No. 13 Illini Open Big Ten Tournament Friday in Quarterfinals

#13 ILLINOIS (23-8, 14-6) vs. Iowa/Ohio State // Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinal
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Quarterfinals	vs. Iowa/Ohio State
Date | Time	Friday, March 15, 2024 | 5:30 p.m. CT
Location	Minneapolis, Minn. | Target Center
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Head Coach Brad Underwood

Career Record: 246-114 (.683), 11th year
At Illinois: 137-87 (.612), 7th year
Big Ten: 80-58 (.580)
Big Ten Tournament: 4-4 (.500)

Series History - BTT Quarterfinal Potential Opponents

No. 7 Seed Iowa
Series Record: Illinois leads 92-77
Series Streak: Illinois W-2
Last Meeting: #12 Illinois 73, Iowa 61 (3/10/2024 at Iowa City)
Record in the Big Ten Tournament: Iowa leads 3-2
Last Meeting in the Big Ten Tournament: #3 Illinois 82, #5 Iowa 71 (3/13/2021 at Indianapolis // BTT Semifinal)
Underwood vs. Iowa: 7-6

No. 10 Seed Ohio State
Series Record: Illinois leads 110-82
Series Streak: Illinois W-1
Last Meeting: #14 Illinois 87, Ohio State 75 (1/30/2024 at Columbus)
Record in the Big Ten Tournament: Illinois leads 3-2
Last Meeting in the Big Ten Tournament: #3 Illinois 91, #9 Ohio State 88 (OT) (3/14/2021 at Indianapolis // BTT Championship)
Underwood vs. Ohio State: 5-6

Big Ten Tournament Notes

• Illinois finished second in the Big Ten with a 14-6 record and enters the Big Ten Tournament as the No. 2 seed. 
• Illinois is the No. 2 seed in the BTT for the fifth time. The Illini are 8-2 all-time as the No. 2 seed, winning championships in 2003 and 2021, and advancing to the semifinals in 1998 and 2009. 
• The Illini earn their third top-2 seed in the last four years, and their fourth double-bye in the last five seasons, under head coach Brad Underwood. 
• Since 2020, Illinois' four double-byes as a top-4 seed in the Big Ten Tournament rank tied for first in the conference:     
  • T1. ILLINOIS & Purdue, 4    
  • T3. Michigan State, Northwestern, & Wisconsin, 2
• Illinois has the third-most all-time BTT wins with 31:
  • 1. Ohio State, 37    
  • 2. Michigan State, 34    
  • 3. ILLINOIS, 31
• Illinois has won three BTT championships (2003, 2005, 2021), tied for third-most in the league:
  • 1. Michigan State, 6
  • 2. Ohio State, 5
  • T3. ILLINOIS, Iowa, Michigan & Wisconsin, 3
• Illinois is tied for the second-most BTT championship game appearances, advancing to the title game seven times:
  • 1. Ohio State, 10
  • T2. ILLINOIS, Michigan State & Wisconsin, 7
• Illinois has advanced to the BTT semifinals 13 times, tied for the second-most semifinal appearances:
  • 1. Michigan State, 16
  • T2. ILLINOIS & Ohio State, 13    4. Wisconsin, 12
• Illinois, having earned a double-bye as the No. 2 seed, will play in the BTT quarterfinals for the 21st time which ranks tied for third-most of any school (as of March 12):
  • 1. Michigan State, 25
  • 2. Wisconsin, 24
  • T3. ILLINOIS & Ohio State, 21
• Illinois is 21-8 in BTT games when it is the higher (better) seed.
• Illinois owns a 17-8 all-time record when playing its opening game of the BTT, and 10-3 when its first game is in the quarterfinal round. 
• Illinois will not know its quarterfinal opponent until the result of Thursday's second-round game between No. 7 seed Iowa and No. 10 seed Ohio State. 
• Illinois is 2-3 in the BTT vs. Iowa, and 3-2 vs. Ohio State. 
• Illinois is a combined 5-1 in the Big Ten Tournament vs. No. 7 seeds (3-0) and No. 10 seeds. (2-1). 
• Coleman Hawkins (3 games) and Luke Goode (2) are the only active Illini to have played more than one BTT tournament game in their careers, and they account for five of the 11 total BTT games played. Terrence Shannon Jr, Ty Rodgers, Dain Dainja and Sencire Harris all played in their first BTT games last season vs. Penn State. 
• Coleman Hawkins is Illinois' active BTT leader in points (35), rebounds (10), assists (4), blocks (2), and steals (3), in three-career tournament games. 
• Fifth-year Terrence Shannon Jr. previously garnered All-Tournament Team honors at a conference tournament, totaling 33 points while leading Texas Tech to an appearance in the 2022 Big 12 championship game. 
• Marcus Domask (SIU), Quincy Guerrier (Oregon), and Justin Harmon (Utah Valley), all made semifinal runs last season with their previous schools at the Missouri Valley, Pac-12, and WAC tournaments, respectively.

