Illini Basketball 2025-2026

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Welcome to the Illini Basketball & College Basketball news thread :illinois:



IL Returnees
Ty Rodgers
Kylan Boswell
Jake Davis
Tomislav Ivisic
Ben Humrichous
Jason Jakstys
AJ Redd

IL Signees
Keaton Wagler
Brandon Lee
Zvonimir Ivisic
Andrej Stojakovic
David Mirkovic
Blake Fagbemi

New IL Commits
Mihailo Petrovic



Reported Non-Conference Games
DateOpponentLocationInfo
Tue, Nov 11Texas TechChampaign
(State Farm Center)		Link
Wed, Nov 19AlabamaChicago
(United Center)		Link
Sat, Nov 22LIUChampaign
(State Farm Center)		Link
Fri, Nov 28UConnNew York
(Madison Square Garden)		Link
Sat, Dec 6TennesseeNashville
(Bridgestone Arena)		Link
Mon, Dec 22MissouriSt. Louis
(Enterprise Center)		Link



Illinois' Big Ten opponents for 2025-2026

Home & Away – Maryland, Nebraska, Northwestern
Home Only – Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Oregon, Rutgers, Washington, Wisconsin
Away Only – Iowa, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, UCLA, USC


Last year, the full non-conference schedule was released on August 20th, the Big Ten schedule released on September 19th.
 
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PleaseMakeABowlGame
Dan said:
Welcome to the Illini Basketball & College Basketball news thread :illinois:


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IL Returnees
Ty Rodgers
Kylan Boswell
Jake Davis
Tomislav Ivisic
Ben Humrichous
Jason Jakstys
AJ Redd

IL Signees
Keaton Wagler
Brandon Lee
Zvonimir Ivisic
Andrej Stojakovic
David Mirkovic
Blake Fagbemi

New IL Commits
Mihailo Petrovic


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Reported non-conference games

United Center game vs Alabama on Wednesday, November 19th [Info]
Tennessee in Nashville on Saturday, December 6th [Report]
Braggin' Rights in St. Louis, date TBD


Illinois' Big Ten opponents for 2025-2026

Home & Away – Maryland, Nebraska, Northwestern
Home Only – Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Oregon, Rutgers, Washington, Wisconsin
Away Only – Iowa, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, UCLA, USC


Last year, the full non-conference schedule was released on August 20th, the Big Ten schedule released on September 19th.
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Should not have many losses at home with that big ten schedule. At most 1 or 2 imo.
 
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Illini in Italy
Waiting for October . . .

Tired Fran Healy GIF by Travis
 
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gary?
i hate to ask, but what was the time before duke last year?
 
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ptgrd23
Brad is fearless.

Hopefully the UConn championship teams were a fluke and they are back to normal. Last year they seemed human. 24-11 3rd in big east. They did lose to eventual champions Florida first weekend. 77-75.

JMO I have Hurley as best coach in NCAA (even though I hate the stupid facial expressions he does during games). Give him credit for turning down blank check from UK. Could have been first $15M/year coach.
 
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AZILL
Awww man... that's awesome! I want MSG to be a regular series. But I'll likely be the other side of the country for Thanksgiving and don't think I can swing that. Literally any other weekend I could make work. :(
 
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The Galloping Ghost
Dare to be great. I love that we're continuing to schedule marquee games in big venues at times when a lot of people are watching live sports. We're a (inter)national program and I'm glad we're acting like it. And goodness knows, we all want to serve up a nice dish of payback to the Huskies with their leftover turkey and stuffing.
 
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AZILL
BU, "We're done in the Portal!" I guess an International player falls outside that statement though.
 
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altgeld88
The Galloping Ghost said:
Dare to be great. I love that we're continuing to schedule marquee games in big venues at times when a lot of people are watching live sports. We're a (inter)national program and I'm glad we're acting like it. And goodness knows, we all want to serve up a nice dish of payback to the Huskies with their leftover turkey and stuffing.
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My sole question about this matchup is whether Brad will have to dig deep in his pockets to foot the bill for the guys staying in the Big Apple for an extra night to see this sights, and then bi%$h about how cheap Josh is at a public press conference during the tournament in March.

IYKYK :LOL:
 
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saleen970
The Galloping Ghost said:
Dare to be great. I love that we're continuing to schedule marquee games in big venues at times when a lot of people are watching live sports. We're a (inter)national program and I'm glad we're acting like it. And goodness knows, we all want to serve up a nice dish of payback to the Huskies with their leftover turkey and stuffing.
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You know the players love playing in those venues as well!
 
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Fighter of the Nightman
saleen970 said:
You know the players love playing in those venues as well!
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Yep. I get fans griping about moving games away from cool campus venues, and I totally understand why that would bother season ticketholders who've paid good money to see games on-campus. However, it seems clear as day that some decision makers somewhere are setting up these marquee games at neutral sites in big-time markets. I don't know all of the economics behind money changing hands between the venues/NBA franchises, the networks and the programs, but it obviously is working out in the end, haha.

Bottom line? These marquee games will continue to be played at big-time neutral sites, and I for one would prefer we are not left out in the cold!
 
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