Illinois Athletics
September 19, 2024
Champaign, ILL. – The Big Ten announced the conference basketball schedule live on BTN Thursday, completing the 2024-25 Illinois schedule. Illinois previously released its non-conference schedule on Aug. 30.
Illinois is the Big Ten's winningest team in conference play over the last five years, with Head Coach Brad Underwood directing the program to a 69-31 record and Big Ten championships in three of the last four seasons. During this stretch the Illini have made four straight NCAA Tournament appearances, own five straight 20-win regular seasons, and have recorded five straight top-five Big Ten finishes highlighted by a league-best 16 wins and tournament title in 2021, 15 wins en route to the regular season crown in 2022, and 14 wins and tournament title in 2024. Illinois is coming off an NCAA Elite Eight appearance and No. 6 finish in the AP poll, its second top-10 final ranking in the last four years.
The Fighting Illini set their sights on 2024-25 with a reloaded roster. With Ty Rodgers and Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn returning, Head Coach Brad Underwood and his staff added five players from the transfer portal in Champaign native Kylan Boswell (Arizona), Ben Humrichous (Evansville), Tre White (Louisville), Carey Booth (Notre Dame) and Jake Davis (Mercer). Illinois also welcomes a talented group of newcomers headlined by 2024 Illinois Mr. Basketball Morez Johnson Jr. and five-star recruit Will Riley along with international standouts Kasparas Jakucionis and Tomislav Ivisic.
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