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2016–17 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

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2016–17Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball

NIT, Quarterfinals
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	20–15 (8–10 Big Ten)
Head coach	John Groce (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Dustin Ford (5th season) Paris Parham (5th season) Jamall Walker (5th season)
MVP	Malcolm Hill
Captains	Tracy Abrams Malcolm Hill
Home arena	State Farm Center
Seasons ← 2015–16 2017–18 →

2016–17 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 15 Purdue	14	–	4	.778	27	–	8	.771
No. 25 Wisconsin	12	–	6	.667	27	–	10	.730
Maryland	12	–	6	.667	24	–	9	.727
Minnesota	11	–	7	.611	24	–	10	.706
No. 23 Michigan †	10	–	8	.556	26	–	12	.684
Northwestern	10	–	8	.556	24	–	12	.667
Michigan State	10	–	8	.556	20	–	15	.571
Iowa	10	–	8	.556	19	–	15	.559
Illinois	8	–	10	.444	20	–	15	.571
Ohio State	7	–	11	.389	17	–	15	.531
Indiana	7	–	11	.389	18	–	16	.529
Penn State	6	–	12	.333	15	–	18	.455
Nebraska	6	–	12	.333	12	–	19	.387
Rutgers	3	–	15	.167	15	–	18	.455

†2017 Big Ten tournament winner Rankings fromAP poll

The2016–17 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented theUniversity of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by fifth-year head coachJohn Groce, the Illini played their home games atState Farm Center as members of theBig Ten Conference. They finished the season 20–15, 8–10 inBig Ten play to finish in ninth place. They lost in the second round of theBig Ten tournament toMichigan. They received an invitation to theNational Invitation Tournament where they defeatedValparaiso andBoise State before losing in the Quarterfinals toUCF.

On March 11, 2017, Illinois fired head coach John Groce.^[1]^[2] Shortly thereafter, the school announced that Assistant coachJamall Walker would coach the team in the NIT.^[3] On March 18, the school hiredBrad Underwood as the new head coach.^[4]

Previous season

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TheFighting Illini finished the2015–16 season with a record of 15–19, 5–13 inBig Ten play to finish in 12th place in conference. The Illini defeatedMinnesota andIowa to advance to the quarterfinals of theBig Ten tournament where they lost toPurdue.

Offseason

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Departures

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Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Khalid Lewis	3	G	6'3"	185	RS Senior	Trenton, NJ	Graduated
Mike LaTulip	10	G	6'1"	170	Senior	Arlington Heights, IL	Graduated and transferred toWright State
Kendrick Nunn	25	G	6'3"	190	Junior	Chicago, IL	Dismissed due to domestic battery guilty plea, transferred toOakland^[5]

Incoming transfers

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College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Drew Cayce^[6] PG	Libertyville, IL	La Lumiere (IN) /Creighton	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Jul 21, 2016
Drew Cayce^[6] PG	Recruit ratings: No ratings found
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources:

2016 recruiting class

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On September 16, 2015,Te'Jon Lucas ofMilwaukee, Wisconsin verbally committed to attend Illinois in the fall of 2016 and signed hisNational Letter of Intent to finalize his recruitment on November 11, 2015. Lucas attended the NBA Top 100 camp in June 2015, had scholarship offers fromCalifornia,Memphis,Purdue, andWisconsin, and he strongly considered bothUSC andOld Dominion before committing to Illinois.^[7]^[8] Lucas is only the third player from the State of Wisconsin to commit to Illinois, and is the first since 1926.^[9]

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Te'Jon Lucas PG	Milwaukee, WI	Washington (WI)	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Sep 16, 2015
Te'Jon Lucas PG	Recruit ratings:Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Overall recruit ranking: 247Sports: 109 On3: 77
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Illinois 2016 Basketball Commitments". Rivals. RetrievedSeptember 18, 2015. "2016 Illinois Basketball Commits". Scout. RetrievedSeptember 18, 2015. "ESPN Recruiting Nation Basketball". ESPN. RetrievedSeptember 18, 2015. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout. RetrievedSeptember 18, 2015. "2016 Team Ranking". Rivals. RetrievedSeptember 18, 2015. "Illinois 2016 Basketball Commits". 247Sports. RetrievedSeptember 18, 2015. "2016–17 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team". On3. RetrievedSeptember 18, 2015.

