page_title: 2009–10 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
section_title: Pre-season
hierarchical_section_title: 2009–10 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team / Pre-season
caption_attribution_description: English: w:Demetri McCamey signals a play
context_page_description: The 2009–10 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Bruce Weber's seventh season at the school. They are members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Assembly Hall. The Illini finished the season 21–15, 10–8 in Big Ten play and lost in the semifinals of the 2010 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament. They were invited to the 2010 National Invitation Tournament where they advanced to the quarterfinals before falling to Dayton.
caption: Demetri McCamey set several Illini assists records during the season
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