Illinois

Year	Round	Opponent	Seed	Score	Result
2024	Elite Eight	Connecticut	1	52–77	L	Box Score
2024	Sweet 16	Iowa State	2	72–69	W	Box Score
2024	Second Round	Duquesne	11	89–63	W	Box Score
2024	First Round	Morehead State	14	85–69	W	Box Score
2023	First Round	Arkansas	8	63–73	L	Box Score
2022	Second Round	Houston	5	53–68	L	Box Score
2022	First Round	Chattanooga	13	54–53	W	Box Score
2021	Second Round	Loyola Chicago	8	58–71	L	Box Score
2021	First Round	Drexel	16	78–49	W	Box Score
2013	Second Round	Miami (FL)	2	59–63	L	Box Score
2013	First Round	Colorado	10	57–49	W	Box Score
2011	Second Round	Kansas	1	59–73	L	Box Score
2011	First Round	UNLV	8	73–62	W	Box Score
2009	First Round	Western Kentucky	12	72–76	L	Box Score
2007	First Round	Virginia Tech	5	52–54	L	Box Score
2006	Second Round	Washington	5	64–67	L	Box Score
2006	First Round	Air Force	13	78–69	W	Box Score
2005	National Championship	North Carolina	1	70–75	L	Box Score
2005	Final Four	Louisville	4	72–57	W	Box Score
2005	Elite Eight	Arizona	3	90–89	W	Box Score
2005	Sweet 16	Milwaukee	12	77–63	W	Box Score
2005	Second Round	Nevada	9	71–59	W	Box Score
2005	First Round	Fairleigh Dickinson	16	67–55	W	Box Score
2004	Sweet 16	Duke	1	62–72	L	Box Score
2004	Second Round	Cincinnati	4	92–68	W	Box Score
2004	First Round	Murray State	12	72–53	W	Box Score
2003	Second Round	Notre Dame	5	60–68	L	Box Score
2003	First Round	Western Kentucky	13	65–60	W	Box Score
2002	Sweet 16	Kansas	1	69–73	L	Box Score
2002	Second Round	Creighton	12	72–60	W	Box Score
2002	First Round	San Diego State	13	93–64	W	Box Score
2001	Elite Eight	Arizona	2	81–87	L	Box Score
2001	Sweet 16	Kansas	4	80–64	W	Box Score
2001	Second Round	Charlotte	9	79–61	W	Box Score
2001	First Round	Northwestern State	16	96–54	W	Box Score
2000	Second Round	Florida	5	76–93	L	Box Score
2000	First Round	Penn	13	68–58	W	Box Score
1998	Second Round	Maryland	4	61–67	L	Box Score
1998	First Round	South Alabama	12	64–51	W	Box Score
1997	Second Round	Chattanooga	14	63–75	L	Box Score
1997	First Round	Southern California	11	90–77	W	Box Score
1995	First Round	Tulsa	6	62–68	L	Box Score
1994	First Round	Georgetown	9	77–84	L	Box Score
1993	Second Round	Vanderbilt	3	68–85	L	Box Score
1993	First Round	Long Beach State	11	75–72	W	Box Score
1990	First Round	Dayton	12	86–88	L	Box Score
1989	Final Four	Michigan	3	81–83	L	Box Score
1989	Elite Eight	Syracuse	2	89–86	W	Box Score
1989	Sweet 16	Louisville	4	83–69	W	Box Score
1989	Second Round	Ball State	9	72–60	W	Box Score
1989	First Round	McNeese State	16	77–71	W	Box Score
1988	Second Round	Villanova	6	63–66	L	Box Score
1988	First Round	Texas-San Antonio	14	81–72	W	Box Score
1987	First Round	Austin Peay	14	67–68	L	Box Score
1986	Second Round	Alabama	5	56–58	L	Box Score
1986	First Round	Fairfield	13	75–51	W	Box Score
1985	Sweet 16	Georgia Tech	2	53–61	L	Box Score
1985	Second Round	Georgia	6	74–58	W	Box Score
1985	First Round	Northeastern	14	76–57	W	Box Score