1982–83 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1982–83 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
Illini Classic, Champion
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record21–11 (11–7 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
MVPDerek Harper
Captains
Home arenaAssembly Hall
Seasons
1982–83 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 5 Indiana 13 5   .722 24 6   .800
Purdue 11 7   .611 21 9   .700
Ohio State 11 7   .611 20 10   .667
Illinois 11 7   .611 21 11   .656
Iowa 10 8   .556 21 10   .677
Minnesota 9 9   .500 18 11   .621
Michigan State 9 9   .500 17 13   .567
Northwestern 7 11   .389 17 13   .567
Michigan 6 12   .333 15 13   .536
Wisconsin 3 15   .167 8 20   .286
Rankings from AP Poll


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

Regular season

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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

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1982–83 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 11 Mike O'Brien 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Jr Richwoods High School Peoria, Illinois
G 12 Derek Harper (C) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr North Shore High School West Palm Beach, Florida
G 20 Kevin Bontemps (C) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr Morton High School Morton, Illinois
G 21 Quinn Richardson Injured Current redshirt 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr Eisenhower High School Robbins, Illinois
G 22 Doug Altenberger 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Richwoods High School Peoria, Illinois
F 23 George Montgomery 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Corliss High School Chicago, Illinois
F 24 Efrem Winters 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr King High School Chicago, Illinois
G 25 Bruce Douglas 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Quincy Senior High School Quincy, Illinois
F/C 30 Scott Meents 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Fr Herscher High School Kankakee, Illinois
F 31 Don Klusendorf 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Lyons Township High School Western Springs, Illinois
F 32 Jay Daniels 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So John I. Leonard High School West Palm Beach, Florida
F 34 Dee Maras 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) So Antioch Community High School Antioch, Illinois
G 35 Reggie Woodward 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr King High School Chicago, Illinois
F 43 Bryan Leonard (C) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) RS Sr Belleville High School-East Belleville, Illinois
F 44 Anthony Welch 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Creston High School Grand Rapids, Michigan
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and Results

