blog posts Men's Basketball vs Minnesota rescheduled for Feb. 20 Feb 7, 2023 8:45 am The game was originally slated for tonight, but was postponed due to COVID-19 health and safety protocols within the Minnesota program. Next up for the Illini is a home game on Saturday, Feb. 11 against No. 24 Rutgers. Men's Basketball vs Missouri Saturday: History of the Braggin' Rights rivalry Dec 20, 2018 12:30 pm The Illini face Missouri in St. Louis Saturday in the annual Braggin' Rights rivalry game (7 pm Central). In the 37-year history of the event, the Illini hold a 25-12 series edge Men's Basketball: Wednesday's game at Nebraska postponed Jan 12, 2021 9:15 am Nebraska announced it has paused full team activities due to positive COVID-19 results among its Tier 1 personnel. Next up for the 14th-ranked Fighting Illini is a home game vs. No. 21 Ohio State on Saturday at 11 a.m. Men's Basketball will host Miami in B1G/ACC Challenge Jun 6, 2019 10:15 am The Illini have a home game this season after playing back-to-back Big Ten/ACC Challenge games on the road. The Fighting Illini will host Miami at State Farm Center on Monday, Dec. 2. Men's Golf Coach Mike Small wins National Coach of the Year honors Jun 9, 2015 9:45 am Fighting Illini Men's Golf Head Coach Mike Small was named Dave Williams National Head Coach of the Year presented by Golf Pride Grips on Monday, as announced by the Golf Coaches Association of American (GCAA) in conjunction with Golf Pride Grips. Men's Golf Coach Small wins third straight Illinois PGA pro title Aug 15, 2019 11:30 am Mike Small won his third consecutive Illinois Senior PGA Professional title on Tuesday as he posted a 13-under par 36-hole tally at the Merit Club. Men's Golf concludes 2018 season at NCAA Championships May 29, 2018 8:45 am Senior Dylan Meyer earned his second consecutive top-10 finish Monday at the NCAA Championships after a 3-under par final-round tally put him at 5-under par Men's Golf concludes season in NCAA quarterfinal battle Jun 2, 2021 10:30 am The Illini men's golf team fell in a hard-fought battle with the No. 4-seeded and top-ranked Oklahoma Sooners, 3-2, in the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Men's Golf Championship Men's golf heads to NCAA Myrtle Beach regional May 10, 2019 11:45 am Fighting Illini men's golf will travel to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina for the NCAA Myrtle Beach Regional, May 13-15. Men's Golf, Mike Small sweep golf team, coach of the year Jun 20, 2016 11:15 am Illini golfers won the Big Ten title and advanced to the NCAA semi-finals Men's Golf ready for 13th consecutive NCAA Championships appearance May 27, 2021 8:00 am The Fighting Illini men's golf team, No. 8 in the latest Golfstat team rankings, continues its postseason run, May 28 - June 2, at the 2021 NCAA Championship, Men's golf scores first spring victory at the Louisiana Classics Mar 2, 2016 11:45 am Fighting Illini men's golf placed all six individuals among the top-30 at the 31st Annual Louisiana Classics on March 1, on its way to its fourth consecutive Louisiana Classics championship title. Men's Golf season ends in NCAA quarterfinals match May 31, 2023 10:45 am The Fighting Illini men's golf team concluded its chase for the 2023 national title on Tuesday, falling in a hard-fought battle with Florida State, 3-2, in the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Men's Golf Championship. Men's Golf secures NCAA Championship berth at Stillwater Regional May 19, 2021 8:45 am The Fighting Illini men's golf program secured its 13th-consecutive NCAA Championship berth on Tuesday after posting a second-place finish behind host Oklahoma State at the Stillwater Regional at Karsten Creek Golf Club. Men's Golf senior Hardy named Ping First-Team All America May 30, 2018 8:00 am The 2018 Big Ten Player of the Year, Nick Hardy concluded a standout career for the Orange and Blue this year as he won his second Big Ten Individual title Men's Golf set for 11th-straight NCAA Championship appearance May 24, 2018 12:00 pm This marks Illinois' 26th NCAA Championship appearance in program history, and the 13th under head coach Mike Small Men's golf team sweeps awards at Boilermaker Invite Apr 20, 2015 9:30 am The third-ranked Illinois men's golf team took home the team trophy and