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The Fighting Illini represent the University of Illinois in the NCAA's Big Ten Conference. [1] Illinois began competing in intercollegiate basketball in 1905. However, the school's record book does not generally list records from before the 1950s, as records from before this period are often incomplete and inconsistent.
The Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team is an NCAA Division I college basketball team competing in the Big Ten Conference, that represent the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Home games are played at the State Farm Center , located on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 's campus in Champaign .
Erickson chose to play basketball at Illinois after high school. He played in every single game during his four-year career and was a starter for the final three. [1] As a freshman during the 1946–47 season, Erickson joined the reunited group of "The Whiz Kids", Ken Menke, Gene Vance, and Andy Phillip as well as All-American guard Walt Kirk and the greatest athlete in the history of ...
As a high school player, Eddleman is considered one of the finest players in the history of high school basketball in the state of Illinois. Eddleman played four years at Centralia High School, from 1939 to 1942. Eddleman led the Centralia Orphans to the 1942 Illinois state basketball championship, after finishing fourth in 1939 and third in ...
Pages in category "Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball players" The following 174 pages are in this category, out of 174 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Statistics overview Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason Elwood Brown (1905–1906): 1905–06: Elwood Brown 6–8: 3–6: T-5th: Frank L. Pinckney (1906–1907): 1906–07
Deon La velle Thomas (born February 24, 1971) is an American-Israeli former basketball player. [1] As a high school player, he led his team to the Chicago Public League title, and was named Illinois Mr. Basketball. As a college player at the University of Illinois, he finished his career as the all-time leading scorer in Fighting Illini history.
1973, Inducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association's Hall of Fame as a player. [2]2004, Elected to the "Illini Men's Basketball All-Century Team".[3]December 18, 2006, The post office in his hometown of Clinton was named the "Gene Vance Post Office" in his honor.