The Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team is an NCAA Division I college basketball team competing in the Big Ten Conference, that represent the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Home games are played at the State Farm Center, located on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's campus in Champaign. Illinois has one pre-tournament national championship and one non-NCAA tournament national championship in 1915 and 1943, awarded by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll. Illinois has appeared in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 32 times, and has competed in 5 Final Fours, 9 Elite Eights, and has won 18 Big Ten regular season championships.
Myles Mack is an American professional basketball player for Konyaspor of the Türkiye Basketbol Ligi (TBL). He played college basketball at Rutgers University. He plays the point guard position.
John Leslie Cornell Jr. is a former American football offensive guard in the National Football League (NFL). Cornell originally signed with the Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted free agent in 2012. Cornell played college football at Illinois. Cornell is currently head coach of the Quincy Notre Dame Raiders.
Rayvonte Rice is an American professional basketball player for the Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers. He is a guard from Champaign, Illinois who completed his college career at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He previously played at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa from 2010–2012 and transferred after his sophomore season.
Kendrick Melvin Nunn is an American professional basketball player for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basket League and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Illinois Fighting Illini and the Oakland Golden Grizzlies.
Malcolm Hill is an American professional basketball player for the Birmingham Squadron of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Illinois Fighting Illini.
Nnanna Egwu is an American professional basketball player for Earth Friends Tokyo Z of the Japanese B.League. He played college basketball for the Illinois Fighting Illini. Egwu holds the career record for blocks at Illinois, finishing with 201.
The 2017–18 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by first-year head coach Brad Underwood, the Illini played their home games at State Farm Center in Champaign, Illinois as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 14–18, 4–14 in Big Ten play to finish in a three-way tie for 11th place. As the No. 13 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they lost in the first round to Iowa.
Matthew Williams Jr. is an American professional basketball player. Born and raised in Orlando, Florida, Williams played college basketball at the University of Central Florida (UCF).
Damonte Dodd is an American professional basketball player for Veertien Mie Basketball of the B.League. Dodd played college basketball at Maryland from 2013 to 2017. Dodd ranks number eight on their all-time blocks list.
Jaylon Tate is an American professional basketball player for the London Lightning of the National Basketball League of Canada (NBLC). Tate played college basketball for the University of Illinois.
Brandon Tabb is an American professional basketball player for Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL). He played college basketball for Bethune-Cookman.
Terry Henderson Jr. is an American professional basketball player for GTK Gliwice of the Polish Basketball League (PLK). He played college basketball for West Virginia and NC State.
Quamdeen Ayopo Dosunmu is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball at Illinois, where he was named a consensus first-team All-American in his junior season.
Jonathan Edward Williams, also known by his nickname "Jon-Jon", is an American basketball player who last played for GTK Gliwice of the Polish Basketball League. Williams played four seasons of college basketball for Toledo before starting a professional career in Europe.
Kofi Cockburn is a Jamaican professional basketball player for the Seoul Samsung Thunders of the Korean Basketball League (KBL). He previously played for the Niigata Albirex of the Japanese B. League. He played college basketball for the Illinois Fighting Illini.
Giorgi Bezhanishvili is an Austrian-Georgian professional basketball player for the Iowa Wolves of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Illinois Fighting Illini.
Martin Krampelj is a Slovenian professional basketball player for Iwate Big Bulls of the B.League. He played college basketball for the Creighton Bluejays.
Kamari Michael Murphy is an American professional basketball player who last played for GTK Gliwice of the Polish Basketball League (PLK). He played college basketball for Oklahoma State and Miami (Fla.).
Matthew Mayer is an American professional basketball player for the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Baylor Bears and the Illinois Fighting Illini.
