2017-2018 Illinois Fighting Illini

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2017-2018 Illinois Fighting Illini Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
24 Mark Alstork Sr G 6-5 190 Feb 27, 1995 Dayton (OH) United States Thurgood Marshall High School
12 Leron Black Jr SF 6-7 220 Jan 31, 1996 Memphis (TN) United States White Station High School
10 Drew Cayce So G 6-1 165 May 31, 1997 La Porte (IN) United States La Lumiere School
11 Gregory Eboigbodin Fr F 6-9 225 Apr 4, 1998 Benin City Nigeria University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy
43 Michael Finke Jr PF 6-10 235 Apr 26, 1996 Champaign (IL) United States Centennial High School
1 Trent Frazier Fr SG 6-2 175 Sep 8, 1998 Wellington (FL) United States / Puerto Rico Wellington Christian School
41 Clayton Jones Sr G 6-0 170 Sep 23, 1993 Champaign (IL) United States Champaign Central High School
23 Aaron Jordan Jr SG 6-5 210 May 5, 1997 Plainfield (IL) United States Plainfield East High School
45 Cameron Liss Jr F 6-6 220 May 4, 1996 Northbrook (IL) United States Glenbrook North High School
3 Te'Jon Lucas So G 6-1 187 Oct 10, 1998 Milwaukee (WI) United States Washington High School
2 Kipper Nichols So F 6-6 220 Jul 7, 1996 Lakewood (OH) United States St. Edward High School
35 Samson Oladimeji So G 6-4 200 Jul 5, 1998 Rolling Meadows (IL) United States William Fremd High School
13 Mark Smith Fr PG 6-5 220 Aug 16, 1999 Edwardsville (IL) United States Edwardsville High School
32 Tyler Underwood RS-So G 6-2 180 Aug 22, 1996 Nacogdoches (TX) United States Nacogdoches High School
4 Matic Vesel Fr SF 6-9 215 Feb 25, 1998 Ljubljana Slovenia N/A
20 Da'Monte Williams Fr SG 6-3 210 Nov 2, 1998 Peoria (IL) United States Manual 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

2017-2018 Illinois Fighting Illini Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Leron Black All-Big Ten Honorable Mention (Coaches)
Leron Black All-Big Ten Honorable Mention (Media)
Trent Frazier All-Big Ten Honorable Mention (Media)
Trent Frazier All-Big Ten Freshman Team
Trent Frazier Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Dec 26, 2017)
Trent Frazier Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Feb 12, 2018)

2017-2018 Illinois Fighting Illini Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters T. Lucas M. Smith M. Alstork L. Black M. Finke
Rotation   T. Frazier K. Nichols G. Eboigbodin  
Rotation   A. Jordan      
Rotation   D. Williams      
Lim PT D. Cayce S. Oladimeji M. Vesel    
Lim PT     C. Liss    

2017-2018 Illinois Fighting Illini Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Leron Black 31 25.5 15.3 5.2 0.8 0.3 0.3 1.8
Trent Frazier 32 26.3 12.5 1.8 3.1 1.7 0.0 2.2
Kipper Nichols 31 19.0 10.0 4.2 0.7 0.8 0.4 1.2
Michael Finke 28 25.0 9.8 4.6 1.1 0.3 0.3 0.8
Aaron Jordan 32 20.1 7.9 3.1 0.7 0.8 0.2 0.9
Mark Alstork 32 22.6 5.8 3.4 1.8 0.8 0.4 1.4
Mark Smith 31 19.1 5.8 1.4 1.4 0.6 0.1 1.3
Te'Jon Lucas 29 21.4 5.7 2.2 3.2 1.1 0.1 1.9
Da'Monte Williams 31 16.9 3.5 2.9 1.1 0.7 0.1 0.9
Gregory Eboigbodin 30 10.6 2.2 2.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5
Drew Cayce 9 3.8 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.1
Matic Vesel 16 4.4 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.3
Cameron Liss 8 2.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
Samson Oladimeji 8 1.9 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0

2017-2018 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)
Jamall Walker Assistant Coach 2012-2013 N/A
Orlando Antigua Assistant Coach 2017-2018 Head Coach (South Florida, 2014 to 2017)
Ronald Coleman Assistant Coach 2017-2018 Assistant Coach (Illinois-Chicago, 2015 to 2017)
Geoff Alexander Special Assistant to the Head Coach 2017-2018 Assistant Coach (Evansville, 2012 to 2017)
Patrick Schulte Video Coordinator 2017-2018 Video Coordinator (Oklahoma State, 2016 to 2017)
Josh Whitman Athletic Director 2015-2016 Athletic Director (Washington (Mo.), 2014 to 2015)
Joey Biggs Director of Basketball Operations 2017-2018 N/A
Kent Brown Associate Athletic Director of Communications 2013-2014 N/A
Paul Kowalczyk Associate Athletic Director 2015-2016 N/A
Susan Young Associate Athletic Director 2017-2018 N/A
Grant Bale Graduate Manager 2017-2018 N/A
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)