2022-2023 Illinois Fighting Illini

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2022-2023 Illinois Fighting Illini Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
55 Skyy Clark Fr G 6-3 205 Jun 29, 2003 Los Angeles (CA) United States Montverde Academy
42 Dain Dainja So F 6-9 270 Jul 16, 2002 Chicago (IL) United States Park Center Senior High School
3 Jayden Epps Fr G 6-2 187 Nov 12, 2003 Suffolk (VA) United States COMBINE Academy
10 Luke Goode So F 6-7 210 Aug 24, 2002 Fort Wayne (IN) United States Homestead High School
1 Sencire Harris Fr G 6-4 160 Sep 28, 2002 North Canton (OH) United States St. Vincent St. Mary High School
33 Coleman Hawkins Jr SF 6-10 225 Dec 10, 2001 Antelope (CA) United States Prolific Prep
12 Brandon Lieb Jr C 7-0 220 Apr 19, 2002 Deerfield (IL) United States Deerfield High School
24 Matthew Mayer Sr SF 6-9 225 Sep 23, 1999 Austin (TX) United States Westlake High School
15 R.J. Melendez So F 6-7 210 Dec 3, 2002 Arecibo (PR) Puerto Rico Central Pointe Christian Academy
25 Zacharie Perrin RS-Fr PF 6-11 220 Aug 30, 2004 N/A France Sunrise Christian Academy
5 A.J. Redd Fr G 6-3 160 Sep 3, 2003 Chicago (IL) United States St. Ignatius College Prep
20 Ty Rodgers Fr G 6-6 200 May 4, 2004 Saginaw (MI) United States Thornton Township High School
2 Connor Serven Jr F 6-8 235 May 17, 2002 Bushnell (IL) United States St. Rita of Cascia High School
0 Terrence Shannon, Jr. Sr F 6-6 215 Jul 30, 2000 Chicago (IL) United States Lincoln Park High School
22 Paxton Warden Fr GF 6-4 180 - Glen Ellyn (IL) United States Glenbard West High School

Recent Illinois Fighting Illini History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 29-9 (14-6) 2nd (Big Ten) Champion NCAA 4th Rnd
2022-2023 20-13 (11-9) 5th (Big Ten) 2nd Rnd NCAA 1st Rnd
2021-2022 23-10 (15-5) 1st (Big Ten) 3rd Rnd NCAA 2nd Rnd
2020-2021 24-7 (16-4) 1st (Big Ten) Champion NCAA 2nd Rnd
2019-2020 21-10 (13-7) 4th (Big Ten) 3rd Rnd N/A
2018-2019 12-21 (7-13) 10th (Big Ten) 2nd Rnd N/A
2017-2018 14-18 (4-14) 11th (Big Ten) 1st Rnd N/A
2016-2017 20-15 (8-10) 9th (Big Ten) 2nd Rnd NIT 3rd Rnd
2015-2016 15-19 (5-13) 12th (Big Ten) 3rd Rnd N/A
2014-2015 19-14 (9-9) 7th (Big Ten) 2nd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2013-2014 20-15 (7-11) 8th (Big Ten) 2nd Rnd NIT 2nd Rnd
2012-2013 23-13 (8-10) 7th (Big Ten) 2nd Rnd NCAA 2nd Rnd
2011-2012 17-15 (6-12) 9th (Big Ten) 1st Rnd N/A
2010-2011 20-14 (9-9) 4th (Big Ten) 2nd Rnd NCAA 2nd Rnd
2009-2010 21-15 (10-8) 5th (Big Ten) 3rd Rnd NIT 3rd Rnd
2008-2009 24-10 (11-7) 2nd (Big Ten) 3rd Rnd NCAA 1st Rnd
2007-2008 16-19 (5-13) 9th (Big Ten) Runner Up N/A
2006-2007 23-12 (9-7) 4th (Big Ten) 3rd Rnd NCAA 1st Rnd
2005-2006 26-7 (11-5) 2nd (Big Ten) 2nd Rnd NCAA 2nd Rnd
2004-2005 37-2 (15-1) 1st (Big Ten) Champion NCAA Runner Up
2003-2004 26-7 (13-3) 1st (Big Ten) Runner Up NCAA 3rd Rnd
2002-2003 25-7 (11-5) 2nd (Big Ten) Champion NCAA 2nd Rnd

