Illinois Fighting Illini basketball celebrated the 50th anniversary of Assembly Hall (the REAL Assembly Hall, unlike the one where the Hoosiers play, which came second, Champaign's Assembly Hall came first) by squeaking by Big Ten doormat Nebraska 72-65 and unveiling the Assembly Hall renovation plans during the final Illini home game . A video showed CGI visualizations of what … [Read more...] about Update on Illinois Assembly Hall renovation plans (video)
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Illini basketball resume looks very NCAA ready with Senior Day victory
Illini basketball (21-9, 8-8) celebrated the 50th anniversary of Assembly Hall (the REAL Assembly Hall, unlike the one where the Hoosiers play see the video of the renovation plans here) by squeaking by Big Ten doormat Nebraska 72-65 (13-16, 4-12). The senior day victory over the Cornhuskers is exactly 50 years from when the Assembly Hall first opened its doors on March 2, … [Read more...] about Illini basketball resume looks very NCAA ready with Senior Day victory
Keys for the #3 Indiana Hoosiers against the #1 Michigan Wolverines
Fans, analysts and (surely) the teams themselves have had this one circled all season. Indiana and Michigan were projected to be the Big Ten's two best teams before the beginning of the 2012-13 college basketball campaign, and each has held true to form -- even if in inverse order to this point. And at 9 p.m. today, the Hoosiers and Wolverines -- both with 7-1 Big Ten … [Read more...] about Keys for the #3 Indiana Hoosiers against the #1 Michigan Wolverines
Cody Zeller and Christian Watford returning to Indiana Hoosiers for 2012-13
Let the preseason No. 1 speculation officially begin for Indiana basketball. The Hoosiers, widely expected to enter the 2012-13 season at or near the top of the polls, got huge news for their chances on that front as the university's athletics department announced in a release that forwards Cody Zeller and Christian Watford would return for their sophomore and senior … [Read more...] about Cody Zeller and Christian Watford returning to Indiana Hoosiers for 2012-13
Trey Burke and Tim Hardaway Jr. Combine for 56 points in Win at Illinois
If there were any fears that Michigan--after being dominated at home by Purdue on Saturday--had witnessed the end of its three-week long hot streak, you can put those to rest now. The Wolverines followed that clunker against the Boilermakers with a dominant performance against Illinois Thursday night, a 72-61 beatdown at Assembly Hall. The victory is Michigan's first in … [Read more...] about Trey Burke and Tim Hardaway Jr. Combine for 56 points in Win at Illinois