Illini Basketball 2024-2025

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Welcome to the Illini Basketball 2024-2025 & College Basketball news thread :illinois:


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2024-2025 Illini Basketball

DateOpponentTime/TV
Sun, Oct 27at Ole Miss
(Exhibition Game)
11:00am SECN
Mon, Nov 4Eastern Illinois7:00pm B1G+
Fri, Nov 8SIU-Edwardsville7:00pm Peacock
Wed, Nov 13Oakland8:00pm BTN
Wed, Nov 20Alabama
(Birmingham)
8:00pm SECN
Sat, Nov 23Maryland-Eastern ShoreB1G+
Mon, Nov 25Little Rock8:00pm BTN
Thu, Nov 28Arkansas
(Kansas City)
3:00pm CBS
Fri, Dec 6at Northwestern8:00pm BTN
Tue, Dec 10Wisconsin8:00pm Peacock
Sat, Dec 14Tennessee4:30pm FOX
Sun, Dec 22Missouri
(Braggin' Rights, St. Louis)
12:00pm ESPN
Sun, Dec 29Chicago State1:00pm BTN
Thu, Jan 2at Oregon9:00pm FS1
Sun, Jan 5at Washington3:00pm BTN
Wed, Jan 8Penn State8:00pm BTN
Sat, Jan 11USC11:00am BTN
Tue, Jan 14at Indiana6:00pm Peacock
Sun, Jan 19at Michigan State11:00am CBS
Thu, Jan 23Maryland8:00pm FS1
Sun, Jan 26Northwestern2:00pm BTN
Thu, Jan 30at Nebraska7:30pm FS1
Sun, Feb 2Ohio State12:00pm CBS
Wed, Feb 5at Rutgers7:30pm BTN
Sat, Feb 8at Minnesota5:00pm BTN
Tue, Feb 11UCLA7:00pm Peacock
Sat, Feb 15Michigan State7:00pm FOX
Tue, Feb 18at Wisconsin7:30pm FS1
Sat, Feb 22Duke
(New York)
7:00pm FOX
Tue, Feb 25Iowa8:00pm FS1
Sun, Mar 2at Michigan2:45pm CBS
Fri, Mar 7Purdue7:00pm FOX

All times CT
 
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Any update on Tomislav's status and paperwork issues?

Noticed he was in the video posted yesterday.

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4. Illinois

Biggest losses: Terrence Shannon (23.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg); Marcus Domask (15.9 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 3.9 apg); Quincy Guerrier (9.6 ppg, 6.1 rpg); Dain Dainja (6.1 ppg; 3.6 rpg); Luke Goode (5.7 ppg, 3.6 rpg); Justin Harmon (5.6 ppg)

Returning rotation players: Ty Rodgers (6.2 ppg, 5.3 rpg)

Top 100 freshmen added: No. 19 Will Riley, No. 30 Morez Johnson Jr.

Top 100 transfers added: No. 53 Kylan Boswell (Arizona)

Why they’re here: Should we use caution when projecting Illinois, especially considering what happened at UCLA last year? Nah. Brad Underwood has it rolling, and Kasparas Jakucionis — a potential 2025 first-rounder — looks too good. The 6-foot-6 guard is one of the players we’re most intrigued to watch early in the year. He had an awesome summer, averaging 19.4 points and 5.3 assists for Lithuania at the under-18 EuroBasket. He also averaged 19.2 points, 6.6 rebounds and 5.7 assists playing for FC Barcelona’s second team last year. (For context, FC Barcelona is one of the most successful franchises in the EuroLeague.) Jakucionis seems like a good candidate to inherit the Domask role: a big facilitator who can also score in isolation. But Underwood leaned even further into the international pipeline, landing 7-foot-1 Croatian center Tomislav Ivisic — the twin brother of Arkansas’ Zvonimir Ivisic (aka Big Z) — to go along with his two highly rated North American recruits. The 6-foot-8 Riley is a prospect we’ve also heard rave reviews about.

What you’ll notice about all of the additions is size (and usually skill). Underwood has been very intentional in trying to build a modern roster with positional size and plenty of shooting. Boswell (6-2) and sophomore Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn (6-1) are the only players under 6-6 who figure to be part of the rotation. Outside of Boswell, the Illini’s other transfer additions — Carey Booth (Notre Dame), Ben Humrichous (Evansville), Tre White(Louisville) and Jake Davis (Mercer) — are all 6-6 or taller and can play on the perimeter. Underwood has had five consecutive years of top-half Big Ten finishes, so putting such an unproven team this high is partly a bet on a coach who is committed to sticking to a formula.
 
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Just catching up on the prior thread (post from it below), wanted to say I enjoy that interview even though the interviewer repeatedly asked questions only to cut off Underwood. Surprised at how gracious Underwood was.


Was that the entire interview? Interesting topic. The interviewer was ticking me off the 1st half of that clip because he was interjecting new questions before BU was finished talking.

And just to clarify your statement Re: Tyler. Tyler was assaulted while still a student at OSU after Brad took the Illinois job.
I had the same reaction. Couldn't even finish the interview. Why ask a question if you're going to cut him off before he can fully answer the question that YOU asked?
 
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This has been the LONGEST!!!! off season. With Illinois' nice E8 run and the potential for another good season I am ready to start seeing games and the season to get started. This is probably due to recent (2006-2022) NCAA mediocrity results causing me to not be anxious to get the next season started. The 24-25 Illini essentially will be a brand-new team and relatively young roster. Lot of talent and potential on this roster. Let's see how the coaches mold them today and prepare for March 2025
 
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This has been the LONGEST!!!! off season. With Illinois' nice E8 run and the potential for another good season I am ready to start seeing games and the season to get started. This is probably due to recent (2006-2022) NCAA mediocrity results causing me to not be anxious to get the next season started. The 24-25 Illini essentially will be a brand-new team and relatively young roster. Lot of talent and potential on this roster. Let's see how the coaches mold them today and prepare for March 2025
Good football has helped. Bad baseball, on the other hand… 🫤
 
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This has been the LONGEST!!!! off season. With Illinois' nice E8 run and the potential for another good season I am ready to start seeing games and the season to get started. This is probably due to recent (2006-2022) NCAA mediocrity results causing me to not be anxious to get the next season started. The 24-25 Illini essentially will be a brand-new team and relatively young roster. Lot of talent and potential on this roster. Let's see how the coaches mold them today and prepare for March 2025
Strange, huh? The Illini make it further than any Illini team in 20 years, yet this feels like the longest offseason. The transfer portal hysteria made this all sort of a short offseason to me. There was always news, so I never really stopped consuming college basketball content.
 
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Strange, huh? The Illini make it further than any Illini team in 20 years, yet this feels like the longest offseason. The transfer portal hysteria made this all sort of a short offseason to me. There was always news, so I never really stopped consuming college basketball content.

+1 It seems like the roster changeover goes on for a couple months after the season, which brings excitement and the feel that basketball is still going on.....and then it's finally quiet.
 
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Strange, huh? The Illini make it further than any Illini team in 20 years, yet this feels like the longest offseason. The transfer portal hysteria made this all sort of a short offseason to me. There was always news, so I never really stopped consuming college basketball content.
Yeah I followed closer than during the Weber and Groce years but the roster has been set for awhile and now quiet. Still the potential for similar performance has this OLD guy ready for game action.
 
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