#20 Illinois Men's Basketball 2024-2025 Preview

 
 
Illinois Fighting Illini
 
2024-2025 Overall Rank: #20
 
Conference Rank: #3 Big Ten
 
2023-24 Record: 29-9, 14-6
2023-24 Postseason: NCAA
Coach: Brad Underwood
Coach Record: 143-88 at Illinois, 252-115 overall
 
Key Departed Players:
Terrence Shannon Jr., Guard, 23.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 2.3 apg
Marcus Domask, Forward, 15.9 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 3.9 apg
Coleman Hawkins, Forward, 12.1 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 2.7 apg, 1.5 spg
Quincy Guerrier, Forward, 9.6 ppg, 6.1 rpg
Dain Dainja, Forward, 6.1 ppg, 3.6 rpg
Luke Goode, Guard, 5.7 ppg, 3.6 rpg
Justin Harmon, Guard, 5.6 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 1.1 apg
 
Key Returning Players:
Ty Rodgers, Junior, Forward, 6.2 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 2.0 apg
Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn, Sophomore, Guard, 2.4 ppg
 
Key New Players:
Carey Booth, Sophomore, Forward, Transfer from Notre Dame
Kylan Boswell, Junior, Guard, Transfer from Arizona
Jake Davis, Sophomore, Forward, Transfer from Mercer
Ben Humrichous, Senior, Forward, Transfer from Evansville
Tomislav Ivisic, Freshman, Center
Jason Jakstys, Freshman, Forward
Kasparas Jakucionis, Freshman, Guard
Morez Johnson Jr., Freshman, Forward
Keaton Kutcher, Junior, Guard, Transfer from South Dakota
Will Riley, Freshman, Forward
Tre White, Junior, Guard, Transfer from Louisville
 
Projected Postseason Tournament: NCAA
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 83.4 (10th in nation, 1st in conference)
Scoring Defense: 73.3 (224, 10)
Field-Goal Percentage: 46.9 (56, 5)
Field-Goal Defense: 43.2 (143, 8)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 8.3 (83, 2)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 34.9 (125, 8)
Free-Throw Percentage: 73.6 (96, 7)
Rebound Margin: 7.8 (12, 2)
Assists Per Game: 13.3 (155, 9)
Turnovers Per Game: 10.6 (69, 5)