2011–12 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
2011–12 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball | |
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Cancún Challenge Champions | |
Conference | Big Ten Conference |
Record | 17–15 (6–12 Big Ten) |
Head coach | |
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MVP | Tracy Abrams |
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Home arena | Assembly Hall |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 5 Michigan State† | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 29 | – | 8 | .784 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 13 Michigan | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 24 | – | 10 | .706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 7 Ohio State | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 31 | – | 8 | .795 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 14 Wisconsin | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 26 | – | 10 | .722 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 16 Indiana | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 27 | – | 9 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 22 | – | 13 | .629 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 19 | – | 14 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 18 | – | 17 | .514 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 17 | – | 15 | .531 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 23 | – | 15 | .605 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nebraska | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 12 | – | 18 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn State | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 12 | – | 20 | .375 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2012 Big Ten tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll |
The 2011–12 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the
Pre-season
Departures
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
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Mike Davis | 24 | F | 6'6" | 225 | Senior | Alexandria, VA | Graduated/Pro for BC Ferro-ZNTU (Ukraine)
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Bill Cole | 30 | F | 6'9" | 215 | Senior | Peoria, IL | Graduated/Pro for Cheshire Jets (England)
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Demetri McCamey | 32 | G | 6'3" | 200 | Senior | Bellwood, IL | Graduated/Pro for Mersin BB (Turkey)
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Mike Tisdale | 54 | F | 7'1" | 235 | Senior | Riverton, IL | Graduated/Pro for DJK Würzburg (Germany) |
2011–12 incoming team members
Prior to the 2011–12 season, Illinois welcomed seven new players into the program. The 2011
2011 Recruiting Class
Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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Tracy Abrams PG |
Chicago, IL | Mount Carmel | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | Dec 18, 2008 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 92 | ||||||
Ibby Djimde C |
Huntington, WV | Huntington Prep | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 220 lb (100 kg) | May 8, 2011 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 87 | ||||||
Nnanna Egwu C |
Chicago, IL | St. Ignatius | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | Oct 9, 2009 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 94 | ||||||
Myke Henry SF |
Chicago, IL | Orr Academy | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 220 lb (100 kg) | May 10, 2010 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 92 | ||||||
Devin Langford SF |
Huntsville, AL | Lee High School | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | Dec 16, 2010 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 91 | ||||||
Sam Maniscalco G |
Chicago, IL | St. Patrick / Bradley | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | Apr 13, 2011 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 78 | ||||||
Mike Shaw PF |
Chicago, IL | De La Salle Institute | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 220 lb (100 kg) | Oct 28, 2010 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 92 | ||||||
Overall recruiting rankings: 247Sports: 11 ESPN : 11
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Italy Trip
Prior to the start of fall semester classes, the team embarked on a 10-day international tour of Italy in August, 2011. With stops in Rome, Florence, Venice, and Como the trip was a combination of basketball, sightseeing, and team-building. The team played four full games, which included wins over Roma Select, Castellanza Select, and Fulgor Omegna as well as an overtime loss to the New Zealand National team[2] Also, the Illini traveled to Aviano Air Base, where Illinois played West Virginia in a 20-minute scrimmage and the Aviano varsity team in a 10-minute scrimmage.