Opening Tips

• No. 13 Illinois travels to Minneapolis as the No. 2 seed in the Big Ten Tournament. The Illini open play Friday (5:30 p.m. CT, BTN) in the Quarterfinal round against the winner of No. 7 seed Iowa vs. No. 10 seed Ohio State. 
• Head coach Brad Underwood has led the Illini to the program's fifth-consecutive 20-win season. Illinois is one of only five teams nationally to record 20-win regular seasons each of the last five years, joined by Baylor, Gonzaga, Houston and San Diego State.
• Illinois' 23 regular-season wins are its most since the 2008-09 team also won 23 games before the postseason. 
• Underwood led Illinois to a 14-6 mark in the Big Ten and has guided the Illini to 13+ Big Ten wins in four of the last five years with five straight winning records in conference play. 
• Illinois' 14th Big Ten victory this year gives Underwood three of the top five winningest B1G seasons in school history, and four of the top eight, including the top two:
• Illinois is the only program in the Big Ten to finish above .500 in league play every year since 2019-20. 
• Illinois opens the Big Ten Tournament with a NET ranking of 15, and 11 combined Quad 1 (5) and Quad 2 (6) victories on the season, a mark that ranks tied for 12th nationally. The Illini were projected as a No. 4 seed when the NCAA Men's Basketball Committee released its top 16 teams on Feb. 17.
• Illinois is the Big Ten's winningest team in conference play since the start of 2019-20. Through the end of the 2023-24 regular season, the Illini are 69-31 (.690) in B1G games over the last five seasons. The Illini also boast the Big Ten's best road record, 29-21 (.580) during that stretch. 
• Illinois' 69 wins in Big Ten play also rank as the most in school history over a five-year stretch.
• Terrence Shannon Jr. leads the Illini in scoring at 21.6 points per game, the program's highest single-season scoring average in 51 years. 
• Illinois is fourth in the country in offensive efficiency (125.0), its highest output of the Kenpom era, ahead of the 2005 season when the Illini's NCAA runner-up team had the nation's No. 3 offense with a 122.3 effiency rating. The Illini are 17-3 on the season when scoring 80 or more points this season.  
• The Illini averaged 41.4 rebounds per game to lead the Big Ten and rank sixth nationally. The team has outrebounded its opponents in 22 of 31 games and is 19-3 when winning the battle on the glass.

