2023–24 UIC Flames men's basketball team

2023–24 UIC Flames men's basketball
2023–24 UIC Flames men's basketball
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	8–8 (1–4 MVC)
Head coach	Luke Yaklich (4th season);
Assistant coaches	Will Veasley (4th season); Bill Wuczynski (3rd season); Tony Wills (1st season);
Home arena	Credit Union 1 Arena

2023–24 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Drake	4	–	1	.800	13	–	3	.813
Indiana State	4	–	1	.800	13	–	3	.813
Southern Illinois	4	–	1	.800	12	–	4	.750
Belmont	4	–	1	.800	11	–	5	.688
Murray State	4	–	1	.800	7	–	9	.438
Bradley	3	–	2	.600	11	–	5	.688
Illinois State	2	–	3	.400	8	–	8	.500
Northern Iowa	2	–	3	.400	8	–	8	.500
Evansville	1	–	4	.200	10	–	6	.625
Missouri State	1	–	4	.200	9	–	7	.563
UIC	1	–	4	.200	8	–	8	.500
Valparaiso	0	–	5	.000	4	–	12	.250

† 2024 MVC tournament winner As of January 14, 2024

The 2023–24 UIC Flames men's basketball team represents the University of Illinois at Chicago in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Flames, led by fourth-year head coach Luke Yaklich, play their home games at Credit Union 1 Arena in Chicago, Illinois as members of the Missouri Valley Conference.

Previous season

The Flames finished the 2022–23 season 12–19, 4–16 in MVC play to finish in eleventh place. They lost to Missouri State in the opening round of the MVC tournament.

Offseason

Departures

Departures
Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Tre Anderson	G	6'1	185	Graduate Student	Tacoma, WA	Graduated
Jace Carter	G	6'5	210	Sophomore	Titusville, FL	Transferred to Texas A&M
Bessanty-Aime Saragba	C	6'10	215	Freshman	Marseille, France	Transferred to Eastern Illinois
Shaun Williams	G	6'4	190	Senior	St. Louis, MO	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Transfers
Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Marquise Kennedy	G	6'1	190	Graduate Student	Chicago, IL	Loyola
Isaiah Rivera	G	6'5	210	Senior	Geneseo, IL	Colorado State
Yusef Sahil	G	6'2	192	Junior	Gainesville, VA	Idaho

2023 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Nathan Ojukwu SF	Boise, ID	DME Academy	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	May 31, 2023
Nathan Ojukwu SF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2023 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

2023–24 UIC Flames men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	0	Drew King	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	189 lb (86 kg)	So	Phoenix, Arizona
G	1	Isaiah Rivera	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	Geneseo, Illinois
G	2	Steven Clay	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
G	3	CJ Jones	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	East St. Louis, Illinois
G	4	Ethan Picket	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Jr	Pensacola, Florida
G	5	Toby Okani	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	Orange, New Jersey
G	10	Ethyn Brown	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	Belleville, Illinois
G	13	Nathan Ojukwu	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Fr	Boise, Idaho
G	14	Marquise Kennedy	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	GS	Chicago, Illinois
G	15	Griffin Yaklich (W)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Joliet, Illinois
G	21	Khaled Khaled (W)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Burbank, Illinois
G	22	Shaun Williams	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	RS Sr	St. Louis, Missouri
G	23	Yusef Salih	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	RS Jr	Gainesville, Virginia
F	33	Jaden Bronwell	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	RS Fr	Sandy, Utah
G	34	Grant Welch (W)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	Fr	Moline, Illinois
F	50	Filip Skobalj	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	RS Jr	Belgrade, Serbia
C	54	Cameron Fens	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	So	Dubuque, Iowa

Head coach

Luke Yaklich (Illinois State)

Assistant coach(es)

Will Veasley (Butler)
Bill Wuczynski (UNLV)
Tony Wills (Illinois State)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: October 31, 2023

