Английская Википедия:2017–18 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

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The 2017–18 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by first-year head coach Brad Underwood, the Illini played their home games at State Farm Center in Champaign, Illinois as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 14–18, 4–14 in Big Ten play to finish in a three-way tie for 11th place. As the No. 13 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they lost in the first round to Iowa.

Previous season

The Illini finished the 2016–17 season 20–15, 8–10 in Big Ten play to finish in ninth place. They lost in the second round of the Big Ten tournament to Michigan. They received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Valparaiso and Boise State before losing in the quarterfinals to UCF.

On March 11, 2017, Illinois fired head coach John Groce. On March 18, the school hired Brad Underwood as the new head coach.

Offseason

Coaching changes

Following Brad Underwood's hiring as head coach, Jamall Walker was retained as an assistant. Underwood hired controversial former South Florida head coach Orlando Antigua who was fired as head coach from South Florida due to an NCAA investigation into academic violations. Underwood also hired Ron Coleman as an assistant and Stephen Gentry as assistant to the head coach.

Player departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
D. J. Williams	0	G	6'7"	210	Sophomore	Chicago, Illinois	Transfer to George Washington
Jaylon Tate	1	G	6'3"	170	Senior	Chicago, Illinois	Graduated and pro for Niagara River Lions
Jalen Coleman-Lands	5	G	6'3"	190	Sophomore	Indianapolis, Indiana	Transfer to DePaul
Tracy Abrams	13	G	6'2"	185	Graduate student	Chicago, Illinois	Graduated
Malcolm Hill	21	G	6'6"	225	Senior	Fairview Heights, Illinois	Graduated
Maverick Morgan	22	C	6'10"	245	Senior	Springboro, Ohio	Graduated and pro for GTK Gliwice
Mike Thorne Jr.	33	C	6'11"	280	Graduate student	Fayetteville, North Carolina	Graduated
Alex Austin	44	G	6'4"	190	Senior	Chicago, Illinois	Graduated

Decommits

On January 16, 2016, three-star shooting guard Javon Pickett of Belleville, Illinois verbally committed to attend Illinois in the fall of 2017. After the firing of John Groce, Pickett asked for and received a release of his letter of intent to Illinois. On November 17, 2016, four-star recruit Jeremiah Tilmon announced that he had signed his letter of intent with Illinois the previous day, after a week of press uncertainty. However, after the coaching change at Illinois, Tilmon requested and received a release of his letter of intent with the school.

2017 recruiting class

During Illinois' final home game against Minnesota on February 28, 2016, Da'Monte Williams verbally committed to attend Illinois in the fall of 2017. Williams is the son of former Illinois guard Frank Williams who led the Fighting Illini to three straight NCAA men's basketball tournament appearances, including an Elite Eight appearance in 2001. On November 9, 2016 Trent Frazier signed a national letter of intent after considering Memphis, Georgia, Kansas State and Seton Hall, among others. On April 27, 2017, four-star point guard Mark Smith, Mr. Illinois Basketball for 2017, announced he would attend Illinois. On June 12, Slovenian bigman Matic Vesel committed to Illinois.Шаблон:College Athlete Recruit Start Шаблон:College Athlete Recruit Entry Шаблон:College Athlete Recruit Entry Шаблон:College Athlete Recruit Entry Шаблон:College Athlete Recruit Entry Шаблон:College Athlete Recruit Entry Шаблон:College Athlete Recruit End

Schedule and results

The 2018 Big Ten tournament was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Due to the Big East's use of that venue for their conference tournament, the Big Ten tournament took place one week earlier than usual, ending the week before Selection Sunday. As a result, the Big Ten regular season began in mid-December. Шаблон:CBB schedule start |- !colspan=9 style="background:#Шаблон:NCAA color; color:#Шаблон:NCAA color;"|Exhibition Шаблон:CBB schedule entry |- !colspan=9 style="background:#Шаблон:NCAA color; color:#Шаблон:NCAA color;"|Regular season Шаблон:CBB schedule entry Шаблон:CBB schedule entry Шаблон:CBB schedule entry Шаблон:CBB schedule entry Шаблон:CBB schedule entry Шаблон:CBB schedule entry Шаблон:CBB schedule entry Шаблон:CBB schedule entry Шаблон:CBB schedule entry Шаблон:CBB schedule entry Шаблон:CBB Schedule Entry Шаблон:CBB schedule entry Шаблон:CBB schedule entry Шаблон:CBB schedule entry Шаблон:CBB schedule entry Шаблон:CBB schedule entry Шаблон:CBB schedule entry Шаблон:CBB schedule entry Шаблон:CBB schedule entry Шаблон:CBB schedule entry Шаблон:CBB schedule entry Шаблон:CBB schedule entry Шаблон:CBB schedule entry Шаблон:CBB schedule entry Шаблон:CBB schedule entry Шаблон:CBB schedule entry Шаблон:CBB schedule entry Шаблон:CBB schedule entry Шаблон:CBB schedule entry Шаблон:CBB schedule entry Шаблон:CBB schedule entry |- !colspan=9 style="background:#Шаблон:NCAA color; color:#Шаблон:NCAA color;"|Big Ten tournament Шаблон:CBB schedule entry Шаблон:CBB schedule end

Awards and honors

In-season awards

Trent Frazier

• Big Ten Freshman of the Week, December 26, 2017
• Big Ten Freshman of the Week, February 12, 2018

Postseason awards

Trent Frazier

• All-Big Ten Honorable Mention (media)
• All-Big Ten Freshmen Team

Leron Black

• All-Big Ten Honorable Mention (coaches and media)