The 1971-72 Fighting Illini men's basketball season, led by head coach Harv Schmidt, experienced the a tale of two years, 1971 and 1972. The Fighting Illini opened the season December 1, 1971, with a win over Butler and proceeded to win 7 of their next 8 games, finishing 1971 with an 8–1 record. That streak would continue into January 1972 for one more game, the opening game of the Big Ten season. After beating Northwestern the Fighting Illini would go on to drop 9 of their next 14 games, finishing the season with a 14–10 record, tied for 8th place in the conference.
The brightest spot of the season would shine upon junior forward Nick Weatherspoon. Weatherspoon would return from a terrific sophomore campaign where he scored 381 points, averaging 16.5 points per game and collected 246 rebounds. During this season, 1971–72, he would score 500 total points, averaging 20.8 points and pull down 262 rebounds.
The 1971-72 team's starting lineup included Weatherspoon and Nick Conner at the forward spots, Jim Krelle and Garvin Roberson as guards and Bill Morris at center.
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1971–72 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
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The 1971 72 Illinois Fighting Illini men s basketball team represented the University of Illinois 1971 72 Illinois Fighting Illini men s basketballGator Bowl Tournament ChampionsConferenceBig Ten ConferenceRecord14 10 5 9 Big Ten Head coachHarv SchmidtAssistant coachesDick Campbell Jim WrightMVPNick WeatherspoonCaptainJim KrelleHome arenaAssembly HallSeasons 1970 711972 73 1971 72 Big Ten Conference men s basketball standings vte Conf OverallTeam W L PCT W L PCTNo 11 Minnesota 11 3 786 17 6 739No 19 Ohio State 10 4 714 18 6 750No 17 Indiana 9 5 643 17 8 680Michigan 9 5 643 14 10 583Michigan State 6 8 429 13 11 542Wisconsin 6 8 429 13 11 542Purdue 6 8 429 12 12 500Illinois 5 9 357 14 10 583Iowa 5 9 357 11 13 458Northwestern 3 11 214 5 18 217Rankings from AP Poll Contents 1 Regular season 1 1 Roster 2 Schedule 3 Player stats 4 Awards and honors 5 Team players drafted into the NBA 6 Rankings 7 ReferencesRegular season editThe 1971 72 Fighting Illini men s basketball season led by head coach Harv Schmidt experienced the a tale of two years 1971 and 1972 The Fighting Illini opened the season December 1 1971 with a win over Butler and proceeded to win 7 of their next 8 games finishing 1971 with an 8 1 record That streak would continue into January 1972 for one more game the opening game of the Big Ten season After beating Northwestern the Fighting Illini would go on to drop 9 of their next 14 games finishing the season with a 14 10 record tied for 8th place in the conference The brightest spot of the season would shine upon junior forward Nick Weatherspoon Weatherspoon would return from a terrific sophomore campaign where he scored 381 points averaging 16 5 points per game and collected 246 rebounds During this season 1971 72 he would score 500 total points averaging 20 8 points and pull down 262 rebounds The 1971 72 team s starting lineup included Weatherspoon and Nick Conner at the forward spots Jim Krelle and Garvin Roberson as guards and Bill Morris at center Roster edit 1971 72 Illinois Fighting Illini men s basketball teamPlayers CoachesPos Name Height Weight Year Previous school HometownG 10 Garvin Roberson 6 ft 4 in 1 93 m 185 lb 84 kg So Elkhart Central High School Elkhart IndianaF 12 Nick Weatherspoon 6 ft 6 in 1 98 m 185 lb 84 kg Jr McKinley High School Canton OhioG 14 C J Schroeder 6 ft 4 in 1 93 m 195 lb 88 kg So Davenport West High School Davenport IowaG 21 Larry Cohen 6 ft 2 in 1 88 m 180 lb 82 kg Jr New Trier East High School Wilmette IllinoisG 25 Jim Krelle C 6 ft 3 in 1 91 m 180 lb 82 kg Sr Aurora West High School Aurora IllinoisF 30 Mike Wente 6 ft 5 in 1 96 m 200 lb 91 kg So St Anthony High School Effingham IllinoisG 34 Greg Wilson 6 ft 3 in 1 91 m 190 lb 86 kg So McKinley High School Sebring OhioC 35 Bill Morris 6 ft 9 in 2 06 m 235 lb 107 kg So Beaumont High School St