The 1962-63 season saw the Fighting Illini finish with 20-6 overall, 11-3 in the conference. Senior Dave Downey led the team in scoring, as he had the previous two seasons, and he moved into first on the all-time scoring list. Downey also set the school record for points in a game, which still stands, with 53 in a road loss to Indiana on February 16, 1963. Illinois was a game back of first place in the league standings with only two games remaining when the Assembly Hall opened its doors on March 4, 1963. Illinois’ first game at the Hall was an exciting 79-73 victory over Northwestern before 16,137 fans to stay within a game of first-place Ohio State. After Illinois edged Iowa, 73-69, in the last game of the season, the Fighting Illini would need an overtime loss two hours later by the Buckeyes at Indiana to share the title. During the season the Illini would win the Eastern College Athletic Conference Holiday Festival and make the Elite Eight of the 1963 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, losing to eventual champion Loyola (Chicago).
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1962–63 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
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The 1962 63 Illinois Fighting Illini men s basketball team represented the University of Illiniois 1962 63 Illinois Fighting Illini men s basketballBig Ten Conference championsNCAA Men s Division I Tournament Elite EightConferenceBig Ten ConferenceRankingCoachesNo 5APNo 8Record20 6 11 3 Big Ten Head coachHarry Combes 15th SeasonAssistant coachesHowie Braun Jim WrightMVPDave DowneyCaptainBob StarnesHome arenaHuff Hall amp Assembly HallSeasons 1961 621963 64 1962 63 Big Ten Conference men s basketball standings vte Conf OverallTeam W L PCT W L PCTNo 7 Ohio State 11 3 786 20 4 833No 8 Illinois 11 3 786 20 6 769Indiana 9 5 643 13 11 542Michigan 8 6 571 16 8 667Minnesota 8 6 571 12 12 500Wisconsin 7 7 500 14 10 583Northwestern 6 8 429 9 15 375Iowa 5 9 357 9 15 375Michigan State 3 11 214 4 16 200Purdue 2 12 143 7 17 292Rankings from AP Poll Contents 1 Regular season 1 1 Roster 2 Schedule 3 Rankings 4 Player stats 5 Awards and honors 6 Team players drafted into the NBA 7 ReferencesRegular season EditThe 1962 63 season saw the Fighting Illini finish with 20 6 overall 11 3 in the conference Senior Dave Downey led the team in scoring as he had the previous two seasons and he moved into first on the all time scoring list Downey also set the school record for points in a game which still stands with 53 in a road loss to Indiana on February 16 1963 Illinois was a game back of first place in the league standings with only two games remaining when the Assembly Hall opened its doors on March 4 1963 Illinois first game at the Hall was an exciting 79 73 victory over Northwestern before 16 137 fans to stay within a game of first place Ohio State After Illinois edged Iowa 73 69 in the last game of the season the Fighting Illini would need an overtime loss two hours later by the Buckeyes at Indiana to share the title During the season the Illini would win the Eastern College Athletic Conference Holiday Festival and make the Elite Eight of the 1963 NCAA Men s Division I Basketball Tournament losing to eventual champion Loyola Chicago Roster Edit 1962 63 Illinois Fighting Illini men s basketball teamPlayers CoachesPos Name Height Weight Year Previous school HometownF 10 Larry Bauer 6 ft 7 in 2 01 m 207 lb 94 kg So Springfield High School Springfield IllinoisG 11 Bob Meadows 5 ft 7 in 1 7 m 157 lb 71 kg So Collinsville High School Collinsville IllinoisG 12 Tal Brody 6 ft 2 in 1 88 m 165 lb 75 kg So Central High School Trenton New JerseyF 14 John Love 6 ft 3 in 1 91 m 199 lb 90 kg Jr Ottawa Township High School Ottawa IllinoisG 22 Jay Lovelace 6 ft 2 in 1 88 m 164 lb 74 kg Sr Carbondale Community High School Carbondale IllinoisC 25 Bill Burwell 6 ft 8 in 2 03 m 227 lb 103 kg Sr Boys High School Brooklyn New YorkF 30 Jeff Ferguson 6 ft 3 in 1 91 m 195 lb 88 kg Jr Benton Consolidated High School Benton IllinoisG 31 Tony Latham 5 ft 11 in 1 8 m 163 lb 74 kg So Waukegan High School Waukegan IllinoisG 32 Bill Edwards 6 ft 3 in 1 91 m 208 lb 94 kg Jr Windsor High School Windsor IllinoisF 33 Bogie Redmon 6 ft 5 in 1 96 m 218 lb 99 kg So Collinsville High School Collinsville IllinoisG 34 Bill McKeown 6 ft 2 in 1 88 m 185 lb 84 kg So Clinton High School Clinton IllinoisC 35 Skip Thoren 6 ft 8 in 2 03 m 201 lb 91 kg So Rockford East High School Rockford IllinoisF 40 Dave Downey 6 ft 4 in 1 93 m 204 lb 93 kg Sr Canton High School Canton IllinoisF 44 Bob Starnes C 6 ft 