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 31, 2023* 7:00 pm	Clayton State	W 71–47	–	–	–	–	Credit Union 1 Arena Chicago, IL
Regular season
November 6, 2023* 8:00 pm, ESPN+	at Cincinnati	L 58–69	0–1	20 – Okani	11 – Okani	3 – Okani	Fifth Third Arena (9,936) Cincinnati, OH
November 10, 2023* 7:30 pm, ESPN+	Little Rock	W 86–71	1–1	25 – Rivera	10 – Okani	3 – Tied	Credit Union 1 Arena (2,593) Chicago, IL
November 14, 2023* 7:00 pm, NBC Sports Chicago	at Loyola	W 72–67	2–1	23 – Rivera	8 – Okani	5 – Jones	Gentile Arena (2,659) Chicago, IL
November 19, 2023* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	Aurora	W 99–48	3–1	14 – Bronwell	7 – Fens	8 – Jones	Credit Union 1 Arena (1,530) Chicago, IL
November 24, 2023* 3:00 p.m., FloSports	vs. Middle Tennessee Nassau Championship quarterfinals	W 70–40	4–1	18 – Clay	8 – Okani	5 – Jones	Baha Mar Convention Center (213) Nassau, Bahamas
November 25, 2023* 6:00 p.m., FloSports	vs. George Washington Nassau Championship semifinals	W 89–79	5–1	23 – Rivera	8 – Okani	7 – Jones	Baha Mar Convention Center (297) Nassau, Bahamas
November 26, 2023* 6:00 p.m., FloSports	vs. UNC Greensboro Nassau Championship Final	L 57–58	5–2	14 – Rivera	9 – Okani	5 – Jones	Baha Mar Convention Center (407) Nassau, Bahamas
November 30, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Illinois State	L 64–69	5–3 (0–1)	17 – Skobalj	6 – Okani	8 – Jones	Credit Union 1 Arena (2,090) Chicago, IL
December 8, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Jacksonville State	W 55–49	6–3	14 – Rivera	10 – Okani	4 – Jones	Pete Mathews Coliseum (1,657) Jacksonville, AL
December 12, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Green Bay	L 68–70	6–4	15 – Okani	10 – Okani	3 – Tied	Credit Union 1 Arena (1,265) Chicago, IL
December 16, 2023* 1:00 pm, ESPN+	Western Michigan	W 89–68	7–4	22 – Brownell	8 – Pickett	11 – Jones	Credit Union 1 Arena (1,329) Chicago, IL
December 21, 2023* 1:00 pm, ESPN+	Incarnate Word	L 66–67	7–5	16 – Brownell	11 – Pickett	9 – Jones	Credit Union 1 Arena (1,154) Chicago, IL
December 30, 2023 6:00 pm	at Southern Illinois	L 50–62	7–6 (0–2)	18 – Rivera	5 – Tied	3 – Salih	Banterra Center (7,004) Carbondale, IL
January 2, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at Murray State	L 73–85	7–7 (0–3)	20 – Okani	6 – Okani	5 – Jones	CFSB Center (4,616) Murray, KY
January 6, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Valparaiso	W 70–64	8–7 (1–3)	24 – Rivera	8 – Kennedy	4 – Rivera	Credit Union 1 Arena (1,689) Chicago, IL
January 10, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Northern Iowa	L 59–67	8–8 (1–4)	13 – Clay	6 – Okani	4 – Okani	McLeod Center (2,922) Cedar Falls, IA
January 13, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN+	Bradley						Credit Union 1 Arena Chicago, IL
January 17, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Murray State						Credit Union 1 Arena Chicago, IL
January 20, 2024 3:00 pm, ESPN3	at Valparaiso						Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
January 24, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Indiana State						Credit Union 1 Arena Chicago, IL
January 27, 2024 TBA	at Belmont						Curb Event Center Nashville, TN
January 31, 2024 7:00 pm	at Evansville						Ford Center Evansville, IN
February 3, 2024 1:00 pm	Southern Illinois						Credit Union 1 Arena Chicago, IL
February 7, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at Illinois State						CEFCU Arena Normal, IL
February 11, 2024 3:00 pm, ESPN+	Northern Iowa						Credit Union 1 Arena Chicago, IL
February 14, 2024 7:00 pm	at Bradley						Carver Arena Peoria, IL
February 18, 2024 TBA	Belmont						Credit Union 1 Arena Chicago, IL
February 21, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Evansville						Credit Union 1 Arena Chicago, IL
February 24, 2024 TBA	at Indiana State						Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN
February 28, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Drake						Credit Union 1 Arena Chicago, IL
March 3, 2024 TBA	at Missouri State						Great Southern Bank Arena Springfield, MO
Missouri Valley tournament
March 7, 2024 TBA	vs.						Enterprise Center St. Louis, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time Zone.

Source^[1]

References

↑ "2023-24 Men's Basketball Schedule". UIC Athletics. Retrieved November 1, 2023.

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[1] "2023-24 Men's Basketball Schedule". UIC Athletics. Retrieved November 1, 2023.

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