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Source[1]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-Conference regular season
11/26/1982*
no, no
vs. Vanderbilt
Great Alaska Shootout
L 47-58  0-1
Buckner Fieldhouse (3,500)
Anchorage, AK
11/27/1982*
no, no
vs. Texas A&M
Great Alaska Shootout
W 72-70  1-1
Buckner Fieldhouse (3,500)
Anchorage, AK
11/28/1982*
no, no
vs. Florida
Great Alaska Shootout
W 68-55  2-1
Buckner Fieldhouse (2,500)
Anchorage, AK
12/2/1982*
no, no
Valparaiso W 94-59  3-1
Assembly Hall (11,184)
Champaign, IL
12/4/1982*
no, no
Western Michigan W 75-59  4-1
Assembly Hall (12,874)
Champaign, IL
12/19/1982*
no, no
at Kansas State W 59-55  5-1
Ahearn Field House (11,220)
Manhattan, KS
12/11/1982*
no, no
at No. 2 Kentucky L 57-76  5-2
Rupp Arena (23,872)
Lexington, KY
12/13/1982*
no, no
Vanderbilt W 79-77 2ot 6-2
Assembly Hall (10,341)
Champaign
12/17/1982*
no, no
Southern Illinois
Illini Classic
W 79-61  7-2
Assembly Hall (10,119)
Champaign
12/18/1982*
no, no
Illinois State
Illini Classic
W 67-60  8-2
Assembly Hall (14,328)
Champaign, IL
12/23/1982*
no, no
at Oklahoma L 75-101  8-3
Lloyd Noble Center (8,713)
Norman, OK
12/31/1982*
no, no
Loyola (Chicago) W 73-72  9-3
Assembly Hall (10,152)
Champaign, IL
1/3/1982*
no, no
vs. Iowa State W 74-57  10-3
Rosemont Horizon (7,628)
Rosemont, IL
Big Ten regular season
1/6/1983
no, no
at Minnesota L 49-75  10-4
(0-1)
Williams Arena (15,543)
Minneapolis, MN
1/8/1983
no, no
at Wisconsin W 61-54  11-4
(1-1)
Wisconsin Field House (7,401)
Madison, WI
1/13/1983
no, no
No. 4 Indiana
Rivalry
L 55-69  11-5
(1-2)
Assembly Hall (14,827)
Champaign, IL
1/5/1983
no, no
No. 20 Ohio State W 63-55  12-5
(2-2)
Assembly Hall (13,015)
Champaign, IL
1/19/1983
no, no
at Purdue L 62-63  12-6
(2-3)
Mackey Arena (13,502)
West Lafayette, IN
1/27/1983
no, no
at Michigan State W 78-71  13-6
(3-3)
Jenison Fieldhouse (7,018)
East Lansing, MI
1/29/1983
no, no
at Michigan W 87-74  14-6
(4-3)
Crisler Arena (12,876)
Ann Arbor, MI
2/3/1983
no, no
No. 13 Iowa
Rivalry
W 62-61  15-6
(5-3)
Assembly Hall (15,181)
Champaign, IL
2/5/1983
no, no
Northwestern
Rivalry
W 78-62  16-6
(6-3)
Assembly Hall (14,684)
Champaign, IL
2/10/1983
no, no
at Northwestern
Rivalry
L 55-58  16-7
(6-4)
Alumni Hall (5,223)
Chicago, IL
2/12/1983
no, no
at No. 20 Iowa
Rivalry
L 66-68  16-8
(6-5)
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (15,450)
Iowa City, IA
2/17/1983
no, no
Michigan W 91-71  17-8
(7-5)
Assembly Hall (12,716)
Champaign, IL
2/19/1983
no, no
Michigan State W 69-61  18-8
(8-5)
Assembly Hall (14,123)
Champaign, IL
2/23/1983
no, no
Purdue L 54-56  18-9
(8-6)
Assembly Hall (13,507)
Champaign, IL
2/27/1983
no, no
at No. 14 Ohio State W 74-73  19-9
(9-6)
St. John Arena (11,979)
Columbus, OH
3/5/1983
no, no
at No. 11 Indiana
Rivalry
L 55-67  19-10
(9-7)
Assembly Hall (17,328)
Bloomington, IN
3/10/1983
no, no
Wisconsin W 71-64  20-10
(10-7)
Assembly Hall (12,947)
Champaign, IL
3/13/1983
no, no
Minnesota W 70-67 2ot 21-10
(11-7)
Assembly Hall (15,386)
Champaign, IL
NCAA Tournament
3/17/1983*
no, no
(7 W) vs. (10 W) Utah
First Round
L 49-52  21-11
BSU Pavilion (11,200)
Boise, ID[2]
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Player stats

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Player Games Played Minutes Played 2 pt. Field Goals 3 pt. Field Goals Free Throws Rebounds Assists Blocks Steals Points
Derek Harper[3] 32 1182 185 13 83 112 118 18 72 792
Efrem Winters[4] 31 977 159 0 67 213 20 31 14 385
Anthony Welch[5] 32 1085 158 0 61 201 44 15 17 377
Bruce Douglas[6] 32 1016 117 1 64 87 189 5 78 301
George Montgomery[7] 32 643 72 0 40 146 22 7 15 184
Bryan Leonard[8] 30 495 51 0 20 104 22 9 10 122
Doug Altenberger 31 428 29 1 35 40 23 0 15 96
Scott Meents 29 237 34 0 13 35 27 14 6 81
Jay Daniels 18 250 28 0 15 29 11 2 9 71
Kevin Bontemps 27 138 8 0 14 20 27 0 1 30
Reggie Woodward 14 29 5 1 3 5 4 0 2 16
Don Klusendorf 13 21 2 0 5 6 0 0 0 9
Dee Maras 12 24 2 0 0 9 1 0 1 4

Awards and honors

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Team players drafted into the NBA

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Player NBA Club Round Pick
Derek Harper Dallas Mavericks 1 11

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Rankings

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References

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  1. ^ University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1982-83 Archived 2014-01-11 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com
  2. ^ 1983 NCAA Tournament
  3. ^ "Season Stats". Archived from the original on January 11, 2014. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
  4. ^ "Season Stats". Archived from the original on January 11, 2014. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
  5. ^ "Season Stats". Archived from the original on January 11, 2014. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
  6. ^ "Season Stats". Archived from the original on January 11, 2014. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
  7. ^ "Season Stats". Archived from the original on January 11, 2014. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
  8. ^ "Season Stats". Archived from the original on January 11, 2014. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
  9. ^ "List of MVPs" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
  10. ^ 1983 NBA Draft Archived 2010-03-18 at the Wayback Machine