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

Mode:	Basketball
Year:	1992–93
Team:	Illinois Fighting Illini
Conference:	Big Ten Conference
Short Conf:	Big Ten
Record:	19–13
Conf Record:	11–7
Asst Coach3:	Mark Coomes
Hc Year:	18th
Ac1 Year:	14th
Ac2 Year:	10th
Ac3 Year:	8th
Captain:	Tom Michael
Bowl Result:	second round

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 theNCAA tournament.

Roster

Schedule

Season Statistics

Final Individual Statistics ^[3]
			Minutes		Scoring		Total FGs			3-point FGs			Free-Throws			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
style=white-space:nowrap	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
style=white-space:nowrap	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
style=white-space:nowrap	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
style=white-space:nowrap	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
style=white-space:nowrap	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
style=white-space:nowrap	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
style=white-space:nowrap	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
style=white-space:nowrap	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
style=white-space:nowrap	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
style=white-space:nowrap	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
style=white-space:nowrap	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
style=white-space:nowrap	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
style=white-space:nowrap	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
style=white-space:nowrap	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

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	Avg	Average per game
FG	Field-goals made	FGA	Field-goal attempts	Off	Offensive rebounds
Def	Defensive rebounds	A	Assists	TO	Turnovers
Blk	Blocks	Stl	Steals	High	Team high

Awards and honors

Deon Thomas
- Fighting Illini All-Century team (2005)
- Team Most Valuable Player ^[4]
Lou Henson
- Big Ten Coach of the Year.

Team players drafted into the NBA

^[5]

Rankings

See main article: 1992–93 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.

Notes and References

http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/records/year-1992.html University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1992-93
http://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1993 1993 NCAA Tournament
http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/records/year-1992.html University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1992-93
Web site: List of MVPs . 2013-01-15 . 2014-10-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141030004049/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ill/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/05_mbb_guide_06.pdf . dead .
https://web.archive.org/web/20060213045606/http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1993&lg=n 1993 NBA draft