1993–94 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

The 1993–94 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

Regular season The 1993-94 season saw Illinois again advance to the NCAA tournament and in the process, senior Deon Thomas broke a 13-year-old record and became the school’s all-time leading scorer. Thomas scored his record-breaking 1,693rd point in the championship game of the Illini/Pepsi Classic against American University and he went on to finish his career with 2,129 points. Also during this season, a young upstart freshman, Kiwane Garris, would begin his assault on the all-time scoring list. He notched 446 points as a freshman and would be the catalyst on the Illini team over the next few years.

Roster

Schedule

SourceUniversity of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1993-94 , 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 Played2 pt. Field Goals3 pt. Field GoalsFree ThrowsReboundsAssistsBlocksStealsPointsDeon Thomas282061133194433723548Kiwane Garris281042915198107133446T.J. Wheeler 2669306111997322289Shelly Clark 269705416633615248Jerry Hester 2866213211143619227Richard Keene2833481497113430224Robert Bennett284904310310616141Tom Michael26113011452144123Chris Gandy 19231153658364Steve Roth 1610052524325Gene Cross 15125350213

Awards and honors Deon Thomas Associated Press Honorable Mention All-American Fighting Illini All-Century team (2005) Team Most Valuable Player

Team players drafted into the NBA PlayerNBA ClubRoundPickDeon ThomasDallas Mavericks2 1

Rankings

References