Welcome to “Good Morning, Illini Nation,” your daily dose of college basketball news from Illini beat writer and AP Top 25 voter Scott Richey. He’ll offer up insights every morning on Brad Underwood’s team:
Altmyer officially on board with Bret Bielema's program: 'I'm excited for the new experiences.'
Green after Illinois' 62-52 loss to Purdue: 'I felt like we got beat by 40'
Loss to Boilermakers cause for concern
Centennial's Tyler McClure has played football before. But his focus for years has been upon baseball. That didn't stop Bret Bielema from taking a shot on McClure as a preferred walk-on.
'To see the success Green has led Illinois to in her first season is remarkable'
'To see the success Green has led Illinois to in her first season is remarkable'
Not sure if anyone else does this, but I rank years based on what happened personally.
Welcome to “Good Morning, Illini Nation,” your daily dose of college basketball news from Illini beat writer and AP Top 25 voter Scott Richey. He’ll offer up insights every morning on Brad Underwood’s team:
Buckeyes got a taste of Illinois' 'hard twos' strategy Tuesday in Champaign
Starting a transfer quarterback has been the norm for most of the past decade
Illini return home to play Boilermakers and former Illinois guard Jeanae Terry
Possibly. And the Big Ten has a strong case for one of its teams to grab a top seed come March
Bright spots were tough to come by for Illinois after its Thursday loss to Indiana. Not so on Tuesday, with the Illini firmly back on track via a win over Ohio State.
Welcome to “Good Morning, Illini Nation,” your daily dose of college basketball news from Illini beat writer and AP Top 25 voter Scott Richey. He’ll offer up insights every morning on Brad Underwood’s team:
Brad Underwood addressed Luke Goode's potential role in Illinois' lineup once he's able to return to the floor from his foot surgery.
Tuesday's win against Ohio State showed what Illinois at its best (or close to it) can be
When I got to Purdue, coach Matt Painter made it very clear that he wasn’t going to put up with it.
Colin Likas provides grades for Illinois and Ohio State following Tuesday's 69-60 Illini victory at State Farm Center.
Free nuggets, balanced scoring, aggressive defense ... it was a fun night for the Illini and their fans.
Illinois used steady second-half rebounding and frustrating defense throughout to ensure a win over Ohio State, putting Thursday's loss to Indiana in the rear view mirror.
Illinois appeared to possess far more energy than in its previous outing, using that to burst past the Buckeyes at State Farm Center on Tuesday.
Fourth-grader Sabrina Patel is back to play the national anthem on her violin before tonight's Illini-Ohio State game.
Welcome to “Good Morning, Illini Nation,” your daily dose of college basketball news from Illini beat writer and AP Top 25 voter Scott Richey. He’ll offer up insights every morning on Brad Underwood’s team:
"I think it would be a tragic mistake for student-athletes to be deemed employees," writes Kip Pope, a Big Ten champion swimmer in the 1960s at the University of Illinois.
Illinois men's basketball beat writer and AP Top 25 voter Scott Richey weighs in on his latest ballot
The Illini are trying to bounce back from a sluggish loss to Indiana, while the Buckeyes hope to build off a weekend win, their first in their last six games.
RJ Melendez is one of the first players off the bench for Illinois men's basketball these days. Whether or not that changes in the near future, it sounds like the number of minutes he garners is going up.
Women's tennis wins at Kentucky
“You’ve got a real opportunity to get a world-class education here — you might as well give it all you got in sports and do the same in the classroom, that way you always have a fallback option,” Rick Schmidt said.
Former Ball State starter John Paddock picks Illinois
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