Illinois Fighting Illini Basketball: Illinois vs. #17 Ohio State Plays of the...
John Groce surely got into his team’s kitchen following their last loss and the Illinois Fighting Illini responded with a much better performance in Columbus despite succumbing in the end, 62-55....
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The Illinois Fighting Illini take their 5 game Big Ten losing streak back on the road today when they travel to yet another hostile venue to face the Indiana Hoosiers in round two of the 2013 version...
View ArticleIllinois Fighting Illini Basketball: Indiana Outlasts Illinois 56-46
The Illinois Fighting Illini basketball team took their show on the road to Bloomington, Indiana and tried to halt their season worst losing streak, but in the end the Indiana Hoosiers outlasted the...
View ArticleIllinois Fighting Illini Recruiting: Chris James to Officially Visit Illinois
Are the Illinois Fighting Illini about to land a player who is “considered one of the top shutdown corners in Southeast Texas in his senior season” just before National Signing Day? I was first put on...
View ArticleIllinois Fighting Illini Football: Henry McGrew Named to All-USA Kansas First...
Another future Illinois Fighting Illini line backer has been recognized for his efforts on the high school gridiron. The USA Today high school sports section released their All-USA Kansas First Team...
View ArticleIllinois Fighting Illini Basketball: Illinois vs. #15 Iowa Hawkeyes Preview...
Beat Iowa. It was the first thing I saw when I checked Twitter this morning. It sure sounds simple, doesn’t it? The fact of the matter is that nothing has been simple for the Illinois Fighting Illini...
View ArticleIllinois Fighting Illini Football Recruiting: 2015 QB Jimmy Fitzgerald...
The Illinois Fighting Illini Class of 2015 received a rather large commitment today with the following announcement: I am committing to the University of Illinois. Thank you to everyone who has helped...
View ArticleIllinois Fighting Illini Basketball: Illinois Gives #15 Iowa a Run for Their...
The Illinois Fighting Illini stumbled through the first 12 minutes and 46 seconds of the first half in their match-up with the #15 Iowa Hawkeyes, and as a result they found themselves staring at a 21...
View ArticleIllinois Fighting Illini Football Recruiting: Signing Day 2014 Names to Know
Signing Day is important to every college football program on so many levels. It brings new blood into the program. It furthers the vision that the Head Coach has for the program. It adds renewed hope...
View ArticleIllinois Fighting Illini Basketball: Illinois vs Wisconsin Badgers Preview...
Was the middle of the Iowa game an illusion or the harbinger of things to come for the Illinois Fighting Illini basketball team? If they return to the court tonight filled with the intensity they...
View ArticleIllinois Fighting Illini Football: Profiling Illini Signee Malik Turner
It’s no secret that the wide receiver corps is in desperate need of talent following the departure of several players who combined for a ton of production last season. Luckily for the Illinois...
View ArticleIllinois Fighting Illini Football: Profiling Illini Signee Julian Hylton
Julian Hylton was the sixth player to sign his National Letter of Intent to play for the Illinois Fighting Illini in the Class of 2014. I had a chance to catch up with Hylton recently, and rather than...
View ArticleIllinois Fighting Illini Football: Profiling Illini Signee Matt Domer
The ninth National Letter of Intent to arrive in the Fighting Illini football offices today belonged to none other than Matt Domer of Mt. Carmel High School. NLI #9 (10:10 am): Chicago Mount Carmel...
View ArticleIllinois Fighting Illini Basketball: Illinois vs. Nebraska Preview and Live...
The Illinois Fighting Illini basketball team has traveled to Lincoln, Nebraska and are set to clash with the Nebraska Cornhuskers tonight in the first of two meetings over the next 14 days. Illinois...
View ArticleIllinois Fighting Illini Basketball: Illinois Drops a Tough One to Nebraska...
It was the Shavon Shields Show tonight in Lincoln, Nebraska, and the Illinois Fighting Illini could not find a way to change it to a different channel no matter how hard they tried. Shields finished...
View ArticleIllinois Fighting Illini Basketball: Plays of the Game vs. Nebraska (GIFs and...
The Illini took one on the chin tonight in Lincoln, Nebraska 67-58, but a pair of upperclassmen still managed to throw together a few highlight reel plays in the process. One of them has to be seen to...
View ArticleIllinois Fighting Illini Basketball: Illinois vs. #22 Ohio State Preview and...
There’s only so much yelling you can do when you watch a team go through a stretch like the Illinois Fighting Illini have gone through in their past 10 games. At 3-9, sitting in last place in the...
View ArticleIllinois Fighting Illini Basketball: Illinois Sputters and Loses to Ohio...
Tonight’s performance by the Ohio State Buckeyes and Illinois Fighting Illini was enough to make you want to double over in pain. It was ugly, with a capital U. Thankfully, it’s over. Unfortunately for...
View ArticleIllinois Fighting Illini Basketball: Illinois vs. Minnesota Preview and Live...
The Illinois Fighting Illini basketball team is down, but they still have the chance to rally and recover. The Illini have five more games before the Big Ten Tournament, and if they are going to make...
View ArticleIllinois Fighting Illini Basketball: Illinois Picks Up Road Victory in Minnesota
The Illinois Fighting Illini rode stifling defense, a solid all around performance from Nnanna Egwu, and Kendrick Nunn’s second 19 point outburst of the season en route to a 62-49 road victory over the...
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