Team Notables

• Illinois enters the postseason at No. 13 in the latest AP poll, the team's 16th consecutive week inside the Top 25.
• Brad Underwood is the second coach in Fighting Illini history to lead the program to five straight 20-win seasons, joining the legendary Lou Henson, who accomplished the feat nine years in a row from 1983 to 1991.
• Illinois is fourth in the country in offensive efficiency (125.0), its highest output of the Kenpom era, ahead of the 2005 season when the Illini's NCAA runner-up team had the nation's No. 3 offense with a 122.3 rating.
• Illinois' scoring average of 83.9 points (12th in the NCAA) is the team's highest since 1988-89 Flyin' Illini (86.4 ppg).
• Illinois has topped 85 points 17 times, including in 11 of its last 15 games. The Illini are 15-2 this season when scoring at least 85.
• Illinois ranks second in the Big Ten and 24th nationally with a scoring margin of +11.0 ppg.
• Terrence Shannon Jr. ranks second in the Big Ten and eighth in the NCAA in scoring at 21.6 points per game. It is the highest scoring average by an Illini in 51 years, since Nick Weatherspoon's 25.0 ppg in 1973.
• The Illini recently reached a pair of milestone victories: First, the team's win over Iowa on Feb. 24 marked the program's 1,000th Big Ten victory and secured the Illini's 37th all-time 20-win season (fifth consecutive). The team's win at Wisconsin on March 2 marked Illinois' 1,900th all-time victory, making Illinois the 13th NCAA Division I program in the 1,900-win club.  
• Illinois was projected as a No. 4 seed in the NCAA Tournament when the Men's Basketball Committee released its top 16 teams on Feb. 17. 
• Through games played March 10, Illinois ranks 15th in the NET. The Illini have a combined 11-7 record in Quad 1 (5-6) and Quad 2 (6-2) games, and are 12-1 in Quad 3 (7-1) and Quad 4 (5-0) contests. 
• Illinois has 21 wins over Top 25 teams since 2019-20, ninth-most nationally.
• Illinois' defense ranking 27th nationally in 2-point field goal percentage defense (.460), and 45th in effective field goal percentage defense (.477), according to KenPom. 
• Illinois is 14-0 when holding opponents to less than one point per possession.
• The Illini lead the Big Ten and rank in the top 35 in the NCAA in total rebounds per game (41.4; sixth in NCAA), defensive rebounds per game (28.7, 12th in NCAA), and offensive rebounds per game (12.7; 31st in the NCAA). The Illini also rank second in the Big Ten in rebounding margin (+8.7; eighth in NCAA).
• The Illini's 41.4 rebounds per game is the team's best single-season mark since 1972-73 (44.4 rpg).  
• The Illini have outrebounded their opponents in 22 of 31 games and are 19-3 when winning the battle on the glass. 
• Illinois is 13-2 this season when it records an offensive rebound rate of at least 35%.
• Illinois enters the postseason leading the Big Ten in second-chance scoring, converting their offensive rebounds into 14.7 ppg. The Illini average +5.5 points per game off second-chance opportunities. 
• Illinois has pulled down 50+ rebounds in nine games this season, its most since 1979-80. Included in that was a stretch four straight – vs. Valpo, Southern, Western Illinois, and at Rutgers – that was Illinois' longest streak of consecutive games with 50+ rebounds since the 1963-64 season. 
• Illinois recorded two separate three-game stretches this season in which the team averaged better than 97.0 points per game. First, the Illini averaged 99.0 ppg (297) over a three-game stretch from Dec. 22-Jan. 2 in wins vs. Missouri (97-73), vs. FDU (104-71), and vs. Northwestern (96-66). It marked the first time Illinois had topped 90 points in three consecutive games in 30 seasons, since December 10-18, 1993.    

Illini Player Notables

Terrence Shannon Jr.

