner Vaughn–HM (Con)
  1961 Dave Downey–HM (Con), John Wessels–HM (Con)
  1962 Dave Downey–HM (Con), Bill Burwell–HM (Con)
  1963 Dave Downey–1st (Helms), 2nd (Con), HM (AP), Bill Small–HM (Con)
  1964 Tal Brody–HM (SN, Con), Duane Thoren–HM (Con)
  1965 Duane Thoren–1st (Helms), 2nd (AP, Con), 3rd (UPI, BN, NABC), Bogie Redmon–HM (Con), Tal Brody–1st (Helms), 2nd (SN, Con)
  1966 Donnie Freeman–1st (Helms), 2nd (Con, BN), HM (UPI), Rich Jones–HM (Con)
  1967 Jim Dawson–HM (Con), Dave Scholz–HM (Con)
  1968 Dave Scholz–1st (Helms), HM (Con)
  1969 Dave Scholz–1st (Helms), 3rd (AP), HM (Con)
  1970 Mike Price–HM (Con)
  1972 Nick Weatherspoon–HM (Con)
  1973 Nick Weatherspoon–1st (CASF, Helms), HM (Con)
  1974 Jeff Dawson–HM (Con)
  1975 Rick Schmidt–HM (Con)
  1977 Audie Matthews–HM (Con), Levi Cobb–HM (Con)
  1983 Derek Harper–2nd (AP, Con), 3rd (BN)
  1984 Bruce Douglas–3rd (UPI)
  1987 Ken Norman–2nd (AP, BW, SN, K), 3rd (BT, NABC), HM (UPI)
  1988 Nick Anderson–HM (SN), Kenny Battle–HM (SN)
  1989 Nick Anderson–HM (AP, UPI, SN), Kenny Battle–HM (AP, UPI, SN), Kendall Gill–HM (SN)
  1990 Kendall Gill–1st (UPI), 2nd (BKW), 3rd (AP, SN, NABC)
  1994 Deon Thomas–HM (AP)
  2001 Frank Williams–1st (W), 3rd (AP, NABC), Cory Bradford–HM (AP)
  2002 Frank Williams–2nd (NABC) HM (AP)
  2003 Brian Cook–2nd (SN), 3rd (AP, NABC, BT)
  2004 Dee Brown–HM (AP)
  2005 Dee Brown–1st (W, BW, SN) 2nd (AP, NABC, BT), Luther Head–2nd (AP, NABC, BW), Deron Williams–1st (W), 2nd (NABC, SN), 3rd (AP)
  2006 Dee Brown–2nd (AP, BW, NABC)
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