1969–70 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1969–70 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	15–9 (8–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Harv Schmidt (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Dick Campbell (3rd season) Jim Wright (11th season)
MVP	Mike Price
Captains	Mike Price Randy Crews
Home arena	Assembly Hall

1969–70 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 7 Iowa	14	–	0		1.000			20	–	5		.800
Purdue	11	–	3		.786			18	–	6		.750
Ohio State	8	–	6		.571			15	–	9		.625
Illinois	8	–	6		.571			15	–	9		.625
Minnesota	7	–	7		.500			13	–	11		.542
Michigan	5	–	9		.357			10	–	14		.417
Wisconsin	5	–	9		.357			10	–	14		.417
Michigan State	5	–	9		.357			9	–	15		.375
Northwestern	4	–	10		.286			9	–	15		.375
Indiana	3	–	11		.214			7	–	17		.292
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1969–70 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

Regular season

The 1969-70 basketball season for head coach Harv Schmidt saw his team enter the collegiate top 25 rankings in December, only to fall back off the chart in February. The team was led in scoring for the season by Greg Jackson, Mike Price and Rick Howat. Price would finish his senior season by being named on the Converse honorable mention All-American team. The Fighting Illini would go on to finish the season with a 15-9 overall record and tied for 3rd place in the conference with an 8–6 record.

The 1969-70 team's starting lineup included Randy Crews and Fred Miller at the forward spots, Price and Howat as guards and Jackson at center.

Roster

1969–70 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 10 Rick Howat 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Jr Downers Grove North High School Downers Grove, Illinois G 11 Bob Windmiller 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Ossian High School Ossian, Indiana F 14 Fred Miller 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Pekin High School Pekin, Illinois G/F 15 Mike Price (C) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Arsenal Technical High School Indianapolis, Indiana C 24 Larry Dykstra 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Guilford High School Rockford, Illinois G 25 Jim Krelle 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Aurora West High School Aurora, Illinois F 30 Randy Crews (C) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Sr Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School Kankakee, Illinois C 31 Greg Jackson 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 255 lb (116 kg) Jr St. Philip High School Chicago, Illinois G 32 Sam Scaletta 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) So Eisenhower High School Blue Island, Illinois F 40 Tom Dezort 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Edwardsville High School Edwardsville, Illinois C 42 Doug Faulds 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Lyons Township High School LaGrange Park, Illinois G 43 Bob Shapland 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Central High School Champaign, Illinois	Head coach Harv Schmidt (University of Illinois) (3rd year) Assistant coach(es) Dick Campbell (3rd year) Jim Wright (University of Illinois) (11th year) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Source[1]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-Conference regular season
12/2/1969* no, no		Butler	W 83-67	1 - 0	Assembly Hall (13,752) Champaign, IL
12/6/1969* no, no		at Georgia	W 81-70	2 - 0	Stegeman Coliseum (6,271) Athens, GA
12/8/1969* no, no		DePauw	W 91-57	3 - 0	Assembly Hall (13,367) Champaign, IL
12/13/1969* no, no		Creighton	W 57-51	4 - 0	Assembly Hall (6,000) Champaign, IL
12/18/1969* no, no		Detroit	W 82-65	5 - 0	Assembly Hall (6,251) Champaign, IL
12/20/1969* no, no		vs. Wichita State	W 66-63	6 - 0	Chicago Stadium (5,240) Chicago, IL
12/20/1969* no, no	No. 15	at Washington State	L 58-59	6-1	Bohler Gymnasium (13,000) Pullman, WA
12/29/1969* no, no	No. 15	vs. Michigan State Far West Classic	W 86-77	7-1	Veterans Memorial Coliseum (6,873) Portland, OR
12/30/1969* no, no		vs. No. 19 Southern California Far West Classic	L 62-65	7-2	Veterans Memorial Coliseum (6,324) Portland, OR
Big Ten regular season
1/3/1970 no, no		at Wisconsin	W 74-69	8 - 2 (1 - 0)	Wisconsin Field House (5,411) Madison, WI
1/6/1970 no, no		Indiana Rivalry	W 94-74	9 - 2 (2 - 0)	Assembly Hall (15,392) Champaign, IL
1/10/1970 no, no		Ohio State	W 77-59	10 - 2 (3 - 0)	Assembly Hall (16,128) Champaign, IL
1/13/1970 no, no	No. 17	at Northwestern Rivalry	W 101-80	11 - 2 (4 - 0)	McGaw Memorial Hall (7,677) Evanston, IL
1/17/1970 no, no	No. 17	at Michigan	W 75-73	12 - 2 (5 - 0)	Crisler Center (8,405) Ann Arbor, MI
1/31/1970* no, no	No. 10	vs. Notre Dame	L 83-86	12 - 3	Chicago Stadium (15,864) Chicago, IL
2/3/1970 no, no	No. 14	Wisconsin	L 65-66	12 - 4 (5 - 1)	Assembly Hall (14,217) Champaign, IL
2/7/1970 no, no	No. 14	at Minnesota	L 73-82	12 - 5 (5 - 2)	Williams Arena (12,519) Minneapolis, MN
2/14/1970 no, no		at Purdue	L 49-83	12 - 6 (5 - 3)	Mackey Arena (14,123) West Lafayette, IN
2/17/1970 no, no		No. 11 Iowa Rivalry	L 81-83	12 - 7 (5 - 4)	Assembly Hall (16,128) Champaign, IL
2/21/1970 no, no		Purdue	L 81-88	12 - 8 (5 - 5)	Assembly Hall (16,128) Champaign, IL
2/24/1970 no, no		at Michigan State	W 74-67	13 - 8 (6 - 5)	Jenison Fieldhouse (6,417) East Lansing, MI
2/28/1970 no, no		Minnesota	W 75-73	14 - 8 (7 - 5)	Assembly Hall (16,128) Champaign, IL
3/3/1970 no, no		at Indiana Rivalry	W 85-75	15 - 8 (8 - 5)	New Fieldhouse (5,196) Bloomington, IN
3/7/1970 no, no		Michigan State	L 76-81	15 - 9 (8 - 6)	Assembly Hall (16,128) Champaign, IL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Player stats

Player	Games Played	Field Goals	Free Throws	Rebounds	Points
Greg Jackson[2]	24	175	59	234	409
Mike Price[3]	24	135	89	220	359
Rick Howat[4]	24	147	41	66	335
Fred Miller[5]	24	107	79	138	293
Randy Crews[6]	23	77	47	142	201
Bob Windmiller[7]	21	56	15	37	127
Tom Dezort[8]	15	15	6	21	36
Bob Shapland[9]	21	8	18	25	34
Jim Krelle[10]	13	10	3	14	23

Awards and honors

• Rick Howat
  • Team Most Valuable Player [11]
• Mike Price
  • Honorable Mention All-American (Converse)

Team players drafted into the NBA

Player	NBA Club	Round	Pick
Mike Price	New York Knicks	1	17

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Rankings

Main article: 1969–70 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

References

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