2016-17 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FIGHTING ILLINI BASKETBALL NIT Second Round // #2 Seed Illinois (19-14) vs. #6 Seed Boise State (20-11) March 20, 2017 // 8 p.m. CT // Champaign, Ill. // State Farm Center (15,544) TV: ESPN – Doug Sherman (Play-By-Play), Stephen Howard (Analyst) // Internet Stream: WatchESPN.com Radio: Fighting Illini Sports Network – Brian Barnhart (Play-By-Play), Deon Thomas (Analyst) ILLINOIS 2016-17 SCHEDULE & RESULTS PROBABLE STARTERS (FROM THE PREVIOUS GAME) Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG APG Other DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT TV/STREAK G 3 Te’Jon Lucas 6-0 170 Fr. 4.7 1.7 2.8 1.0 SPG NOVEMBER (5-3) G 13 Tracy Abrams 6-2 185 Gr. 8.4 2.9 2.3 42% 3FG 11 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI W, 81-62 W-1 G 21 Malcolm Hill 6-6 225 Sr. 17.0 5.2 3.0 78.8% FT 13 NORTHERN KENTUCKY W, 79-64 W-2 F 12 Leron Black 6-7 220 r-So. 8.1 6.2 0.4 4.5 DREB/G 15 MCKENDREE W, 112-65 W-3 18 DETROIT MERCY [1] W, 89-69 W-4 C 22 Maverick Morgan 6-10 245 Sr. 10.1 4.5 0.8 55% FG 21 WINTHROP [1] L, 80-84 (OT) L-1 24 vs. #19 West Virginia [2] L, 57-89 L-2 OFF THE BENCH 25 vs. #25 Florida State [2] L, 61-72 L-3 Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG APG Other 29 NORTH CAROLINA STATE [3] W, 88-74 W-1 G 0 D.J. Williams 6-7 210 So. 2.3 0.9 0.5 5 BLK DECEMBER (5-1) 3 vs. VCU [4] W, 64-46 W-2 G 1 Jaylon Tate 6-3 170 Sr. 2.5 1.4 2.9 2.3 A/TO 6 IUPUI W, 85-77 W-3 F 2 Kipper Nichols 6-6 225 r-Fr. 4.9 2.9 0.1 46.2% 3FG 10 CENTRAL MICHIGAN W, 92-73 W-4 G 5 Jalen Coleman-Lands 6-3 190 So. 8.0 2.5 1.0 2.0 3FG/G 17 vs. BYU [5] W, 75-73 W-5 G 23 Aaron Jordan 6-5 190 So. 1.0 1.1 0.2 6-17 3FG 21 vs. Missouri [6] W, 75-66 W-6 C 33 Mike Thorne Jr. 6-11 280 Gr. 5.5 3.5 0.4 54.7% FG 27 at Maryland L, 59-84 L-1 G 35 Samson Oladimeji 6-4 195 Fr. 0.3 0.5 0.0 6 G JANUARY (3-6) G 41 Clayton Jones 6-0 170 r-Jr. 0.5 0.0 0.0 8 G 1 OHIO STATE W, 75-70 W-1 7 at #25 Indiana L, 80-96 L-1 F 43 Michael Finke 6-10 230 r-So. 6.9 4.2 0.7 41.1% 3FG 11 MICHIGAN W, 85-69 W-1 G 44 Alex Austin 6-4 190 r-Sr. 0.4 0.9 0.0 9 G 14 MARYLAND L, 56-62 L-1 17 at #21 Purdue L, 68-91 L-2 OUT 21 at Michigan L, 57-66 L-3 Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG APG Other 25 IOWA W, 76-64 W-1 28 at Penn State L, 67-71 L-1 G 10 Drew Cayce # 6-1 165 So. – – – – 31 #10 WISCONSIN L, 43-57 L-2 F 45 Cameron Liss ^ 6-6 220 Jr. 0.6 0.0 0.2 5 G FEBRUARY (4-2) # Cayce is sitting out this year per transfer rules. 4 MINNESOTA L, 59-68 L-3 ^ Liss’ 2015-16 stats. He is redshirting this year. 7 at Northwestern W, 68-61 W-1 11 PENN STATE L, 70-83 L-1 INTERIM COACH JAMALL WALKER 18 at Iowa W, 70-66 W-1 • Record as interim coach: 1-0 21 NORTHWESTERN W, 66-50 W-2 26 at Nebraska W, 73-57 W-3 • Fifth season at Illinois MARCH (2-2) 1 MICHIGAN STATE W, 73-70 W-4 SERIES NOTES VS. BOISE STATE 4 at Rutgers L, 59-62 L-1 Series Record: Illinois leads 1-0 9 vs. Michigan [7] L, 55-75 L-2 Series Streak: Illinois W-1 14 Valparaiso [8] W, 82-57 W-1 20 Boise State [8] 8 p.m. ESPN Record at Champaign: Illinois leads 1-0 Series Streak at Champaign: Illinois W-1 All Times Listed are Central Last Meeting: Illinois 84, Boise State 77 // Dec. 5, 2009 at Champaign BOLD CAPS - State Farm Center; Champaign, Ill. [1] - NIT Season Tip-Off [2] - NIT Season Tip-Off – Barclays Center; Brooklyn 2017 FIGHTING ILLINI NIT NOTES – TABLE OF CONTENTS [3] - ACC/Big Ten Challenge NIT Bracket . 2 Kipper Nichols...........................29 [4] - Hoophall Miami Invitational – AmericanAirlines Arena [5] - State Farm Chicago Legends – United Center Fighting Illini Basketball Notes............3-11 Jaylon Tate .............................30 [6] - Bud Light Braggin’ Rights - Scottrade Center; St. Louis Interim Coach Jamall Walker................12 Mike Thorne Jr. ..........................31 [7] - Big Ten Tournament – Verizon Center; Washington D.C. Illini All-Time NIT Box Scores.............13-16 D.J. Williams . 32 [8] - NIT Illini Career Individual NIT Stats...........17-18 Season Results . 