Illinois-Chicago

Official Name: 
University of Illinois at Chicago
Nickname: 
Flames
Mailing Address: 

Flames Athletic Center
839 West Roosevelt Road
Chicago, IL 60608

Telephone: 
(312) 996-5880
Fax: 
(312) 996-5882
Enrollment: 
24,540
Arena: 

UIC Pavilion
Capacity: 8,000
Year Opened: 1982

School Colors: 
Navy Blue and Fire Engine Red
Conference: 

Horizon League (since 1995)
Former Member of Mid-Continent (1983-94)

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(3) 1998, 2002, and 2004
0-3 record (.000)

NIT Appearances: 

(1) 2003
0-1 record (.000)

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Jimmy Collins (14 years from 1997-2010, 210-197 record, .516)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Kenny Williams (2,025 points from 1991-94)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Chuck Lambert (1,181 from 1972-75 when school was classified as a small college)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Cedrick Banks (39 points as senior vs. Wright State on 2/23/05)

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Cedrick Banks* (39 vs. Wright State)
February 23, 2005 (senior/18.7 ppg)
*School Division I record. All-time UIC mark set by Chuck Lambert (43 vs. Trinity Christian, Ill., on 1-27-74).

1

2

Total

Illinois-Chicago

40

41

81

Wright State

33

35

68

Name

FG

3PT

FT

PTS

Williams

3-9

0-1

1-4

7

Petrusic

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Collum

1-7

0-0

2-2

5

White

3-9

0-0

8-12

14

Banks

15-27

0-0

1-2

39

Bush

0-1

0-0

0-0

0

Bond

1-1

0-0

0-0

2

Bowne

2-2

0-0

2-2

6

Stefanov

1-3

0-0

0-0

2

Poole

3-4

0-0

0-0

6

Boyd

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Totals

29-63

9-28

14-22

81

Percentages

.460

.321

.636

Name

FG

3PT

FT

PTS

Williams

4-5

0-0

0-2

8

Boyd

1-6

1-3

4-4

7

Burleson

7-11

0-1

4-4

18

Wood

8-17

1-4

2-2

19

Spencer

5-9

0-2

0-1

10

Shine

0-0

0-0

0-2

0

Taylor

1-4

0-1

0-0

2

Munroe

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Pleiman

1-3

0-0

2-6

4

Totals

27-55

2-11

12-21

68

Percentages

.491

.182

.571

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

Leo Gedvilas

11

1948-58

102-80

.560

1955

15-2

Dick Rader

2

1959-60

19-16

.543

1959

8-6

Mike Maksud

2

1961-62

21-26

.447

1961

10-11

Tom Russo

10

1963-72

82-112

.423

1968

12-5

Ed McQuillen

5

1973-77

40-84

.323

1977

11-13

Tom Meyer

6

1978-83

77-86

.472

1983

16-12

Willie Little

4

1984-87

66-52

.559

1984

22-7

Bob Hallberg

9

1988-96

133-129

.508

1994

20-9

Jimmy Collins

14

1997-2010

210-197

.516

1998

22-6

Howard Moore

1

2011

7-24

.226

2011

7-24

  • All-Time W-L Record: 766-816 (.484) from 1948 through 2011.
  • NOTES: Illinois-Chicago moved up to major-college status in 1982 when the school was known as Illinois-Chicago Circle
  • Hallberg's record does not reflect a forfeit victory awarded from Purdue in 1995-96
  • Collins missed final 19 games in 2006-07 after undergoing a minimally-invasive procedure to repair an abdominal aortic aneurysm.