Roster

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2016–17 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	D. J. Williams	6ft 7in(2.01 m)	210lb(95 kg)	So	Simeon Academy	Chicago, Illinois
G	1	Jaylon Tate	6ft 3in(1.91 m)	170lb(77 kg)	Sr	Simeon Academy	Chicago, Illinois
F	2	Kipper Nichols	6ft 6in(1.98 m)	225lb(102 kg)	Fr	St. Edward High School (OH)	Cleveland, Ohio
G	3	Te'Jon Lucas	6ft 0in(1.83 m)	170lb(77 kg)	Fr	Washington High School (WI)	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
G	5	Jalen Coleman-Lands	6ft 3in(1.91 m)	190lb(86 kg)	So	La Lumiere School	Indianapolis, Indiana
G	10	Drew Cayce (W)	6ft 1in(1.85 m)	165lb(75 kg)	So	La Lumiere School	Libertyville, Illinois
F	12	Leron Black	6ft 7in(2.01 m)	220lb(100 kg)	RS So	White Station High School	Memphis, Tennessee
G	13	Tracy Abrams (C)	6ft 2in(1.88 m)	185lb(84 kg)	GS	Mount Carmel High School	Chicago, Illinois
G	21	Malcolm Hill (C)	6ft 6in(1.98 m)	225lb(102 kg)	Sr	Belleville High School-East	Fairview Heights, Illinois
C	22	Maverick Morgan	6ft 10in(2.08 m)	245lb(111 kg)	Sr	Springboro High School	Springboro, Ohio
G	23	Aaron Jordan	6ft 5in(1.96 m)	190lb(86 kg)	So	Plainfield East High School	Plainfield, Illinois
C	33	Mike Thorne Jr.	6ft 11in(2.11 m)	280lb(127 kg)	GS	Trinity Christian/UNC-Charlotte	Fayetteville, North Carolina
G	35	Samson Oladimeji (W)	6ft 4in(1.93 m)	195lb(88 kg)	Fr	William Fremd High School	Rolling Meadows, Illinois
G	41	Clayton Jones (W)	6ft 0in(1.83 m)	170lb(77 kg)	Jr	Champaign Central High School	Champaign, Illinois
F	43	Michael Finke	6ft 10in(2.08 m)	230lb(104 kg)	RS So	Centennial High School (IL)	Champaign, Illinois
G	44	Alex Austin (W)	6ft 4in(1.93 m)	190lb(86 kg)	RS Sr	Mount Carmel High School/Eastern Illinois	Chicago, Illinois
F	45	Cameron Liss (W)	6ft 6in(1.98 m)	220lb(100 kg)	Jr	Glenbrook North High School	Northbrook, Illinois

Head coach

John Groce (Taylor)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W)Walk-on

