2021-22 Men's Basketball Schedule
Overall23-100.697
Conference15-50.750
StreakL1
Home13-3
Away7-4
Neutral3-3
| Date | Time | At | Opponent | Location | Tournament | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23 (Sat) | 8 pm CT | Home | St. Francis (Ill.) (Exh.) | Champaign, Ill. (State Farm Center) | W 101-34 | |
| Oct 29 (Fri) | 7 pm CT | Home | Indiana (Pa.) (Exh.) | Champaign, Ill. (State Farm Center) | W 94-79 | |
| Nov 9 (Tue) | 7 pm CT | Home | Jackson State | Champaign, Ill. (State Farm Center) | W 71-47 | |
| Nov 12 (Fri) | 8 pm CT | Home | Arkansas State | Champaign, Ill. (State Farm Center) | W 92-53 | |
| Nov 15 (Mon) | 6 pm CT | Away | Marquette | Milwaukee, Wis. | Gavitt Tipoff Games | L 66-67 |
| Nov 22 (Mon) | 5:30 pm CT | Neutral | Cincinnati | Kansas City, Mo. (T-Mobile Center) | Hall of Fame Classic | L 51-71 |
| Nov 23 (Tue) | 6 pm CT | Neutral | Kansas State | Kansas City, Mo. (T-Mobile Center) | Hall of Fame Classic | W 72-64 |
| Nov 26 (Fri) | 7 pm CT | Home | UT Rio Grande Valley | Champaign, Ill. (State Farm Center) | W 94-85 | |
| Nov 29 (Mon) | 8 pm CT | Home | Notre Dame | Champaign, Ill. (State Farm Center) | Big Ten/ACC Challenge | W 82-72 |
| Dec 3 (Fri) | 6 pm CT | Home | Rutgers | Champaign, Ill. (State Farm Center) | W 86-51 | |
| Dec 6 (Mon) | 6 pm CT | Away | Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa | W 87-83 | |
| Dec 11 (Sat) | 4 pm CT | Home | #11 Arizona | Champaign, Ill. (State Farm Center) | L 79-83 | |
| Dec 18 (Sat) | 12 pm CT | Home | Saint Francis (Pa.) | Champaign, Ill. (State Farm Center) | W 106-48 | |
| Dec 22 (Wed) | 8 pm CT | Neutral | Missouri | St. Louis, Mo. (Enterprise Center) | McBride Homes Braggin' Rights | W 88-63 |
| Dec 29 (Wed) | 8 pm CT | Home | Florida A&M | Champaign, Ill. (State Farm Center) | - | |
| Jan 4 (Tue) | 6 pm CT | Away | Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minn. | W 76-53 | |
| Jan 6 (Thu) | 6 pm CT | Home | Maryland | Champaign, Ill. (State Farm Center) | W 76-64 | |
| Jan 11 (Tue) | 7:30 pm CT | Away | Nebraska | Lincoln, Neb. | W 81-71 | |
| Jan 14 (Fri) | 8 pm CT | Home | Michigan | Champaign, Ill. (State Farm Center) | W 68-53 | |
| Jan 17 (Mon) | 11 am CT | Home | #4 Purdue | Champaign, Ill. (State Farm Center) | L 88-96 | |
| Jan 21 (Fri) | 6 pm CT | Away | Maryland | College Park, Md. | L 65-81 | |
| Jan 25 (Tue) | 6 pm CT | Home | #10 Michigan State | Champaign, Ill. (State Farm Center) | W 56-55 | |
| Jan 29 (Sat) | 3:30 pm CT | Away | Northwestern | Evanston, Ill. | W 59-56 | |
| Feb 2 (Wed) | 8 pm CT | Home | #11 Wisconsin | Champaign, Ill. (State Farm Center) | W 80-67 | |
| Feb 5 (Sat) | 11 am CT | Away | Indiana | Bloomington, Ind. | W 74-57 | |
| Feb 8 (Tue) | 8 pm CT | Away | #3 Purdue | West Lafayette, Ind. | L 68-84 | |
| Feb 13 (Sun) | 1 pm CT | Home | Northwestern | Champaign, Ill. (State Farm Center) | W 73-66 | |
| Feb 16 (Wed) | 6 pm CT | Away | Rutgers | Piscataway, N.J. | L 59-70 | |
| Feb 19 (Sat) | 11 am CT | Away | #19 Michigan State | East Lansing, Mich. | W 79-74 | |
| Feb 24 (Thu) | 8 pm CT | Home | #22 Ohio State | Champaign, Ill. (State Farm Center) | L 83-86 | |
| Feb 27 (Sun) | 1 pm CT | Away | Michigan | Ann Arbor, Mich. | W 93-85 | |
| Mar 3 (Thu) | 6 pm CT | Home | Penn State | Champaign, Ill. (State Farm Center) | W 60-55 | |
| Mar 6 (Sun) | 6:30 pm CT | Home | #24 Iowa | Champaign, Ill. (State Farm Center) | W 74-72 | |
| Mar 11 (Fri) | 10:30 am CT | Neutral | Indiana | Indianapolis, Ind. (Gainbridge Fieldhouse) | Big Ten Tournament | L 63-65 |
| Mar 18 (Fri) | 5:50 pm CT | Neutral | Chattanooga | Pittsburgh, Pa. / PPG Paints Arena | NCAA Tournament | W 54-53 |
| Mar 20 (Sun) | 11:10 am CT | Neutral | #15 Houston | Pittsburgh, Pa. / PPG Paints Arena | NCAA Tournament | L 53-68 |