Roster
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Schedule
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
November 1* 7:30pm |
Wayne State (NE)
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W 79–52 | – |
18 – Leonard | 8 – Shaw | 5 – Abrams | Assembly Hall (13,164)
Champaign, IL | ||||
November 7* 7:30pm |
Quincy
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W 73–45 | – |
17 – Richardson |
9 – Shaw | 3 – Paul, Bertrand | Assembly Hall (13,077) Champaign, IL | ||||
Non-Conference regular season | |||||||||||
November 11* 8:00pm |
Loyola Chicago | W 67–49 | 1–0 |
15 – Leonard | 7 – Abrams | 3 – Maniscalco, Paul | Assembly Hall (15,937) Champaign, IL | ||||
November 14* 7:30pm |
SIU Edwardsville Cancún Challenge |
W 66–46 | 2–0 |
20 – Richardson | 14 – Griffey | 4 – Paul | Assembly Hall (13,404) Champaign, IL | ||||
November 17* 8:00pm, BTN |
Lipscomb Cancun Challenge |
W 79–64 | 3–0 |
17 – Richardson | 8 – Bertrand | 3 – Maniscalco, Paul | Assembly Hall (13,503) Champaign, IL | ||||
November 22* 8:30pm, CBSSN |
vs. Richmond Cancun Challenge |
W 70–61 | 4–0 |
22 – Leonard | 12 – Leonard | 3 – Maniscalco | Moon Palace Resort (980) Cancún, Mexico
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November 23* 8:30pm, CBSSN |
vs. Illinois State Cancun Challenge |
W 63–59 | 5–0 |
14 – Maniscalco | 8 – Leonard | 6 – Paul | Moon Palace Resort (952) Cancún, Mexico | ||||
November 27* 12:00pm, BTN |
Chicago State | W 90–43 | 6–0 |
14 – Henry | 6 – Shaw | 5 – Abrams, Richardson | Assembly Hall (14,065) Champaign, IL | ||||
November 29* 6:30pm, ESPN
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at ACC – Big Ten Challenge
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W 71–62 | 7–0 |
24 – Maniscalco | 7 – Paul | 4 – Abrams | Comcast Center (13,187)
College Park, MD | ||||
December 3* 2:15pm, ESPN2 |
No. 19 Gonzaga | W 82–75 | 8–0 |
21 – Leonard | 5 – Maniscalco, Leonard | 5 – Maniscalco, Paul | Assembly Hall (15,879) Champaign, IL | ||||
December 7* 8:00pm, ESPN2 |
No. 24 | St. Bonaventure | W 48–43 | 9–0 |
17 – Paul | 8 – Leonard | 5 – Paul | Assembly Hall (14,711) Champaign, IL | |||
December 11* 7:00pm, ESPNU |
No. 24 | Coppin State | W 80–63 | 10–0 |
20 – Richardson | 11 – Leonard | 5 – Maniscalco | Assembly Hall (14,811) Champaign, IL | |||
December 17* 4:00pm, BTN |
No. 19 | vs. UNLV | L 48–64 | 10–1 |
19 – Richardson | 8 – Richardson | 3 – Leonard | United Center (15,144) Chicago, IL | |||
December 19* 7:00pm, ESPN3 |
No. 25 | Cornell | W 64–60 | 11–1 |
19 – Leonard | 16 – Leonard | 6 – Maniscalco | Assembly Hall (13,578) Champaign, IL | |||
December 22* 8:00pm, ESPN2 |
No. 25 | vs. No. 10 Missouri Braggin' Rights |
L 74–78 | 11–2 |
19 – Paul | 13 – Leonard | 5 – Leonard | Scottrade Center (22,087)
St. Louis, MO | |||
Big Ten regular season | |||||||||||
December 27 6:30pm, BTN |
Minnesota | W 81–72 2OT | 12–2 (1–0) |
21 – Paul | 11 – Leonard | 6 – Paul | Assembly Hall (15,549) Champaign, IL | ||||
December 31 3:00pm, ESPN2 |
at Purdue | L 60–75 | 12–3 (1–1) |
17 – Paul | 6 – Leonard, Richardson |
4 – Abrams | Mackey Arena (14,041) West Lafayette, IN | ||||
January 4 6:00pm, BTN |
at Northwestern | W 57–56 | 13–3 (2–1) |
12 – Leonard | 8 – Leonard, Bertrand | 4 – Paul, Richardson | Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117)
Evanston, IL | ||||
January 7 12:00pm, BTN |
Nebraska | W 59–54 | 14–3 (3–1) |
25 – Bertrand | 6 – Paul | 3 – Paul | Assembly Hall (14,909) Champaign, IL | ||||