Injured
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Roster

Schedule and results

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Source:^[10]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Oct 30, 2016* 2:00 pm, BTN+		WashU	W 82–75		20 – Morgan	6 – Hill	5 – Tate	State Farm Center (10,359) Champaign, IL
Nov 4, 2016* 7:00 pm, BTN+		Lewis	W 95–51		16 – Coleman-Lands	9 – Finke	4 – Tate	State Farm Center (12,753) Champaign, IL
Non-conference regular season
Nov 11, 2016* 8:00 pm, BTN		Southeast Missouri State	W 81–62	1–0	21 – Hill	8 – Hill	6 – Tate	State Farm Center (10,790) Champaign, IL
Nov 13, 2016* 5:00 pm, BTN+		Northern Kentucky	W 79–64	2–0	40 – Hill	12 – Hill	3 – Tied	State Farm Center (10,888) Champaign, IL
Nov 15, 2016* 7:00 pm, BTN		McKendree	W 112–65	3–0	18 – Tied	10 – Thorne, Jr.	8 – Tate	State Farm Center (10,135) Champaign, IL
Nov 18, 2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Detroit NIT Season Tip-Off	W 89–69	4–0	25 – Hill	7 – Thorne, Jr.	6 – Tate	State Farm Center (10,396) Champaign, IL
Nov 21, 2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Winthrop NIT Season Tip-Off	L 80–84 ^OT	4–1	18 – Finke	9 – Hill	6 – Abrams	State Farm Center (9,502) Champaign, IL
Nov 24, 2016* 2:00 pm, ESPNU		vs. No. 19 West Virginia NIT Season Tip-Off semifinals	L 57–89	4–2	13 – Finke	9 – Black	4 – Tate	Barclays Center (2,451) Brooklyn, NY
Nov 25, 2016* 11:30 am, ESPNU		vs. No. 25 Florida State NIT Season Tip-Off 3rd place game	L 61–72	4–3	18 – Hill	11 – Black	4 – Lucas	Barclays Center (3,713) Brooklyn, NY
Nov 29, 2016* 8:00 pm, ESPNU		NC State ACC–Big Ten Challenge	W 88–74	5–3	22 – Hill	9 – Hill	4 – Hill	State Farm Center (13,481) Champaign, IL
Dec 3, 2016* 2:00 pm, CBSSN		vs. VCU Hoophall Miami Invitational	W 64–46	6–3	18 – Black	8 – Black	5 – Hill	American Airlines Arena Miami, FL
Dec 6, 2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		IUPUI	W 85–77	7–3	32 – Hill	9 – Black	6 – Abrams	State Farm Center (10,536) Champaign, IL
Dec 10, 2016* 2:00 pm, BTN+		Central Michigan	W 92–73	8–3	31 – Abrams	11 – Thorne, Jr.	5 – Tate	State Farm Center (13,045) Champaign, IL
Dec 17, 2016* 8:30 pm, BTN		vs. BYU State Farm Chicago Legends	W 75–73	9–3	15 – Abrams	10 – Morgan	5 – Tate	United Center Chicago, IL
Dec 21, 2016* 6:00 pm, ESPNU		vs. Missouri Braggin' Rights	W 75–66	10–3	21 – Hill	11 – Morgan	6 – Tate	Scottrade Center (12,409) St. Louis, MO
Big Ten regular season
Dec 27, 2016 4:00 pm, ESPN2		at Maryland	L 59–84	10–4 (0–1)	21 – Hill	7 – Hill	2 – Tied	Xfinity Center (17,950) College Park, MD
Jan 1, 2017 6:00 pm, BTN		Ohio State	W 75–70	11–4 (1–1)	20 – Hill	15 – Black	3 – Hill	State Farm Center (12,221) Champaign, IL
Jan 7, 2017 4:00 pm, ESPNU		at No. 25 Indiana Rivalry	L 80–96	11–5 (1–2)	21 – Tied	4 – Tied	4 – Lucas	Assembly Hall (16,506) Bloomington, IN
Jan 11, 2017 8:00 pm, BTN		Michigan	W 85–69	12–5 (2–2)	16 – Morgan	8 – Nichols	8 – Lucas	State Farm Center (11,404) Champaign, IL
Jan 14, 2017 5:00 pm, ESPN2		Maryland	L 56–62	12–6 (2–3)	15 – Morgan	4 – Lucas	9 – Black	State Farm Center (14,002) Champaign, IL
Jan 17, 2017 6:00 pm, BTN		at No. 21 Purdue	L 68–91	12–7 (2–4)	15 – Morgan	6 – Black	5 – Hill	Mackey Arena (13,920) West Lafayette, IN
Jan 21, 2017 1:15 pm, BTN		at Michigan	L 57–66	12–8 (2–5)	16 – Hill	5 – Hill	4 – Hill	Crisler Center (12,234) Ann Arbor, MI
Jan 25, 2017 8:00 pm, BTN		Iowa Rivalry	W 76–64	13–8 (3–5)	17 – Finke	7 – Tied	6 – Lucas	State Farm Center (11,787) Champaign, IL
Jan 28, 2017 3:30 pm, BTN		at Penn State	L 67–71	13–9 (3–6)	19 – Hill	7 – Tied	7 – Hill	Bryce Jordan Center (10,202) University Park, PA
Jan 31, 2017 8:00 pm, BTN		No. 10 Wisconsin	L 43–57	13–10 (3–7)	10 – Tied	4 – 4 Tied	2 – 3 Tied	State Farm Center (12,334) Champaign, IL
Feb 4, 2017 3:30 pm, BTN		Minnesota	L 59-68	13-11 (3-8)	16 – Nichols	11 – Morgan	6 – Hill	State Farm Center (15,544) Champaign, IL
Feb 7, 2017 7:00 pm, BTN		at Northwestern Rivalry	W 68–61	14–11 (4–8)	14 – Hill	9 – Hill	6 – Lucas	Welsh-Ryan Arena (7,614) Evanston, IL
Feb 11, 2017 1:00 pm, BTN		Penn State	L 70–83	14–12 (4–9)	14 – Hill	5 – Finke	7 – Lucas	State Farm Center (13,010) Champaign, IL
Feb 18, 2017 1:00 pm, BTN		at Iowa Rivalry	W 70–66	15–12 (5–9)	21 – Hill	8 – Hill	5 – Finke	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (15,400) Iowa City, IA
Feb 21, 2017 7:00 pm, BTN		Northwestern Rivalry	W 66–50	16–12 (6–9)	18 – Hill	10 – Morgan	5 – Hill	State Farm Center (11,206) Champaign, IL
Feb 26, 2017 6:30 pm, BTN		at Nebraska	W 73–57	17–12 (7–9)	19 – Hill	5 – Black	6 – Abrams	Pinnacle Bank Arena (14,236) Lincoln, NE
Mar 1, 2017 8:00 pm, BTN		Michigan State	W 73–70	18–12 (8–9)	22 – Hill	7 – Black	4 – Hill	State Farm Center (15,544) Champaign, IL
Mar 4, 2017 11:00 am, ESPNU		at Rutgers	L 59–62	18–13 (8–10)	16 – Morgan	8 – Morgan	7 – Hill	Louis Brown Athletic Center (5,706) Piscataway, NJ
Big Ten tournament
Mar 9, 2017 12:00 pm, BTN	(9)	vs. (8) Michigan Second Round	L 55–75	18–14	23 – Abrams	7 – Finke	3 – Lucas	Verizon Center (12,189) Washington, D.C.
NIT
Mar 14, 2017* 6:15 pm, ESPN2	(2)	(7) Valparaiso First Round – Illinois State Bracket	W 82–57	19–14	25 – Hill	12 – Black	6 – Lucas	State Farm Center (4,719) Champaign, IL
Mar 20, 2017* 8:00 pm, ESPN	(2)	(6) Boise State Second Round – Illinois State Bracket	W 71–56	20–14	18 – Abrams	10 – Black	7 – Lucas	State Farm Center (5,713) Champaign, IL
Mar 22, 2017* 6:00 pm, ESPN2	(2)	at (4) UCF Quarterfinals – Illinois State Bracket	L 58–68	20–15	29 – Hill	7 – Black	6 – Lucas	CFE Arena (10,011) Orlando, FL
*Non-conference game.^#Rankings fromAP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are inCentral Time.

