Tonight, the University of Illinois baseball team (1-2) will take on Florida Gulf Coast University (2-2) at Fort Myers. It will be the first in a three game series.
FightingIllini.com has their weekend preview up. We’re looking at the same starters from last weekend: Johnson, Anderson and Kimes.
The interview accompanying this weekend’s preview is of Coach Hartleb, Kevin Johnson and Josh Parr (though at the moment, I can’t seem to view the Parr or Johnson ones).
I’ve been asked three or four people about how our student athletes get their studying 
in when they travel so extensively. Fortunately, Hartleb (left) addresses this in his interview. While the players do miss time because of travel, they get a lot of down time while on the road and are able to hit the books. In Illinois’ case at least, the proof is in the pudding as they say. Illinois baseball program has been recognized over and over as having players who academically meet or exceed the grade.
The Daily Illini has an article about the Illini Baseball team in today issue that also addresses the rigors of spring travel with some quotes from Hartleb, Johnson, and Parr. The DI did the math… the Illini will travel 3,700 miles while playing 16 straight road games.
Finally, I believe you will be able to keep up with this weekend’s games via FGCU’s Live Stats. Hurray!
Game time is now 3 1/2 hours away. Go Illini!!