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1987–88 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1987–88 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
1987–88 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team.jpg
Illini Classic, Champion
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 15
AP No. 16
1987–88 record 23–10 (12–6 Big Ten)
Head coach Lou Henson
Assistant coach Dick Nagy
Assistant coach Jimmy Collins
Assistant coach Mark Coomes
MVP Nick Anderson
MVP Kenny Battle
Captain Glynn Blackwell
Jens Kujawa
Home arena Assembly Hall
Seasons
← 1986–87
1988–89 →
1987–88 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#3 Purdue 16 2   .889     29 4   .879
#10 Michigan 13 5   .722     26 8   .765
#17 Iowa 12 6   .667     24 10   .706
#16 Illinois 12 6   .667     23 10   .697
Indiana 11 7   .611     19 10   .655
Ohio State 9 9   .500     20 13   .606
Wisconsin 6 12   .333     12 16   .429
Michigan State 5 13   .278     10 18   .357
Minnesota 4 14   .222     10 18   .357
Northwestern 2 16   .111     7 21   .250
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1987–88 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

The 1987-88 season brought Lou Henson his 500th career victory and laid the foundation for what would be an incredible history making season in 1988-1989.

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