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1980-81 Illinois Fighting Illini Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 21-8 (12-6, 3rd in Big Ten MBB)

Rank: 19th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Lou Henson

PS/G: 77.7 (30th of 264)

PA/G: 67.2 (94th of 264)

SRS: 18.11 (6th of 264)

SOS: 8.47 (13th of 264)

NCAA Tournament: (#4 seed in West)
Won West Second Round (67-65) versus #5 Wyoming
Lost West Regional Semifinal (57-52) versus #8 Kansas State

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Eddie Johnson	SR	F	6-7	17.2 Pts, 9.2 Reb, 2.4 Ast
Mark Smith	SR	F	6-8	13.9 Pts, 5.9 Reb, 3.4 Ast
Craig Tucker	JR	G	6-1	10.7 Pts, 1.3 Reb, 2.0 Ast
Perry Range	JR	G	6-4	9.2 Pts, 4.0 Reb, 2.4 Ast
Derek Harper	FR	G	6-4	8.3 Pts, 2.6 Reb, 5.4 Ast
James Griffin	JR	C	6-10	7.8 Pts, 4.2 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Derek Holcomb	SR	C	6-11	5.9 Pts, 5.1 Reb, 1.4 Ast
Bryan Leonard	SO	C	6-10	2.4 Pts, 1.8 Reb, 0.5 Ast
Kevin Bontemps	SO	G	6-2	1.9 Pts, 0.4 Reb, 0.9 Ast
Quinn Richardson	SO	G	5-11	1.1 Pts, 0.4 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Sherrod Arnold	SO	G	5-11	2.0 Pts, 1.4 Reb, 0.7 Ast
Mitch Arnold	FR	G	6-4	0.7 Pts, 1.7 Reb, 0.7 Ast

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	29		31.6	62.0	.509	14.6	19.9	.731	38.6	18.9	6.4	4.1	13.7	19.3	77.7
Opponent	29		26.0	59.4	.438	15.1	21.0	.720	31.9	14.0	5.7	2.2	14.4	18.3	67.2

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	18														74.2
Opponent	18														68.2

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	29		916	1799	.509	422	577	.731	1120	547	187	120	397	559	2254
Opponent	29		755	1724	.438	438	608	.720	926	407	165	65	419	530	1948

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	18														1335
Opponent	18														1227

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Eddie Johnson	29	29	34.8	7.6	15.3	.494	2.1	2.8	.756	9.2	2.4	1.0	0.2	1.8	3.0	17.2
2	Mark Smith	29	29	31.5	5.2	9.4	.549	3.5	4.3	.816	5.9	3.4	1.2	0.6	2.7	3.2	13.9
3	Craig Tucker	29	9	21.2	4.0	7.9	.511	2.6	3.2	.809	1.3	2.0	0.7	0.1	2.0	2.1	10.7
4	Perry Range	29	22	28.1	3.5	6.1	.567	2.2	3.1	.730	4.0	2.4	1.1	0.0	1.4	1.7	9.2
5	Derek Harper	29	27	32.2	3.6	8.7	.413	1.1	1.6	.717	2.6	5.4	1.3	0.3	2.3	1.7	8.3
6	James Griffin	29	8	17.9	3.6	6.7	.534	0.7	1.2	.583	4.2	0.4	0.2	1.2	0.8	2.9	7.8
7	Derek Holcomb	29	21	21.9	2.4	4.2	.569	1.1	1.7	.620	5.1	1.4	0.5	1.4	1.2	2.9	5.9
8	Bryan Leonard	25	0	8.0	1.0	2.0	.520	0.3	0.5	.538	1.8	0.5	0.1	0.3	0.7	1.3	2.4
9	Sherrod Arnold	7	0	6.3	0.6	1.4	.400	0.9	1.4	.600	1.4	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.9	0.7	2.0
10	Kevin Bontemps	19	0	4.1	0.6	1.4	.462	0.6	1.1	.600	0.4	0.9	0.1	0.1	0.6	0.3	1.9
11	Quinn Richardson	22	0	2.8	0.4	0.7	.563	0.3	0.5	.636	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.2	1.1
12	Mitch Arnold	3	0	9.0	0.3	2.3	.143	0.0	0.3	.000	1.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.7	0.7

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Eddie Johnson	29	29	1009	219	443	.494	62	82	.756	267	70	30	6	53	86	500
2	Mark Smith	29	29	914	150	273	.549	102	125	.816	172	98	36	18	77	94	402
3	Craig Tucker	29	9	615	117	229	.511	76	94	.809	39	58	19	3	57	62	310
4	Perry Range	29	22	815	101	178	.567	65	89	.730	115	70	33	0	42	49	267
5	Derek Harper	29	27	934	104	252	.413	33	46	.717	75	156	39	8	66	50	241
6	James Griffin	29	8	519	103	193	.534	21	36	.583	122	12	5	34	23	85	227
7	Derek Holcomb	29	21	635	70	123	.569	31	50	.620	148	40	14	42	34	83	171
8	Bryan Leonard	25	0	200	26	50	.520	7	13	.538	44	12	3	8	17	32	59
9	Kevin Bontemps	19	0	78	12	26	.462	12	20	.600	7	17	2	1	11	6	36
10	Quinn Richardson	22	0	62	9	16	.563	7	11	.636	9	7	5	0	9	5	25
11	Sherrod Arnold	7	0	44	4	10	.400	6	10	.600	10	5	1	0	6	5	14
12	Mitch Arnold	3	0	27	1	7	.143	0	1	.000	5	2	0	0	1	2	2
	School Totals	29			916	1799	.509	422	577	.731	1120	547	187	120	397	559	2254

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Craig Tucker	29	9	615	7.6	14.9	.511	4.9	6.1	.809	2.5	3.8	1.2	0.2	3.7	4.0	20.2
2	Eddie Johnson	29	29	1009	8.7	17.6	.494	2.5	3.3	.756	10.6	2.8	1.2	0.2	2.1	3.4	19.8
3	Kevin Bontemps	19	0	78	6.2	13.3	.462	6.2	10.3	.600	3.6	8.7	1.0	0.5	5.6	3.1	18.5
4	Mark Smith	29	29	914	6.6	11.9	.549	4.5	5.5	.816	7.5	4.3	1.6	0.8	3.4	4.1	17.6
5	James Griffin	29	8	519	7.9	14.9	.534	1.6	2.8	.583	9.4	0.9	0.4	2.6	1.8	6.6	17.5
6	Quinn Richardson	22	0	62	5.8	10.3	.563	4.5	7.1	.636	5.8	4.5	3.2	0.0	5.8	3.2	16.1
7	Perry Range	29	22	815	5.0	8.7	.567	3.2	4.4	.730	5.6	3.4	1.6	0.0	2.1	2.4	13.1
8	Sherrod Arnold	7	0	44	3.6	9.1	.400	5.5	9.1	.600	9.1	4.5	0.9	0.0	5.5	4.5	12.7
9	Bryan Leonard	25	0	200	5.2	10.0	.520	1.4	2.6	.538	8.8	2.4	0.6	1.6	3.4	6.4	11.8
10	Derek Holcomb	29	21	635	4.4	7.7	.569	2.0	3.1	.620	9.3	2.5	0.9	2.6	2.1	5.2	10.8
11	Derek Harper	29	27	934	4.5	10.8	.413	1.4	2.0	.717	3.2	6.7	1.7	0.3	2.8	2.1	10.3
12	Mitch Arnold	3	0	27	1.5	10.4	.143	0.0	1.5	.000	7.4	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	3.0	3.0

1980-81 Illinois (Men's) Season