Illini DB Kerby Joseph Honored With All-Big Ten First Team Selection
Joseph becomes the first Illinois defensive back to be […]
Illini DB Kerby Joseph Honored With All-Big Ten First Team Selection
Joseph becomes the first Illinois defensive back to be […]
Injured & Sick Illini “took a huge step” in Tough 10-Point Win Over Notre Dame
Illinois head coach Brad Underwood detailed the trials and […]
Sturdy's 3 Takeaways: Notre Dame edition
The Ilini weren’t sure who was going to play, but no matter who ended up on the floor they knew they needed to bring it on Monday night if they were going to beat the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
The "next man up" mentality worked, as Illinois won 82-72 behind a 28 point and 8 rebound night from Kofi Cockburn and a 21 point night from Alfonso Plummer as they moved to 5-2 on the season heading into Big Ten play on Friday.
The Illini also got some gutsy efforts from Trent Frazier, DaMonte Williams and Jacob Grandison as they battled through illness and injury to play big minutes in the win.
Notre Dame fell to 3-3 despite a big 24 point effort from freshman Blake Wesley.
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Incomplete Illini Completely Outplay Notre Dame, 82-72
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Kofi Cockburn and Alfonso Plummer played Batman and Robin again as Illinois held off a late Notre Dame rally to get their third win in a row, 82-72.
The game was part of the annual ACC-Big Ten Challenge.
The Illini (5-2) were once again without sophomore point guard Andre Curbelo, who sat out his second game in a row with a neck injury.
Illinois receives a big-time football commitment
Kedric Prince - IlliniGuys.com Director of Recruiting
November 29th. 2021
Magnus Moller courtesy his Twitter
Magnus Moller, a 6-foot-9, 300-pound OT picked Illinois over Louisville, Cincinnati, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan and went wire to wire with the Cardinals to get this verbal.
Illini Basketball Preview - Illini vs Notre Dame
Connor Cagley, IlliniGuys Basketball Writer November 29, 2021 During […]
Matt Stevens Top 25 Ballot: Welcome to Championship Week
IlliniGuys football beat writer/analyst Matt Stevens does not have an Associated Press Top 25 ballot this season but if he did, this is how he'd fill it out.
Matt Stevens, IlliniGuys Staff Writer
November 28. 2021
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- We have ourselves the potential for a real Midwest party in the College Football Playoff.
Illini Volleyball Returns to NCAA Tourney, Could Face Defending Champ Kentucky in Round 2
IlliniGuys Staff November 28, 2021 The Fighting Illini volleyball […]
Underwood Labels Illini “Extremely Soft” Following Another Lacking Defensive Effort
Illinois head coach Brad Underwood describes his team’s effort in a 94-85 win over Texas-Rio Grande Valley as “as soft as any team in my entire career”.
Matt Stevens, IlliniGuys Staff Writer
November 29, 2021
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Brad Underwood is now using the four-letter word no athlete wants to hear or be labeled with - soft.
Recruiting: Fears 3.0
Kedric Prince - IlliniGuys.com Director of Recruiting
November 28, 2021
It has been one of the worst-kept secrets in all of high school basketball recruiting that Jeremy Fears Jr. really likes Illinois. Although it is not a lock because so many things can change for a student
“We Run This State”: Illini Revel in Finally Securing Rivalry Game Win
For the first time since the adoption of it, Illinois will hold the Land of Lincoln Trophy after a convincing victory over Northwestern.
Matt Stevens, IlliniGuys Staff Writer
November 28, 2021
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Owen Carney has certainly accomplished a lot in his five-year college career but his legacy as an Illinois football player might just be what he wrote on a white dry erase board.
Brandon Peters Posts Season-Best Performance in Blowout Win vs. Northwestern
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- If this is the last image for Brandon Peters as an Illinois football player, it is most certainly a good one.
The sixth-year quarterback finished his final collegiate regular season game with 242 yards through the air and a touchdown in a 47-14 victory in the annual in-state rivalry game vs. Northwestern. After his final performance as a player in Champaign, Peters also got to joke that the other university that he earned a bachelor’s degree from in 2019 won a relatively big rivalry game on Saturday referencing in a low-key way Michigan’s 42-27 win over Ohio State.
“Don’t get wrong because I’ll always consider myself an Illini but yeah, I think I’m the only guy in that locker room that went 2-0 today,” Peters said.
Illini Save Best For Last In Season-Ending 47-14 Rout of Northwestern
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Ked's Recruiting Roundup Dain Dainja
Kedric Prince – IlliniGuys.com Director of Recruiting Nov. 27, […]
Recruiting: Illini Land Baylor Big Man Transfer Dainja
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - After adding three dynamic athletes in the backcourt and on the wing earlier this fall, the Illini found their big man in the transfer portal when former top 100 recruit Dain Dainja visited and pulled the trigger. Dainja transferred from Baylor after sitting out as a freshman and battling an injury that caused him to struggle this season in three games before jumping into the portal.