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ate: Friday, September 8 Game Time: 7:30 ET Venue: David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS How To Watch: ESPN2 2023 Record: Kansas (1-0), Illinois (1-0) Kansas 26, Illinois 24 Illinois vs Kansas Line: Kansas -3, o/u: 58 ATS Confidence out of 5: 1.5 Illinois vs Kansas Must See Rating (out of 5): 3.5 See more: japan vs chile
Underwood Talks Underwhelming Turnovers
"We've got guys turning the ball over right and left. We had 10 turnovers a game during league play, and we doubled that tonight. That's what's frustrating. When you have four guards on the floor, you shouldn't be turning the ball over." -Brad Underwood
College Basketball Computer PicksSchmolik 64 Update (2/5/21): Illinois a #2 Seed
Illinois might have turned the corner after big wins over Iowa and Indiana. Hopefully they can keep the momentum going this weekend vs. Wisconsin.
2020 ACC/Big Ten Challenge?
Will there be one? If so, who should the Illini play? Would you like a crack at Duke?
Northwestern to Play More Games at Wrigley Field, Should Illinois?
Northwestern clearly wants to "own Chicago" but we in Urbana don't want that to happen do we? Illinois's played a few games up at Soldier Field in the last decade including the Northwestern game in 2015. Maybe we should play a few more games up at Wrigley/Soldier Field to match Northwestern in the future. Northwestern Chicago's Big Ten team? No. WE ARE!
Illinois Basketball in CBS Preseason Bracketology!
I know it means nothing but I can't remember Illinois being in any bracketology predictions in several years so I think it's noteworthy.
One of Illinois football's biggest offseason additions won't play during the 2019 season.
"The appeal for Illinois sophomore tight end Luke Ford, who transferred to the Illini in January after spending his freshman season at Georgia in 2018, to be eligible for the upcoming season was denied by the NCAA Division I Appeals Committee for Legislative Relief on Friday." Seems like not all schools are treated equally. Ohio State and Miami get waivers for big time transfer quarterbacks, but Illinois can't get a waiver for a kid who wants to come home.
Bg Ten Basketball to Play 20 Conference Games, Illinois to Play Northwestern Twice a Year!
Really? Has anyone ever considered Northwestern a rival to Illinois? Now I'm old but in the Lou Henson days when Northwestern was your rival, you sucked. Now that they have Chris Collins as their coach and we're a perennial NIT team maybe we should hope to be their rival. But putting us with Michigan-Michigan State and Indiana-Purdue wasn't necessary. I didn't think they needed any protected rivalries, maybe just Indiana-Purdue. But the move to 20 games