Louis MissouriF 40 John McBride 6 ft 5 in 1 96 m 195 lb 88 kg Jr Carl Sandburg High School Orland Park IllinoisF 42 Jim Rucks 6 ft 3 in 1 91 m 205 lb 93 kg Jr Waukegan High School Waukegan IllinoisG 43 Kim Jolley 6 ft 6 in 1 98 m 210 lb 95 kg So Jamaica High School Indianola IllinoisF 44 Jed Foster 6 ft 6 in 1 98 m 205 lb 93 kg Jr Fairfield High School Fairfield IllinoisF C 45 Nick Conner 6 ft 6 in 1 98 m 195 lb 88 kg Jr East High School Columbus OhioF C 54 Jim DeDecker 6 ft 10 in 2 08 m 220 lb 100 kg Jr Alleman High School Moline Illinois Head coachHarv Schmidt University of Illinois 5th year Assistant coach es Dick Campbell 5th year Jim Wright University of Illinois 13th year Legend C Team captain S Suspended I Ineligible W Walk on nbsp Injured nbsp Current redshirtAll Time Illini RosterSource 1 2 Schedule editSource 3 Datetime TV Rank Opponent Result Record Site attendance city stateNon Conference regular season12 1 1971 no no No NR Butler W 73 71 1 0 Assembly Hall 12 959 Champaign IL12 4 1971 no no No NR 20 Oklahoma W 70 65 2 0 McCasland Field House 8 326 Norman OK12 7 1971 no no No NR South Dakota W 96 56 3 0 Assembly Hall 12 206 Champaign IL12 10 1971 no no No NR Tulane W 79 68 4 0 Devlin Fieldhouse 3 250 New Orleans LA12 11 1971 no no No NR Loyola New Orleans W 94 74 5 0 Devlin Fieldhouse 1 345 New Orleans LA12 16 1971 no no No NR Georgia W 84 78 6 0 Assembly Hall 12 447 Champaign IL12 23 1971 no no No NR Vanderbilt L 92 95 6 1 Memorial Gymnasium 14 000 Nashville TN12 28 1971 no no No NR North Carolina State Gator Bowl Tournament W 74 72 7 1 Jacksonville Coliseum 6 506 Jacksonville FL12 29 1971 no no No NR Florida Gator Bowl Tournament W 76 75 8 1 Jacksonville Coliseum 8 248 Jacksonville FLBig Ten regular season1 8 1972 no no No NR Northwestern W 67 63 9 1 1 0 McGaw Memorial Hall 5 885 Evanston IL1 11 1972 no no No 16 Michigan W 76 75 9 2 1 1 Assembly Hall 14 836 Champaign IL1 15 1972 no no No 16 Purdue L 74 85 9 3 1 2 Assembly Hall 16 017 Champaign IL1 28 1972 no no No NR Notre Dame W 81 59 10 3 Chicago Stadium 11 255 Chicago IL2 5 1972 no no No NR Northwestern W 68 59 11 3 2 2 Assembly Hall 13 628 Champaign IL2 8 1972 no no No NR Michigan State L 79 89 11 4 2 3 Jenison Fieldhouse 6 132 East Lansing MI2 12 1972 no no No NR Michigan L 83 105 11 5 2 4 Crisler Center 12 562 Ann Arbor MI2 15 1972 no no No NR Iowa Rivalry L 84 87 11 6 2 5 Iowa Field House 12 559 Iowa City IA2 17 1973 no no No NR 8 Ohio State W 64 62 12 6 3 5 Assembly Hall 15 236 Champaign IL2 22 1972 no no No NR Indiana Rivalry L 71 90 12 7 3 6 Assembly Hall 14 083 Champaign IL2 26 1972 no no No NR Wisconsin W 91 86 13 7 4 6 Assembly Hall 14 006 Champaign IL2 29 1972 no no No NR 14 Ohio State L 70 103 13 8 4 7 St John Arena 13 489 Columbus OH3 4 1972 no no No NR Minnesota L 62 91 13 9 4 8 Williams Arena 14 666 Minneapolis MN3 7 1972 no no No NR Iowa Rivalry W 91 84 14 9 5 8 Assembly Hall 11 554 Champaign IL3 11 1972 no No NR Wisconsin L 84 97 14 10 5 9 Wisconsin Field House 7 242 Madison WI Non conference game Rankings from AP Poll Tournament seedings in parentheses All times are in Central Time Player stats editPlayer Games Played Field Goals Free Throws Rebounds PointsNick Weatherspoon 4 24 200 100 262 500Bill Morris 4 21 113 93 197 319Jim Krelle 4 23 104 70 78 278Nick Conner 4 24 101 51 204 253Larry Cohen 4 21 42 39 28 123Garvin Roberson 4 24 39 42 51 120Jed Foster 4 19 38 42 67 118C J Schroeder 4 21 23 30 33 76Jim DeDecker 19 20 17 33 57Jim Rucks 8 8 3 9 19Greg Wilson 4 5 2 1 12Mike Wente 7 1 0 6 2Awards and honors editNick Weatherspoon Team Most Valuable Player 5 Team players drafted into the NBA editNo Players Drafted 6 Rankings editMain article 1971 72 NCAA Division I men s basketball rankingsReferences edit 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 1971 72 Archived 2013 12 16 at the Wayback Machine FightingIllini com a b c d e f g h pg 117 PDF Archived from the original PDF on July 8 2011 Retrieved December 17 2013 List of MVPs PDF Archived from the original PDF on 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