The college basketball season is nigh. And for those of us like me that have been tracking the Illini’s every move since March, it’s exciting as hell. Even watching a 70-point exhibition win versus an NAIA school has my blood pumping.
Brad Underwood enters year five in Champaign and has the deepest team of his tenure. Even with the departures of key contributors Adam Miller, Giorgi Bezhanishvili and Ayo Dosunmu, expectations remain high that Illinois will be playing deep into March.
With less than two weeks remaining until the regular season tips off, here’s a preview of the Fighting Illini’s eleven non-conference opponents.