2014 – 15 Illinois Fighting Illini men 's basketball team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign in the 2014 – 15 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . Led by third-year head coach John Groce , the Illini played their home games at State Farm Center in Champaign , Illinois as members of the Big Ten Conference . They finished the season 19 – 14 , 9 – 9 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for seventh place . They lost in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament to Michigan . They received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Alabama
Big Ten Tournament
2015 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2014–15 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team