Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
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 34 times, and has competed in 5 Final Fours, 10 Elite Eights, and has won 18 Big Ten regular season championships, and 4 Big Ten Tournament Championships.
| Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball | ||||
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| University | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | |||
| All-time record | 1,901–1,060 (.642) | |||
| Athletic director | Josh Whitman | |||
| Head coach | Brad Underwood (7th season) | |||
| Conference | Big Ten | |||
| Location | Champaign, Illinois | |||
| Arena | State Farm Center (Capacity: 15,544) | |||
| Nickname | Fighting Illini | |||
| Student section | Orange Krush | |||
| Colors | Orange and blue | |||
| Uniforms | ||||
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| Pre-tournament Premo-Porretta champions | ||||
| 1915 | ||||
| Pre-tournament Helms champions | ||||
| 1915 | ||||
| NCAA tournament runner-up | ||||
| 2005 | ||||
| NCAA tournament Final Four | ||||
| 1949, 1951, 1952, 1989, 2005 | ||||
| NCAA tournament Elite Eight | ||||
| 1942, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1963, 1984, 1989, 2001, 2005, 2024 | ||||
| NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 1951, 1952, 1963, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1989, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2024 | ||||
| NCAA tournament round of 32 | ||||
| 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2013, 2021, 2022, 2024 | ||||
| NCAA tournament appearances | ||||
| 1942, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1963, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 | ||||
| Conference tournament champions | ||||
| 2003, 2005, 2021, 2024 | ||||
| Conference regular season champions | ||||
| 1915, 1917, 1924, 1935, 1937, 1942, 1943, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1963, 1984, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2022 | ||||
The team is currently coached by Brad Underwood, who was hired on March 18, 2017. Through the end of the 2017–18 season, Illinois ranks 12th all-time in winning percentage and 15th all-time in wins among all NCAA Division I men's college basketball programs.