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2017–18 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

2017–18 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
Illinois Fighting Illini logo.svg
Conference Big Ten Conference
2017–18 record 0–0 (0–0 Big Ten)
Head coach Brad Underwood (1st year)
Assistant coach Orlando Antigua
Assistant coach Jamall Walker
Assistant coach Ron Coleman
Home arena State Farm Center
Seasons
← 2016–17
2018–19 →
2017–18 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Illinois 0 0       0 0  
Indiana 0 0       0 0  
Iowa 0 0       0 0  
Maryland 0 0       0 0  
Michigan 0 0       0 0  
Michigan State 0 0       0 0  
Minnesota 0 0       0 0  
Nebraska 0 0       0 0  
Northwestern 0 0       0 0  
Ohio State 0 0       0 0  
Penn State 0 0       0 0  
Purdue 0 0       0 0  
Rutgers 0 0       0 0  
Wisconsin 0 0       0 0  
2018 Big Ten Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2017–18 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team will represent the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by first-year head coach Brad Underwood, the Illini will play their home games at State Farm Center in Champaign, Illinois as members of the Big Ten Conference.

The Illini finished the 2016–17 season 20–15, 8–10 in Big Ten play to finish in ninth place. They lost in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament to Michigan. They received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Valparaiso and Boise State before losing in the quarterfinals to UCF.

On March 11, 2017, Illinois fired head coach John Groce. On March 18, the school hired Brad Underwood as the new head coach.

During Illinois' final home game against Minnesota on February 28, 2016, Da'Monte Williams verbally committed to attend Illinois in the fall of 2017. Williams is the son of former Illinois guard Frank Williams who led the Fighting Illini to three straight NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament appearances, including an Elite Eight appearance in 2001. On November 9, 2016 Trent Frazier signed a national letter of intent after considering Memphis, Georgia, Kansas State and Seton Hall, among others. On April 27, 2017, four-star point guard Mark Smith, Mr. Illinois Basketball for 2017, announced he would attend Illinois.


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