Illini Basketball 2026-2027

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Reported Non-Conference Games

DateOpponentLocationInfo
Tue, Nov 10at Texas TechUnited Supermarkets Arena (Lubbock, TX)Link
Tue, Nov 17at DukeCameron Indoor Stadium (Durham, NC)Link
Fri, Dec 4UConnUnited Center (Chicago, IL)Link
MissouriEnterprise Center (St. Louis, MO)


IL Big Ten Opponents
Home & Away: Northwestern, Purdue, Wisconsin
Home only: Iowa, Michigan State, Nebraska, Ohio State, Penn State, UCLA, USC
Away only: Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Oregon, Rutgers, Washington



IL Returnees
David Mirkovic
Tomislav Ivisic
Zvonimir Ivisic
Jake Davis
Andrej Stojakovic
Jason Jakstys
Blake Fagbemi

IL Newcomers
Ethan Brown
Landon Davis
Lucas Morillo
Zavier Zens
Quentin Coleman
Stefan Vaaks


Last year
Non-conference schedule released on August 18th
Big Ten schedule released on September 18th
Time & TV info released on October 7th
 
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SkyysNotFalling
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wettsten
i think 2 of the freshman have announced they'll arrive in June (Zens and Brown, i think?). any word on when the rest of the newcomers will arrive?
 
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ImGonnaBeILL
Possible/Probable he redshirts this season barring an injury but I think Zens is gonna be a player for the program down the road if able to keep him. Really like his fit as a versatile role player.

I don't think he'd play enough this season to make it worthwhile to not redshirt but I don't think he'd embarrass himself out there in a Ben role for a handful+ of minutes. It's the role I could definitely see him playing down the road if he sticks with the program. He's already got a really good build and will be able to pack on some more.

Think he's a fantastic fit for the program and think he'll be able to really make a meaningful contribution as a role player sooner than later IMO.
 
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Brosky
Gotta love this roster. IMO, the for-sure starters would be Andrej, Mirkovic, Tomi and Vaaks. Davis should be a veteran presence, either as a starter or major minutes off the bench. That leaves a quality bunch of guards fighting it out for a starting role and major minutes off the bench. What's not to like?
 
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BretMyBeachHouse
Grandpa said:
He was a three-time team captain and two-time Academic All-Big Ten selection, and more than 30 years later he remains the Illini school record holder for career 3-point field goal percentage (.449) and single-season 3-point percentage (.493).

Maybe he could moonlight as our shooting coach.
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As I've noted before, we don't want to screw up our high powered offense by actually making three pointers.
 
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MDchicago
Tom Michael returns to Illinois athletics. Perhaps its own thread?
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Great guy but... Maybe just getting triggered by years of watching corporate exec comings and goings and the early moves sometimes associated with that, but gotta say its a bit concerning having anyone I associate with the Guenther/Thomas regimes who left and picked up 12 years of low D1 experience sitting so close to the top seat.

Hope Josh is happy and healthy and ready to see us through .... whenever the day comes that Josh does move on, would hope that our program has risen enough so that we're of course going to do a national search to get the best of the best for our next AD. The stakes are too high to do otherwise...
 
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