That's been floated a couple times on here before. 2005 absolutely deserves a throwback tribute!!
Illini Basketball Uniforms
As much as I love orange, those white throwbacks are absolute 
The white Fighting Illini ones are IMO the best uni's of all time, in college history, not just ours.As much as I love orange, those white throwbacks are absolute
I think the script ones are phenomenal but they're 1b to those.
I am probably in the minority here, but I think the Script Uniforms should be our everyday uniforms (white, orange, and blue)! Then we should use Fighting Illini throwbacks as our alternate uniforms.
Something I wouldn’t mind seeing mocked up would be Fighting Illini uniforms with our Script font!
Something I wouldn’t mind seeing mocked up would be Fighting Illini uniforms with our Script font!
Something like this, with slightly larger numerals on the front.
We were early on the script trend with one of the best designed sets … tbh, watching the tournament I realized that trend is overplayed now with most other teams showing up in their own script text uniforms. They look great but they aren’t special anymore.
Bring back the white and blue Flying Illini unis to complement the oranges as our mains, and do a 05 orange as an alt.
Have to agree here, nike is going to nike. I mean hell look at the MLB jerseys right now. It's a joke. Wouldn't mind them throwing the current jersey font onto a flyin illini style jersey just to give it a modern twist but that's it.
I know we've discussed a lack of blue Flyin Illini uniforms for the men's team in the past decades but, it does appear the women have a set. Might be a good look into how Nike might make a modern version.
That was what I pictured, I would take that. Would defiantly be an upgrade
Objectively they are the worst looking jerseys we have. Not to mention the record while wearing.The blues in our current set that everyone hates say Fighting Illini on them
Also, isn’t it about time for a refresh?
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
This is a great representation of how bad our regular jerseys are, especially next to the throwbacks. The letter font is so hilariously small compared to the oversized numbers (compare to the proportions on the throwbacks), and given the boring/minimalist font, it just looks cheap and bad.The blues in our current set that everyone hates say Fighting Illini on them
band camp
- STL City
You mean subjectively. I think the blues are the best looking of the sets.
OrangeBlue98
- Des Moines, IA
Taken from the recruiting thread - some of those coach half-zips (particularly the white one worn by the staff at the Iowa State game) would sure look good with a couple of these shoes.
Nike SB white/navy/orange (If you wear 9s through 10.5s, they have a great deal that I took advantage of).
Nike orange and navy dunks (more expensive, but close to a dead-on color match with Illinois colors)
Nike SB white/navy/orange (If you wear 9s through 10.5s, they have a great deal that I took advantage of).
Nike orange and navy dunks (more expensive, but close to a dead-on color match with Illinois colors)
Whitmans Sampler
- Eastern Iowa
Since 2019-20, so 5 years. Feels like a lot longer since the previous set was slightly different with the 1LL1NO1S having a border.
PizzaHutParkingLot
- McPherson, KS
The Football team rebrand looks awesome, so hopefully Nike throws us a bone after our Tourney success.
Checks over stripes (and UA)...
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
And (IIRC) we were switching it up a lot more frequently than that in the 2012-2019 period.
Make a set of each of the throwback in white, orange and blue. Six options to choose from. Script Illinois and Fighting Illini. No 7s on a uniform.
if we got a new modern Nike set… what would be the ideal look?
Let's put a Whiz Kids throwback in the rotation and update the Fighting Illini look to be the norm. I dunno, toss some subtle patterns into the side panel area in the general geometry of the Chief and call it good.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
New momentum via the Twitter King, Coleman??
Anyway, there seems to be a prevailing sentiment that Nike will have this strong preference to effectively force us to have three "modern" jerseys with their preferred italic font and not just wear refined versions of the throwbacks as our regulars ... but I am not sure I agree with that.
Here are some examples of Nike schools' current home jerseys that do not reinvent the wheel but rather put a modern spin on a classic design specific to the school:
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Again, NONE of these are "designated throwbacks" for these teams, even if they are classic in design. All of these schools have additional script or other throwback jerseys they throw into the mix ... it's just that their regular jerseys call back to past designs the school has worn.
I do not think it's unrealistic that we could get the same from Nike ... we are coming off of an Elite Eight and are one of the 10 most financially profitable basketball programs in the country. Nike cares first and foremost about selling these jerseys, and I think if the DIA expresses a desire to get something more classic (like Bret did with football), it's entirely possible we get it.
So here's fingers crossed that we rock the Flyin' Illini design in all three colors as the standard set and then keep the white Script throwbacks and a new orange 2005 throwback next year.
N,N,N,Y,YThe blues in our current set that everyone hates say Fighting Illini on them
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The Flyin Illini ones are cool as a retro design but they're too busy imo with the text on both sides of the numbers.
The script ones are so so clean and among the best jerseys in college basketball(just like the script Chicago jersey is the bulls best, especially the Rose era throwbacks). Doesn't matter if everyone else is on the train now as long as they're executed well.