Illinois will play UNLV on Saturday at the United Center in Chicago, which will mark the 43rd time the school has played at the venue since the 94-95 season.

Illinois is 32-10 (.762) in games played at the United Center, but they have four of their past five games at the venue. Dating back to March of 2007 when they lost to Wisconsin in the Big Ten tournament, Illinois has lost to Arizona in 2007, beat Georgia in 2008 and lost to Gonzaga in the 09-10 season and Illinois-Chicago last December.