• Shannon has been named to watch lists for the Oscar Robertson Trophy and USBWA All-America Team.
• Shannon was named a first-team All-Big Ten selection by the coaches, media, and AP. 
• Shannon has reached double-figures scoring in each of his last 35 games as an Illini. 
• Shannon's scoring average of 21.6 points per game ranks No. 2 in the Big Ten and No. 8 nationally. 
• Shannon is closing in on 2,000 career points for his Division I career, entering the postseason 10 points short of the milestone mark. He would join Marcus Domask to become the second Illini to reach the 2,000-point threshold this season, making Illinois the only power conference team this season to feature two 2,000-point scorers. 
• Shannon, reached 1,000 points for his Illini career, in the team's Feb. 28 win vs. Minnesota. He is the 53rd player to score 1,000 points in an Illini uniform, and only the fourth to reach that plateau in two seasons, joining Dave Scholz (1966-69), who scored exactly 1,000 points in his first two season before finishing with 1,459 in his three-year career, Nick Anderson (1987-89), who sat out as a freshman before tallying 1,172 in his only two seasons on the court for the Orange and Blue, and Kenny Battle (1987-89), who scored 1,112 points as an Illini upperclassman following two years at Northern Illinois. 
• Shannon scored a career-high 35, and tied his season high with 11 boards for his third double-double of the year and the fifth of his Illini career at Penn State (2/21). His 35 points are the most by an Illini since Kofi Cockburn's 37 vs. Wisconsin (2/2/22), and the most in a road game by an Illini since Ayo Dosunmu's 36 at Missouri (12/12/2020).
• Shannon has four 30-point games this season, tying for third-most in a single season in school history and the most since Ayo Dosunmu in 2020-21. Shannon's five career 30-point games are tied for sixth on the Illini's career charts. 
• At 21.6 points per game, Shannon is on pace for Illinois' 20th single-season scoring average of 20+ points since 1907, and at his current pace would rank seventh in program history between No. 6 Jim Dawson's 21.7 ppg (1966-67) and current No. 7 Rick Schmidt's 21.4 ppg (1973-74). 
• Shannon is on pace to record the fifth 20-point season by an Illini guard in program history. Other Illini guards to average more than 20.0 points per game are: Jim Dawson (21.7 ppg in 1966-67), Rick Howat (20.6 ppg in 1970-71), Kendall Gill (20.0 ppg in 1989-90), and Ayo Dosunmu (20.1 ppg in 2020-21).  
• Shannon is one of six power conference players nationally averaging 20+ points while shooting .460 or better from the field joining Purdue's Zach Edey, Alabama's Mark Sears, Washington's Keion Brooks Jr., Tennessee's Dalton Knecht, and Kentucky's Antonio Reeves, and one of only 18 NCAA Division I players overall to hit those offensive marks. 
• During a six-game stretch between Illinois' road win at Ohio State on Jan. 30, and his career-high 35-point effort at Penn State on Feb. 21, Shannon averaged 27.0 points, shooting 46.5% overall while hitting a team-most 16 three-pointers and 52 free-throws, and adding a team-leading eight blocks. 
• Shannon ranks among the Big Ten leaders in several categories: No. 2 in scoring (21. ppg, eighth in NCAA), No. 4 in 3-pointers per game (2.3), No. 7 in field goal percentage (.469), and No. 14 in blocked shots per game (1.00).
• Shannon is third in the Big Ten and 30th nationally with 161 free throws, which ranks tied for eighth in a single season in Illini history. Shannon hit 166 free-throws last season (sixth in program history) and now joins Malcolm Hill as the only Illini with two of the program's top-10 single-season free-throw totals. 
• Shannon, at 21.6 ppg, and teammate Marcus Domask, at 16.0 ppg, rank as the top scoring tandem in the Big Ten conference at a combined 37.6 ppg, just ahead of Purdue's Zach Edey (24.2 ppg) and Braden Smith (13.0 ppg) who average a combined 37.2 ppg.

Marcus Domask

• Domask eclipsed 2,000 points for his Division I career on Feb. 17 vs. Maryland. He scored 1,615 points at Southern Illinois and has tallied 485 as an Illini. Domask is one of 29 active Division I players to reach 2,000 points and is one of six in the Big Ten, joining Boo Buie, Zach Edey, Ben Krikke, Tyson Walker, and Jahmir Young. 
• Domask moved past 700 career rebounds in Illinois' win at Wisconsin (3/2/24) to become only the third active NCAA Division I player in the nation with 2,000+ career points, 700+ career rebounds and 400+ career assists, joining Creighton's Baylor Scheierman and Maryland's Jahmir Young. 
• Domask has scored in double figures in 23 of the last 25 games, with three 30+ point performances: a career-high 33 vs. Florida Atlantic at Madison Square Garden, and 32 vs. Northwestern, and 31 at Wisconsin.  
• Domask is averaging 17.9 ppg over the last 25 games (447) after averaging 8.2 points over his first six games. He is 12th in the Big Ten at 16.0 points per game overall this season, and fifth in conference games only at 18.6 points per game. 
• Domask, at 16.0 ppg, and teammate Terrence Shannon Jr., at 21.6 ppg, rank as the top scoring tandem in the Big Ten with a combined 37.6 ppg. The duo ranks just ahead of Purdue's Zach Edey (24.2 ppg) and Braden Smith (13.0 ppg) who average a combined 37.2 ppg. 
• Domask is one of the Big Ten's most efficient scorers, ranking ninth with a .460 (177-385) field goal percentage. 
• Domask is No. 3 in the Big Ten in free throw shooting at 87.3% (110-126), just short of the Illinois program's single-season record of .874 (76-87) set by Alfonso Plummer in 2022. 
• Domask is averaging 4.3 assists over the last 21 games (91), compared to 1.6 apg the first 10 games (16), and ranks 12th in the Big Ten at 3.5 assists per game, and 11th with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.60.  
• Domask was named Big Ten Player of the Week by the Big Ten (Jan. 8) and Associated Press (Jan. 9), and was  also honored as one of five USBWA Oscar Robertson National Players of the Week (Jan. 9), after averaging 29.0 points, 5.5 assists and 4.0 rebounds while shooting 59.4% from the field, 66.7% from 3-point range, and 90% from the free-throw line in matchups vs. Northwestern and at No. 1 Purdue.

