For the ninth time in school history, Illinois is playing a men’s basketball game on Super Bowl Sunday. The rundown:

Jan. 22, 1989
Illinois 103, Ga. Tech 92: Win let Lou Henson’s Illini climb to No. 1

49ers 20, Bengals 16: Joe Montana’s late TD pass to John Taylor won it

Jan. 30, 1994
Illinois 88, Indiana 81: Ended a six-game losing streak to Hoosiers

Cowboys 30, Bills 13: Fourth straight Super Bowl defeat for Buffalo

Jan. 25, 1998
Illinois 64, Michigan 53: Remember Lon Kruger’s Big Ten champs?

Broncos 31, Packers 24: Remember QB John Elway’s whirly-bird?

Jan. 30, 2000
Mich. St. 91, Illinois 66: Spartans went on to win NCAA title

Rams 23, Titans 16: Mike Jones’ last-second tackle saved Rams’ day

Feb. 3, 2002
Mich. St. 67, Illinois 61: Bill Self called out Frank Williams

Patriots 20, Rams 17: Adam Vinatieri’s 48-yarder at the buzzer won it

Feb. 6, 2005
Illinois 60, Indiana 47: Bruce Weber’s Illini improved to 23-0

Patriots 24, Eagles 21: Third title in four years for Tom Brady

Feb. 1, 2009
Illinois 62, Iowa 54: Second of seven straight wins against Herky

Steelers 27, Cardinals 23: Who can forget Santonio Holmes’ catch?

Feb. 5, 2012
N’western 74, Illinois 70: Illini are 16-16 since super meltdown

Giants 21, Patriots 17:   NFC is 4-4 when Illini play on big day