Illini Basketball

Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball

The Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team is a men's college basketball team representing the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The Fighting Illini compete at the NCAA Division I level as a member of the Big Ten Conference, and play their home games at State Farm Center, located in Champaign, Illinois. The team is currently coached by Brad Underwood, who was hired on March 18, 2017. Through the end of the 2025–26 season, Illinois ranks tenth all-time in Associated Press poll appearances, eighth all-time in AP Top 25 finishes, and top-fifteen all-time in wins and win percentage among high-major NCAA Division I men's college basketball programs. Illinois has appeared in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament thirty-six times, and has competed in six Final Fours and eleven Elite Eights. In conference play, Illinois has won eighteen Big Ten regular season championships and four Big Ten Tournament championships.

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• Entity:  College Basketball Team

• University:  University Of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• First season:  1905–06, 121 Years Ago
• Conference:  Big Ten
• Location:  Champaign, Illinois
• Head coach:  Brad Underwood (10Th Year)
• Arena:  State Farm Center, (Capacity: 15,544)
• Nickname:  Fighting Illini
• Student section:  Orange Krush
• Wikidata description:  Men's Basketball Team Of The University Of Illinois
• Wikidata label:  Illinois Fighting Illini Men's Basketball
• Wikidata aliases:  Illinois Fighting Illini Men's Basketball

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