Indiana vs Illinois basketball start time, where to watch in Big Ten action on Sunday, Feb. 15
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- Indiana basketball will visit No. 7 Illinois on Sunday, February 15, 2026.
- The Hoosiers have won five of their last six games, while the Fighting Illini have lost two straight overtime games.
- Indiana’s Lamar Wilkerson has scored at least 19 points in six consecutive games.
Indiana basketball (17-8, 8-6 Big Ten) has won five of six games as it begins a challenging stretch with a visit to No. 7 Illinois (20-5, 11-3), which has lost two straight overtime games (to Michigan State and Wisconsin). Here’s what you should know about the matchup.
- Lamar Wilkerson has scored at least 19 points in six straight games, averaging 28.2 over that stretch, and he capped it with a 41-point outburst against Oregon. Tucker DeVries averages 13.8 points and 5.5 rebounds for the season, while Tayton Conerway adds 10.5 points and 3.8 assists.
- Keaton Wagler averages 18.5 points, 4.3 assists and 4.9 rebounds with 43.7% 3-point shooting. Andrej Stojakovic adds 13.7 points and 4.6 rebounds, David Mirkovic 12.6 points and 8.0 rebounds, and Tomislav Ivisic 10.4 points and 5.7 rebounds. In conference games, Illinois makes almost 12 3-pointers, the most; hold an 8.7-rebound advantage and grab 12.4 offensive boards per game (first); and produce less than 3 steals (last).
What time does Indiana play Illinois on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026? Start time for Illinois vs. Indiana today
- The Indiana-Illinois game is at 1 p.m. ET Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026, at State Farm Center in Champaign, Illinois.
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As of Feb. 11
(all times ET; with date, day of week, location and opponent, time, TV)
- Fri., Feb. 20: at Purdue, 8 p.m., Fox
- Tues., Feb. 24: vs. Northwestern, 7 p.m., FS1
- Sun., March 1: vs. Michigan State, 3:45 p.m., CBS
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- 0, Jasai Miles
- 1, Reed Bailey
- 2, Jason Drake
- 3, Lamar Wilkerson
- 4, Sam Alexis
- 5, Conor Enright
- 6, Tayton Conerway
- 7, Nick Dorn
- 10, Josh Harris
- 11, Trent Sisley
- 12, Tucker DeVries
- 13, Aleksa Ristic
- 15, Andrej Acimovic
Darian DeVries is in his first season leading the Hoosiers. IU is 17-8 under DeVries, who came to Bloomington after a 19-13 season at West Virginia — a 10-win improvement over the Mountaineers’ previous season. DeVries spent his first six seasons as a head coach at Drake, where he won 20 or more games each year, and took the Bulldogs to three NCAA tournaments.
His all-time record is 186-76 (.710).
Brad Underwood is in his ninth season leading the Fighting Illini. They are 185-106 (.636) in his tenure with five NCAA tournament berths and a Big Ten regular-season championship. He took Oklahoma State to a NCAA tournament in one season and Stephen F. Austin to three straight prior to that.
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