| Date | | | Road | | Home | Mon Nov 4 | W | 1-0 | Eastern Illinois | 67 | at | 112 | Illinois | Fri Nov 8 | W | 2-0 | SIU Edwardsville | 58 | at | 90 | Illinois | Wed Nov 13 | W | 3-0 | Oakland | 54 | at | 66 | Illinois | Wed Nov 20 | L | 3-1 | #25 Illinois | 87 | at | 100 | #8 Alabama | Sat Nov 23 | W | 4-1 | Maryland Eastern Shore | 40 | at | 87 | #25 Illinois | Mon Nov 25 | W | 5-1 | Little Rock | 34 | at | 92 | Illinois | Thu Nov 28 | W | 6-1 | Illinois | 90 | at | 77 | #19 Arkansas | Fri Dec 6 | L | 6-2 | #19 Illinois | 66 | at | 70 | Northwestern | Tue Dec 10 | W | 7-2 | #20 Wisconsin | 80 | at | 86 | Illinois | Sat Dec 14 | L | 7-3 | #1 Tennessee | 66 | at | 64 | Illinois | Sun Dec 22 | W | 8-3 | Illinois | 80 | at | 77 | Missouri | Sun Dec 29 | W | 9-3 | Chicago State | 64 | at | 117 | #24 Illinois | Thu Jan 2 | W | 10-3 | #22 Illinois | 109 | at | 77 | #9 Oregon | Sun Jan 5 | W | 11-3 | #22 Illinois | 81 | at | 77 | Washington | Wed Jan 8 | W | 12-3 | Penn State | 52 | at | 91 | #13 Illinois | Sat Jan 11 | L | 12-4 | USC | 82 | at | 72 | #13 Illinois | Tue Jan 14 | W | 13-4 | #19 Illinois | 94 | at | 69 | Indiana | Sun Jan 19 | L | 13-5 | #19 Illinois | 78 | at | 80 | #12 Michigan State | Thu Jan 23 | L | 13-6 | Maryland | 91 | at | 70 | #17 Illinois | Sun Jan 26 | W | 14-6 | Northwestern | 74 | at | 83 | #17 Illinois | Thu Jan 30 | L | 14-7 | #18 Illinois | 74 | at | 80 | Nebraska | Sun Feb 2 | W | 15-7 | Ohio State | 79 | at | 87 | #18 Illinois | Wed Feb 5 | L | 15-8 | #23 Illinois | 73 | at | 82 | Rutgers | Sat Feb 8 | W | 16-8 | #23 Illinois | 95 | at | 74 | Minnesota | Tue Feb 11 | W | 17-8 | UCLA | 78 | at | 83 | Illinois | Sat Feb 15 | L | 17-9 | #11 Michigan State | 79 | at | 65 | Illinois | Tue Feb 18 | L | 17-10 | Illinois | 74 | at | 95 | #11 Wisconsin | Sat Feb 22 | L | 17-11 | #3 Duke | 110 | at | 67 | Illinois | Tue Feb 25 | W | 18-11 | Iowa | 61 | at | 81 | Illinois | Sun Mar 2 | W | 19-11 | Illinois | 93 | at | 73 | #15 Michigan | Fri Mar 7 | W | 20-11 | #18 Purdue | 80 | at | 88 | Illinois | Big Ten Tournament | 2nd | W | | 15. Iowa | 94 | vs | 106 | 7. Illinois | Quarters | L | | 2. Maryland | 88 | vs | 65 | 7. Illinois | NCAA Tournament | Rnd of 64 | W | | 11. Xavier | 73 | vs | 86 | 6. Illinois | Rnd of 32 | L | | 3. Kentucky | 84 | vs | 75 | 6. Illinois |
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Record: |
20 - 11 |
Conference |
12 - 8 |
Record vs AP |
5 - 6 |
Home: |
13 - 5 |
Away: |
7 - 6 |
Avg Pts Scored: |
83.71 |
Avg Pts Allowed: |
73.55 |
Streak: |
3W |
November: |
6 - 1 |
December: |
3 - 2 |
January: |
5 - 4 |
February: |
4 - 4 |
March: |
2 - 0 |
April: |
0 - 0 |
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