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Illini WBB leaning on lessons of embracing expectations: 'They want to prove that we can do it here'
ROSEMONT, Ill. — If Shauna Green is totally honest, elements of this Illinois women's basketball rebuild feel like they've gone fast, or at least faster than most anyone imagined. That's life when a long-dormant program makes a surprise run to the NCAA Tournament in 2023 and wins the inaugural...
Coaches on the Road: Oct. 3
As the off-week continues to roll along today, the Notre Dame coaches are once again hitting the road, meeting up with multiple prospects throughout the day. Today, head coach Marcus Freeman, defensive line coach Al Washington, and offensive line coach Joe Rudolph are on the road. On the docket is a two-state tour, a trip across Illinois and another into Wisconsin.
Werner Mailbag: Recalibrating Illini football's 2024 expectations, transfer needs, 2025 targets & more
Illini Inquirer publisher Jeremy Werner answers VIP members' questions on Illini football, basketball and more. What's your updated projection for season win total?. I think 8-4 is a legit expectation right now, though I think 9-3 is attainable and 7-5 is very possible. ESPN's FPI projects the Illini (4-1, 1-1 Big Ten) to be favored in four of its last seven games and that includes being slight underdogs against Michigan and at Rutgers.
Champaign County treasurer plans early departure from office
Oct. 3—Champaign County Treasurer Cassandra Johnson said Wednesday that she intends to leave her elective office soon. Describing herself as "burned out" by long hours and a short staff, Johnson said the only question is when she'll leave. "I do not intend to stay much longer," she said. Johnson, who is 44 and goes by the initials "C.J.," suggested it would be at the "beginning of next year," ...
Can't Wait For Saturday | And the winner is ... Urbana's Doris Gebauer, again
Oct. 3—*** Wonder who Doris Gebauer is going to pick this week? And who does she like in the fifth race at Belmont? For the second week in a row, the Urbana resident, Illinois alum and football season-ticket holder won the CWFS prediction contest. She was closest to the actual score for Penn State's 21-7 win against Illinois on Saturday, missing by 20 points. It wasn't as on-target as her ...
Nebraska a serious challenge as Illinois stuffs Huff
Oct. 2—CHAMPAIGN — Raegen Reilly's family started arriving in town Wednesday. Not quite a full-on planes, trains and automobiles experience, but the Illinois setter expects more than a dozen supporters at Huff Hall on Thursday night when the Illini volleyball team hosts No. 2 Nebraska for its first home match in exactly one month. The annual "Stuff Huff" match is already a sellout, and what ...
The daily pitch from Sports Editor Matt Daniels: Oct. 3, 2024
Oct. 3—➜ that came out Wednesday. And all six can clinch a playoff berth with a win on Friday night. ➜ . Undefeated Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin and Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond are ranked in 2A, with BHRA sixth and ALAH eighth. In 1A, LeRoy is fourth and Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley is seventh. ➜ on the call when SJ-O football plays at Bloomington Central Catholic. Big Ten baseball games ...
UI campus art installation reflects on local, multi-generational Black legacy
Oct. 3—URBANA — Inside the sleek, modern Siebel Center for Design, Jameel Bridgewater's art installation feels like home, complete with a front porch. Tucked around the corner in the Moonlight Bay room, he has laid out the history of his family in photos, documents and home videos. "My family has collected this stuff, my aunt is sort of the record keeper, the archivist of the family. I'm the ...
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