Illinois Basketball

Illinois Men’s Basketball

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Head Coach: Brad Underwood
Big Ten Standings
2022-23 Big Ten Standings
TeamCONFGBOVR
Purdue15-5-29-6
Indiana12-8323-12
Northwestern12-8322-12
Michigan State11-83.521-13
Maryland11-9422-13
Illinois11-9420-13
Iowa11-9419-14
Michigan11-9418-16
Penn State10-10523-14
Rutgers10-10519-15
Wisconsin9-11620-15
Nebraska9-11616-16
Ohio State5-151016-19
Minnesota2-1712.59-22
Offensive Leaders
Per Game Table
Player MP FG% 2P 2PA 2P% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1Terrence Shannon13.455.333.7765.42.91.20.52.41.417.8
2Dain Dainja131.7470.00.0.4775.50.51.01.21.81.810.7
3Matthew Mayer1313.433.355.6674.31.21.10.80.92.29.5
4Jayden Epps13.422.364.8241.91.40.60.21.31.69.2
5Coleman Hawkins13.433.277.6546.53.81.21.43.21.49.2
6Skyy Clark12.433.357.7273.82.10.60.22.12.87.4
7RJ Melendez13.403.292.8953.20.51.20.61.51.47.2
8Sencire Harris131.473.375.2312.20.80.90.50.61.54.9
9Ty Rodgers130.4230.00.1.000.3002.91.20.50.10.81.61.9
10Brandon Lieb70.5000.00.00.1.2501.70.10.00.70.41.41.3
11Connor Serven500.00.2.0000.00.00.00.2.0000.20.4.5000.80.00.20.00.40.40.2
12Paxton Warden700.0.0000.00.00.0.0000.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.10.30.00.0

Illinois Roster

Roster Table
Player # Class Pos Height Weight Hometown High School
Terrence Shannon0SRG6-6210Chicago, ILLincoln Park HS
Matthew Mayer24SRG6-9225Austin, TXWestlake HS
Coleman Hawkins33JRF6-10200Sacramento, CAProlific Prep
Dain Dainja42SOF6-9270Brooklyn Park, MNPark Center HS70 (2020)
Jayden Epps3FRG6-2190Norfolk, VAKing's Fork (VA); Combine Academy (NC)
RJ Melendez15SOG6-7205Central Pointe Christian HS
Sencire Harris1FRG6-4160Canton, OHSt. Vincent–St. Mary (OH)
Ty Rodgers20FRG6-6200Sagniaw, MIGarnd Blanc (MI); Thornton Township (IL)
Skyy Clark55FRG6-3200Los Angeles, CAHeritage Christian (CA); Montverde Academy (FL)
Luke Goode10SOG6-7200Fort Wayne, INHomestead (IN)98 (2021)
Brandon Lieb12JRC7-0210Deerfield, ILDeerfield HS
Paxton Warden22FRG6-4180Glen Ellyn, ILGlenbard West (IL)
Connor Serven2JRF6-9215Bushnell, ILSt. Rita HS 0.2 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Zacharie Perrin25FRF6-10 0.0 Pts, 0.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast
AJ Redd5FRG6-3 0.0 Pts, 0.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Niccolo Moretti11FRG6-1

Illinois Stats and Rankings

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
  G MP FG FGA FG% 2P 2PA 2P% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
Team3340.526.559.0.44918.934.3.5517.624.7.30813.720.2.67911.126.737.812.46.95.612.916.974.3
Rank113th111th167th123rd250th24th157th52nd340th116th71st310th91st38th36th237th120th2nd127th165th116th
Opponent3340.524.458.6.41618.440.8.4516.017.8.33412.517.7.7059.824.033.810.76.92.813.018.367.2
Rank129th237th56th219th347th20th37th29th159th160th177th128th189th140th156th127th272nd102nd225th299th88th

Recruits

NCAA Tournament Preview: Illinois vs Arkansas

Illinois gets set to compete in their 3rd straight NCAA Tournament on Thursday against Arkansas. The Razorbacks come into the Tournament off back-to-back Elite Eight runs. Tip Off: Thursday March 16th, 2023 – 3:30 PM CT Venue: Wells Fargo Center – Des Moines, IA Let’s get into the matchup: Both of these teams had really…

by Will McClaughry

Illinois Basketball Season Preview

The Illini were co-Big Ten Champions last year and made another NCAA Tournament Appearance. They beat Chattanooga is a tightly contested first round game and then fell to Houston in the round of 32. But now Kofi is gone, along with nine other players from last year’s team. The Illini have reloaded through the transfer…

by Will McClaughry

Why Everyone Is So Excited About RJ Melendez

Freshman guard RJ Melendez has been steadily getting more and more time over the past few weeks and on Sunday we saw a breakout performance against Northwestern. He reached double figures for the first time in his career with 14 points in just 17 minutes. Melendez added in six rebounds, two steals and a block…

by Will McClaughry

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