CHAMPAIGN — A longstanding series has existed between Illinois and Missouri on the men's basketball scene.
It's been the opposite story for those border rivals in women's basketball.
When Nancy Fahey's Illini (8-2) and Robin Pingeton's Tigers (9-3) meet at noon today inside State Farm Center, it will only be the fourth such meeting in the past 16 years.
But, there is mutual interest to have the nonconference game become a regular fixture on future schedules.
For Illinois, today offers a chance for the Illini to post the first marquee win of Fahey's tenure in Champaign.