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2008–09 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

2008–09 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record24–10 (11–7 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Wayne McClain (8th season)
  • Jay Price (6th season)
  • Jerrance Howard (2nd season)
MVPChester Frazier
Captains
Home arenaAssembly Hall
Seasons
2008–09 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 8 Michigan State 15 – 3   .833 31 – 7   .816
No. 17 Purdue† 11 – 7   .611 27 – 10   .730
Illinois 11 – 7   .611 24 – 10   .706
Penn State 10 – 8   .556 27 – 11   .711
Ohio State 10 – 8   .556 22 – 11   .667
Wisconsin 10 – 8   .556 20 – 13   .606
Minnesota 9 – 9   .500 22 – 11   .667
Michigan 9 – 9   .500 21 – 14   .600
Northwestern 8 – 10   .444 17 – 14   .548
Iowa 5 – 13   .278 15 – 17   .469
Indiana 1 – 17   .056 6 – 25   .194
† 2009 Big Ten tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2008–09 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Bruce Weber's sixth season at Illinois.

2008 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Stan Simpson
C 		Chicago, IL Simeon Career Academy 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Oct 15, 2007 
Star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 89
Dominique Keller
PF 		Port Arthur, TX Lee College 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Mar 10, 2008 
Star ratings: Scout:2/5 stars   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: Not Ranked   Rivals: Not Ranked
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

Roster

2008–09 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 Trent Meacham (C) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) RS Sr Centennial High School Champaign, IL
G 3 Chester Frazier (C) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Lake Clifton Eastern High School Baltimore, MD
G 13 Jeffrey Jordan 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Loyola Academy Highland Park, IL
G 15 Bubba Chisholm 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Central High School Champaign, IL
C 21 Stan Simpson Current redshirt 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Fr Simeon High School Chicago, IL
F 23 Dominique Keller 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Jr Memorial High School Port Arthur, TX
F 24 Mike Davis 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So T. C. Williams High School Alexandria, VA
G 25 Calvin Brock 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) RS Sr Simeon High School Chicago, IL
F 30 Bill Cole 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Richwoods High School Peoria, IL
G 32 Demetri McCamey 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So St. Joseph High School Bellwood, IL
G 33 Alex Legion 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Oak Hill Academy/University of Kentucky Detroit, MI
F 34 C. J. Jackson 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 265 lb (120 kg) RS Jr Tri-County High School Buena Vista, GA
C 50 Richard Semrau 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) RS So Lutheran West High School Grafton, OH
C 54 Mike Tisdale 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 235 lb (107 kg) So Riverton High School Riverton, IL
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
10/31/08*
5:30 pm 		Florida Southern W 82–61 
Assembly Hall (13,370)
Champaign, IL
11/6/08*
7:00 pm 		Lewis W 62–56 
Assembly Hall (13,814)
Champaign, IL
Non-conference regular season
11/14/08*
8:30pm, Big Ten Network.com 		Eastern Washington W 66–50  1–0
 Assembly Hall (14,442)
Champaign, IL
11/16/08*
4:30pm, Big Ten Network.com 		Texas A&M–Corpus Christi W 72–53  2–0
 Assembly Hall (14,394)
Champaign, IL
11/20/08*
7:00pm, FSN 		at Vanderbilt W 69–63  3–0
 Memorial Gymnasium (12,630)
Nashville, TN
11/23/08*
3:00pm, BTN 		Jackson State W 78–64  4–0
 Assembly Hall (13,865)
Champaign, IL
11/28/08*
5:00pm, Fox College Sports 		vs. Kent State
South Padre Island Invitational 		W 69–63 OT 5–0
 South Padre Island, TX (1,423)
 
11/29/08*
7:30pm, Fox College Sports 		vs. Tulsa
South Padre Island Invitational 		W 48–44  6–0
 South Padre Island, TX (1,712)
 