Coleman Hawkins

• Hawkins has scored in double figures in 18 of the last 23 games and is averaging 14.5 points, 6.2 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1.0 blocks and 1.8 steals during that stretch. 
• Hawkins closed out February by scoring 50 points in his last two games of the month. First, he poured in a career-high 30, while also leading the team with five assists and five steals, in the team's 95-85 victory vs. Iowa (1/24), followed by a 20-point outing in the Illini's 105-97 win vs. Minnesota (2/28). 
• Hawkins' performance vs. Iowa (2/24) made him the first B1G player to post a 30-point, 5-assist, 5-steal game since MSU's Matteen Cleaves in 1998.
• In Illinois' 88-73 road win at Michigan (1/18), Hawkins became first Big Ten player since 2007 (Purdue's Carl Landry) to record a stat line of at least 21 points, 10 rebounds, four assists, six steals and one block.
• Hawkins followed up his six-steal performance at Michigan (1/18) with five more swipes vs. Rutgers (1/21), becoming the first Illini player since Trent Frazier in 2018-19 to record two games with 5+ steals in a single season. His combined 11 steals are the most by an Illini over a two-game stretch in 38 years, since Bruce Douglas combined for 12 steals with seven at Michigan (1/18/86) and five at Michigan State (1/12/86).
• In back-to-back road games at Michigan (1/18) and at Northwestern (1/24), Hawkins recorded two double-doubles of 21 points and 10 rebounds vs. the Wolverines and 22 points and 13 boards vs. the Wildcats, while shooting 54% (14-26) overall, 50% (5-10) from 3-point range, and a perfect 10-for-10 from the free-throw line, while adding eight steals, five assists, three blocks.  
• Hawkins recorded at least one steal in 14 straight games from Dec. 2 at Rutgers to Jan. 27 vs. Indiana, a career-long streak. He ranks eighth in the Big Ten at 1.64 steals per game overall. In Big Ten Play, Hawkins ranks fifth in the league at 1.75 swipes per contest. 
• Hawkins posted a career-long streak of eight consecutive games with a block between Dec. 17 vs. Colgate and Jan. 18 at Michigan. He leads the Illini and ranks 13th in the Big Ten at 1.04 blocks per game overall.
• Hawkins is the only players in the Big Ten to rank in the top 15 in the conference in both blocks per game (1.04 bpg, 13th) and steals per game (1.64 spg, eighth). 
• Over the last 23 games, Hawkins, one of the most versatile front court players in the nation, has led the Fighting Illini in 3-pointers made (47) and attempted (111) while ranking second on the team shooting 42.3% from long distance. Hawkins opened the season 2-for-14 (.143) from distance in his first five contests. 
• Hawkins ranks first in the Big Ten in 3-point shooting among players listed 6-foot-10 or taller with 49 triples, more than the next two players - Minnesota F Dawson Garcia (25) and Wisconsin C Steven Crowl (18) - combined.
• Hawkins is averaging a team-high 6.6 rebounds per game over his last 17 contests, and ranks 18th in the Big Ten with an overall rebounding average of 6.11 rebounds per game. 

