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2019-20 ILLINOIS BASKETBALL RECORD BOOK QUICK FACTS GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Champaign-Urbana, Ill. Founded: 1867 Enrollment: 49,339 Nickname: Fighting Illini Colors: Orange and Blue Conference: Big Ten President: Timothy L. Killeen Chancellor: Robert J. Jones Director of Athletics: Josh Whitman Arena (Capacity): State Farm Center (15,544) Ticket Office Phone: 217-333-3470 HISTORY First Year of Basketball: 1906 1 MEDIA INFORMATION 62 Specialty Statistics All-Time Record: 1,790-1,012 (.639) All-Time Big Ten Record: 934-727 (.562) 2 University of Illinois 62 Big Ten Standings 63 Illini in the Big Ten Statistics Years in NCAA Tournament / Last: 30 / 2013 3 State Farm Center All-Time NCAA Tournament Record: 40-31 (.563) 4 Athletics Communication 63 Game-By-Game Starters 64 Box Scores and Game Recaps NCAA Final Four Appearances / Last: 5 / 2005 5 Media Policies Big Ten Championships / Last: 17 / 2005 7 Fighting Illini Sports Network Big Ten Tournament Championships / Last: 2 / 2005 8 Covering the Illini 75 RECORDS 9 Opponent Information 76 All-Time Head Coaches COACHING STAFF 11 Big Ten Composite Schedule 76 All-Time Assistant Coaches Head Coach: Brad Underwood, 3rd year 12 NCAA Tournament 76 Year-By-Year Records Alma Mater, Year: Kansas State University ’86 12 Big Ten Tournament 102 NCAA Tournament History Record at Illinois / Years: 26-39 (.400) / 2 102 NIT History Career Record / Years: 135-66 (.672) / 6 13 COACHING STAFF 103 NCAA Tournament Records Basketball Office Phone: 217-333-3400 14 Head Coach Brad Underwood 106 Big Ten Tournament History Assistant Coaches: Orlando Antigua, 3rd year; 17 Assistant Coach Orlando Antigua 107 Big Ten Tournament Records Ron Coleman, 3rd year; Stephen Gentry, 1st year 17 Assistant Coach Ron Coleman 108 Current Illini Career Big Ten Tournament Statistics Assistants to the Head Coach: Geoff Alexander, 18 Assistant Coach Stephen Gentry 110 Records vs. Opponents Jamall Walker 18 Assistant to the Head Coach Coach Jamall Walker 113 Series Records Strength and Conditioning Coach: Adam Fletcher 19 Assistant to the Head Coach Geoff Alexander 123 Annual Leaders Director of Operations: Joey Biggs 19 Strength and Conditioning Coach Adam Fletcher 125 Annual Team Statistics Video Coordinator: Zach Hamer 20 Director of Operations Joey Biggs 134 Top 50 Career Scorers Graduate Manager: Kwa Jones 20 Video Coordinator Zach Hamer 139 Individual Records Athletic Trainer: Paul Schmidt 145 Single-Season Team Highs 20 Graduate Manager Kwa Jones TEAM INFORMATION 21 Basketball Support Staff 145 Illinois Team Records 22 Director of Athletics Josh Whitman 147 Combined Team Records 2018-19 Record: 12-21 23 DIA Administration/Support Staff 148 Opponent Records 2018-19 Big Ten Record / Finish: 7-13 / T-10th 25 University Administration 149 Attendance Records Starters Returning / Lost: 4 / 1 26 Richmond Endowment 149 State Farm Center Records Lettermen Returning / Lost: 11 / 4 Starters Returning (4): Giorgi Bezhanishvili, Ayo 153 HONORS AND TRADITION Dosunmu, Trent Frazier, Da’Monte Williams 27 FIGHTING ILLINI Total Letterwinners Returning (11): Giorgi 28 Roster 154 Orange Krush Bezhanishvili, Ayo Dosunmu, Andres Feliz, 29 Season Preview 155 Honored Jerseys Trent Frazier, Alan Griffin, Zach Griffith, 30 Senior Andres Feliz 158 Honored Coaches Tevian Jones, Kipper Nichols, Samson 32 Senior Kipper Nichols 158 Lou Henson Court Oladimeji, Tyler Underwood, Da’Monte 34 Senior Samson Oladimeji 159 All-Americans Williams 36 Junior Tyler Underwood 160 National Honors Newcomers (5): Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk, 37 Junior Zach Griffith 161 All-Big Ten Selections Kofi Cockburn, Jacob Grandison, Jermaine 38 Junior Trent Frazier 162 Big Ten Honors Hamlin, Austin Hutcherson 40 Junior Da’Monte Williams 163 Illinois Honors Starters Lost (1): Aaron Jordan 42 Junior Jacob Grandison 165 Illini in the NBA Other Letterwinners Lost (3): Drew Cayce, 43 Junior Austin Hutcherson 167 All-Time Letterwinners Adonis De La Rosa, Samba Kane 44 Sophomore Giorgi Bezhanishvili 172 Head Managers Others Lost (1): Anthony Higgs 46 Sophomore Ayo Dosunmu 173 Illini by the Numbers 48 Sophomore Alan Griffin ATHLETICS COMMUNICATION 50 Sophomore Tevian Jones ON THE COVER Assistant AD/Basketball Contact: Derrick Burson 52 Freshman Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk (L-R): Giorgi Bezhanishvili, Ayo Dosunmu, Trent Frazier, Cell Phone: 217-766-7315 53 Freshman Kofi Cockburn Andres Feliz. Email: [email protected] 54 Freshman Jermaine Hamlin Associate AD, Media Relations: Kent Brown CREDITS Cell Phone: 217-493-9795 55 YEAR IN REVIEW Email: [email protected] Executive Editors: Derrick Burson, Kent Brown Assistant Basketball Contact: Derek Neal 56 Overall Statistics Editorial Assistance: Derek Neal Cell Phone: 309-241-0804 