CHAMPAIGN, Ill.–Fighting Illini senior guard Terrence Shannon Jr. is a unanimous selection to the Preseason All-Big Ten Team, as voted on by media covering the league and announced Friday by the conference office.
Shannon is one of three players on the 10-member Preseason All-Big Ten Team who earned first-team all-conference honors last year, joined by Purdue's Zach Edey and Northwestern's Boo Buie.
Shannon's 2022-23 Illini Highlights
• First-Team All-Big Ten (coaches)
• Second-Team All-Big Ten (media)
• USBWA All-District V selection
• NABC All-District 7 Second Team selection
• Played in 31 of 33 games (30 starts), ranking seventh in Big Ten in scoring at 17.2 ppg
• Scored in double figures in all but four games, with 11 outings of 20+ points
• Fourth on team in rebounding (4.6 rpg) and second in assists (2.8 apg, 21st in B1G)
• Second in B1G in both free throws made (166) and attempted (210)
• Career-high 30 points with eight boards on 9-14 FG and four treys vs. Monmouth (Nov. 14)
• 29 points in win over No. 8 UCLA (Nov. 18), tying school record with eight 3-pointers (8-9 3FG) and grabbing game-high 10 boards for third career double-double
• Game-high 24 points (7-11 FG) with eight rebounds in win over No. 14 Wisconsin (Jan. 7)
• Second double-double and fourth of career with 25 points and season-high 11 boards in win at Nebraska (Jan. 10), along with four assists and career-high tying four steals
• 26 points – with 24 coming in second half – in comeback win over No. 21 Northwestern (Feb. 23)
• 21 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists in 2OT win over Michigan (March 2)
2023-24 Preseason All-Big Ten Team
TERRENCE SHANNON JR., Sr., G, ILLINOIS
Julian Reese, Jr., F, Maryland
JAHMIR YOUNG, Sr., G, MARYLAND
Dawson Garcia, Jr., F, Minnesota
A.J. Hoggard, Sr., G, Michigan State
Tyson Walker, Gr., G, Michigan State
Keisei Tominaga, Sr., G, Nebraska
BOO BUIE, Gr., G, NORTHWESTERN
ZACH EDEY, Sr., C, PURDUE
Clifford Omoruyi, Sr., C, Rutgers
Unanimous selections listed in ALL CAPS
2023-24 Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year
Zach Edey, Purdue
Shannon is one of three players on the 10-member Preseason All-Big Ten Team who earned first-team all-conference honors last year, joined by Purdue's Zach Edey and Northwestern's Boo Buie.
Shannon's 2022-23 Illini Highlights
• First-Team All-Big Ten (coaches)
• Second-Team All-Big Ten (media)
• USBWA All-District V selection
• NABC All-District 7 Second Team selection
• Played in 31 of 33 games (30 starts), ranking seventh in Big Ten in scoring at 17.2 ppg
• Scored in double figures in all but four games, with 11 outings of 20+ points
• Fourth on team in rebounding (4.6 rpg) and second in assists (2.8 apg, 21st in B1G)
• Second in B1G in both free throws made (166) and attempted (210)
• Career-high 30 points with eight boards on 9-14 FG and four treys vs. Monmouth (Nov. 14)
• 29 points in win over No. 8 UCLA (Nov. 18), tying school record with eight 3-pointers (8-9 3FG) and grabbing game-high 10 boards for third career double-double
• Game-high 24 points (7-11 FG) with eight rebounds in win over No. 14 Wisconsin (Jan. 7)
• Second double-double and fourth of career with 25 points and season-high 11 boards in win at Nebraska (Jan. 10), along with four assists and career-high tying four steals
• 26 points – with 24 coming in second half – in comeback win over No. 21 Northwestern (Feb. 23)
• 21 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists in 2OT win over Michigan (March 2)
2023-24 Preseason All-Big Ten Team
TERRENCE SHANNON JR., Sr., G, ILLINOIS
Julian Reese, Jr., F, Maryland
JAHMIR YOUNG, Sr., G, MARYLAND
Dawson Garcia, Jr., F, Minnesota
A.J. Hoggard, Sr., G, Michigan State
Tyson Walker, Gr., G, Michigan State
Keisei Tominaga, Sr., G, Nebraska
BOO BUIE, Gr., G, NORTHWESTERN
ZACH EDEY, Sr., C, PURDUE
Clifford Omoruyi, Sr., C, Rutgers
Unanimous selections listed in ALL CAPS
2023-24 Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year
Zach Edey, Purdue
