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The men's college basketball program of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign was founded in 1905 and is known competitively as the Fighting Illini. The team has had 18 head coaches in its history, and they have won 2 Helms and Premo-Porretta National Championship.
Richwoods High School: Peoria, Illinois F: 23 George Montgomery (C) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Sr: Corliss High School: Chicago, Illinois: F: 24 Efrem Winters: 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Jr: King High School: Chicago, Illinois G: 25 Bruce Douglas: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr: Quincy Senior High School: Quincy, Illinois ...
The 2024–25 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represents the University of Illinois during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Illini are led by eighth-year head coach Brad Underwood. The Illini play their home games at the State Farm Center in Champaign, Illinois as members of the Big Ten Conference.
The 6-9, 255-pound freshman from Harvey Thornton won Illinois Mr. Basketball last season, averaging 20 points, 15 rebounds, four assists and three steals. The four-star recruit was tops in ...
The 2012–13 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by first year head coach John Groce, the Illini played their home games at Assembly Hall and were members of the Big Ten Conference.
The Illinois basketball team is back in Sweet 16. Here is the Illini history in that March Madness game, including when it was powered by Peoria.
^A. The team was retroactively named the national champion by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll. ^B. Jamall Walker coached the last three games of the 2016–17 season in the NIT, going 2–1 as the interim coach.
Batts was heavily recruited out of high school and considered attending the University of Cincinnati, Purdue University and Long Beach State.He chose Cincinnati, in large part because former Thornton Township star Jim Ard had just finished a great career there and because it was the alma mater of all-time basketball great Oscar Robertson.