An Illinois men's basketball player is a Fighting Illini because he plays for Illinois ... Illinois currently does not have a mascot. The school did have a de facto mascot from 1926 until 2007 ...
The Illini (12-4, 4-2 Big Ten) were a sloppy, sputtering mess on offense against visiting USC, but the shocker was that they rolled over and exposed a soft underbelly, routinely getting pushed around ...
Seven Illinois basketball newcomers were compensated handsomely by the Illini Guardians — an NIL collective supporting Illini athletics and endorsed by Illini athletics — for signing ...