2010 – 11 Illinois Fighting Illini men 's basketball team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign in the 2010 – 11 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . This was head coach Bruce Weber 's eighth season at Illinois . They played their home games at Assembly Hall and are members of the Big Ten Conference . They finished the season 20 – 14 , 9 – 9 in Big Ten play and lost in the quarterfinals of the 2011 Big Ten Conference Men 's Basketball Tournament to Michigan . They received an at-large bid in the 2011 NCAA Men 's Division I Basketball Tournament where they beat UNLV in the second round before falling to Kansas in the third round
2011 Big Ten Conference Men 's Basketball Tournament
2011 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2010–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team