Illinois Men’s Basketball

Upcoming Illinois Games

Illinois vs Wyoming
August 27

Head Coach: Brad Underwood

Big Ten Standings
2021-22 Big Ten Standings

TEAM	CONF	GB	OVR
Illinois	10-2	-	17-5
Purdue	9-3	1	20-3
Wisconsin	9-3	1	18-4
Michigan State	8-3	1.5	17-5
Ohio State	7-3	2	14-5
Indiana	7-5	3	16-6
Rutgers	7-5	3	13-9
Michigan	5-5	4	11-9
Iowa	5-6	4.5	15-7
Penn State	4-7	5.5	9-10
Northwestern	4-8	6	11-10
Maryland	3-9	7	11-12
Minnesota	2-9	7.5	11-9
Nebraska	0-12	10	6-17

Offensive Leaders
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Illinois Roster

Roster Table

Player	#	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	Hometown	High School	Summary
Kofi Cockburn	21	JR	C	7-0	285	Kingston, Jamaica	Oak Hill Academy	20.9 Pts, 10.6 Reb, 0.8 Ast
Alfonso Plummer	11	SR	G	6-1	182	Fajardo, Puerto Rico	La Luz Juncos (PR)	14.6 Pts, 2.5 Reb, 1.1 Ast
Trent Frazier	1	SR	G	6-2	175	Wellington, FL	Wellington High School	11.6 Pts, 2.8 Reb, 4.1 Ast
Jacob Grandison	3	SR	G	6-6	205	Oakland, CA	Phillips Exeter Academy	9.6 Pts, 3.8 Reb, 2.3 Ast
Coleman Hawkins	33	SO	F	6-10	200	Sacramento, CA	Prolific Prep	5.9 Pts, 4.3 Reb, 1.5 Ast
Andre Curbelo	5	SO	G	6-1	175	Long Island Lutheran HS	45 (2020)	7.5 Pts, 3.1 Reb, 3.2 Ast
Da'Monte Williams	20	SR	G	6-3	215	Peoria, IL	Manual HS	3.9 Pts, 5.0 Reb, 2.5 Ast
RJ Melendez	15	FR	G	6-7	205		Central Pointe Christian HS	3.8 Pts, 1.7 Reb, 0.7 Ast
Omar Payne	4	JR	F	6-10	230	Kissimmee, FL	Montverde Academy	1.8 Pts, 1.7 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Luke Goode	10	FR	G	6-7	200	Fort Wayne, IN		2.0 Pts, 1.8 Reb, 0.5 Ast
Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk	13	SO	F	6-8	235	Lommel, Belgium	KA Pegasus (Belgium)	1.6 Pts, 2.1 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Brandin Podziemski	0	FR	G	6-5	200	Muskego, WI		1.4 Pts, 0.9 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Austin Hutcherson	22	SR	G	6-6	180	New York, NY	Hun School of Princeton (NJ)	2.8 Pts, 2.0 Reb, 0.5 Ast
Brandon Lieb	12	SO	C	7-0	210	Deerfield, IL	Deerfield HS	0.8 Pts, 0.7 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Connor Serven	2	SO	F	6-9	215	Bushnell, IL	St. Rita HS	0.0 Pts, 0.2 Reb, 0.0 Ast

Illinois Stats and Rankings

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
Team	19	40.5	27.6	60.0	.460	17.8	33.8	.527	9.7	26.2	.372	13.2	18.2	.725	12.9	28.4	41.3	15.7	5.1	3.2	13.3	16.4	78.1
Rank			66th	103rd	93rd	205th	262nd	97th	21st	46th	38th	129th	150th	133rd	18th	32nd	11th	46th	316th	180th	146th	195th	42nd
Opponent	19	40.5	24.2	60.4	.401	18.6	43.1	.432	5.6	17.3	.323	12.3	17.1	.720	9.6	21.8	31.5	9.5	7.2	3.1	11.0	17.6	66.3
Rank			146th	276th	42nd	260th	352nd	12th	26th	17th	143rd	199th	195th	234th	191st	18th	47th	312th	278th	173rd	39th	236th	108th

Recruits

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 blockContinue reading “Why Everyone Is So Excited About RJ Melendez”

by Will McClaughry February 16, 2022