2016–17 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 25 Maryland	4	–	1	.800	16	–	2	.889
No. 17 Wisconsin	4	–	1	.800	15	–	3	.833
Northwestern	4	–	2	.667	15	–	4	.789
No. 21 Purdue	4	–	2	.667	15	–	4	.789
Michigan State	4	–	2	.667	12	–	7	.632
Minnesota	3	–	3	.500	15	–	4	.789
Indiana	3	–	3	.500	13	–	6	.684
Iowa	3	–	3	.500	11	–	8	.579
Penn State	3	–	3	.500	11	–	8	.579
Nebraska	3	–	3	.500	9	–	9	.500
Illinois	2	–	4	.333	12	–	7	.632
Michigan	2	–	4	.333	12	–	7	.632
Ohio State	2	–	4	.333	12	–	7	.632
Rutgers	0	–	6	.000	11	–	8	.579

† 2017 Big Ten Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016–17 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team will represent the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by fifth year head coach John Groce, the Illini will play their home games at State Farm Center and are members of the Big Ten Conference.

The Fighting Illini finished the 2015–16 season with a record of 15–19, 5–13 in Big Ten play to finish in 12th place in conference. The Illini defeated Minnesota and Iowa to advance to the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament where they lost to Purdue.

On September 16, 2015, Te'Jon Lucas of Milwaukee, Wisconsin verbally committed to attend Illinois in the fall of 2016 and signed his National Letter of Intent to finalize his recruitment on November 11, 2015. Lucas attended the NBA Top 100 camp in June 2015, had scholarship offers from California, Memphis, Purdue, and Wisconsin, and he strongly considered both USC and Old Dominion before committing to Illinois. Lucas is only the third player from the State of Wisconsin to commit to Illinois, and is the first since 1926.

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