Illinois has finally released the schedule for the 2011 baseball season.
Some interesting highlights:
– Season opens with Big Ten/Big East Challenge on February 18th (no crazy February home games scheduled this year)
– On March 11-13, Illinois will participate in the new Metrodome Tournament in Minnesota. Illinois will conclude the tournament by playing Minnesota. That will be the only time the two teams will play in 2011 and I’m pretty sure it won’t count towards the Big Ten standings.
– Illinois’ home opener is on March 25 and they will face Indiana State.
– On March 29th, the Illini make a return visit to Busch Stadium to face the Missouri Tigers!
– The Big Ten opener is on April 1 versus Penn State. The Big Ten home opener is the next weekend on April 8th versus Iowa.
– Season ends with May 19th series against Indiana. The Big Ten Baseball Tournament begins the next week on May 25th.
Here is the Illini Baseball schedule page and you can download the pdf version of the schedule here.