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College Basketball - Big Ten Conference
Illinois Fighting Illini
Location: Urbana-Champaign, IL
University Founded: 1867
Enrollment: 36,738
Nickname: Fighting Illini
School Colors: Orange and blue
Joined the Big 10: 1896
Varsity Sports: 27
U. President: Joseph White
Director of Athletics: Ron Guenther
Basketball Head Coach: Bruce Weber
Conference Champions:
Reg. Season: 1915, '17, '24, '35, '37, '42, '43, '49, '51, '52, '63, '84, '98, 2001, '02, '04, '05
Tournament: 2003, 2005
Basketball Arena:
Assembly Hall (Champaign)
Current Capacity: 16,618
First Year of Basketball: 1915 |
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign was created in 1867 and it is located in Urbana, Illinois.
The school’s Men’s basketball team is named the Fighting Illini also known as the Illini and it is part of the Big Ten conference in the NCAA Division I.
Illinois basketball team has been the Big Ten Regular Season Champion 17 times from 1915 to 2005, and also has been Big Ten Tournament Champion twice in 2003 and 2005, respectively.
Most recently during the 2006-2007 season the Fighting Illini basketball team finished in 4th place in the Big ten tournament, but in the NCAA tournament the team lost in their first presentation to the Virginia Tech. |
Illinois 2008 Schedule
| Date |
Opponent |
Time/Result |
Record |
| November 11 |
Northeastern |
W 63-55 |
1-0 |
| November 17 |
at Hawaii |
W 79-77 |
2-0 |
| November 19 |
Arizona State |
W 77-54 |
3-0 |
| November 20 |
No. 10 Duke |
L 79-66 |
3-1 |
| November 21 |
Oklahoma State |
W 65-49 |
4-1 |
| November 28 |
at Maryland |
L 69-61 |
4-2 |
| December 1 |
Weber State |
W 78-61 |
5-2 |
| December 8 |
No. 24 Arizona |
L 78-72 |
5-3 |
| December 17 |
Western Carolina |
W 58-35 |
6-3 |
| December 20 |
Miami (OH) |
L 61-58 |
6-4 |
| December 22 |
at Missouri |
W 59-58 |
7-4 |
| December 28 |
Loyola (MD) |
W 77-43 |
8-4 |
| December 30 |
Tennessee State |
L 60-58 |
8-5 |
| January 3 |
Ohio State |
L 74-58 |
8-6 (0-1) |
| January 6 |
Penn State |
L 68-64 |
8-7 (0-2) |
| January 10 |
at No. 21 Wisconsin |
L 70-60 |
8-8 (0-3) |
| January 13 |
at No. 11 Indiana |
L 62-58 |
8-9 (0-4) |
| January 16 |
Michigan |
W 75-57 |
9-9 (1-4) |
| January 19 |
at Purdue |
L 74-67 |
9-10 (1-5) |
| January 22 |
at Ohio State |
L 64-58 |
9-11 (1-6) |
| January 27 |
Northwestern |
W 70-37 |
10-11 (2-6) |
| January 30 |
at No. 11 Michigan State |
L 51-41 |
10-12 (2-7) |
| February 2 |
Purdue |
L 83-75 |
10-13 (2-8) |
| February 7 |
No. 10 Indiana |
L 83-79 |
10-14 (2-9) |
| February 12 |
at Minnesota |
W 84-60 |
11-14 (3-9) |
| February 16 |
at Penn State |
L 52-51 |
11-15 (3-10) |
| February 20 |
No. 5 Wisconsin |
L 71-57 |
11-16 (3-11) |
| February 23 |
at Michigan |
L 49-43 |
11-17 (3-12) |
| March 1 |
at Iowa |
W 58-47 |
12-17 (4-12) |
| March 6 |
No. 20 Michigan State |
L 59-51 |
12-18 (4-13) |
| March 8 |
Minnesota |
W 67-58 |
13-18 (5-13) |
| March 13 |
at Penn State |
W 64-63 |
14-18 (5-13) |
| March 14 |
at No. 18 Purdue |
W 74-67 |
15-18 (5-13) |
| March 15 |
at Minnesota |
W 54-50 |
16-18 (5-13) |
| March 16 |
at No. 5 Wisconsin |
L 61-48 |
16-19 (5-13) |
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