1972–73 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
1972–73 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball | |
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
Record | 14–10 (8–6 Big Ten) |
Head coach | |
Assistant coaches | |
MVP | Nick Weatherspoon |
Captain | Assembly Hall |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 6 Indiana | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 22 | – | 6 | .786 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 10 Minnesota | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 21 | – | 5 | .808 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 15 | – | 9 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 14 | – | 10 | .583 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio State | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 14 | – | 10 | .583 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 13 | – | 11 | .542 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 13 | – | 11 | .542 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan State | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 13 | – | 11 | .542 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 11 | – | 13 | .458 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 2 | – | 12 | .143 | 5 | – | 19 | .208 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from AP Poll
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The 1972–73 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.
Regular season
Head coach
University of Illinois
, only surpassed by players that completed four years of varsity basketball. His three year average of 20.9 points per game and 11.3 rebounds per game still remain number one for the Fighting Illini.
The 1972-73 team's starting lineup included Weatherspoon and Rick Schmidt at the forward spots, Jeff Dawson and Otho Tucker as guards and Nick Conner at center. The roster included the teams first 7 foot tall player, Bill Rucks a freshman from Waukegan High School.
Roster
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Schedule
Source[3]
Date time, TV |
Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | |||||||
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Non-Conference regular season | |||||||||||
12/2/1972* no, no |
DePauw | W 100-68 | 1 - 0 |
Champaign, IL
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12/4/1972* no, no |
Valparaiso
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W 80-62 | 2 - 0 |
Assembly Hall (8,326) Champaign, IL | |||||||
12/9/1973* no, no |
@ Detroit
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L 77-79 ot | 2 - 1 |
Detroit, MI
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12/13/1972* no, no |
Iowa State | W 74-60 | 3 - 1 |
Assembly Hall (8,501) Champaign, IL | |||||||
12/19/1972* no, no |
Furman | W 86-81 | 4 - 1 |
Assembly Hall (9,418) Champaign, IL | |||||||
12/22/1972* no, no |
@ Southern California | L 72-75 | 4 - 2 |
Los Angeles, CA
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12/29/1972* no, no |
Temple Sugar Bowl Classic |
W 82-77 | 5 - 2 |
New Orleans, LA
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12/30/1972* no, no |
No. 1 UCLA Sugar Bowl Classic |
L 64-71 | 5 - 3 |
Municipal Auditorium (7,123) New Orleans, LA | |||||||
Big Ten regular season | |||||||||||
1/6/1973 no, no |
@ Purdue | L 80-91 | 5 - 4 (0 - 1) |
West Lafayette, IN
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1/8/1973 no, no |
Wisconsin | W 76-74 | 6 - 4 (1 - 1) |
Assembly Hall (8,607) Champaign, IL | |||||||
1/13/1973 no, no |
Iowa Rivalry |
W 80-78 | 7 - 4 (2 - 1) |
Assembly Hall (9,916) Champaign, IL | |||||||
1/25/1973* no, no |
Notre Dame | W 87-84 | 8 - 4 |
Chicago, IL
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1/27/1973* no, no |
South Carolina | L 76-86 | 8 - 5 |
Assembly Hall (6,000) Champaign, IL | |||||||
2/3/1973 no, no |
Michigan | W 76-75 | 9 - 5 (3 - 1) |
Assembly Hall (11,117) Champaign, IL | |||||||
2/5/1973 no, no |
@ Northwestern | W 84-77 | 10 - 5 (4 - 1) |
Evanston, IL
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2/10/1973 no, no |
@ Wisconsin | L 88-99 | 10 - 6 (4 - 2) |
Madison, WI
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2/12/1973 no, no |
No. 4 @Indiana Rivalry |
L 67-87 | 10 - 7 (4 - 3) |
Bloomington, IN
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2/17/1973 no, no |
Ohio State | W 79-68 | 11 - 7 (5 - 3) |
Assembly Hall (11,892) Champaign, IL | |||||||
2/19/1973 no, no |
No. 4 Minnesota | L 52-72 | 11 - 8 (5 - 4) |
Assembly Hall (11,367) Champaign, IL | |||||||
2/24/1973 no, no |
Michigan State | L 82-90 | 12 - 8 (6 - 4) |
Assembly Hall (10,677) Champaign, IL | |||||||
2/26/1973 no, no |
@ Michigan | W 96-89 | 13 - 8 (7 - 4) |
Ann Arbor, MI
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3/3/1973 no, no |
@ Ohio State | L 64-65 | 13 - 9 (7 - 5) |
Columbus, OH
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3/5/1973 no, no |
Northwestern | W 77-76 | 14 - 9 (7 - 5) |
Assembly Hall (10,857) Champaign, IL | |||||||
3/10/1973 no, no |
@ Iowa Rivalry |
L 76-93 | 14 - 10 (8 - 6) |
Iowa City, IA
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*Non-conference game. #Rankings from
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Player stats
Player | Games Played | Minutes Played | Field Goals | Free Throws | Rebounds | Points |
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Nick Weatherspoon[4] | 24 | 880 | 247 | 106 | 295 | 600 |
Jeff Dawson[5] | 24 | 930 | 182 | 83 | 68 | 447 |
Nick Conner[6] | 24 | 845 | 136 | 43 | 221 | 315 |
Otho Tucker[7] | 24 | 822 | 92 | 53 | 79 | 237 |
Jed Foster[8] | 24 | 487 | 38 | 37 | 99 | 113 |
Rick Schmidt[9] | 23 | 471 | 39 | 10 | 90 | 88 |
C.J. Schroeder[10] | 20 | 163 | 9 | 14 | 28 | 32 |
Dave Roberts[11] | 15 | 8 | 94 | 9 | 7 | 25 |
Don Deputy | 7 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
Bill Rucks | 5 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 11 |
Larry Cohen | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Garvin Roberts | 8 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
Jim Rucks | 3 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Awards and honors
- Nick Weatherspoon
- 1st Team All-American (Converse)
- Team Most Valuable Player [12]
- 1st Team All-American (
Team players drafted into the NBA
Player | NBA Club | Round | Pick |
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Nick Weatherspoon | Capitol Bullets | 1 | 13 |
Jeff Dawson | Golden State Warriors | 8 | 11 |
Nick Conner | Buffalo Braves | 10 | 2 |
Rankings
References
- ^ Men's Basketball Roster
- ^ All-Time Illini Rosters All-Time Illini Rosters Archived 2010-04-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1972-73 Archived 2013-12-16 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com
- ^ "Season Stats pg. 118" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
- ^ "Season Stats pg. 118" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
- ^ "Season Stats pg. 118" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
- ^ "Season Stats pg. 118" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
- ^ "Season Stats pg. 118" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
- ^ "Season Stats pg. 118" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
- ^ "Season Stats pg. 118" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
- ^ "Season Stats pg. 118" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
- ^ "List of MVPs" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2014. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
- ^ 1973 NBA Draft Archived 2014-06-30 at the Wayback Machine