The Illini welcome in the Notre Dame Fighting Irish for the first game in the newly renovated State Farm Center this season. This might not be the signature game that many expected to begin the season, but it is still a big game.
Illinois is 3-4 on the season and they are in desperate need of a solid victory. They finally got healthy for about a game and a half in the last two games and performed well.
The Illini beat UAB by 14 points because they were finally at full health. Then, halfway through the game against Iowa State big man Mike Thorne Jr.