Team
Illinois
87 NCAA tournaments, 1928–2026. Best team finish: 2nd (1930, 1938).
0team titles
34top-10 finishes
25individual titles
133All-Americans
428qualifiers
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Team history
No team history has been written for Illinois yet. The record below is complete; the writing comes one program at a time.
Recent tournaments
All years| Year | Place | Qualifiers | Record | Champions | All-Americans |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 8 | 16–17 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 10 | 8 | 20–14 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 38 | 3 | 4–6 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 31 | 5 | 8–10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | T25 | 4 | 9–8 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 18 | 5 | 14–10 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 26 | 6 | 13–12 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | T13 | 5 | 16–8 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 11 | 7 | 17–14 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016 | T9 | 6 | 20–10 | 1 | 3 |
Place is the published NCAA team standing. Qualifiers are tournament entries; All-Americans are top-eight finishes as each era awarded them.
Individual champions
25- 2025 133 Lucas Byrd
- 2016 157 Isaiah Martinez
- 2015 157 Isaiah Martinez
- 2014 125 Jesse Delgado
- 2013 125 Jesse Delgado
- 2003 165 Matt Lackey
- 2001 149 Adam Tirapelle
- 2001 285 John Lockhart
- 2000 141 Carl Perry
- 1998 150 Eric Siebert
- 1995 150 Steve Marianetti
- 1995 158 Ernest Benion Jr.
- 1991 275 Jon Llewellyn
- 1958 Unlimited Bob Norman
- 1957 Unlimited Bob Norman
- 1956 157 Larry TenPas
- 1946 165 David Shapiro
- 1939 136 Archie Deutschman
- 1938 126 Allen Sapora
- 1938 165 John Ginay
- 1935 175 Ralph Silverstein
- 1932 123 Joe Puerta
- 1930 115 Joe Sapora
- 1929 115 Joe Sapora
- 1929 135 George Minot