Good afternoon everybody. The Illinois basketball team is back on the road and so is the LIVE! Report. Beat writer Scott Richey (that's me) made it to Lincoln, Neb., earlier today, and he's all set up at Pinnacle Bank Arena ready to deliver our typical coverage of the Illini.
B1G SZN is here.
Champaign Lincoln pic.twitter.com/YGia2PxK8A— Illini Basketball (@IlliniMBB) December 2, 2018
It's Dec. 2 and, that's right, it's time for some Big Ten basketball. The conference added two early December games last year when it moved its tournament up one week to accomodate holding it at Madison Square Garden (where the Big East calls the shots on the regular week for conference tournaments.