Английская Википедия:2018–19 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

Содержание

Текст

Текст

Текст

Текст

Текст

Текст

Текст

Текст

Текст

Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox NCAA team season Шаблон:2018–19 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings The 2018–19 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by second-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. The Illini finished the season 12–21, 7–13 in Big Ten play, to finish in a three-way tie for 10th place. Due to tie-breaking rules, they received the No. 11 seed in the Big Ten tournament where they defeated Northwestern in the first round before losing to Iowa in the second round.

Previous season

The Illini finished the 2017–18 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.

Offseason

Player departures

On March 5, 2018 Mark Smith announced his decision to transfer to a new school, indicating he did not fit into Illinois' system moving forward. On March 15, Leron Black announced his decision to forgoing final year of eligibility to declare for the NBA draft after already graduating with his bachelor's degree. He intended to sign with an agent, ending his collegiate career. On March 26, Te'Jon Lucas and Michael Finke both announced they would transfer to other programs. Lucas announced he would transfer to Milwaukee to complete his two years of remaining eligibility after sitting out for a season. Finke announced he will transfer to Grand Canyon and have one year of immediate eligibility as a graduate transfer. In late April, Matic Vessel left the program and returned to his home country of Slovenia to explore his options to continue basketball. On June 7, 2018 Greg Eboigbodin announced his intent to transfer out of Illinois, which left Illinois with four returning scholarship players from the prior season. Eboigbodin announced on July 30, 2018 that he would transfer to Northeastern University.

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Te'Jon Lucas	3	G	6'0"	170	Sophomore	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Transferred to Milwaukee
Matic Vessel	4	F	6'10"	215	Freshman	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Left team
Greg Eboigbodin	11	F	6'9"	220	Freshman	Benin City, Nigeria	Transferred to Northeastern
Leron Black	12	F	6'7"	220	Redshirt Junior	Memphis, Tennessee	Graduated
Mark Smith	13	G	6'5"	225	Freshman	Edwardsville, Illinois	Transferred to Missouri
Mark Alstork	24	G	6'5"	190	Graduate student	Dayton, Ohio	Graduated
Clayton Jones	41	G	6'0"	170	Redshirt Senior	Champaign, Illinois	Graduated
Michael Finke	43	F	6'10"	230	Redshirt Junior	Champaign, Illinois	Transferred to Grand Canyon
Cameron Liss	45	F	6'6"	220	Redshirt Junior	Northbrook, Illinois	Graduated

2018 recruiting class

In October 2017, five-star point guard Ayo Dosunmu verbally committed to Illinois over Wake Forest at the flagship Jordan Brand Store on State Street in the Chicago Loop. Dosunmu signed his National Letter of Intent in November 2017 to attend Illinois. In March 2018, Dosunmu was named one of 26 high school seniors who will participate in the Jordan Brand Classic on April 8, 2018, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Dosunmu is the third Illini to be selected to play in the Jordan Classic, joining Dee Brown who played for the Red team in 2002 and Jalen Coleman-Lands who played in 2015. Dosunmu was also selected to play in the second annual Iverson Roundball Classic All-American Game that took place in April 2018 at Souderton Area High School outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Schedule and results

The season marked the first time in Big Ten history that the teams would play a 20-game conference schedule, setting a precedent for all Division I basketball. The new schedule includes a regional component to increase the frequency of games among teams in similar areas. Over the course of a six-year cycle (12 playing opportunities), in-state rivals will play each other 12 times, regional opponents will play 10 times, and all other teams will play nine times. Three in-state series are guaranteed home-and-homes: Illinois and Northwestern, Indiana and Purdue, and Michigan and Michigan State will always play twice.

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 entry Шаблон:CBB schedule end Source