January 10 8:00pm, ESPN |
No. 5 Ohio State | W 79–74 | 15–3 (4–1) |
43 – Paul | 8 – Paul | 4 – Richardson | Assembly Hall (14,636) Champaign, IL | ||||
January 19 8:00pm, ESPN2 |
No. 22 | at Penn State
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L 52–54 | 15–4 (4–2) |
20 – Paul | 6 – Bertrand, Paul | 5 – Richardson | University Pak, PA
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January 22 1:00pm, BTN |
No. 22 | Wisconsin | L 63–67 | 15–5 (4–3) |
16 – Leonard | 11 – Leonard | 5 – Bertrand | Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL | |||
January 28 7:00pm, BTN |
at Minnesota | L 72–77 OT | 15–6 (4–4) |
28 – Paul | 13 – Leonard | 4 – Abrams | Williams Arena (14,625) Minneapolis, MN | ||||
January 31 6:00pm, ESPN |
No. 10 Michigan State | W 42–41 | 16–6 (5–4) |
18 – Paul | 9 – Paul | 5 – Paul | Assembly Hall (15,629) Champaign, IL | ||||
February 5 2:00pm, BTN |
Northwestern | L 70–74 | 16–7 (5–5) |
22 – Paul | 9 – Leonard | 8 – Abrams | Assembly Hall (15,461) Champaign, IL | ||||
February 9 7:00pm, BTN |
at No. 23 Indiana
Rivalry |
L 71–84 | 16–8 (5–6) |
19 – Richardson | 3 – Leonard, Paul, Richardson, Bertrand | 5 – Paul | Assembly Hall (17,389)
Bloomington, IN | ||||
February 12 12:00pm, CBS
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at No. 22 Michigan | L 61–70 | 16–9 (5–7) |
21 – Paul | 12 – Leonard | 3 – Paul, Abrams | Crisler Arena (12,721)
Ann Arbor, MI | ||||
February 15 7:30pm, BTN |
Purdue | L 62–67 | 16–10 (5–8) |
22 – Abrams | 12 – Leonard | 5 – Bertrand | Assembly Hall (14,339) Champaign, IL | ||||
February 18 4:00pm, BTN |
at Nebraska | L 57–80 | 16–11 (5–9) |
15 – Richardson | 5 – Leonard, Richardson, Egwu | 5 – Bertrand | Bob Devaney Sports Center (10,558) Lincoln, NE | ||||
February 21 6:00pm, ESPN |
at No. 8 Ohio State | L 67–83 | 16–12 (5–10) |
21 – Leonard | 6 – Richardson | 3 – Paul | Value City Arena (18,481) Columbus, OH | ||||
February 26 5:00pm, BTN |
Iowa Rivalry |
W 65–54 | 17–12 (6–10) |
22 – Leonard | 14 – Leonard | 4 – Maniscalco | Assembly Hall (16,322) Champaign, IL | ||||
March 1 6:00pm, ESPN |
No. 13 Michigan | L 61–72 | 17–13 (6–11) |
18 – Leonard | 9 – Leonard | 3 – Bertrand | Assembly Hall (15,244) Champaign, IL | ||||
March 4 12:00pm, BTN |
at No. 14 Wisconsin | L 56–70 | 17–14 (6–12) |
22 – Paul | 12 – Leonard | 2 – Paul | Kohl Center (17,230) Madison, WI | ||||
Big Ten tournament
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March 8 10:30am, BTN |
(9) | vs. (8) Iowa First Round |
L 61–64 | 17–15 |
18 – Leonard | 6 – Leonard, Richardson, Griffey | 4 – Paul, Abrams | Bankers Life Fieldhouse (–)
Indianapolis, IN | |||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from
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National rankings
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AP | (RV) | (RV) | (RV) | (RV) | 24 | 19 | 25 | (RV) | (RV) | 22 | (RV) | (RV) | ||||||||
Coaches | (RV) | (RV) | T-22 | 19 | 24 | (RV) | (RV) | (RV) | 25 | (RV) | ||||||||||
Record when polls released | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 8–0 | 10–0 | 10–1 | 11–2 | 12–3 | 14–3 | 15–3 | 15–5 | 15–6 | 16–7 | 16–9 | 16–11 | 17–12 | 17–14 | 17–15 | 17–15 |
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Season Statistics
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GP | Games played | GS | Games started | Avg | Average per game |
FG | Field-goals made | FGA | Field-goal attempts | Off | Offensive rebounds |
Def | Defensive rebounds | A | Assists | TO | Turnovers |
