#8 Illinois Men's Basketball 2025-2026 Preview

 
Illinois Fighting Illini

2025-2026 Overall Rank: #8
 
Conference Rank: #2 Big Ten
 
 
2024-25 Record: 22-13, 12-8
2024-25 Postseason: NCAA
Coach: Brad Underwood
Coach Record: 165-101 at Illinois, 274-128 overall
 
Key Departed Players:
Kasparas Jakucionis, Guard, 15.0 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 4.7 apg
Will Riley, Forward, 12.6 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 2.2 apg
Tre White, Forward, 10.5 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 0.8 apg
Morez Johnson, Center, 7.0 ppg, 6.7 rpg, 0.3 apg
Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn, Guard, 5.9 ppg, 1.6 rpg, 0.5 apg
 
Key Returning Players:
Tomislav Ivisic, Junior, Center, 13.0 ppg, 7.7 rpg, 2.3 apg
Kylan Boswell, Senior, Guard, 12.3 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 3.4 apg
Ben Humrichous, Senior, Forward, 7.6 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 0.9 apg
Ty Rodgers, Senior, Forward, 6.2 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 2.0 apg (2023-24 stats)
Jake Davis, Junior, Guard, 3.0 ppg, 1.4 rpg, 0.3 apg
 
Key New Players:
Zvonimir Ivisic, Junior, Center, Transfer from Arkansas
Brandon Lee, Freshman, Guard
David Mirkovic, Freshman, Forward
Mihailo Petrovic, Senior, Guard, Played in Serbia
Andrej Stojakovic, Junior, Forward, Transfer from California
Keaton Wagler, Freshman, Guard
 
Projected Postseason Tournament: NCAA
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 83.6 (10th in nation, 1st in conference)
Scoring Defense: 74.8 (260, 15)
Field-Goal Percentage: 45.1 (152, 14)
Field-Goal Defense: 42.3 (89, 5)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 9.4 (45, 3)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 31.3 (311, 17)
Free-Throw Percentage: 76.2 (42, 3)
Rebound Margin: 9.1 (4, 1)
Assists Per Game: 14.9 (90, 10)
Turnovers Per Game: 11.7 (173, 14)