2020–21 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
The 2020–21 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team will represent the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by fourth-year head coach Brad Underwood, the Illini will play their home games at State Farm Center in Champaign, Illinois as members of the Big Ten Conference.
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
2020–21 record | 0-0 (0-0 Big Ten) |
Head coach | Brad Underwood (4th season) |
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Home arena | State Farm Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maryland | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nebraska | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rutgers | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2021 Big Ten Tournament winner As of August 15, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll |
Previous season
The Illini finished the 2019–20 season 21–10, 13–7 in Big Ten play to finish in fourth place. Their season ended when the Big Ten Tournament and the NCAA Tournament were canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[1]
Offseason
Departures
On April 7, 2020, freshman big man Kofi Cockburn declared for the NBA draft, but did not hire an agent, leaving open the chance that he would return to school for his sophomore season.[2] On April 16, sophomore guard Ayo Dosunmu also declared for the draft.[3] Dosunmu did not hire an agent, but stated that he intended to stay in the draft. On July 31, Dosunmu withdrew his name from the NBA Draft and will return for his junior season.[4]
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
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Andrés Feliz | 10 | G | 6'2" | 195 | Senior | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | Graduated |
Alan Griffin | 0 | F | 6'5" | 195 | Sophomore | White Plains, NY | Transferred[5] |
Tevian Jones | 5 | F | 6'7" | 205 | Sophomore | Culver City, CA | Transferred[6] |
Kipper Nichols | 2 | F | 6'6" | 220 | RS Senior | Cleveland, Ohio | Graduated |
Samson Oladimeji | 35 | C | 6'4" | 210 | Senior | Rolling Meadows, Illinois | Graduated |
2020 Recruiting Class
Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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André Curbelo PG |
San Juan, Puerto Rico | Long Island Lutheran (NY) | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | Nov 3, 2019 | |
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Coleman Hawkins PF |
Antelope, California | Prolific Prep | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | 295 lb (134 kg) | Nov 16, 2019 | |
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Adam Miller SG |
Chicago, Illinois | Morgan Park | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 170 lb (77 kg) | Nov 21, 2019 | |
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Brandon Lieb C |
Deerfield, Illinois | Deerfield | 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) | 205 lb (93 kg) | Jun 25, 2020 | |
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Future Recruiting
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Luke Goode SG |
Fort Wayne, Indiana | Homestead | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | Apr 17, 2020 | |
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Roster
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*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings
References
- "2020 NCAA Tournament canceled due to growing threat of coronavirus pandemic". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
- Ryan, Shannon. "Kofi Cockburn declares for the NBA draft, and the Illinois freshman will get feedback from teams before making a final decision". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
- "Illinois' Dosunmu declares for NBA draft". ESPN.com. 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
- Ryan, Shannon. "Illini guard Ayo Dosunmu's dad says his son is '98% or 99%' committed to remaining in the NBA draft". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
- Cobb, David. "Syracuse lands prized Illinois transfer Alan Griffin, son of Raptors assistant Adrian Griffin". cbssports.com. Retrieved 2020-04-05.
- joey.wagner@lee.net, JOEY WAGNER. "Illinois sophomore Tevian Jones enters transfer portal". Herald-Review.com. Retrieved 2020-05-12.