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The Notre Dame Fighting Irish welcomed the Illinois Fighting Illini to Purcell Pavilion for a round of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. Both teams are really young this season, and both teams rank 11th in their respective conferences in terms of age/experience. It showed right away. It was a sloppy first half Continue to Article

November 28, 2018 12:00:am EST

• Sunday's win over Mississippi Valley State wasn't exactly the rebound the Illini needed. Yes, Illinois still took possession and cruised past a 1-6 team that has been blown out of the gym this season. It was a good opportunity for the Illini to get their feet back under them and re-acclimated Continue to Article

November 26, 2018 11:00:pm EST

Brad Underwood's Fighting Illini entered a stacked field in Hawaii and had a hard go of it, getting swept away in all three games they played. To their credit, they did put a scare into #3 Gonzaga, keeping the margin to 6 in an 84-78 loss, but their defense again floundered in allowing 84 to Iowa Continue to Article

November 26, 2018 12:00:am EST

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish looked more like a self-realized team on Saturday with a 95-point performance in a rout of DePaul at home. Rex Pflueger seemed to find his stroke after a sluggish start to the season, and freshmen Prentiss Hubb and Nate Lascewski added career-highs with 15 points apiece. Continue to Article

November 26, 2018 12:00:am EST

Trent Frazier scored 16 points and Kipper Nichols added 14 to lead Illinois past Mississippi Valley State 86-67 on Sunday. ''We did some nice things today, especially from the three-point line,'' said Illinois coach Brad Underwood. Da'Monte Williams scored 10 points and Ayo Dosunmu Continue to Article

November 25, 2018 5:06:pm EST