With the start of college basketball season approaching, we’ll look at the conference at large and Indiana’s roster over the next month.
Today, our team previews continue with Illinois.
Previously: Penn State, Minnesota, Rutgers, Michigan, Nebraska, Iowa, Ohio State, Maryland, Northwestern, Wisconsin
Despite losing several key contributors from last season’s NCAA tournament team, Illinois enters the season with hopes of another trip to March Madness.
The Fighting Illini lost Matthew Mayer (graduation), Jayden Epps (transfer) and RJ Melendez (transfer), but return arguably the league’s second-best player in Terrence Shannon Jr.