2022-2023 Illinois Fighting Illini Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Terrence Shannon, Jr. USBWA All-District Team (V)
Terrence Shannon, Jr. NABC All-District (7) Second Team
Terrence Shannon, Jr. All-Big Ten First Team (Coaches)
Matthew Mayer All-Big Ten Third Team (Coaches)
Terrence Shannon, Jr. All-Big Ten Second Team (Media)
Matthew Mayer All-Big Ten Third Team (Media)
Terrence Shannon, Jr. Big Ten Player of the Week (Nov 21, 2022)
Jayden Epps Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Feb 6, 2023)

2022-2023 Illinois Fighting Illini Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters T. Shannon, Jr. R. Melendez M. Mayer D. Dainja C. Hawkins
Rotation J. Epps T. Rodgers L. Goode    
Rotation S. Clark S. Harris      
Lim PT   P. Warden   C. Serven B. Lieb
Lim PT   A. Redd   Z. Perrin  

2022-2023 Illinois Fighting Illini Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Terrence Shannon, Jr. 31 32.0 17.2 4.6 2.8 1.3 0.5 2.6
Matthew Mayer 33 26.5 12.5 5.3 1.1 0.8 1.2 1.4
Coleman Hawkins 33 32.6 9.9 6.3 3.0 1.1 1.2 2.5
Dain Dainja 33 20.3 9.5 5.5 0.5 0.8 1.2 1.5
Jayden Epps 31 24.5 9.5 1.8 1.5 0.6 0.2 1.3
Skyy Clark 13 24.4 7.0 3.7 2.1 0.5 0.2 2.1
R.J. Melendez 32 21.7 6.0 3.5 0.9 0.7 0.4 0.9
Luke Goode 10 13.8 4.0 1.6 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.2
Sencire Harris 33 14.5 3.7 2.1 0.9 0.8 0.3 0.6
Ty Rodgers 33 17.3 3.3 4.0 1.0 0.7 0.2 0.8
Brandon Lieb 15 4.0 1.0 1.1 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.3
Connor Serven 5 4.0 0.2 0.8 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.4
Paxton Warden 10 1.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2
A.J. Redd 2 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Zacharie Perrin 1 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

2022-2023 Illinois Fighting Illini Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Brad Underwood Head Coach 2016-2017 Head Coach (Stephen F. Austin, 2013 to 2016)
Chester Frazier Assistant Coach 2021-2022 Associate Head Coach (Virginia Tech, 2020 to 2021)
Geoff Alexander Assistant Coach 2021-2022 Special Assistant to the Head Coach (Illinois, 2017 to 2021)
Tim Anderson Assistant Coach 2021-2022 Assistant Coach (DePaul, 2017 to 2021)
Zach Hamer Assistant to the Head Coach 2022-2023 Video Coordinator (Illinois, 2019 to 2022)
Patrick Bittle Video Coordinator 2022-2023 Director of Basketball Operations (James Madison, 2021 to 2022)
Josh Whitman Athletic Director 2015-2016 Athletic Director (Washington (Mo.), 2014 to 2015)
Kent Brown Associate Athletic Director of Communications 2013-2014 N/A
Joey Biggs Assistant Athletic Director 2021-2022 Director of Basketball Operations (Illinois, 2017 to 2021)
Bobby Gikas Graduate Manager 2022-2023 N/A
Marcus Anderson Graduate Manager 2022-2023 Assistant Coach (Bridgewater (VA), 2018 to 2021)
Adam Fletcher Strength and Conditioning Coach 2015-2016 Director of Strength and Conditioning (Towson, 2014 to 2015)
Randy Ballard Director of Sports Medicine 2017-2018 N/A
Paul Schmidt Athletic Trainer 2017-2018 Director of Sports Medicine (Illinois, 2012 to 2016)