The Fighting Illini are led by third-year head coach Shauna Green, and they play their home games at State Farm Center.

[1] Green's .621 winning percentage after her first two seasons at Illinois is the best start for the program's head coach, after Theresa Grentz's 1995–97 teams won .617 percent of their games.

Cook's honor makes her the first Illinois women's basketball player in program history to be named MVP in a postseason competition.

[7] On October 29, 2024, Bryant was recognized as one of the top 20 shooting guards in the country by landing on the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award pre-season watch list.

[11] In October 2024, it was announced that sophomore transfer Lety Vasconcelos will miss the entire season due to a torn ACL, sustained near the end of summer team workouts.