Men’s Wheelchair Basketball Announce 2026-27 Tournament Schedule
September 10, 2026 | Men’s Wheelchair Basketball
Champaign, ILL. – The Illinois Men’s Wheelchair Basketball team announced their 2026-27 Tournament schedule. Your Illini Men will play in front of a home crowd twice this season.
Fighting Illini Basketball has high expectations once again in 2026-27 after finishing 3rd last season. Head coach Jacob Tyree welcomes back 7 players from last year’s team including National Player of the Year RJ Fitzpatrick, John Matthew Davis, Grant Pierce, second team All-Americans Jack Binsfeld and Tanner Adkins, Gavin Ford, and Alessandro Pintor, while adding 3 players in their 2026 recruiting class and bringing back Michael Allen from the 2024 recruiting class.
Illinois is coming off a 3rd place finish, the highest in Coach Tyree’s tenure. After finishing 21-12 overall last year, they’ll look to continue to build on that in the 2026-27 season.
Illinois 2026-27 Schedule Notes
- For the 3rd straight season, the Illini will kick off their season with the Illini Showcase on October 31st.
- Their other home games will be at the CID Tournament February 12-13.
- The men will play one adult tournament, at the Second City Showdown November 14-15.
- The first semester college tournaments for the Illini will be at UWW and Alabama.
- The men open their second semester in Columbia, Missouri at the Mizzou College Tournament.
- Their other tournaments will be Auburn and UTA in February.
- They will finish their season at the NIWBT in Wichita, KS from March 15-21.
- You can watch all of their games on their YouTube @IllinoisWheelchairBasketball.