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2023-24 Illinois Fighting Illini Men's Schedule and Results

Previous Season

Record: 29-9 (14-6, 2nd in Big Ten MBB)

Rank: 6th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Brad Underwood

PS/G: 83.4 (10th of 362)

PA/G: 73.3 (230th of 362)

SRS: 19.56 (12th of 362)

SOS: 9.54 (22nd of 362)

ORtg: 118.2 (9th of 362)

DRtg: 104.0 (184th of 362)

Preseason Odds: Championship +6000

NCAA Tournament: (#3 seed in East)
Won East First Round (85-69) versus #14 Morehead State
Won East Second Round (89-63) versus #11 Duquesne
Won East Regional Semifinal (72-69) versus #2 Iowa State
Lost East Regional Final (77-52) versus #1 Connecticut

Big Ten Tourney Champ

AP Poll Summary

2023-24 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	11/13	11/20	11/27	12/4	12/11	12/18	12/26	1/1	1/8	1/15	1/22	1/29	2/5	2/12	2/19	2/26	3/4	3/11	3/18	Final
Illinois	25	23	-	24	20	16	13	11	9	10	14	10	14	10	14	12	13	12	13	10	6

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Time	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Mon, Nov 6, 2023	8:00p	REG		Eastern Illinois	OVC	-11.60	W	80	52		1	0	W 1	State Farm Center
2	Fri, Nov 10, 2023	8:00p	REG		Oakland	Horizon	2.02	W	64	53		2	0	W 2	State Farm Center
3	Tue, Nov 14, 2023	8:00p	REG		Marquette (4)	Big East	19.27	L	64	71		2	1	L 1	State Farm Center
4	Fri, Nov 17, 2023	8:00p	REG		Valparaiso	MVC	-8.25	W	87	64		3	1	W 1	State Farm Center
5	Sun, Nov 19, 2023	8:00p	REG		Southern	SWAC	-8.74	W	88	60		4	1	W 2	State Farm Center
6	Fri, Nov 24, 2023	9:00p	REG		Western Illinois	OVC	-8.75	W	84	52		5	1	W 3	State Farm Center
7	Sat, Dec 2, 2023	4:00p	REG	@	Rutgers	Big Ten	7.41	W	76	58		6	1	W 4	Jersey Mike's Arena
8	Tue, Dec 5, 2023	6:30p	REG	N	Florida Atlantic (11)	AAC	13.26	W	98	89		7	1	W 5	Madison Square Garden (IV)
9	Sat, Dec 9, 2023	12:00p	REG	@	Tennessee (17)	SEC	21.81	L	79	86		7	2	L 1	Thompson-Boling Arena
10	Sun, Dec 17, 2023	1:00p	REG		Colgate	Patriot	-0.31	W	74	57		8	2	W 1	State Farm Center
11	Fri, Dec 22, 2023	9:00p	REG	N	Missouri	SEC	3.27	W	97	73		9	2	W 2	Enterprise Center
12	Fri, Dec 29, 2023	9:00p	REG		FDU	NEC	-14.41	W	104	71		10	2	W 3	State Farm Center
13	Tue, Jan 2, 2024	9:00p	REG		Northwestern	Big Ten	12.77	W	96	66		11	2	W 4	State Farm Center
14	Fri, Jan 5, 2024	8:30p	REG	@	Purdue (1)	Big Ten	24.93	L	78	83		11	3	L 1	Mackey Arena
15	Thu, Jan 11, 2024	9:00p	REG		Michigan State	Big Ten	17.72	W	71	68		12	3	W 1	State Farm Center
16	Sun, Jan 14, 2024	2:00p	REG		Maryland	Big Ten	10.60	L	67	76		12	4	L 1	State Farm Center
17	Thu, Jan 18, 2024	8:30p	REG	@	Michigan	Big Ten	5.28	W	88	73		13	4	W 1	Crisler Center
18	Sun, Jan 21, 2024	1:00p	REG		Rutgers	Big Ten	7.41	W	86	63		14	4	W 2	State Farm Center
19	Wed, Jan 24, 2024	9:00p	REG	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	12.77	L	91	96	OT	14	5	L 1	Welsh-Ryan Arena
20	Sat, Jan 27, 2024	3:00p	REG		Indiana	Big Ten	7.74	W	70	62		15	5	W 1	State Farm Center
21	Tue, Jan 30, 2024	7:00p	REG	@	Ohio State	Big Ten	13.64	W	87	75		16	5	W 2	Value City Arena
22	Sun, Feb 4, 2024	6:30p	REG		Nebraska	Big Ten	14.36	W	87	84	OT	17	5	W 3	State Farm Center
23	Sat, Feb 10, 2024	2:00p	REG	@	Michigan State	Big Ten	17.72	L	80	88		17	6	L 1	Breslin Student Events Center
24	Tue, Feb 13, 2024	7:00p	REG		Michigan	Big Ten	5.28	W	97	68		18	6	W 1	State Farm Center
25	Sat, Feb 17, 2024	5:30p	REG	@	Maryland	Big Ten	10.60	W	85	80		19	6	W 2	Xfinity Center
26	Wed, Feb 21, 2024	6:30p	REG	@	Penn State	Big Ten	9.22	L	89	90		19	7	L 1
27	Sat, Feb 24, 2024	2:15p	REG		Iowa	Big Ten	13.00	W	95	85		20	7	W 1	State Farm Center
28	Wed, Feb 28, 2024	9:00p	REG		Minnesota	Big Ten	9.51	W	105	97		21	7	W 2	State Farm Center
29	Sat, Mar 2, 2024	1:00p	REG	@	Wisconsin	Big Ten	16.01	W	91	83		22	7	W 3
30	Tue, Mar 5, 2024	7:00p	REG		Purdue (3)	Big Ten	24.93	L	71	77		22	8	L 1	State Farm Center
31	Sun, Mar 10, 2024	7:00p	REG	@	Iowa	Big Ten	13.00	W	73	61		23	8	W 1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena
G	Date	Time	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
32	Fri, Mar 15, 2024	6:30p	CTOURN	N	Ohio State	Big Ten	13.64	W	77	74		24	8	W 2	Target Center
33	Sat, Mar 16, 2024	3:30p	CTOURN	N	Nebraska	Big Ten	14.36	W	98	87		25	8	W 3	Target Center
34	Sun, Mar 17, 2024	3:30p	CTOURN	N	Wisconsin	Big Ten	16.01	W	93	87		26	8	W 4	Target Center
G	Date	Time	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
35	Thu, Mar 21, 2024	3:10p	NCAA	N	Morehead State	OVC	0.51	W	85	69		27	8	W 5	CHI Health Center Omaha
36	Sat, Mar 23, 2024	8:40p	NCAA	N	Duquesne	A-10	7.35	W	89	63		28	8	W 6	CHI Health Center Omaha
37	Thu, Mar 28, 2024	10:09p	NCAA	N	Iowa State (8)	Big 12	22.30	W	72	69		29	8	W 7	TD Garden
38	Sat, Mar 30, 2024	6:09p	NCAA	N	Connecticut (1)	Big East	26.70	L	52	77		29	9	L 1	TD Garden