1989–90 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

The 1989–90 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

Regular season
Coming off the Final Four season a year earlier, Illinois went 21-8 overall, 11-7 in the Big Ten in 1990. Kendall Gill, a senior, became the first player since Ken Norman in 1987 to average 20 points per game. Gill was named a First-Team All-American by UPI. Gill led the Big Ten in scoring and was a finalist for the John Wooden Player of the Year Award. He was the fifth overall pick in the NBA draft, going to the Charlotte Hornets.

Schedule
Source

!colspan=12 style="background:#DF4E38; color:white;"| Non-Conference regular season

!colspan=9 style="background:#DF4E38; color:#FFFFFF;"| Big Ten regular season

!colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#DF4E38"| NCAA tournament



Awards and honors

 * Kendall Gill
 * Consensus 2nd team All-American
 * United Press International 1st team All-American
 * Associated Press 3rd team All-American
 * National Association of Basketball Coaches 3rd team All-American
 * Team Most Valuable Player
 * Fighting Illini All-Century team (2005)
 * Deon Thomas
 * Fighting Illini All-Century team (2005)

NCAA basketball tournament

 * Midwest
 * Dayton 88, Illinois 86