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1972-73 Illinois Fighting Illini Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 14-10 (8-6, 3rd in Big Ten MBB)

Coach: Harv Schmidt

PS/G: 78.9 (81st of 230)

PA/G: 77.8 (163rd of 230)

SRS: 7.58 (43rd of 215)

SOS: 8.67 (1st of 215)

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Nick Weatherspoon	SR	F	6-7	25.0 Pts, 12.3 Reb
Jeff Dawson	JR	G	6-2	18.6 Pts, 2.8 Reb
Nick Conner	SR	C	6-6	13.1 Pts, 9.2 Reb
Otho Tucker	SO	G	6-6	9.9 Pts, 3.3 Reb
Jed Foster	SR	F	6-6	4.7 Pts, 4.1 Reb
Rick Schmidt	SO	F	6-6	3.8 Pts, 3.9 Reb
C.J. Schroeder	JR	G	6-4	1.6 Pts, 1.4 Reb
Dave Roberts	SO	G	6-2	1.6 Pts, 0.5 Reb
Don Deputy	SO	F	6-4	1.7 Pts, 0.4 Reb
Bill Rucks	FR	C	7-0	2.2 Pts, 2.0 Reb
Larry Cohen	SR	G	6-2	2.0 Pts, 0.3 Reb
Garvin Roberson	JR	G	6-4	0.5 Pts, 0.5 Reb
Jim Rucks	SR	F	6-3	1.3 Pts, 0.3 Reb

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	24		31.9	72.1	.442	15.2	21.4	.710	44.4					19.8	78.9
Opponent	24		32.5	73.2	.443	12.9	19.5	.664	49.3					20.5	77.8

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														78.3
Opponent	14														80.4

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	24		765	1730	.442	364	513	.710	1066					475	1894
Opponent	24		779	1757	.443	310	467	.664	1183					491	1868

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														1096
Opponent	14														1125

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Nick Weatherspoon	24	23	36.7	10.3	22.5	.457	4.4	6.2	.711	12.3	3.3	25.0
2	Jeff Dawson	24	24	38.8	7.6	16.9	.448	3.5	4.3	.814	2.8	2.1	18.6
3	Nick Conner	24	23	35.2	5.7	12.3	.463	1.8	3.1	.581	9.2	2.8	13.1
4	Otho Tucker	24	24	34.3	3.8	8.8	.434	2.2	2.8	.803	3.3	3.7	9.9
5	Jed Foster	24	3	20.3	1.6	3.9	.404	1.5	2.4	.638	4.1	2.6	4.7
6	Rick Schmidt	23	21	20.5	1.7	4.8	.355	0.4	0.8	.526	3.9	3.3	3.8
7	Bill Rucks	5	0	6.2	1.0	1.8	.556	0.2	0.6	.333	2.0	1.6	2.2
8	Larry Cohen	3	0	4.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0		0.3	1.0	2.0
9	Don Deputy	7	0	3.9	0.6	1.7	.333	0.6	1.0	.571	0.4	0.7	1.7
10	Dave Roberts	15	1	6.3	0.5	1.2	.444	0.6	0.9	.643	0.5	1.1	1.6
11	C.J. Schroeder	20	1	8.2	0.5	0.9	.500	0.7	0.8	.875	1.4	0.6	1.6
12	Jim Rucks	3	0	10.3	0.3	1.0	.333	0.7	1.0	.667	0.3	1.0	1.3
13	Garvin Roberson	8	0	4.8	0.1	1.0	.125	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.5	0.5	0.5

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Nick Weatherspoon	24	23	880	247	540	.457	106	149	.711	295	80	600
2	Jeff Dawson	24	24	930	182	406	.448	83	102	.814	68	50	447
3	Nick Conner	24	23	845	136	294	.463	43	74	.581	221	68	315
4	Otho Tucker	24	24	822	92	212	.434	53	66	.803	79	88	238
5	Jed Foster	24	3	487	38	94	.404	37	58	.638	99	63	113
6	Rick Schmidt	23	21	471	39	110	.355	10	19	.526	90	76	88
7	C.J. Schroeder	20	1	163	9	18	.500	14	16	.875	28	11	32
8	Dave Roberts	15	1	94	8	18	.444	9	14	.643	7	16	24
9	Don Deputy	7	0	27	4	12	.333	4	7	.571	3	5	12
10	Bill Rucks	5	0	31	5	9	.556	1	3	.333	10	8	11
11	Larry Cohen	3	0	12	3	6	.500	0	0		1	3	6
12	Garvin Roberson	8	0	38	1	8	.125	2	2	1.000	4	4	4
13	Jim Rucks	3	0	31	1	3	.333	2	3	.667	1	3	4
	School Totals	24			765	1730	.442	364	513	.710	1066	475	1894

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Nick Weatherspoon	24	23	880	11.2	24.5	.457	4.8	6.8	.711	13.4	3.6	27.3
2	Larry Cohen	3	0	12	10.0	20.0	.500	0.0	0.0		3.3	10.0	20.0
3	Jeff Dawson	24	24	930	7.8	17.5	.448	3.6	4.4	.814	2.9	2.2	19.2
4	Don Deputy	7	0	27	5.9	17.8	.333	5.9	10.4	.571	4.4	7.4	17.8
5	Nick Conner	24	23	845	6.4	13.9	.463	2.0	3.5	.581	10.5	3.2	14.9
6	Bill Rucks	5	0	31	6.5	11.6	.556	1.3	3.9	.333	12.9	10.3	14.2
7	Otho Tucker	24	24	822	4.5	10.3	.434	2.6	3.2	.803	3.8	4.3	11.6
8	Dave Roberts	15	1	94	3.4	7.7	.444	3.8	6.0	.643	3.0	6.8	10.2
9	Jed Foster	24	3	487	3.1	7.7	.404	3.0	4.8	.638	8.1	5.2	9.3
10	C.J. Schroeder	20	1	163	2.2	4.4	.500	3.4	3.9	.875	6.9	2.7	7.9
11	Rick Schmidt	23	21	471	3.3	9.3	.355	0.8	1.6	.526	7.6	6.5	7.5
12	Jim Rucks	3	0	31	1.3	3.9	.333	2.6	3.9	.667	1.3	3.9	5.2
13	Garvin Roberson	8	0	38	1.1	8.4	.125	2.1	2.1	1.000	4.2	4.2	4.2

1972-73 Illinois (Men's) Season