November 22, 2001 Illinois takes down Northwestern 34-28 to finish with their best regular-season record (10-1, 7-1 Big Ten) since the 1983 Rose Bowl team.

For the first time in school history, the Fighting Illini will play in the NCAA Men’s National Championship Game after defeating Louisville 72-57 in a close game that Illinois took control of down the stretch.

Deron Williams finds Luther Head for three and Illinois has their biggest lead of the game over Louisville 59-49 with seven minutes left to see who will play in the 2005 national championship game.

Roger Powell Jr has scored 12 of the last 14 Fighting Illini points to give Illinois a 45-42 lead over Louisville with 13-minutes to play in the 2005 Final Four.

Roger Powell Jr put back dunk on his own missed three pointer vs Louisville in the 2005 Final Four matchup.

Clark Kellogg breaks down the first half of Louisville vs Illinois in the 2005 Final Four.

Pregame coverage of Louisville vs Illinois in the 2005 final four.

Time to make more memories this weekend.

Former Illini Kendall Gill on Bruce Pearl: “Extreme dislike” “Some guys are just slimeballs in life, that’s just what they are” “He caused a lot of damage” “I’d prefer if he would just go away”

Ayo Dosunmu on the Illinois - Iowa rivalry following the #23 Fighting Illini's 78-76 win over #18 Iowa on March 8, 2020.

In Illinois’ last March madness meeting with Houston, freshman RJ Melendez raced the floor for a breakaway dunk, cutting the deficit to four with 8:40 left resulting in one of the most egregious technical foul calls in NCAA tournament history.

Five Years ago today. Illinois wins the Big Ten Tournament with Ayo Dosunmu winning most outstanding player.

Devon Witherspoon plays football today

Devon Witherspoon plays football today.

Devon Witherspoon plays football today

“They’ve Done It Tess!” Thirteen years ago today, Tyler Griffey’s buzzer-beating layup lifted Illinois past #1 Indiana, 74-72. A moment forever etched in Fighting Illini basketball history.

Chase Brown finished his Illini career with — 605 rushes — 3,206 yards — 5.3 yards per rush — 18 touchdowns Only running back in the history of the program with ten straight games of 100+ rushing yards Only Robert Holcombe had more rushing yards as an Illini than Chase Brown (since 1956)

The last Memorial Stadium snow game was a 23-20 Fighting Illini win over Minnesota on November 6th, 1993. Below is the game winning touchdown by Ty Douthard.

Malcolm Hill passes Brian Cook on the Illinois all time scoring list

2022: Bret Bielema returns to Madison, Wisconsin and pummels the badgers to the point they fire head coach Paul Chryst and the team hasn’t been right since. The opening of the recap article from Wisconsin that day via uwbadgers.com/news/2022/10...

Nathan Scheelhaase to AJ Jenkins x2

PICKED OFF BY STEVE HULL!

Ron Zook held frat Q&As at Illinois?

That spoon hit vs Indiana

Exactly how they drew it up Marcus Domask -> Ty Rodgers From Illinois’ win over Iowa St that sent them to the Elite Eight for the first time in nineteen years.

1999: Illinois as a 24½-point underdog at No. 9 Michigan playing against Tom Brady erase a 20-point deficit and take the lead on this 45-yard Kurt Kittner to Rocky Harvey touchdown pass.

Mitch Trubisky threw for 265 yards and North Carolina ran for 197 in a 48–23 win over first-year Illinois coach Lovie Smith on Sept. 10, 2016.

The intro to the 1984 matchup between Illinois and Michigan at Assembly Hall 15,952 people in attendance got to see a 75-66 Illinois win that went to four overtimes Bruce Douglas played the full 60 minutes. Efrem Winters had 23 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 assists in 55 minutes.

The Flyin Illini!

Nick Anderson The Shot

Bigfoot Neil Rackers

The ESPN broadcast crew discusses Kurt Kittner before Illinois takes on Tom Brady and Michigan

J Leman had no offers going into his senior year of high school. Here he shares the story of how he became a Fighting Illini.

Art Sitkowski -> Duece Spann for 45 yards Sitkowski was 12/15 for 124 yards and 2 touchdowns as Illinois takes down Nebraska 30-22 in the first game of the Bret Bielema era. Art Sitkowski is in his third season on the Fighting Illini staff and first as co-quarterbacks coach in 2025

February 5, 2019 Dan Dakich: “This won’t end well for Illinois” Ayo Dosunmu (24 points) hits the clutch three as Illinois goes on to upset No. 9 Michigan State, 79-74

Peoria -> Champaign

September 15, 1990 Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL Brent Musburger and Dick Vermeil on the call as Illinois takes down the eventual National Champions that season Colorado. “We put our money where our mouth was and laid it all out on the line," - Darrick Brownlow.

A backup QB from Ball State comes into the game on the final drive and quickly becomes a legend for the Illini. The John Paddock game winning touchdown pass to Isaiah Williams as Illinois takes down Minnesota during the 2023 season.

Illinois stuns No. 6 Wisconsin 24-23 on a last-second 39-yard field goal by James McCourt in the 2019 season.

IT’S PICKED OFF BY KERBY JOSEPH

Ty Rodgers attacking the basket

Twelve years ago today Brandon Paul AT THE BUZZER! BP3 finished with 25 points to lead Illinois to a 51-49 victory over Minnesota in the first round of the Big Ten tournament. 100 total points scored in that game. Iowa-Illinois had 200 total points last night.