The 1983–84 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illiniois.
Regular season The 1983–84 season brought Illinois its 12th Big Ten Conference championship in a season where Illinois had four overtime games including an epic four-overtime 75–66 victory over Michigan. The next game was a two-overtime win at Iowa, Lou Henson’s 400th victory as a college head coach. The Illini recorded a 26-5 mark and were 15-3 in Big Ten play, tying Purdue for the league title. This season also marked Illinois’ first back-to-back 20 win seasons since 1951–52. The Illini would go on to record a total of nine consecutive 20-win seasons from 1982–83 to 1990–91. Illinois advanced to the NCAA Regional Finals before dropping a heart-breaking 54–51 loss to Kentucky on its home court, causing the NCAA to put a rule in place not allowing a school to play in a tournament game on its home court. Rumors also were floated that the outcome was predetermined, with home team time clock operations being implicated in part.
Roster
Schedule
SourceUniversity of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1983-84 , FightingIllini.com
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!colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#DF4E38"|NCAA Tournament
1984 NCAA Tournament
Player stats PlayerGames Played Minutes playedField GoalsFree ThrowsReboundsAssistsBlocksStealsPointsEfrem Winters31103918292205542119456Bruce Douglas31111315981136177573399Doug Altenberger 311125143661568439352George Montgomery 3196712453224531727301Quinn Richardson31102994506193023238Scott Meents2846561239133259145Tom Schafer2930228234391679Tony Wysinger301921527142301157Reggie Woodward14431241050328Don Klusendorf19554101060118Anthony Welch22562200014Dee Maras63030112016Drag Marinkovich462200006Joe Klauke221000002Tom Siegel331010002Stephan Freeman230000000
Awards and honors Bruce Douglas United Press International 3rd team All-American Big Ten Player of the Year Team Co-Most Valuable Player Fighting Illini All-Century team (2005) Quinn Richardson Team Co-Most Valuable Player
Team players drafted into the NBA No one from the Fighting Illini was selected in the 1984 NBA draft.
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