The 1989–90 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.
Regular season Coming off the Final Four season a year earlier, Illinois went 21–8 overall, 11–7 in the Big Ten in 1990. Kendall Gill, a senior, became the first player since Ken Norman in 1987 to average 20 points per game. Gill was named a First-Team All-American by UPI. Gill led the Big Ten in scoring and was a finalist for the John Wooden Player of the Year Award. He was the fifth overall pick in the NBA draft, going to the Charlotte Hornets.
Roster
Schedule
SourceUniversity of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1989-90 , FightingIllini.com
!colspan=12 style="background:#DF4E38; color:white;"| Non-Conference regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#DF4E38; color:#FFFFFF;"|Big Ten regular season
!colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#DF4E38"|NCAA tournament
Player stats PlayerGames PlayedMinutes Played2 pt. Field Goals3 pt. Field GoalsFree ThrowsReboundsAssistsBlocksStealsPointsKendall Gill29100018823136143961663581Marcus Liberty 299581958103206392632517Andy Kaufmann 296826922819354527285Steve Bardo 299447128551781371437281Rodney Jones 295428804012691817216Ervin Small 295777414915112523200P.J. Bowman 295711623213573216122Andy Kpedi 192011702054211454Brooks Taylor 2415412013252451037Ken Gibson 2054748810234Tim Geers 20104110111991533Travis Smith 19110000002
Awards and honors Kendall Gill Consensus 2nd team All-American United Press International 1st team All-American Associated Press 3rd team All-American National Association of Basketball Coaches 3rd team All-American Team Most Valuable Player Fighting Illini All-Century team (2005) Deon Thomas Fighting Illini All-Century team (2005)
NCAA basketball tournament Midwest Dayton 88, Illinois 86 1990 NCAA Tournament
Team players drafted into the NBA PlayerNBA ClubRoundPickKendall GillCharlotte Hornets1 5Stephen BardoAtlanta Hawks2 41Marcus LibertyDenver Nuggets2 42
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