Fighting Illini News

Men's Golf

Illinois Golf received their eighth straight bid to the NCAA Championships after winning the Noblesville Regional on Saturday. Senior Brian Campbell took home medalist honors after compiling a three-round total of 206 shots.

NCAA Qualifiers (Final Score)

1. Illinois (860)
2. SMU (860)
3. UNLV (863)
4. UCLA (869)
5. Oregon (871)

Next Event: NCAA Championships (May 29)

Baseball

The Baseball team extended their program-record winning streak to 26 games by defeating Nebraska twice this weekend. The series finale on Sunday was cancelled due to rain.

Illinois' win over the Cornhuskers on Friday night clinched the program's 30th Big Ten Conference Regular Season Title.

Next Event: Big Ten Tournament vs No. 8 seed Nebraska (May 20)

Men's Track and Field

Illinois won the 2015 Big Ten Outdoor Track and Field Championship for the first time since 1994 by totaling 145 points over the course of the three-day competition. Overall, the Illini had five individual champions and had 18 other athletes place winners.

Along with Men's Tennis, Men's Golf, and Baseball, this is the 4th conference championship of the Spring for Illinois Athletics.

Final Standings

1. Illinois - 145
2. Nebraska - 108
3. Iowa - 81
4. Ohio State - 78
5. Penn State - 66
6. Minnesota - 64
7. Michigan State - 55
8. Wisconsin - 54
9. Purdue - 54
10. Michigan - 42
11. Rutgers - 36
12. Indiana - 28
13. Maryland - 6

Next Event: NCAA West Prelims (May 28)

Lunchtime Links

College Football

Ranking all 128 CFB offense by tempo - SBNation
Pace of play has been a hot college football topic for a few years now. Here's how every team in FBS stacked up, based on an advanced stat.

How to get taxpayer money for your favorite college football team - SBNation
Uncertainty surrounding enhanced benefits for athletes enabled one politician to land public money for his school's team.

Ranking college football's 28 live dog mascots - SBNation
Good dogs! Very good dogs! Your college football teams might not be good, but you most certainly are!

College Basketball

Illini Basketball Recruiting Round-up (5/15/15) - The Champaign Room
Thursday saw a new scholarship offer and an unexpected visit to Champaign. That and more in the latest Fighting Illini Basketball Recruiting Round-up.

How Maryland basketball built an overnight juggernaut - SBNation
A year after some fans screamed for his firing, a perfect storm has Terrapins coach Mark Turgeon at the top of the sport.

Winning remains all that can save Tom Crean at Indiana - SBNation
Tom Crean made the largely popular decision to dismiss a pair of players from the Indiana basketball program this week, but it's a move that won't matter one bit if the Hoosiers don't win big in 2015-16.

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