33 Tracy Abrams ...........................19 Illini and Opponent Game-By-Game Statistics ...34 ILLINOIS ATHLETICS COMMUNICATION Alex Austin .............................20 Illini and Opponent Highs and Lows . 35 Address: 1700 S. Fourth St., Champaign, IL 61820 Leron Black .............................21 Illini and Opponent Individual Highs..........36 Office: 217-333-1391 Jalen Coleman-Lands .....................22 Illini Top Individual Performances............36 Basketball SID: Derrick Burson Michael Finke ...........................23 Specialty Statistics .......................37 Email: [email protected] Malcolm Hill ............................24 Game-By-Game Recaps ................38-48 Office: 217-333-0933 // Cell: 217-766-7315 Clayton Jones ...........................25 Big Ten Statistics ........................49 Twitter: @IlliniMBB Aaron Jordan ............................26 Season Statistics ........................50 Te’Jon Lucas ............................27 Radio/TV Roster..........................51 Website: FIGHTINGILLINI.com Maverick Morgan.........................28 2 //2016-17 2017 NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT I LLIN First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship Semifinals Quarterfinals Second Round First Round O IS March 14 & 15 March 16 - 20 March 21 & 22 March 28 March 30 March 28 March 21 & 22 March 16 - 20 March 14 & 15 F IGHTING 1 #Syracuse (18-14) *#Illinois St. (27-6) 1 I March 15, 7 p.m. - ESPN2 #Syracuse 90-77 #Illinois St. 85-71 March 15, 9:30 p.m. - ESPNU LLINI 8 *UNCG (25-9) *UC Irvine (21-14) 8 B ASKET March 18, 11 a.m. - ESPN March 20, 7 p.m. - ESPN B 4 *#Monmouth (27-6) #UCF (21-11) 4 ALL March 14, 7:15 p.m. - ESPN2 Ole Miss 91-83 UCF 79-74 March 15, 7 p.m. - ESPN3 5 Ole Miss (20-13) Colorado (19-14) 5 March 21 March 22 3 Indiana (18-15) #Utah (20-11) 3 March 14, 9 p.m. - ESPN #Georgia Tech 75-63 Boise St. 73-68 March 14, 10 p.m. - ESPNU 6 #Georgia Tech (17-15) Boise St. (19-11) 6 March 19, Noon - ESPN March 20, 9 p.m. - ESPN 2 #Georgia (19-14) MSG #Illinois (18-14) 2 March 15, 7 p.m. - ESPN3 Belmont 78-69 March 30 #Illinois 82-57 March 14, 7 p.m. - ESPN 7 *Belmont (22-6) Valparaiso (24-8) 7 Madison Square Garden Madison Square Garden 1 #California (21-12) March 28 March 28 #Iowa (18-14) 1 March 14, 11:15 p.m. - ESPN2 CSU Bakersfield 73-66 NIT CHAMPION #Iowa 87-75 March 15, 9 p.m. - ESPN2 8 *CSU Bakersfield (22-9) *South Dakota (22-11) 8 March 20, 11 p.m. - ESPN2 March 19, 7:30 p.m. - ESPNU 4 #Colorado St. (23-11) #TCU (19-15) 4 March 14, 9 p.m. - ESPN3 #Colorado St. 81-74 TCU 66-59 March 15, 8 p.m. - ESPN3 5 Col. of Charleston (25-9) Fresno St. (20-12) 5 March 22 March 21 3 #BYU (22-11) #Alabama (19-14) 3 March 15, 11 p.m. - ESPN2 #UT Arlington 105-89 #Richmond 71-64 March 14, 9:15 p.m. - ESPN2 6 *UT Arlington (25-8) Richmond (20-12) 6 March 20, 8 p.m. - ESPNU March 19, 5 p.m. - ESPN2 2 #Houston (21-10) #Clemson (17-15) 2 March 15, 7:30 p.m. - ESPNU Akron 78-75 Oakland 74-69 March 14, 8 p.m. - ESPNU 7 *Akron (26-8) All Games Eastern Time *Oakland (24-8) 7 *Automatic Qualifiers - Regular Season Conference Champions © Copyright 2017 NIT, L.L.C. # Host Institution 2016-17 ILLINOIS NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown Notable 0 D.J. Williams G 6-7 210 So. Chicago, Ill. Played double-digit minutes in 11 of the final 12 games last season 1 Jaylon Tate G 6-3 170 Sr. Chicago, Ill. Averaged 2.5 assists with 3.1 assist-to-turnover ratio last year 2 Kipper Nichols F 6-6 225 r-Fr. Cleveland, Ohio Ohio Basketball Coaches Association 2015 Div. I Player of the Year 3 Te’Jon Lucas G 6-0 170 Fr. Milwaukee, Wis. Unanimous first-team Div. 2 all-state pick in Wisconsin 5 Jalen Coleman-Lands G 6-3 190 So. Indianapolis, Ind. Set Illinois freshman record with 87 three-pointers last year 10 Drew Cayce G 6-1 165 So. Libertyville, Ill. Walk-on is sitting out this year after transferring from Creighton. 12 Leron Black F 6-7 220 r-So. Memphis, Tenn. Earned medical redshirt after playing in only seven games last year 13 Tracy Abrams G 6-2 185 Gr.