placed four individuals among the top finishers at the 2015 Boilermaker Invite held at Kampen Course in West Lafayette, Ind. Men's golf voted no. 1 in bushnell golfweek coaches poll Sep 30, 2016 2:15 pm The Illini have been voted the top team in the country by the nation's coaches. Men's Golf wins Big Ten Championship Apr 25, 2016 9:45 am Fighting Illini Men's Golf used a 24-under par third-round score to take a 13-stroke victory at the 2016 Big Ten Men's Golf Championship. Illinois earns its second consecutive Big Ten trophy and its seventh title in eight years. Men's Golf wins fifth consecutive Big Ten Championship Apr 29, 2019 9:15 am This is the 17th Big Ten Men's Golf Championship in program history, 10th title in the last 11 seasons. Dumont de Chassart becomes the 21st Big Ten Championship Medalist in Illinois history. Men's golf wins second straight tournament title Sep 21, 2016 10:00 am Fighting Illini men's golf won its second tournament title of the season at the OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational. The Illini have won the event three times in the eleven years of the tournament's history. Men's Golf wins the inaugural East Lake Cup trophy Nov 4, 2015 10:30 am Fighting Illini Men's Golf earned it's fourth tournament title of the fall season on Tuesday, taking home the inaugural East Lake Cup title. Men's Golf wins third straight Big Ten championship May 1, 2017 9:45 am The Illini finished 16 strokes ahead of runner-up Northwestern to earn the program's eighth Big Ten title in the last nine seasons. The team score marks a new Big Ten Championships record Men's Gymnastics defend home turf at Big Ten Championships Apr 7, 2017 10:00 am The Illinois men's gymnastics team host the 2017 Big Ten Men's Gymnastics Championships at State Farm Center on Friday and Saturday, April 7-8. Men's Gymnastics headed to Big Ten Championships this weekend Mar 31, 2016 10:30 am All seven Big Ten men's gymnastics teams will be present this weekend in Columbus, Ohio, as Ohio State hosts the Big Ten Championships. Men's Gymnastics takes down no. 2 Stanford, no. 5 Minnesota on Senior Day Mar 4, 2019 8:15 am The fourth-ranked Fighting Illini registered season-high totals on four events to take down both Stanford and Minnesota on Saturday. Illinois improves to 9-2 overall, 2-1 in conference competition. Men's Gymnastics takes top spot in 2019 Big Ten preseason poll Dec 14, 2018 8:30 am The defending Big Ten Champion Fighting Illini men's gymnastics team took the top spot in the 2019 Big Ten Preseason Coaches' Poll, the conference announced Thursday Men's Tennis continues to roll with 25th consecutive win over Hawkeyes Apr 1, 2019 8:30 am Illinois defeated Iowa 5-1 to extend the overall series, 75-23. The Orange and Blue go undefeated in Big Ten play (5-0), while maintaining a 11-6 overall record on the season. Men's Tennis defeats Michigan in a thriller Apr 8, 2019 12:15 pm No. 15 Illini men's tennis battled through to defeat the No. 20 Michigan Wolverines, 4-2, on Sunday afternoon in Ann Arbor. Illinois go undefeated in Big Ten play (7-0), while maintaining a 13-6 overall record. Men's tennis earns ITA All-Academic Team award Jul 27, 2017 9:30 am Vuk Budic, Zeke Clark, Aron Hiltzik, Alex Jesse, Noe Khlif and Pablo Landa were each named ITA Scholar-Athletes. Men's Tennis: Four selected for NCAA singles & doubles championships May 1, 2015 10:15 am A day after the Illini were announced as the No. 4 seed in the 2015 NCAA Tournament, the NCAA Jared Hiltzik and Farris Gosea to the upcoming NCAA singles tournament. The pair of Tim Kopinski and Ross Guignon were selected to represent the Illini in the doubles tournament. Men's Tennis: Kovacevic set to play in NCAA quarterfinals May 26, 2021 9:30 am Aleks Kovacevic will play in the quarterfinals at the NCAA Singles Championships today in Orlando. Kovacevic lost the first set before battling back to defeat Alexis Galarneau from NC State 4-6, 6-4, 6-0. Men's Tennis: Kovacevic wins ITA Midwest Regional title Oct 23, 2018 8:00 am Illinois junior Aleks Kovacevic defeated fellow teammate Zeke Clarkto capture the singles title at the 2018 ITA Midwest Regional Championship on Monday afternoon Men's Tennis open season against Duke on Friday Jan 31, 2019 9:45 am Illinois has won their season-opening dual match in 12 of head coach Brad Dancer's 14 seasons. Last season, the Illini traveled to Durham, N.C. to defeat Duke, 6-1 Men's Tennis seeded No. 8 in NCAA tournament May 2, 2018 8:15 am Illinois will host the NCAA first and second rounds at the Khan Outdoor Tennis Complex on May 12 and 13, with Illinois taking on Marquette in the opening round, 3 pm on May 12 Men's Tennis snags senior day win over Purdue Apr 25, 2022 9:00 am 'It felt good to go out there and get the win on senior day,' said head coach Brad Dancer. 