Quincy Guerrier

• Guerrier leads one of the nation's top rebounding teams, ranking 11th in the Big Ten in overall rebounding (6.7 rpg) and 12th in the league in defensive rebounding (4.9 rpg). 
• Guerrier leads the Illini and ranks fourth in the Big Ten with nine double-doubles through 30 games this season with the Illini. He totaled two double-doubles in 71 career games at Oregon, both coming during the 2021-22 season.
• Guerrier has scored at least 10 points in 15 of his last 23 games, averaging 11.8 points per game over that stretch after opening the season with a  6.3 points per game average through his first eight contests at Illinois. 
• Guerrier is 36-of-78 (.462) from 3-point range over the last 23 games of the regular season after opening the year 2-of-20 (.100) from distance over his first eight.  Guerrier's 46% from beyond the arc leads the team during that stretch and his 36 triples are second on the team behind Coleman Hawkins, who has hit 47 3-pointers in that span. 
• Guerrier enters the postseason with 964 career rebounds, ranking 18th on the NCAA's list of active career leaders, and closing in no 1,000 boards for his collegiate career.   
• In addition to his 964 career rebounds, Guerrier has amassed 1,602 career points at the Division I level and ranks as one of just 17 active players nationally to have recorded 1,600+ points and 900+ rebounds in their careers. 
• Guerrier, who played at Syracuse and Oregon before joining the Illini, is one of only five active players nationally to have accumulated 1,500+ points and 900+ rebounds all at major conference programs, along with Armando Bacot (North Carolina), Emmanuel Miller (TCU/Texas A&M), Hunter Dickinson (Kansas/Michigan), and Zach Edey (Purdue).

Ty Rodgers

• Rodgers has provided the Illini with another excellent rebounder from his point guard position, ranking third on the team, behind Quincy Guerrier and Coleman Hawkins, at 5.2 rebounds per game. 
• Rodgers has been particularly effective on the offensive glass where he has pulled down a team-leading 66 offensive rebounds (10 more than any other Illini), or a team-high 41.3% of his 160 total rebounds. 
• Rodgers' 2.1 offensive rebounds per game ranks 11th in the Big Ten this season. 
• Rodgers recorded a combined 24 rebounds in back-to-back games, notching 10 boards as part of a double-double effort at Ohio State (1/30), and grabbing a game-high 14 vs. Nebraska (2/4). It matched his best two-game total of the season after he pulled down nine boards vs. Missouri (12/22), followed by a career-high 15 vs. FDU (12/29).

Luke Goode

• Goode ranks second on the team with 50 3-pointers (behind Terrence Shannon Jr.'s 58), and ranks just behind Coleman Hawkins (.392) for second on the team shooting 39.1% from beyond the arc. 
• Goode's 1.6 3-pointers per game rank 20th in the Big Ten. 
• Goode started seven games, from Dec. 29 vs. FDU to Jan. 21  vs. Rutgers, averaging 30.4 minutes per game. Goode set his career high in minutes with 36 each in each game against Michigan State (1/11) at Maryland (1/14).
• Goode scored career-best 16 points at #1 Purdue and tied his career high with four 3-pointers against the Boilers, then two games later vs. Maryland he tallied 13 points including a trio of 3-pointers.

Justin Harmon

• Harmon ranks fifth on the Illini roster in scoring at 6.6 points per game, and has tallied 159 of his 204 total points over the team's last 20 games (8.0 ppg) after averaging just 4.1 points per game over the team's first 11 contests of the season. 
• Harmon enters the postseason with 950 career points and is closing in on the 1,000-point milestone for his NCAA Division I career. 
• Illinois is 11-0 in games when Harmon scores at least eight points, and 9-0 when he reaches double figures.
• Harmon posted a season-high 20 points, hitting 7-of-11 from the field, including 4-of-5 from 3-point range, along with 2-of-2 at the foul line in 30 minutes of action in the Illini's win against Northwestern on Jan. 2.
• Harmon led the Illini in scoring for the first time this season, with 18 points in the 86-63 home win vs. Rutgers (1/21). 
• Harmon shot 4-for-4 from the free-throw line in Illinois' 91-83 win at Wisconsin, and closed the regular season making his last 17 attempts over the final 12 games.

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