Illini Basketball Uniforms
RabidDawgClassic
- Los Angeles, CA
Sadly, there’s not a bank anywhere you would love with that criteria.
No doubt. It is more of a commentary on my sad financial situation at the time.
Epsilon
M tipping over
- Pdx
Credit unions can be a bit more forgiving but yeah, fee income is the golden goose for most banks.
Pretty sure that makes you a booster. Thank you for supporting the program.
I noticed that the patch is on the right side for men's basketball but the left side for the women? Some significance? The men do have the U. S. flag on the left side, but the women do not.
I spy with my little eye 2005 era shorts on Kylan?
Illinois Fighting Illinois 2004-2005 Retro Shorts (Home)
Bruce Weber's Fighting Illini spent 15 weeks of the regular season as the #1 ranked team in the nation. After going 32-1 they were both the Big Ten regular season champions and the Big Ten Tournament champions. Led by a trio of stars in Dee Brown, Luther Head and Deron Williams, Illinois entered...
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Just so happened to be wearing mine today as well.
Printed. Not embroidered. But still high quality.
Dang, was hoping that was leak of a throwback set this season.Illinois Fighting Illinois 2004-2005 Retro Shorts (Home)
Bruce Weber's Fighting Illini spent 15 weeks of the regular season as the #1 ranked team in the nation. After going 32-1 they were both the Big Ten regular season champions and the Big Ten Tournament champions. Led by a trio of stars in Dee Brown, Luther Head and Deron Williams, Illinois entered...
Just so happened to be wearing mine today as well.
Printed. Not embroidered. But still high quality.
Dan
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Illinois Athletics Extending Partnership with Nike - University of Illinois Athletics
The University of Illinois Division of Intercollegiate Athletics (DIA) will continue its three-decade partnership with Nike, agreeing to a 7-year contract ex...
We all want the full sets of the script and the Fighting Illini jerseys. All 3 of each. And we're set.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Since we(rightfully) honor the Flyin' Illini team, I think we should have a couple games a year where we wear the jerseys from the '04-'05 team as well!
Illinois Athletics Extending Partnership with Nike - University of Illinois Athletics
The University of Illinois Division of Intercollegiate Athletics (DIA) will continue its three-decade partnership with Nike, agreeing to a 7-year contract ex...fightingillini.com
Including the shorts that hang past the knees. It might distract the opposing teams enough to get us a couple extra baskets…
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
PLEASE eliminate the 1LL1NO1S font and uniform design NOW and FOREVER.
Illinois Athletics Extending Partnership with Nike - University of Illinois Athletics
The University of Illinois Division of Intercollegiate Athletics (DIA) will continue its three-decade partnership with Nike, agreeing to a 7-year contract ex...
RabidDawgClassic
- Los Angeles, CA
If they keep teasing continuation of that uniform they're going to awaken @Fighter of the Nightman from his basketball hibernation...
I'm wondering if they're trying to gauge interest on what the fan base thinks. Even though I feel it's pretty obvious what we all prefer.
RabidDawgClassic
- Los Angeles, CA
Fighter doesn't hibernate... he just takes 20 minute power naps every two hours.
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
1N case any doubt ex1sts anywhere w1th1n the D1A, N1KE, or the un1vers1ty adm1n1strat1on: WE HATE 1T W1TH THE HEAT OF A M1LL1ON SUNS
Exactly! Ya take every advantage you can get, including psychological ones!
OrangeBlue98
Iowa is not in a great spot right now (LvilleILL1)
- Des Moines, IA
This just has to happen, along with the white 1989 version.A valiant effort, but I think our blue is off.
Frickin’ gorgeous, man.
We have two of the best uniform templates in all of basketball. Lean into them.
To be fair State Farm bought in during our downswing as a program so our brand value wasn't as high. Busey have bought in at a time when we are establishing ourselves as one of the premier brands of college basketball and when more money is involved in college sports than ever before.
Also because they agreed to a longer term deal they did pay twice as much up front (and that 60 million is now closer to 120 adjusted for inflation). And naming deals have to be longer because if/when we sell the naming rights to a new company tons of signage and the court have to be redone, whereas uniform patch is just a matter of replacing the jerseys which we do every year anyway.
That said I agree that it would be nice to have a more lucrative stadium sponsorship, I'm sure the admin feels like they sold at the wrong time as our stadium rights would probably be worth well over double what we got.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
I'm NOT expecting either one of these, so this is mostly just for fun! However, we now as of last season have the following Illini uniform combos from our two immensely popular throwback styles:
Orange Flyin' Illini | Introduced in the 2018-2019 season
White Script | Introduced in the 2019-2020 season
Orange Script | Introduced last season vs. LIU on November 22
Navy Flyin' Illini | Introduced last season vs. UConn on November 28
And we have the following two "missing" colors of both styles:
White Flyin' Illini | Introduced during the Groce Years (but not worn since circa 2016-2017?)
Navy Script | Never worn in the modern era (Chat GPT mockup below)
So ... if we DID get two awesome surprises and got the White Flyin' Illini and Navy Script to complete the set (and hopefully forever retire the 1LL1NO1S rags!), what games would you want for each uniform's big debut?
I feel like debuting the White Flyin' Illini uniforms for the United Center game vs. UConn would just be too awesome. I don't ever think we should wear navy of any type at the UC since it is our "Home Away From Home," and we DID just lose to UConn in the Orange Script the last time we played. Busting out this new throwback option for an incredibly hyped, nationally televised Friday night Final Four rematch in front of 19K+ screaming Illini fans would be epic!!
As for the Navy Script, I am sure they would want to debut it in the first half of the season, so I will eliminate games after January 1. The November 10 road game at Texas Tech makes a ton of sense given we are obviously the away team and it would contrast nicely with their red, and the November 17 road game at Duke would also be great (though the color contrast element wouldn't be there. However, since Missouri is technically the "home team" this year, I think the perfect time to debut it would be at Braggin' Rights as a "color rush" combo if Mizzou wears their Mustard Puke™ color - err, I mean gold.
A guy can dream.
Orange Flyin' Illini | Introduced in the 2018-2019 season
White Script | Introduced in the 2019-2020 season
Orange Script | Introduced last season vs. LIU on November 22
Navy Flyin' Illini | Introduced last season vs. UConn on November 28
And we have the following two "missing" colors of both styles:
White Flyin' Illini | Introduced during the Groce Years (but not worn since circa 2016-2017?)
Navy Script | Never worn in the modern era (Chat GPT mockup below)
So ... if we DID get two awesome surprises and got the White Flyin' Illini and Navy Script to complete the set (and hopefully forever retire the 1LL1NO1S rags!), what games would you want for each uniform's big debut?
I feel like debuting the White Flyin' Illini uniforms for the United Center game vs. UConn would just be too awesome. I don't ever think we should wear navy of any type at the UC since it is our "Home Away From Home," and we DID just lose to UConn in the Orange Script the last time we played. Busting out this new throwback option for an incredibly hyped, nationally televised Friday night Final Four rematch in front of 19K+ screaming Illini fans would be epic!!
As for the Navy Script, I am sure they would want to debut it in the first half of the season, so I will eliminate games after January 1. The November 10 road game at Texas Tech makes a ton of sense given we are obviously the away team and it would contrast nicely with their red, and the November 17 road game at Duke would also be great (though the color contrast element wouldn't be there. However, since Missouri is technically the "home team" this year, I think the perfect time to debut it would be at Braggin' Rights as a "color rush" combo if Mizzou wears their Mustard Puke™ color - err, I mean gold.
A guy can dream.