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RBI: RYAN BAKER CHATS WITH @ILLINIFOOTBALL COACH BILL CUBIT
The series debut of RBI: The Ryan Baker Interview, features head coach
Bill Cubit
(@CoachCubit) of the 4-2 Fighting Illini football program.
RBI is a new, in-depth interview series hosted by Chicago television personality and #ILLINI alumni Ryan Baker (@RyanBakerMedia). The series runs exclusively onFIGHTINGILLINI.com on a bi-weekly basis and will feature current Fighting Illini student-athletes and coaches, as well as alumni and special guests.
2015-16 @ILLINIMBB SCHEDULE POSTER
Order Poster | 2015-16 Schedule | Buy Season Tickets
The 2015-16 Fighting Illini men's basketball schedule poster has been unveiled by the Division of Intercollegiate Athletics. The poster features
John Groce
's entire squad.
Fans can pick up the poster at the Bielfeldt Athletic Administration Building on campus or order it online here. It will be available for download as a desktop wallpaper later this week.
The Fighting Illini open the season with five games in Springfield, Ill., at the Prairie Capital Convencion Center while the current phase of the State Farm Center renovation is completed. The first game in the renovated arena will be on Dec. 2 when Notre Dame comes to campus for the B1G/ACC Challenge. Season tickets and mini-plans are on sale now.
ORANGE AND BLUE HEAD TO USTA/ITA MIDWEST REGIONAL
Tournament Central | Singles Qualifying Draw
URBANA, Ill. – Following a weekend away from action, the Illinois women's tennis team returns to competition as the squad heads north for the Michigan-hosted USTA/ ITA Midwest Regional. The event will take place indoors at UM's Varsity Tennis Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Action will span six days beginning on Thursday, Oct. 22 and lasting through Tuesday, Oct. 27, when the singles main draw championship will be played.
@ILLINIVBALL'S STRIZAK AND CONARD PREVIEW INDIANA/PURDUE WEEKEND
HARDY EARNS WEEKLY CONFERENCE HONORS
Rosemont, Ill. - Fighting Illini sophomore golfer
Nick Hardy
has been named Big Ten Golfer of the Week as announced on Wednesday, Oct. 21, by the league office. Hardy is coming off of a third place finish at the prestigious Tavistock Collegiate Invitational, where the Illini competed against some of the nation's best collegiate golf programs. The honor is the first for Hardy in his career and the third for an Illini golfer this season.
@ILLINIWXC RECAPS PRE-NATIONALS, PREVIEWS ILLINI OPEN
Head Coach
Scott Jones
and junior runner,
Hanna Winter
, talk about the Pre-Nationals meet last weekend and preparing for this Friday's Illini Open.
@ILLINISB FALL RECAP WITH HEAD COACH TYRA PERRY
GREAT SCOTT! @ILLINIFOOTBALL WINS ON BACK TO THE FUTURE DATES
With yesterday, Oct. 21, 2015, being "Back to the Future Day," the day Doc Brown took Marty McFly to in Back to the Future II, we noticed some interesting parallels to other key dates in Marty's time traveling.
Nov. 12, 1955 – The day of the Enchantment Under the Sea dance and the Hill Valley clock tower lightning strike, the 16th-ranked Fighting Illini football team traveled to Madison and defeated the Badgers, 17-14.
Oct. 26, 1985 – The day Marty McFly and Doc Brown started traveling through time, the Fighting Illini defeated Wisconsin, 38-25, on Homecoming at Memorial Stadium.
Oct. 21, 2015 – "The future" in Back to the Future II. Later this week, the Fighting Illini host Wisconsin for Homecoming this (Saturday, Oct. 24, 2:30 pm CT on BTN).
TWEET OF THE DAY: @ILLINOIS_ALMA
