The Illinois basketball team is set to have a great year. They have a new head coach in Brad Underwood and the future seems to be brighter.
This season, the Big Ten Conference schedule starts a little early. Illinois will be opening up conference play against Northwestern on December 1.
Mark Tupper has more on the schedule.
Pantagraph: Big Ten play to come early for Illini basketball
This season should be better than last for the Illinois football team. One position that is still up for grabs is at tight end.
Illinois hasn’t had a truly great tight end in quite some time.