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2019–20 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

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2019–20 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 22
APNo. 21
Record21–10 (13–7 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Captains
  • Ayo Dosunmu
  • Andres Feliz
Home arenaState Farm Center
Seasons
2019–20 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 17 Wisconsin 14 6   .700 21 10   .677
No. 9 Michigan State 14 6   .700 22 9   .710
No. 12 Maryland 14 6   .700 24 7   .774
No. 21 Illinois 13 7   .650 21 10   .677
No. 25 Iowa 11 9   .550 20 11   .645
Penn State 11 9   .550 21 10   .677
No. 19 Ohio State 11 9   .550 21 10   .677
Rutgers 11 9   .550 20 11   .645
Michigan 10 10   .500 19 12   .613
Purdue 9 11   .450 16 15   .516
Indiana 9 11   .450 20 12   .625
Minnesota 8 12   .400 15 16   .484
Northwestern 3 17   .150 8 23   .258
Nebraska 2 18   .100 7 25   .219
Note: The 2020 Big Ten tournament was canceled prior to the second round due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rankings from AP poll

The 2019–20 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by third-year head coach Brad Underwood, the Illini played their home games at State Farm Center in Champaign, Illinois as members of the Big Ten Conference. The Illini finished the season 21–10, 13–7 in Big Ten play to finish in fourth place. Their season ended following the cancellation of postseason tournaments due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

Previous season

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The Illini finished the 2018–19 season 12–21, 7–13 in Big Ten play and finished in a three-way tie for 10th place. Due to the tie-breaking rules, they received the No. 11 seed in the Big Ten tournament where they defeated Northwestern in the first round before losing to Iowa in the second round.[2]

Offseason

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The Illini took a trip to Italy and compiled a 3-1 record, beating the three Italian teams they faced and losing to the Dutch team. Cockburn and Feliz did not come on the trip due to visa issues.[3]

Departures

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Drew Cayce 3 G 6'1" 175 RS Junior Libertyville, IL Graduated
Adonis de La Rosa 12 C 7'0" 265 RS Senior Bronx, NY Graduated
Anthony Higgs 22 F 6'8" 215 Freshman Baltimore, MD Transferred to Chipola College
Aaron Jordan 23 G 6'5" 210 Senior Plainfield, IL Graduated
Samba Kane 34 C 7'0" 220 Freshman Dakar, Senegal Transferred to Indian Hills Community College

2019 recruiting class

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US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk
PF
Lommel, Belgium KA Pegasus 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Jun 8, 2019 
Recruiting star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A
Kofi Cockburn
C
Kingston, Jamaica Christ the King (NY) / Oak Hill Academy (VA) 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 290 lb (130 kg) Jan 6, 2019 
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals:5/5 stars   247Sports:4/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 89
Jermaine Hamlin
C
Lincoln, Illinois Lincoln 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (110 kg) Aug 20, 2019 
Recruiting star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A
Overall recruiting rankings:   Rivals: 58  247Sports: 70
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, 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:

  • "2019 Illinois Commits". Rivals.com.
  • "ESPN- Illinois Fighting Illini Men's Basketball Recruiting". ESPN.com.
  • "2019 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.
  • "2019–20 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team". 247sports.com.

Roster

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2019–20 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Alan Griffin 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Oak Park and River Forest HS/Archbishop Stepinac HS White Plains, New York
G 1 Trent Frazier 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Wellington High School (FL) West Palm Beach, Florida
F 2 Kipper Nichols 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) RS Sr St. Edward High School (OH) Cleveland, Ohio
G/F 3 Jacob Grandison Current redshirt 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr Phillips Exeter Academy / Holy Cross Oakland, California
F 4 Zach Griffith (W) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Fisher High School Fisher, Illinois
F 5 Tevian Jones 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Culver City High School Culver City, California
G 10 Andrés Feliz (C) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr West Oaks Academy/Northwest Florida State Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
G 11 Ayo Dosunmu (C) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Morgan Park High School Chicago, Illinois
F 13 Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk Injured Current redshirt 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Fr KA Pegasus Lommel, Belgium
F 15 Giorgi Bezhanishvili 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) So St. Patrick High School Rustavi, Georgia
G 20 Da'Monte Williams 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Manual High School Peoria, Illinois
C 21 Kofi Cockburn 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 290 lb (132 kg) Fr Oak Hill Academy (VA) Kingston, Jamaica
G 22 Austin Hutcherson Current redshirt 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Hun School of Princeton / Wesleyan New York City
G 32 Tyler Underwood (W) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) GS Nacogdoches High School / Oklahoma State Nacogdoches, Texas
F/C 34 Jermaine Hamlin 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Fr Lincoln Lincoln, Illinois
G 35 Samson Oladimeji (W) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr William Fremd High School Rolling Meadows, Illinois
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: November 6, 2019

Note: Alan Griffin would later be removed from the roster site due to transferring out of the program.

