2016-17 Men's Basketball Schedule
Overall20-150.571
Conference8-100.444
StreakL1
Home14-5
Away3-7
Neutral3-3
| Date | Time | At | Opponent | Location | Tournament | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30 (Sun) | 2 PM CT | Home | Washington U (Exh.) | Champaign, Ill. (State Farm Center) | W 82-75 | |
| Nov 4 (Fri) | 7 PM CT | Home | Lewis (Exh.) | Champaign, Ill. (State Farm Center) | W 95-51 | |
| Nov 11 (Fri) | 8 PM CT | Home | Southeast Missouri | Champaign, Ill. (State Farm Center) | W 81-62 | |
| Nov 13 (Sun) | 5 PM CT | Home | Northern Kentucky | Champaign, Ill. (State Farm Center) | W 79-64 | |
| Nov 15 (Tue) | 7 PM CT | Home | McKendree | Champaign, Ill. (State Farm Center) | W 112-65 | |
| Nov 18 (Fri) | 7 PM CT | Home | Detroit Mercy | Champaign, Ill. (State Farm Center) | NIT Season Tip-Off | W 89-69 |
| Nov 21 (Mon) | 7 PM CT | Home | Winthrop | Champaign, Ill. (State Farm Center) | NIT Season Tip-Off | L 80-84 |
| Nov 24 (Thu) | 2 PM CT | Neutral | #19 West Virginia | Brooklyn, N.Y. | NIT Season Tip-Off | L 57-89 |
| Nov 25 (Fri) | 11:30 AM CT | Neutral | #25 Florida State | Brooklyn, N.Y. | NIT Season Tip-Off | L 61-72 |
| Nov 29 (Tue) | 8 PM CT | Home | North Carolina State | Champaign, Ill. (State Farm Center) | Big Ten/ACC Challenge | W 88-74 |
| Dec 3 (Sat) | 2 PM CT | Neutral | VCU | Miami, Fla. | Hoophall Miami Invitational | W 64-46 |
| Dec 6 (Tue) | 7 PM CT | Home | IUPUI | Champaign, Ill. (State Farm Center) | W 85-77 | |
| Dec 10 (Sat) | 2 PM CT | Home | Central Michigan | Champaign, Ill. (State Farm Center) | W 92-73 | |
| Dec 17 (Sat) | 8:30 PM CT | Neutral | BYU | Chicago, Ill. (United Center) | State Farm Chicago Legends, Part of the Dynegy Windy City Series | W 75-73 |
| Dec 21 (Wed) | 6 PM CT | Neutral | Missouri | St. Louis, Mo. (Enterprise Center) | McBride Homes Braggin' Rights | W 75-66 |
| Dec 27 (Tue) | 4 PM CT | Away | Maryland | College Park, Md. | L 59-84 | |
| Jan 1 (Sun) | 6 PM CT | Home | Ohio State | Champaign, Ill. (State Farm Center) | W 75-70 | |
| Jan 7 (Sat) | 4 PM CT | Away | #25 Indiana | Bloomington, Ind. | L 80-96 | |
| Jan 11 (Wed) | 8 PM CT | Home | Michigan | Champaign, Ill. (State Farm Center) | W 85-69 | |
| Jan 14 (Sat) | 5 PM CT | Home | Maryland | Champaign, Ill. (State Farm Center) | L 56-62 | |
| Jan 17 (Tue) | 6 PM CT | Away | Purdue | West Lafayette, Ind. | L 68-91 | |
| Jan 21 (Sat) | 1:15 PM CT | Away | Michigan | Ann Arbor, Mich. | L 57-66 | |
| Jan 25 (Wed) | 8 PM CT | Home | Iowa | Champaign, Ill. (State Farm Center) | W 76-64 | |
| Jan 28 (Sat) | 3:30 PM CT | Away | Penn State | University Park, Pa. | L 67-71 | |
| Jan 31 (Tue) | 8 PM CT | Home | #10 Wisconsin | Champaign, Ill. (State Farm Center) | L 43-57 | |
| Feb 4 (Sat) | 3 PM CT | Home | Minnesota | Champaign, Ill. (State Farm Center) | L 59-68 | |
| Feb 7 (Tue) | 7 PM CT | Away | Northwestern | Evanston, Ill. | W 68-61 | |
| Feb 11 (Sat) | 1 PM CT | Home | Penn State | Champaign, Ill. (State Farm Center) | L 70-83 | |
| Feb 18 (Sat) | 1 PM CT | Away | Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa | W 70-66 | |
| Feb 21 (Tue) | 7 PM CT | Home | Northwestern | Champaign, Ill. (State Farm Center) | W 66-50 | |
| Feb 26 (Sun) | 6:30 PM CT | Away | Nebraska | Lincoln, Neb. | W 73-57 | |
| Mar 1 (Wed) | 8 PM CT | Home | Michigan State | Champaign, Ill. (State Farm Center) | W 73-70 | |
| Mar 4 (Sat) | 11 AM CT | Away | Rutgers | Piscataway, N.J. | L 59-62 | |
| Mar 9 (Thu) | 11 AM CT | Neutral | Michigan | Washington D.C. | Big Ten Tournament | L 55-75 |
| Mar 14 (Tue) | 6 PM CT | Home | Valparaiso | Champaign, Ill. (State Farm Center) | NIT | W 82-57 |
| Mar 20 (Mon) | 8 PM CT | Home | Boise State | State Farm Center (State Farm Center) | NIT | W 71-56 |
| Mar 22 (Wed) | 6 PM CT | Away | Central Florida | Orlando, FL | NIT | L 58-68 |