5 in 1 96 m 187 lb 85 kg Sr Gage Park High School Chicago IllinoisG 53 Bill Small 6 ft 2 in 1 88 m 185 lb 84 kg Sr West Aurora High School Aurora Illinois Head coachHarry Combes University of Illinois 16th year Assistant coach es Howie Braun University of Illinois 26th year Jim Wright University of Illinois 5th year Legend C Team captain S Suspended I Ineligible W Walk on nbsp Injured nbsp Current redshirtAll Time Illini RosterSource 1 Schedule EditSource 2 Datetime TV Rank Opponent Result Record Site attendance city state 3 Non Conference regular season11 30 1962 no no No 8 vs Butler W 66 49 1 0 Huff Hall 6 912 Champaign IL12 6 1962 no no No NR vs Washington St Louis W 99 55 2 0 Huff Hall 6 912 Champaign IL12 16 1962 no no No 10 Iowa State W 76 73 3 0 Iowa State Armory 7 000 Ames IA12 17 1962 no no No 10 vs San Jose State W 90 64 4 0 Huff Hall 6 912 Champaign IL12 22 1962 no no No 8 vs Oklahoma W 93 90 5 0 Huff Hall 6 000 Champaign IL12 26 1962 no no No 4 vs Penn ECAC Holiday Festival W 98 66 6 0 Madison Square Garden 14 238 New York NY12 28 1962 no no No 4 vs NYU ECAC Holiday Festival W 91 84 7 0 Madison Square Garden 15 036 New York NY12 29 1962 no no No 4 vs West Virginia ECAC Holiday Festival W 92 74 8 0 Madison Square Garden 12 125 New York NY12 31 1962 no no No 3 vs Notre Dame L 88 90 8 1 Chicago Stadium 10 346 Chicago ILBig Ten regular season1 5 1963 no no No 3 Iowa Rivalry W 85 76 9 1 1 0 Iowa Field House 12 600 Iowa City IA1 7 1963 no no No 5 vs Ohio State 5 W 90 78 10 1 2 0 Huff Hall 6 912 Champaign IL1 12 1963 no no No 5 vs Purdue W 106 82 11 1 3 0 Huff Hall 6 756 Champaign IL1 14 1963 no no No 3 Northwestern W 78 76 12 1 4 0 McGaw Memorial Hall 7 200 Evanston IL1 26 1963 no no No 4 vs Cincinnati 1 L 53 62 12 2 Chicago Stadium 23 000 Chicago IL2 4 1963 no no No 4 vs Indiana Rivalry W 104 101 13 2 5 0 Huff Hall 6 912 Champaign IL2 9 1963 no no No 4 vs Michigan State W 91 86 14 2 6 0 Huff Hall 6 797 Champaign IL2 11 1963 no no No 4 Wisconsin L 77 84 14 3 6 1 Wisconsin Field House 12 088 Madison WI2 16 1963 no no No 6 Indiana Rivalry L 100 103 14 4 6 2 Gladstein Fieldhouse 10 300 Bloomington IN2 19 1963 no no No 6 Purdue W 87 79 15 4 7 2 Lambert Fieldhouse 9 637 West Lafayette IN2 23 1963 no no No 6 vs Wisconsin W 89 77 16 4 8 2 Huff Hall 6 912 Champaign IL2 25 1963 no no No 6 Minnesota W 81 70 17 4 9 2 Williams Arena 11 226 Minneapolis MN3 2 1963 no no No 6 Michigan L 81 84 17 5 9 3 Yost Ice Arena 9 450 Ann Arbor MI3 4 1963 no no No 8 vs Northwestern W 79 73 18 5 10 3 Assembly Hall 16 137 Champaign IL3 9 1963 no no No 8 vs Iowa Rivalry W 73 69 19 5 11 3 Assembly Hall 16 007 Champaign ILNCAA Tournament3 15 1963 no no No 8 vs Bowling Green NCAA Tournament Mideast Regional Semi Final 4 W 90 67 20 5 Jenison Fieldhouse 12 143 East Lansing MI3 16 1963 no no No 8 vs Loyola Chicago NCAA Tournament Mideast Regional Final L 64 79 20 6 Jenison Fieldhouse 9 459 East Lansing MI Non conference game Rankings from AP Poll Tournament seedings in parentheses All times are in Central Time Rankings EditMain article 1962 63 NCAA University Division men s basketball rankingsPlayer stats EditPlayer Games Played Field Goals Free Throws Rebounds PointsDave Downey 26 201 111 254 513Bill Small 26 439 81 120 439Bill Burwell 26 158 86 230 402Bob Starnes 26 115 84 180 314Tal Brody 26 95 63 90 253Skip Thoren 26 53 37 150 143Bill Edwards 26 23 10 28 56Bogie Redmon 23 22 11 72 55Bill McKeown 14 4 4 12 12John Love 8 3 2 7 8Larry Bauer 5 2 2 6 6Jay Lovelace 4 0 0 0 0 5 Awards and honors EditDave Downey Helms 1st team All American Converse 2nd team All American Associated Press Honorable Mention All American Team Most Valuable Player 6 Fighting Illini All Century team 2005 Bill Small Converse Honorable Mention All American Skip Thoren Fighting Illini All Century team 2005 Team players drafted into the NBA EditPlayer NBA Club Round PickBill Burwell St Louis Hawks 3 24Dave Downey San Francisco Warriors 4 30Bill Small Detroit Pistons 5 40 7 References Edit Men s Basketball Roster University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1962 63 FightingIllini com Schedule RotoWire Fantasy Football Baseball Basketball and More Season Stats Archived from the original on March 10 2014 Retrieved March 10 2014 List of MVPs PDF Archived from the original PDF on October 30 2014 Retrieved January 15 2013 1963 NBA Draft on Databasebasketball com Archived from the original on August 5 2012 Retrieved June 16 2012 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1962 63 Illinois Fighting Illini men 27s basketball team amp oldid 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