Английская Википедия:2020–21 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

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The 2020–21 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by fourth-year head coach Brad Underwood, the Illini played their home games at the State Farm Center in Champaign, Illinois as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 24–7, 16–4 in Big Ten play to finish in second place. They defeated Rutgers, Iowa, and Ohio State to win the Big Ten tournament and receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. As the No. 1 seed in the Midwest region, they defeated Drexel in the First Round before being upset by No. 8-seeded Loyola–Chicago.

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.

Offseason

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. On April 16, sophomore guard Ayo Dosunmu also declared for the draft. Dosunmu did not hire an agent, but stated that he intended to stay in the draft. On July 31, Cockburn and Dosunmu announced they had withdrawn from the NBA draft and would return to Illinois for the season.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
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 to Syracuse
Tevian Jones	5	F	6'7"	205	Sophomore	Culver City, CA	Transferred to Southern Utah
Шаблон:Nowrap	2	F	6'6"	220	RS Senior	Cleveland, Ohio	Graduated
Шаблон:Nowrap	35	C	6'4"	210	Senior	Rolling Meadows, Illinois	Graduated

Schedule and results

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Rankings

Шаблон:See also Шаблон:Ranking movements *AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings
^Coaches did not release a Week 1 poll.