| Illinois Probable Starters | |||||||||
| Pos. | No. | Name | Ht. | Wt. | Yr. | PPG | RPG | APG | Note |
| G | 0 | Terrence Shannon Jr. | 6-6 | 225 | Sr. | 17.2 | 4.9 | 2.9 | 19.3 ppg over his last 4 games |
| G | 15 | RJ Melendez | 6-7 | 205 | So. | 5.9 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 102 pts, 4 reb, 2 ast vs Michigan |
| G/F | 24 | Matthew Mayer | 6-9 | 225 | Gr. | 12.9 | 5.4 | 1.2 | 19.0 ppg, 6.6 rpg over last 5 games |
| F | 33 | Coleman Hawkins | 6-10 | 225 | Jr. | 9.8 | 6.5 | 2.9 | 16 pts, 7 reb in 49 min vs Michigan |
| F | 42 | Dain Dainja | 6-9 | 270 | r-So. | 9.7 | 5.6 | 0.5 | 64.7% FG (123-190) |
| Off the Bench | |||||||||
| Pos. | No. | Name | Ht. | Wt. | Yr. | PPG | RPG | APG | Note |
| G | 1 | Sencire Harris | 6-4 | 160 | Fr. | 3.5 | 2.0 | 0.9 | +8 in 22 min vs Michigan |
| F | 2 | Connor Serven | 6-9 | 235 | Jr. | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 | Academic All-Big Ten |
| G | 3 | Jayden Epps | 6-2 | 190 | Fr. | 10.0 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 17 pts, 4 threes vs Minnesota |
| G | 5 | AJ Redd | 6-3 | 160 | Fr. | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Former manager now on roster |
| G | 10 | Luke Goode | 6-7 | 200 | So. | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 4 pts, 4 reb, 1 stl vs Michigan |
| G | 11 | Niccolo Moretti | 6-1 | 160 | Fr. | – | – | – | Joined team Jan. 26; will redshirt |
| C | 12 | Brandon Lieb | 7-0 | 220 | Jr. | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 3 reb in 7 min at Indiana |
| G/F | 20 | Ty Rodgers | 6-6 | 200 | Fr. | 3.3 | 4.1 | 1.0 | Career-high 14 pts, 7 reb vs Michigan |
| G | 22 | Paxton Warden | 6-4 | 180 | Fr. | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | First career FG at Minnesota |
| G | 55 | Skyy Clark | 6-3 | 200 | Fr. | 7.0 | 3.7 | 2.1 | Announced leave from team Jan. 6 |
Head Coach Brad Underwood
Career Record: 223-103 (.684), 10th year
At Illinois: 114-76 (.600), 6th year
Big Ten: 66-51 (.564)
Series Notes vs. Purdue
All-Time Record: Purdue leads 104-90
Streak: Purdue W-2
Last Meeting: #3 Purdue 84 #13 Illinois 68 (Feb. 8, 2022 at West…
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