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The most significant recruit of the first three years of Head Coach Lou Henson's tenure at Illinois arrived this season. Eddie Johnson was considered to be the most significant piece to reviving the Illini basketball program, a program that had not been to a post-season tournament for 16 years.
Official NBA publications include the BAA Drafts as part of the NBA's draft history. From 1967 until the ABA–NBA merger in 1976, the American Basketball Association (ABA) held its own draft. Through the 2024 NBA draft , a Fighting Illini has been chosen first round of the draft 17 times in the history of the event with Terrence Shannon Jr ...
The 1976-77 team would include Lou Henson's first group of recruited athletes. Levi Cobb, Neil Bresnahan, and Steve Lanter contributed to a quick start on the season and a 7-1 record.
Here is a look at each player listed on the 2024-25 roster — split by transfers, international players, high school recruits and returnees. Illinois transfers Kylan Boswell , No. 4, junior guard
Last season: The 6-foot-9, 220-pound senior forward averaged 14.7 points, 4.7 rebounds and 2.0 assists in 24 starts, playing 29.6 minutes a game for Evansville. He was named to the 2024 Missouri ...
The 2023–24 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Illini were led by seventh-year head coach Brad Underwood. The Illini played their home games at the State Farm Center in Champaign, Illinois as members of the Big Ten Conference.
Chicago, Illinois F: 42 Mark Smith: 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So: Richwoods High School Peoria, Illinois F: 43 Bryan Leonard: 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr: Belleville High School-East: Belleville, Illinois: C: 44 Derek Holcomb: 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) So: Richwoods High School Peoria, Illinois
The team gave the head coach his first of 11, 20-win seasons at Illinois. That year, Illinois made its first postseason appearance since 1963, finishing third in the NIT . During the course of the season, the Illini would defeat eventual NCAA Tournament Champion , Louisville