Success away from C-U rare for Illini

Photo by: Stephen Haas/The News-GazetteCHAMPAIGN — Three hundred fifty-five days.

That's how long the Illinois men's basketball team has gone since its last true road win. That Feb. 25, 2018, victory at Rutgers was a bit of a rarity itself — the only road win of the 2017-18 season and almost a year to the day from the last one for the Illini.

Illinois has only won three times away from State Farm Center in the Brad Underwood era. Last year's Braggin' Rights game in St. Louis, the road trip to Jersey and this year's upset of Maryland in New York City. The Illini (9-15, 5-8 Big Ten) will try to make it four — and a first in a true road environment this season — with a 6 p.m. tipoff today at…