The Illini finished 22-13 overall last season, finishing seventh at 12-8 in the Big Ten. Coach Brad Underwood's squad qualified for the NCAA tournament as a No. 6 seed in the Midwest Region and defeated Xavier before falling to Kentucky in the second round.

After his stellar sophomore season at Cal, transfer guard Andrej Stojakovic is heading to the Midwest for his next destination. Per ESPN's Jonathan Givony, Stojakovic, the son of former NBA star Peja Stojakovic, committed to Illinois over offers from UNC and Stanford.

Stojakovic was considering going back to Stanford for his junior season or even transferring to North Carolina, but he ended up with Illinois and coach Brad Underwood, for whom he