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The News-Gazette is well-known and acclaimed for its sports section. [citation needed] It has consistently ranked among the top sports sections among small markets in the country. Loren Tate, a Champaign sports writer and broadcaster, has been covering the Illinois Fighting Illini for the News-Gazette and WDWS since 1965. [citation needed]
The 1923–24 campaign was the first of two conference titles during Ruby's tenure as the Fighting Illini's head coach. The final conference record of eight wins and four losses tied the Illini with Wisconsin and Chicago in the race to be the best in the Big Ten. [1] The overall record for this team was 11 wins and 6 losses.
The Illini lost 45-43 to the rival Wildcats, failing to secure a bowl berth and finishing with a 5-7 record. * Holly Hart/The News-Gazette Illinois' John Paddock (4) fakes a hand off to Reggie ...
Jul. 23—The News-Gazette sports staff rates how the 19 athletic programs at the University of Illinois fared during the 2022-23 school year: Men's golf: A Why an A: Did the season end with a ...
The Illini finished their season with a record of five wins, four losses and a fourth-place finish in the Western Conference. The starting lineup for the team included Albert L. Hall and Henry J. Popperfuss as forwards, captain Carl P. Watson at center, and Louis S. Bernstein and Thomas Thompson as guards.
In two seasons at Illinois, Shannon averaged 20.2 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists. His 736 points scored during the 2023-24 campaign were the most for a single season in program history ...
The 1928-29 season was head coach Craig Ruby's seventh at the University of Illinois.With three returning starters from a team that finished in a ninth place tie in the Big Ten the year before, the Fighting Illini improved to an overall record of 10 wins and 7 losses and a conference record of 6 wins 6 losses.
The most unusual thing about this season was the fact that the Illini played three neutral court games in Chicago. This would also be the final full season that the Fighting Illini would play their home games at Huff Hall. The 1961-62 team utilized several returning lettermen including the leading scorer and team "MVP" Dave Downey.