Blk | Blocks | Stl | Steals | High | Team high |
Minutes | Scoring | Total FGs | 3-point FGs | Free-throws | Rebounds | ||||||||||||||||||
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Player | GP | GS | Tot | Avg | Pts | Avg | FG | FGA | Pct | 3FG | 3FA | Pct | FT | FTA | Pct | Off | Def | Tot | Avg | A | TO | Blk | Stl |
Paul, Brandon | 32 | 30 | 1070 | 33.4 | 469 | 14.7 | 145 | 370 | .392 | 54 | 162 | .333 | 125 | 172 | .727 | 30 | 121 | 151 | 4.7 | 94 | 109 | 27 | 46 |
Leonard, Meyers | 32 | 30 | 1018 | 31.8 | 434 | 13.6 | 170 | 291 | .584 | 1 | 11 | .091 | 93 | 127 | .732 | 73 | 189 | 262 | 8.2 | 43 | 68 | 60 | 15 |
Richardson, D.J. | 32 | 31 | 1106 | 34.6 | 372 | 11.6 | 130 | 336 | .387 | 71 | 204 | .348 | 41 | 53 | .774 | 28 | 68 | 96 | 3 | 55 | 44 | 5 | 27 |
Bertrand, Joseph | 32 | 14 | 644 | 20.1 | 209 | 6.5 | 92 | 171 | .538 | 3 | 10 | .300 | 22 | 30 | .733 | 23 | 63 | 86 | 2.7 | 43 | 37 | 5 | 11 |
Maniscalco, Sam | 28 | 13 | 677 | 24.2 | 171 | 6.1 | 56 | 151 | .371 | 27 | 96 | .281 | 32 | 39 | .821 | 7 | 46 | 53 | 1.9 | 64 | 27 | 0 | 15 |
Griffey, Tyler | 30 | 20 | 496 | 16.5 | 146 | 4.9 | 59 | 137 | .431 | 16 | 56 | .286 | 12 | 16 | .750 | 44 | 56 | 100 | 3.3 | 18 | 26 | 11 | 13 |
Abrams, Tracy | 32 | 19 | 674 | 21.1 | 136 | 4.3 | 49 | 120 | .408 | 9 | 35 | .257 | 29 | 46 | .630 | 22 | 50 | 72 | 2.3 | 60 | 50 | 0 | 14 |
Henry, Myke | 22 | 0 | 179 | 8.1 | 70 | 3.2 | 28 | 62 | .452 | 4 | 25 | .160 | 10 | 15 | .667 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 1.1 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 7 |
Egwu, Nnanna | 32 | 3 | 313 | 9.8 | 60 | 1.9 | 27 | 57 | .474 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 6 | 13 | .462 | 21 | 27 | 48 | 1.5 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 6 |
Head, Crandall | 9 | 0 | 83 | 9.2 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 17 | .235 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.6 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 5 |
Shaw, Mike | 20 | 0 | 139 | 7 | 17 | 0.9 | 6 | 21 | .286 | 1 | 6 | .167 | 4 | 10 | .400 | 11 | 26 | 37 | 1.9 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 2 |
Djimde, Ibby | 17 | 0 | 61 | 3.6 | 5 | 0.3 | 1 | 6 | .167 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 0.8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
Selus, Jean | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Berardini, Kevin | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team | 47 | 48 | 95 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||
Total | 32 | 6475 | 2098 | 65.6 | 767 | 1741 | .441 | 186 | 611 | .304 | 378 | 529 | .715 | 320 | 725 | 1045 | 32.7 | 400 | 430 | 132 | 162 | ||
Opponents | 32 | 6476 | 2055 | 64.2 | 712 | 1659 | .429 | 208 | 549 | .379 | 423 | 601 | .704 | 298 | 704 | 1002 | 31.3 | 379 | 425 | 78 | 200 |
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Did not qualify
Notes
- ^ Head left the team in December with plans to transfer to another school.
References
- ^ University of Illinois (October 14, 2011). "2011-12 Illinois Basketball Record Book" (PDF). University of Illinois. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 16, 2011. Retrieved December 28, 2011.
- News-Gazette. Archivedfrom the original on April 21, 2012. Retrieved December 28, 2011.
- ^ "2011-12 Schedule". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
- ^ "Illinois Season Statistics". FightingIllini.com. Archived from the original on February 28, 2013. Retrieved December 30, 2011.