'We've won four in-a-row now and have some good momentum heading into the tournament later this week.' Men's Tennis sweeps Purdue in first Big Ten home match Mar 28, 2016 9:30 am The No. 10 ranked Fighting Illini men's tennis team swept Purdue, 4-0, in their first home conference match of the season Sunday afternoon. The Illini improve to 10-7 on the season and 2-1 in Big Ten play. Men's Tennis: Three-for-three in first round; Kovacevic wins 100th match May 24, 2021 9:30 am All three Illini are moving onto the round of 32 after sweeping their matches today. Zeke Clark, Aleks Kovacevic and Siphosothando Montsi each defeated their opponents in straight sets. Kovacevic's win marks the 100th singles win of his career. Men's Tennis wins 4-3 thriller over Wisconsin Apr 22, 2019 8:15 am The No. 15 Fighting Illini men's tennis team concluded the regular season with their 10th conference win, defeating the Wisconsin Badgers on Sunday afternoon. Men's Track opens season at the Border Battle with Iowa, Missouri Jan 6, 2017 10:45 am The Border Battle has seen the Illini go 3-1 in the first two meets. In the inaugural meet two years ago, the Illini beat both Missouri and Iowa. Last year the Illini split,defeating Missouri but losing to Iowa at the UI Armory. Men's, women's basketball season tickets on sale today Jun 12, 2023 9:00 am Season tickets for 2023-24 Fighting Illini men's and women's basketball go on sale today at noon. Both programs are coming off successful campaigns with anticipation high for the upcoming season. Mercilus named to BTN All-Decade Second Team Jul 7, 2020 10:45 am Mercilus was a consensus All-American and won the Hendricks Award (top DE in the nation) at Illinois in 2011 after one of the best seasons by a defender in Fighting Illini history. Messages pour in honoring Coach Lou Henson Jul 31, 2020 12:45 pm As the news of legendary Fighting Illini basketball coach and ambassador Lou Henson's passing broke, hundreds of posts on social media were shared with personal anecdotes about the man in an orange blazer. Meyer, Illini Men's Golf maintain top spot at Tavistock Collegiate Invitational Oct 24, 2017 10:45 am Senior golfer Dylan Meyer posted a second-round tally of 6-under par to lead Illinois and maintain his spot atop the individual leaderboard on Monday Meyer named Big Ten Golfer of the Week Oct 26, 2017 8:45 am Senior golfer Dylan Meyer has been named Big Ten Golfer of the Week, coming off of an 11-under par performance at the Tavistock Collegiate Invitational Meyer named to Ben Hogan Award watch list Feb 15, 2018 9:30 am Fighting Illini senior Dylan Meyer is among just 27 collegiate golfers named to the watch list for the prestigious Ben Hogan Award Michael Massey called up to Kansas City Royals Jul 15, 2022 9:30 am Massey was the highest drafted infielder in Illinois history when he went in the fourth round of the 2019 MLB Draft. His three-year Illini career included a national Gold Glove award, two All-Big Ten honors, and a .324 career batting average. Michelle Bartsch-Hackley: Illinois Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2020 Jul 30, 2020 9:15 am The many accomplishments of former Fighting Illini volleyball standout and 2020 Illinois Athletics Hall of Fame inductee Michelle Bartsch-Hackley. Michigan State outlasts Illini women, 67-55 Jan 17, 2018 8:45 am 'We just have to keep fighting,' head coach Nancy Fahey said. 'I am proud of this team because every time, they could get really tired and hang it up, but they don't.' Midweek games against Missouri and Valparaiso await Fighting Illini Softball Mar 14, 2023 8:15 am The Fighting Illni (16 - 7) take on the Missouri Tigers in a doubleheader today, beginning at 1 p.m. CT. The home opener against Valpo on Wednesday is slated for 1 p.m. CT.