CHAMPAIGN — Illinois men’s basketball will host Central Michigan on Dec. 10 at State Farm Center, CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein reported Friday.
The Chippewas finished the 2015-16 season with a 17-16 overall record and a 10-8 mark in the Mid-American Conference. They lost their first game of the MAC tournament and also to Tennessee-Martin in the first round of the CIT.
Illinois’ nonconference opponents for the 2016-17 season also include Virginia Commonwealth, BYU, North Carolina State, Missouri and two of Florida State, Temple and West Virginia in the NIT Season Tip-Off.