text: To have an honored jersey hung in the State Farm Center, a player must have achieved one of the following criteria:
  1) National Player of the Year
  2) Enshrined in the National Basketball Hall of Fame
  3) Big Ten Player of the Year
  4) Consensus First- or Second-Team All-American
  5) Illinois All-Century Team Member
  6) Individual whose pioneering efforts made a significant impact on Illinois and international basketball
  Dike Eddleman Award
  The University of Illinois Athlete of the Year was first awarded in 1940. The award was annually given to a male student-athlete until it was discontinued in 1973. Revived in 1983, the University of Illinois now recognizes both male and female athletes who have distinguished themselves in athletic achievement. In 1993, the awards were named in honor of former Olympian Dwight "Dike" Eddleman, who participated in basketball, football and track and field in 1943 and 1946–49, earning a combined 11 varsity letters during that timeframe. The following list includes Illini basketball players who earned the award.
  Head-to-head Big Ten records
  Men's basketball records at Kenney Gym and Huff Hall
  Notes:
  *Denotes incomplete or partial records.
  **Played 9 games at Huff Hall but played final 2 games at Assembly Hall.