57 Big Ten Statistics Cover Design: Paige Apkarian Email: [email protected] 58 Season Results Interior Design: Derrick Burson Athletics Communication Phone: 217-333-1391 59 Game-By-Game Results Cover Photography: Craig Pessman & Brad Leeb Mailing Address: Bielfeldt Athletics Admin. Bldg. 60 Team Superlatives Interior Photography: Mark Jones, Cary Frye, Craig Pessman and Darrell Hoemann 1700 S. Fourth St. 61 Individual Superlatives Printing: Premier Print Group; Champaign, Ill. Champaign, IL 61820 NBA photos courtesy of NBAE/Getty Images. Website: fightingillini.com 2019-20 ILLINOIS BASKETBALL RECORD BOOK // 1 MEDIA INFORMATION UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ILLINOIS INNOVATIONS is the state’s only land grant university, dedicated 1867 — creation of the University of Illinois (then known as Illinois to building on its tradition of excellence in Industrial University) 1876 — establishment of the oldest continuous soil fertility research education, research and public engagement. plots in the Unites States, the Morrow Plots True to its commitment to provide access to 1922 — invention of sound on film top quality higher education, Illinois regularly 1947 — creation of the first multi-disciplinary special education research unit ranks among the top public universities in the 1948 — start of the first post-secondary disability support service world. program in the world (DRES) 1952 — construction of the pioneering ILLIAC, the first digital computer built and owned by an educational institution Nearly 2,000 faculty members lead 50,000 1952 — development of the first commercial sweet corn undergraduate, graduate and professional 1960 — creation of PLATO, the world’s first shared computer-based students in a process of discovery and learning education system 1962 — invention of the first visible LED by alumnus Nick Holonyak Jr. in 15 colleges and schools and more than 150 1972 — Nobel Prize to John Bardeen for the Theory of Superconductivity research centers and institutes. 1977 — discovery of Archaea, the third domain of life 1993 — development of Mosaic, the first graphical browser Illinois faculty members and alumni win the 1998 — creation of PayPal (co-founded by Illinois alumni) most prestigious national and international 2001 — development of self-healing plastics 2003 — Nobel Prize to Paul Lauterbur for nuclear magnetic resonance imaging awards, including Nobel and Pulitzer prizes, 2003 — Nobel Prize to Tony Leggett for theories of superfluidity Guggenheim Fellowships, Grammy Awards, 2005 — development of a stretchable silicon used to build high-performance electronic devices Tony Awards and National Medals of Science. 2005 — invention of YouTube (co-founded by Illinois alumni) Illinois provides a diverse learning environment 2012 — activation of Blue Waters, the world’s most powerful academic supercomputer 2015 — creation of the Carle Illinois College of Medicine with students and faculty members from every state, more than 100 nations and a choice of including the earliest specimen of printing in men’s and women’s sports teams. 150 undergraduate majors. Students have the world, the oldest book printed in moveable opportunities ranging from participating type and the first folio of Shakespeare. In its rankings for 2020, U.S. News & World in research or studying abroad, to leading Report’s America’s Best Colleges rated Illinois as the No. 14 public university and the No. 48 one of more than 1,000 registered student World-class research facilities include the national university. organizations. Illinois is also consistently National Center for Supercomputing ranked one of the most disability friendly Applications, Beckman Institute and the campuses in the nation. Siebel Center for Computer Science. The campus community also enjoys outstanding Campus resources include one of the world’s centers for the arts like the Krannert Center largest public university libraries, with its online for the Performing Arts and the Krannert Art resources and prized rare book collections, Museum. Illinois is also home to 21 NCAA 2 // FIGHTING ILLINI BASKETBALL // 1,790 VICTORIES // 17 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS // 30 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES // FIVE FINAL FOURS MEDIA INFORMATION STATE FARM CENTER Illinois has an outstanding home in State Farm Center. Known as Assembly Hall from its construction in 1963 to 2013, the iconic arena was renamed State Farm Center on April 29, 2013, with the announcement of a 30-year, $60 million naming rights agreement. State Farm Center underwent a complete renovation from 2014-16, dubbed the Illinois Renaissance. The $169.5-million project included a renovated seating bowl; the addition of four levels of premium seating; improved restrooms and concessions; a team hall of fame; air conditioning and many other