Illinois Women's Basketball 2026 NCAA Tournament Capsule

 
Illinois Fighting Illini
 
Big Ten (21-11, 9-9)
 
 
Big Wins: 1/1 Maryland (73-70), 3/5 vs Michigan State (71-69)
Bad Losses: 11/14 at Oregon State (59-64), 1/24 at Nebraska (75-81)
Coach: Shauna Green
 
Probable Starters:
Cearah Parchment, Freshman, Forward, 13.4 ppg, 8.5 rpg, 1.5 apg
Berry Wallace, Sophomore, Forward, 18.4 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 1.8 apg
Destiny Jackson, Freshman, Guard, 9.9 ppg, 5.2 apg, 4.0 rpg
Aaliyah Guyton, Sophomore, Guard, 6.6 ppg, 2.1apg, 2.0 rpg
Jasmine Brown-Hagger, Junior, Guard, 6.8 ppg, 1.7 apg, 2.2 rpg
 
Key Role Players:
Lety Vasconcelos, Sophomore, Center, 3.5 ppg, 3.1 rpg
Maddie Webber, Junior, Guard, 11.0 ppg, 1.5 apg, 2.6 rpg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 78.1 (25th in nation, 8th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 66.2 (225, 10)
Field-Goal Percentage: 46.1 (23, 7)
Field-Goal Defense: 42.4 (289, 11)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 6.3 (165, 16)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 36.7 (15, 5)
Free-Throw Percentage: 81.5 (2, 1)
Rebound Margin: 4.5 (77, 7)
Assists Per Game: 15.9 (55, 13)
Turnovers Per Game: 12.5 (14, 2)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2025NCAAFirst Round win over Creighton
2025NCAASecond Round loss to Texas
2024WBIFirst Round win over Missouri State
2024WBISecond Round win over Stony Brook
2024WBIQuarterfinal win over Tulsa
2024WBISemifinal win over Washington State
2024WBIFinal win over Villanova
2023NCAAFirst Four loss to Mississippi State
2017NITFirst Round win over Valparaiso
2017NITSecond Round win over Boise State
2017NITThird Round loss to UCF
2013NITFirst Round win over Miami (OH)
2013NITSecond Round win over Eastern Illinois
2013NITThird Round win over Toledo
2013NITQuarterfinal loss to Kansas State
2010NITRound of 64 win over Western Kentucky
2010NITRound of 32 win over Marquette
2010NITRegional Semifinal win over Missouri State
2010NITRegional Final loss to Illinois State
2008NITSecond Round win over Drake
2008NITThird Round loss to Marquette
2007NITSecond Round win over Utah
2007NITThird Round loss to Kansas State
2006NITOpening Round win over Western Illinois
2006NITFirst Round loss to Marquette
2005NITFirst Round loss to Indiana State
 
*all team stats through 3/5