Friday may be a day when the Illini wish they could have back Ty Rodgers' redshirt year. Northwestern has, in different times, been what many opponents considered to be an automatic Big Ten win.

And a team that, after Ty Rodgers decided to redshirt this season, only returned a single player from last year's Elite Eight run. Winning them all outside of Big Ten play might have been ...

Magic Johnson, Chris Paul and now Zakai Zeigler? The first two, Hall of Fame point guards, led No. 1 teams into Illinois -- ...

It's old news by now, but only sophomore Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn returns from last season's Elite Eight team, at least after junior Ty Rodgers elected to redshirt this season. That means Underwood has ...

Meanwhile, Illinois (7-2) boasts a higher upside than last year despite retaining no starters (Ty Rodgers has opted to redshirt) and only two scholarship players. Point guard Kasparas Jakucionis ...

The Hawkeye offensive line was a Joe Moore Award semifinalist, which recognizes the top offensive line in the country. Jones ...