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Italy Trip
August 6, 2019*
12:00 p.m.
at CUS Insubria W 118-56  1–0
 27  Dosunmu   11  Griffin   5  Dosunmu   (273)
Varese, Italy
August 7, 2019*
1:00 p.m.
at Gazzada All-Stars W 112-63  2–0
 31  Griffin   9  Bezhanishvili   8  Williams   (763)
Gazzada Schianno, Italy
August 9, 2019*
1:00 p.m.
at Livorno All-Stars W 107-74  3-0
 26  Dosunmu   10  Jones   4  Williams   (337)
Livorno, Italy
August 10, 2019*
12:00 p.m.
vs. The Netherlands National B Team L 72-82  3–1
 27  Dosunmu   6  Tied   4  Dosunmu   (171)
Roma, Italy
Exhibition
November 1, 2019*
8:00 p.m., BTN Plus
Lewis W 83–50  0–0
 16  Cockburn   11  Cockburn   4  Dosunmu  State Farm Center (12,867)
Champaign, IL
Regular season
November 5, 2019*
7:00 p.m., BTN Plus
Nicholls W 78–70 OT 1–0
 23  Feliz   11  Tied   4  Frazier  State Farm Center (10,034)
Champaign, IL
November 8, 2019*
8:00 pm, WCIX
at Grand Canyon W 83–71  2–0
 23  Cockburn   14  Cockburn   6  Dosunmu  GCU Arena (7,498)
Phoenix, AZ
November 10, 2019*
8:00 p.m., P12N
at No. 21 Arizona L 69–90  2–1
 15  Dosunmu   10  Feliz   4  Dosunmu  McKale Center (13,780)
Tucson, AZ
November 18, 2019*
7:00 p.m., ESPNU
Hawaii
O’ahu Classic
W 66–53  3–1
 15  Cockburn   14  Cockburn   5  Feliz  State Farm Center (11,589)
Champaign, IL
November 20, 2019*
8:00 p.m., BTN
The Citadel
O’ahu Classic
W 85–57  4–1
 18  Cockburn   17  Cockburn   5  Frazier  State Farm Center (11,196)
Champaign, IL
November 23, 2019*
7:00 p.m., BTN Plus
Hampton
O’ahu Classic
W 120–71  5–1
 20  Dosunmu   13  Cockburn   5  Tied  State Farm Center (9,732)
Champaign, IL
November 26, 2019*
7:00 pm, BTN Plus
Lindenwood
O’ahu Classic
W 117–65  6–1
 24  Dosunmu   8  Cockburn   9  Feliz  State Farm Center (9,712)
Champaign, IL
December 2, 2019*
6:00 p.m., ESPN2
Miami (FL)
ACC–Big Ten Challenge
L 79–81  6–2
 23  Cockburn   8  Bezhanishvili   5  Bezhanishvili  State Farm Center (11,819)
Champaign, IL
December 7, 2019
4:00 p.m., ESPN2
at No. 3 Maryland L 58–59  6–3
(0–1)
 13  Frazier   8  Tied   3  Dosunmu  Xfinity Center (16,690)
College Park, MD
December 11, 2019
8:00 p.m., BTN
No. 5 Michigan W 71–62  7–3
(1–1)
 19  Cockburn   10  Cockburn   3  Dosunmu  State Farm Center (13,277)
Champaign, IL
December 14, 2019*
5:00 p.m., BTN
Old Dominion W 69–55  8–3
 15  Griffin   9  Cockburn   4  Bezhanishvili  State Farm Center (13,276)
Champaign, IL
December 21, 2019*
12:00 pm, SECN
vs. Missouri
Braggin' Rights
L 56–63  8–4
 21  Dosunmu   6  Griffin   2  Bezhanishvili  Enterprise Center (15,259)
St. Louis, MO
December 29, 2019*
1:00 p.m., ESPNU
North Carolina A&T W 95–64  9–4
 26  Cockburn   9  Cockburn   5  Bezhanishvili  State Farm Center (13,676)
Champaign, IL
January 2, 2020
7:00 p.m., FS1
at No. 14 Michigan State L 56–76  9–5
(1–2)
 18  Dosunmu   9  Cockburn   4  Frazier  Breslin Student Events Center (14,797)
East Lansing, MI
January 5, 2020
7:00 p.m., FS1
Purdue W 63–37  10–5
(2–2)
 16  Griffin   12  Griffin   6  Feliz  State Farm Center (12,153)
Champaign, IL
January 8, 2020
8:00 p.m., BTN
at Wisconsin W 71–70  11–5
(3–2)
 18  Dosunmu   6  Cockburn   6  Dosunmu  Kohl Center (16,108)
Madison, WI
