PEORIA, Ill. -- Bradley will play the first of two mid-week non-conference games on the 2017 schedule Wednesday when the Braves travel to Champaign, Ill., for a 6 p.m. against Illinois in the first meeting between the two teams since 2011.
Wednesday's outing against Illinois (16-8 overall) is the second game this season against a Big Ten Conference foe for Bradley (15-13 overall) and marks the second to last non-conference game on the 2017 slate for the Braves, who are scheduled to play at SIU Edwardsville April 4.
A free video stream will be offered through the Illinois Athletics website (http://www.