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 |
2011-12 record | 17–15 (6–12 Big Ten) |
Head coach | Bruce Weber |
Assistant coach | Jerrance Howard |
Assistant coach | Wayne McClain |
Assistant coach | Jay Price |
MVP | Tracy Abrams |
Captain |
Sam Maniscalco D.J. Richardson |
Home arena | Assembly Hall |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#7 Ohio State | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 31 | – | 8 | .795 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#5 Michigan State † | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 29 | – | 8 | .784 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#13 Michigan | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 24 | – | 10 | .706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#14 Wisconsin | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 26 | – | 10 | .722 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 23 | – | 15 | .605 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 17 | – | 15 | .531 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nebraska | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 12 | – | 18 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn State | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 12 | – | 20 | .375 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2012 Big Ten Tournament winner As of April 3, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2011–12 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Bruce Weber's ninth and final season at Illinois. The Illini played their home games at Assembly Hall and were members of the Big Ten Conference.
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) |
Bill Cole | 30 | F | 6'9" | 215 | Senior | Peoria, IL | Graduated/Pro for Cheshire Jets (England) |
Demetri McCamey | 32 | G | 6'3" | 200 | Senior | Bellwood, IL | Graduated/Pro for Mersin BB (Turkey) |
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 recruiting class was ranked No. 13 by Scout.com and No. 11 by both Rivals.com and ESPNU. The class was celebrated for its talent and depth, and is the second class in a row that has revived top-15 national rankings. Six true freshman; Tracy Abrams, Myke Henry, Devin Langford, Nnanna Egwu, Mike Shaw, and Ibby Djimde as well as one transfer senior, Sam Maniscalco joined the 2011–12 team. Maniscalso transferred from Bradley University after graduating in May 2011. Because Bradley did not offer the graduate program he enrolled in at Illinois, Maniscalco was eligible to play immediately.[1]
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 | |
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Ibby Djimde C |
Huntington, WV | Huntington Prep | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 220 lb (100 kg) | May 8, 2011 | |
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Nnanna Egwu C |
Chicago, IL | St. Ignatius | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | Oct 9, 2009 | |
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Mycheal Henry SF |
Chicago, IL | Orr Academy | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 220 lb (100 kg) | May 10, 2010 | |
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Devin Langford SF |
Huntsville, AL | Lee High School | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | Dec 16, 2010 | |
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Sam Maniscalco G |
Chicago, IL | St. Patrick / Bradley | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | Apr 13, 2011 | |
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Mike Shaw PF |
Chicago, IL | De La Salle Institute | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 220 lb (100 kg) | Oct 28, 2010 | |
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Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 13 Rivals: 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) | W 79–52 | – |
18 – Leonard | 8 – Shaw | 5 – Abrams | Assembly Hall (13,164) Champaign, IL | ||||
November 7* 7:30pm |
Quincy | W 73–45 | – |
17 – Richardson | 9 – Shaw | 3 – Paul, Bertrand | Assembly Hall (13,077) Champaign, IL | ||||
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 | ||||
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 |
at Maryland ACC – Big Ten Challenge |
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 | |||
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 | L 52–54 | 15–4 (4–2) |
20 – Paul | 6 – Bertrand, Paul | 5 – Richardson | Bryce Jordan Center (6,945) University Pak, PA | |||
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 | 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 |
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 | 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 | |||||||||||
March 8 10:30am, BTN |
vs. 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 AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. |
National rankings
Poll | Pre- Season | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Week 16 | Week 17 | Week 18 | Final |
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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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No Change | ||
(RV) | Received Votes | |
T | Tied |
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 |
Notes
References
- ↑ University of Illinois (October 14, 2011). "2011-12 Illinois Basketball Record Book" (PDF). University of Illinois. Retrieved December 28, 2011.
- ↑ Paul Klee (August 20, 2011). "Italy: Learning experience and a great trip to boot". News-Gazette. Retrieved December 28, 2011.
- ↑ "2011-12 Schedule". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-29.
- ↑ "Illinois Season Statistics". FightingIllini.com.