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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The bracket is officially set for the 2024 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. The Big Ten Tournament Champion Fighting Illini (26-8) earned an automatic bid, the program's fourth consecutive bid under head coach Brad Underwood. Illinois is the No. 3 seed in the East region and will open their NCAA Tournament run against No. 14 seed Morehead State (26-8) in the first round on Thursday in Omaha, Neb., at CHI Health Center Omaha. Game time is set for 2:10 p.m. CT and will be televised on TruTV.
Illinois is one of only three Big Ten teams – and one of just 14 teams nationally – to earn a bid in each of the last four NCAA Tournaments.
Illinois' active streak of four straight NCAA Tournament appearances is its longest since participating eight years in a row from 2000 through 2007.
Illinois is making its 34th overall NCAA Tournament appearance, owning an all-time NCAA Tournament record of 42-34.
Coach Underwood, meanwhile, will be making his eighth* NCAA Tournament appearance in 11 years as a head coach (*ninth precluded by cancelation of 2020 postseason due to COVID-19).
ILLINOIS BASKETBALL UNDER HEAD COACH BRAD UNDERWOOD
• Big Ten's winningest team in league play over the last five seasons
• 69 B1G wins from 2019-20 through 2023-24 are most in school history over five-year stretch
• Four straight NCAA Tournament appearances (fifth precluded by COVID-19 cancelation in 2020)
• One of only five schools with five straight 20-win regular seasons
• Three Big Ten Championships in last four years
• Five straight top-five B1G finishes, including top-2 finishes three of the last four years
• Three consensus All-Americans
• Seven first-team All-Big Ten selections
• 2024 B1G Tournament Champions
• 2022 B1G Champions
• Led B1G in wins in 2021
• 2021 B1G Tournament Champions
• 2021 NCAA Tournament No. 1 seed (fourth in school history)