References

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^Ryan, Shannon."Illinois fires men's basketball coach John Groce after five seasons".chicagotribune.com. RetrievedMarch 13, 2017.
^"Illinois fires John Groce after 37-53 Big Ten mark in five seasons".CBSSports.com. RetrievedMarch 13, 2017.
^Vainisi, Jim (March 12, 2017)."Illinois receives 2 seed, will host Valparaiso in First Round".The Champaign Room. RetrievedMarch 17, 2017.
^Smith, Erick (March 18, 2017)."Illinois hires Oklahoma State's Brad Underwood as new coach".USA TODAY. RetrievedApril 4, 2017.
^Paul, Tony (June 23, 2016)."Ex-Illinois star Nunn to join Golden Grizzlies".Detroit News. RetrievedJune 23, 2016.
^Vainisi, Jim (July 21, 2016)."Creighton guard Drew Cayce is transferring to Illinois Basketball as a walk-on".SB Nation. RetrievedJuly 27, 2016.
^Ryan, Shannon (November 11, 2015)."Four-star point guard Te'Jon Lucas signs with Illinois". Chicago Tribune. RetrievedNovember 30, 2015.
^Stewart, Mark (September 16, 2015)."Washington basketball star Te'Jon Lucas commits to Illinois". Journal Sentinel. RetrievedNovember 30, 2015.
^Jackson, Marcus (September 16, 2015)."Te'Jon Lucas: 'We'll be celebrating'". News Gazette. RetrievedNovember 30, 2015.
^"2016-17 Men's Basketball Schedule".

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