page_title: Illinois Fighting Illini
section_title: Men's basketball
hierarchical_section_title: Illinois Fighting Illini / Sports sponsored / Basketball / Men's basketball
caption_attribution_description: Original caption&#58; "Football player, with letter I on sweater, holding football, in front of Illinois Field. 1 print (poster)&#160;: photo-lithograph, color."
context_page_description: The Illinois Fighting Illini are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. The university offers 10 men's and 11 women's varsity sports.
  The University operates a number of athletic facilities, including Memorial Stadium for football, the State Farm Center for both men's and women's basketball, Illinois Field for baseball, the ARC Pool for women's swimming and diving, the Atkins Tennis Center for men's and women's tennis, Eichelberger Field for softball, Huff Hall for men's and women's gymnastics, women's volleyball and men's wrestling, Illinois Soccer and Track Stadium for women's soccer and for men's and women's outdoor track and field, the Stone Creek Golf Course for men's and women's golf, the University of Illinois Arboretum for cross country and the University of Illinois Armory for men's and women's indoor track and field.
  The Fighting Illini lay claim to over twenty-five National Championships dating back to 1900.
context_section_description: Fighting Illini men's basketball titles include the 1915 Helms national championship, 5 NCAA Final Four appearances in 1949, 1951, 1952, 1989, 2005, 17 Big Ten championships and 2 Big Ten Tournament championships in 2003 and 2005. Through the end of the 2013–14 season, Illinois ranks 11th all-time in winning percentage and 14th all-time in wins among all NCAA Division I men's college basketball programs.
caption: A Bristow Adams poster of an Illini football player
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