12/02/08*
6:30pm, ESPN2 		Clemson
ACC–Big Ten Challenge 		L 74–76  6–1
 Assembly Hall (14,741)
Champaign, IL
12/06/08*
11:00am, ESPNU 		vs. Georgia W 76–42  7–1
 United Center (12,139)
Chicago, IL
12/08/08*
7:00pm, BTN 		Hawaii W 68–58  8–1
 Assembly Hall (14,303)
Champaign, IL
12/10/08*
7:00pm, BTN 		Chicago State W 89–50  9–1
 Assembly Hall (14,101)
Champaign, IL
12/20/08*
7:00pm, BTN 		Detroit W 82–51  10–1
 Assembly Hall (14,594)
Champaign, IL
12/23/08*
6:30pm, ESPN2 		vs. No. 25 Missouri
Braggin' Rights 		W 75–59  11–1
 Scottrade Center (19,586)
St. Louis, MO
12/28/08*
1:00pm, BTN 		Eastern Michigan W 62–53  12–1
 Assembly Hall (16,288)
Champaign, IL
Conference Regular Season
12/30/08
6:00pm, ESPN2 		at No. 9 Purdue W 71–67 OT 13–1
(1–0) 		Mackey Arena (14,036)
West Lafayette, IN
01/04/09
11:00am, BTN 		at No. 23 Michigan L 64–74  13–2
(1–1) 		Crisler Arena (12,912)
Ann Arbor, MI
01/10/09
2:00pm, BTN 		Indiana
Rivalry 		W 76–45  14–2
(2–1) 		Assembly Hall (16,618)
Champaign, IL
01/14/09
7:30pm, BTN 		No. 25 Michigan W 66–51  15–2
(3–1) 		Assembly Hall (15,535)
Champaign, IL
01/17/09
3:00pm, ESPN 		at No. 7 Michigan State L 57–63  15–3
(3–2) 		Breslin Center (14,759)
East Lansing, MI
01/20/09
6:00pm, ESPN 		No. 25 Ohio State W 67–49  16–3
(4–2)) 		Assembly Hall (15,549)
Champaign, IL
01/24/09
3:00pm, ESPN 		No. 25 Wisconsin W 64–57  17–3
(5–2) 		Assembly Hall (16,618)
Champaign, IL
01/29/09
8:00pm, BTN 		No. 19 at Minnesota L 36–59  17–4
(5–3) 		Williams Arena (14,625)
Minneapolis, MN
02/01/09
1:00pm, BTN 		No. 19 Iowa
Rivalry 		W 62–54  18–4
(6–3) 		Assembly Hall (16,618)
Champaign, IL
02/05/09
8:00pm, ESPN 		No. 23 at Wisconsin L 50–63  18–5
(6–4) 		Kohl Center (17,230)
Madison, WI
02/08/09
12:00pm, CBS 		No. 23 No. 12 Purdue W 66–48  19–5
(7–4) 		Assembly Hall (16,618)
Champaign, IL
02/12/09
8:00pm, ESPN2 		No. 22 at Northwestern
Rivalry 		W 60–59  20–5
(8–4) 		Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117)
Evanston, IL
02/15/09
12:00pm, CBS 		No. 22 at Indiana
Rivalry 		W 65–52  21–5
(9–4) 		Assembly Hall (17,346)
Bloomington, IN
02/18/09
6:00pm, BTN 		No. 18 Penn State L 33–38  21–6
(9–5) 		Assembly Hall (16,200)
Champaign, IL
02/22/09
12:00 pm, CBS 		No. 18 at Ohio State W 70–68  22–6
(10–5) 		Value City Arena (19,049)
Columbus, OH
02/26/09
6:00pm, BTN 		No. 20 Minnesota W 52–41  23–6
(11–5) 		Assembly Hall (16,395)
Champaign, IL
03/01/09
4:00pm, CBS 		No. 20 No. 9 Michigan State L 66–74  23–7
(11–6) 		Assembly Hall (16,618)
Champaign, IL
03/05/09
9:00pm, ESPN/ESPN2 		No. 23 at Penn State L 63–64  23–8
(11–7) 		Bryce Jordan Center (13,091)
University Park, PA
Big Ten tournament
03/13/09
6:30pm, BTN 		(2) vs. (7) Michigan
Quarterfinals 		W 60–50  24–8
 Conseco Fieldhouse (14,647)
Indianapolis, IN
03/14/09
4:30pm, CBS 		(2) vs. (3) No. 24 Purdue
Semifinals 		L 56–66  24–9
 Conseco Fieldhouse (15,728)
Indianapolis, IN
NCAA Tournament
03/19/09
9:30pm, CBS 		(5 S) vs. (12 S) Western Kentucky
First Round 		L 72–76  24–10
 Rose Garden (17,169)
Portland, OR
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

See also: 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked т = Tied with team above or below
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
AP25192322182023—Not released
Coaches25 т20212016202325—

Season statistics

Legend
  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
Individual player statistics[1]
Minutes Scoring Total FGs 3-point FGs Free-throws Rebounds
Player GP GS Tot Avg Pts Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG 3FA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg A TO Blk Stl
McCamey, Demetri 34 32 1040 30.6 391 11.5 140 341 .411 56 179 .313 55 72 .764 11 79 90 2.6 156 83 7 32
Davis, Mike 34 34 1045 30.7 383 11.3 171 321 .533 0 0 .000 41 60 .683 60 215 275 8.1 67 51 22 23
Tisdale, Mike 34 34 841 24.7 346 10.2 147 277 .531 1 5 .200 51 64 .797 44 91 135 4.0 19 47 48 11
Meacham, Trent 34 34 1046 30.8 346 10.2 114 270 .422 69 164 .421 49 58 .845 8 76 84 2.5 92 36 4 31
Keller, Dominique 34 0 428 12.6 202 5.9 86 165 .521 9 22 .409 21 32 .656 29 50 79 2.3 7 30 18 10
Frazier, Chester 31 31 1029 33.2 178 5.7 60 134 .448 26 68 .382 32 48 .667 41 107 148 4.8 164 68 9 43
Brock, Calvin 34 5 593 17.4 180 5.3 73 164 .445 7 23 .304 27 43 .628 43 66 109 3.2 31 37 6 24
Legion, Alex 22 0 244 11.1 77 3.5 28 97 .289 12 50 .240 9 12 .750 9 23 32 1.5 11 18 1 8
Cole, Bill 17 0 76 4.5 27 1.6 9 25 .360 6 16 .375 3 9 .333 5 8 13 0.8 4 2 3 1
Semrau, Richard 21 0 190 9.0 29 1.4 13 28 .464 0 0 .000 3 7 .429 10 22 32 1.5 6 15 2 5
Jordan, Jeff 33 0 278 8.4 32 1.0 14 32 .438 1 3 .333 3 8 .375 3 9 12 0.4 33 13 1 6
Jackson, C.J. 13 0 22 1.7 9 0.7 3 3 1.000 0 0 .000 3 4 .750 4 2 6 0.5 1 5 1 2
Chisholm, Bubba 14 0 18 1.3 4 0.3 1 8 .125 1 7 .143 1 2 .500 0 1 1 0.1 4 1 0 3
Team 53 58 111 14
Total 34 6850 2204 64.8 859 1865 .461 188 537 .350 298 419 .711 320 807 1127 33.1 595 420 122 199
Opponents 34 6851 1944 57.2 730 1847 .395 173 584 .296 311 493 .631 392 739 1131 33.3 396 467 80 196

References

  1. ^ 2008-09 Illinois Season Statistics Archived 2013-06-25 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com
Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_men%27s_basketball_team