January 11, 2020
11:00 a.m., BTN
Rutgers W 54–51  12–5
(4–2)
 18  Dosunmu   17  Cockburn   2  Tied  State Farm Center (11,070)
Champaign, IL
January 18, 2020
4:00 p.m., BTN
No. 24 Northwestern
Rivalry
W 75–71  13–5
(5–2)
 16  Frazier   7  Cockburn   6  Dosunmu  State Farm Center (14,131)
Champaign, IL
January 21, 2020
6:00 p.m., ESPNU
No. 21 at Purdue W 79–62  14–5
(6–2)
 22  Cockburn   15  Cockburn   11  Dosunmu  Mackey Arena (14,804)
West Lafayette, IN
January 25, 2020
11:00 a.m., FS1
No. 21 at Michigan W 64–62  15–5
(7–2)
 27  Dosunmu   7  Dosunmu   2  Dosunmu  Crisler Center (12,707)
Ann Arbor, MI
January 30, 2020
6:30 p.m., FS1
No. 19 Minnesota W 59–51  16–5
(8–2)
 17  Feliz   10  Cockburn   4  Bezhanishvili  State Farm Center (15,544)
Champaign, IL
February 2, 2020
12:00 p.m., FS1
No. 19 at No. 18 Iowa
Rivalry
L 65–72  16–6
(8–3)
 17  Feliz   6  Tied   3  Dosunmu  Carver–Hawkeye Arena (15,056)
Iowa City, IA
February 7, 2020
7:00 p.m., FS1
No. 20 No. 9 Maryland L 66–75  16–7
(8–4)
 16  Dosunmu   9  Griffin   4  Dosunmu  State Farm Center (15,544)
Champaign, IL
February 11, 2020
8:00 p.m., ESPN
No. 22 Michigan State L 69–70  16–8
(8–5)
 17  Dosunmu   9  Dosunmu   4  Frazier  State Farm Center (15,544)
Champaign, IL
February 15, 2020
3:30 p.m., BTN
No. 22 at Rutgers L 57–72  16–9
(8–6)
 14  Griffin   10  Cockburn   4  Feliz  Louis Brown Athletic Center (8,000)
Piscataway, NJ
February 18, 2020
5:30 p.m., FS1
at No. 9 Penn State W 62–56  17–9
(9–6)
 24  Dosunmu   7  Tied   4  Williams  Bryce Jordan Center (9,506)
University Park, PA
February 24, 2020
7:00 p.m., BTN
Nebraska W 71–59  18–9
(10–6)
 18  Dosunmu   10  Cockburn   3  Tied  State Farm Center (15,354)
Champaign, IL
February 27, 2020
7:00 p.m., BTN
at Northwestern
Rivalry
W 74–66  19–9
(11–6)
 24  Griffin   14  Cockburn   7  Feliz  Welsh–Ryan Arena (7,039)
Evanston, IL
March 1, 2020
1:00 p.m., BTN
Indiana
Rivalry
W 67–66  20–9
(12–6)
 17  Dosunmu   7  Feliz   4  Feliz  State Farm Center (15,554)
Champaign, IL
March 5, 2020
6:00 p.m., ESPN
No. 23 at No. 19 Ohio State L 63–71  20–10
(12–7)
 21  Dosunmu   11  Feliz   5  Dosunmu  Value City Arena (16,382)
Columbus, OH
March 8, 2020
6:00 p.m., BTN
No. 23 No. 18 Iowa
Rivalry
W 78–76  21–10
(13–7)
 17  Dosunmu   8  Cockburn   8  Dosunmu  State Farm Center (15,554)
Champaign, IL
Big Ten tournament
Canceled
NCAA Tournament
Canceled
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Source[4]

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
APRVRV2421192022RVRV232121
CoachesRVRVRV22192123RVRV22-T2222

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings

References

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  1. ^ "2020 NCAA Tournament canceled due to growing threat of coronavirus pandemic". CBSSports.com. March 13, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  2. ^ Greenberg, Steve. "Big Ten tourney: Illinois sinks like a stone in season-ending 83–62 loss to Iowa". Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  3. ^ Bennett, Bryce (August 15, 2019). "Illinois Basketball Finishes Overseas Trip". Retrieved July 29, 2023.
  4. ^ "2019-20 Men's Basketball Schedule".