D.J. Richardson Propels Illinois Over Northwestern, 62-41
The Illinois Fighting Illini defeated the Northwestern Wildcats, 62-41, in Champaign on Sunday. The Illini snapped a two-game losing streak against Northwestern. They might have lost the previous two…Read More
Tracy Abrams Hits Dagger to Boost Illinois Over #18 Minnesota, 57-53
The Illinois Fighting Illini defeated the Minnesota Golden Gophers, 57-53, in Minneapolis on Sunday. The three ball was working in full force for the Fighting Illini in the game. They shot an astonishing…Read More
Illinois Men’s Basketball: Keith Appling Propels Michigan State Past Illinois in East Lansing, 80-75
The Illinois Fighting Illini lost to the Michigan State Spartans, 75-80, in East Lansing on Thursday night. The Fighting Illini played well in the first half and entered halftime with a 37-27 lead. They…Read More
Illinois Men’s Basketball: Northwestern Upsets #23 Illinois, 68-54
The #23 Illinois Fighting Illini dropped their third straight conference game after losing to Northwestern, 68-54. Northwestern came out fast from the word “go” and it all started with senior…Read More
Illinois Men’s Basketball: Brandon Paul and Illini Upset #8 Ohio State, 74-55
The #11 Illinois Fighting Illini picked up a nice bounce back win over the #8 Ohio State Buckeyes, 74-55. In Friday’s press conference, head coach John Groce discussed how rapid conference play can…Read More
Illinois Men’s Basketball: Tracy Abrams and Illini Avoid Scare Against Auburn
The #12 Illinois Fighting Illini bounced back from their only loss of the season by defeating the Auburn…Read More
Illinois Men’s Basketball: Illini Use Late Surge to Blow Past Eastern Kentucky, 66-53
The No. 10 Illinois Fighting Illini defeated the Eastern Kentucky Colonels, 66-53. Illinois has won twelve…Read More
Illinois Men’s Basketball: No. 13 Illinois Holds Off Western Carolina, 72-64
The No. 13 Illinois Fighting Illini defeated the Western Carolina Catamounts, 72-64, to stay undefeated…Read More
Illinois Basketball: Georgia Tech Game Preview
The No. 22 Illinois Fighting Illini will play the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.…Read More
Illinois 79, Lipscomb 64 Final: 3 Quick Thoughts on the Fighting Illini Basketball Victory
All right, that’s a final! The Illini eased up a bit on the gas towards the end, but maintained…Read More
Illinois 33, Lipscomb 26: Key Stats and Observations from the First Half.
Fighting Illini 33, Lipscomb 26: Leading Scorers: Illinois: DJ 9, Sam-Man 9. Lipscomb: Boyd, 11 (3-4…Read More
Illinois Fighting Illini vs Lipscomb Bison(s) – a Live Chat
Discuss the Illini’s game against Lipscomb after the jump. Read | Share
Illinois Fighting Illini vs Lipscomb Bisons – 8 p.m., Assembly Hall – a basketball preview.
Tonight, the Fighting Illini continue their quest for the Cancun Challenge championship with this tilt…Read More
Loyola (Chicago) – Illinois Preview
This time it counts The Fighting Illini have had an enjoyable exhibition schedule. We’ve gotten…Read More
Fighting Illini vs Quincy Individual Player Reviews with Plus/Minus
Fighting Illini basketball has a completely different Read | Share
Fighting Illini Basketball vs Quincy College Live Blog
Looks like we’ll get to see another couple of Illini debut tonight-Sam Maniscalco and Myke Henry Chat…Read More
Fighting Illini / WSC individual player reports, now with plus/minus!
A few quick notes before we move on to the Fighting Illini individual player reports… Subs were really…Read More
Orange and Blue Scrimmage Individual Player Reports
So, after viewing the Orange and Blue Scrimmage again, I decided to look at each individual player’s…Read More
Week of Recruits, Day 2: Ibby Djimde
Yesterday, Writing Illini took a look at Tracy Abrams, the first member of the 2011 class to sign with…Read More
Week of Recruits, Day 1: Tracy Abrams
As we mentioned in Friday’s post, today marks the first day of the Week of Recruits series, where…Read More














