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An underdog Illini squad uses an extraordinary Sunday round to announce its itself as NCAA Championship favorite with one day remaining until the match play knockout stage. 

Matt Stevens, IlliniGuys Staff Writer

May 26, 2024

Days before the 2024 NCAA Championships began, Illinois was playing an uniquely different underdog card but that distinction ended abruptly Sunday after they concluded their third round of stroke play. 

Kedric Prince, IlliniGuys Director of Recruiting

May 26, 2024

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — As the Illinois men’s basketball roster continues to take shape, some new players have already made their way onto campus, offering a glimpse of the potential for the upcoming season.

Steve Sturm, IlliniGuys Football Analyst

May 26, 2024

Brett Bielema has made recruiting his home territory a priority and he has been especially strong in recruiting high major players who are close to Champaign.

Matt Stevens, IlliniGuys Staff Writer

May 25, 2024

Max Herendeen now has an answer to how his game will be affected by being a tournament winner in the previous week. And the 19-year-old, along with everybody else close to the Illinois men’s golf program, should like the response. 

Kedric Prince - IlliniGuys Director of Recruiting

May 25, 2024

Kellen Francis, a former Illinois prep standout and junior college transfer from Butler Community College in El Dorado, Kansas, has committed to the University of Illinois this afternoon. The 6-foot-6, 320-pound offensive lineman made his decision following an official visit this week.

Kedric Prince, IlliniGuys Director of Recruiting

May 25, 2023

One of the worst-kept secrets in Illinois basketball recruiting in recent months is the potential addition of Kasparas Jakucionis, a 6-foot-5 shooting guard.

Steve Sturm, IlliniGuys Staff Analyst

May 25, 2024

Illinois again managed to reap the benefits of a big recruiting weekend which started with the commitment of Texas cornerback Terrance Brooks and continued with a pledge from Florida A&M* defensive tackle Gentle Hunt.

Illinois has been eliminated from the Big Ten Baseball Tournament before the weekend for the eighth straight year.

Matt Stevens, IlliniGuys Staff Writer

May 24, 2024

When Tracy Smith was hired as the next head baseball coach at the University of Michigan on the day before Independence Day 2022, most analysts in the sport thought the Wolverines were getting one of the best baseball minds and recruiters in the college game. What nobody in Ann Arbor, Michigan realized, and that likely includes Smith himself, is the former Arizona State head coach would eventually be bringing north one of the game’s most talented two-way players from the roster of his former employer.

Mike Farrell, IlliniGuys & Big Sports Radio National Football Recruiting Expert

May 24, 2024

(Mike Farrell also has his own website: https://mikefarrellsports.com/)

I’m this edition of the Farrell Files Illinois, I’ll look at the latest with WR transfer target Zakhari Franklin, more on the commitment from WR Brayden Trimble and a couple new OL targets.

Kedric Prince, IlliniGuys Director of Recruiting

May 24, 2024

Downstate prep Brayden Trimble, one of the best prospects in Illinois, committed to the Illini earlier this week. The 6-foot-2, 170-pound wideout knew where he wanted to go, but he had a little help from another 2025 Illinois commit, Andre Lovett.

May 23, 2024 Dear Fellow Illini: This week, the […]

Illinois gets two runs in the 10th inning and are benefited from a controversial runner interference call to advance past an elimination game in the 2024 Big Ten Tournament. Illini snapped an eight-game losing streak in the event.

Matt Stevens, IlliniGuys Staff Writer

May 23, 2024

For the first time since 2018, Illinois has won a baseball game in the Big Ten Conference Tournament. And it took a 10-inning effort along with a controversial umpire decision in the final half inning to see the Illini advance to another day. 

Illinois junior third baseman Coltin Quagliano gave Illinois its first and last lead of the 4-2 win in the 10th inning with a rocket hit two-run single that followed base hits off Iowa reliever Archer Gannon by Jacob Schroeder and Brody Harding. Both Schroeder and Harding would score on Quagliano’s 53rd and 54th RBIs of the season. 

Kedric Prince, IlliniGuys Director of Recruiting

May 23, 2023

Andre Lovett, an Illini commit, plans to play safety once he arrives on campus. The 5-foot-11, 2025 prospect from Blue Island, Illinois, has been proactive in helping his future school secure commitments and continues to do so.

Illinois athletics director Josh Whitman maintains full public confidence in the Illini football program as Bret Bielema enters fourth season as head coach. 

Matt Stevens, IlliniGuys Staff Writer

May 22, 2024

CHAMPAIGN — The excitement and confidence flowing out of the Smith Family Football Complex building is being felt by arguably the most important athletics person on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 

Josh Whitman, who just surpassed his eighth year as the Illinois athletics director this past February, said his second head football coach hire at his alma mater continues to give him belief that a consistent product can be achieved in the fall with the university’s highest revenue-generating sport. 

Penn State holds Illinois to just one extra-base hit as Illini fall 8-4 and will try to avoid a fourth straight 0-2 mark in the Big Ten Tournament in a Thursday morning elimination game. 

Matt Stevens, IlliniGuys Staff Writer

May 22, 2024

The losing drought for Illinois at Charles Schwab Field in the Big Ten Baseball Tournament has continued on. 

Illinois, which arrived in Omaha, Neb. this week as the league’s regular season champion and No. 1 seed in the tournament, couldn’t rely on the power of their offense in a much bigger ballpark Wednesday afternoon in a 8-4 loss to Penn State.