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The 2023-24 Illinois season‎ ended with a run to the Elite Eight, where the Fighting Illini fell to eventual national champion UConn.

Brad Underwood has solidified himself as one of the Big Ten’s premier coaches. Illinois has finished in

the top 35 of the KenPom rankings in the last five seasons. Three of those seasons saw Illinois finish in the top 20 and two ended in the top 10.

This winter in Champaign, the Illinois roster will look much different as Terrence Shannon Jr., Marcus Domask, Dain Dainja, Coleman Hawkins, Quincy Guerrier, Sencire Harris, Amani Hansberry, Justin Harmon and Luke Goode are all gone.

The lone rotation returnees are junior Ty Rodgers, a starter last season and Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn, who averaged just 7.1 minutes last season as a freshman.

The revamped Illini backcourt will feature Arizona transfer Kylan Boswell and Lithuanian freshman Kasparus Jakucionis, who is expected to be one of the top newcomers in the Big Ten.

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