Christmas in November. That's what I like to call this time of year.
The sports I love most — college football and college basketball — are being played the same week.
Two days before Lovie Smith takes his football team to Nebraska, Illinois men's basketball opens the regular season tonight against Evansville. It's the first game for Ayo Dosunmu and pals that will actually count in the record books.
If the prep superstar wants to match Illini icon Dee Brown, here are the numbers: 14 points, six rebounds, four assists and one turnover.
Oh, and a 34-point win.