Good evening and welcome to the first LIVE! Report of its kind at Springfield's Prairie Capital Convention Center ... mainly because it's Scott Richey at the controls tonight instead of Marcus Jackson.
Many of you probably have heard that I'll be taking over the Illini men's beat this season. MJ hasn't completely handed over the reins quite yet — he's got that trip to Florida coming up after all — but for one night in Springfield it's me (and I didn't have to pay or otherwise coerce him for the following tweet).
No #Illini game for me tonight.