Tyler Jay: High expectations in 2015 for the stopper It’s finally opening weekend!! With brand new uniforms and two new coaches, the Illini have the same old desire to win. Don’t expect a lot of changes on this team. Other than acquiring assistant coach Spencer Allen and volunteer assistant coach…
Can Rob McDonnell and Co. keep the Illini in the polls once the season starts? As the University of Illinois Urbana campus empties and the holidays approach, the Illini Baseball team received a gift (or perhaps a curse depending how you look at it). Illinois (32-21) was ranked in the…
Kevin Duchene gets a well-deserved Pitcher of the Week honor Things just keep getting better for the Illini baseball team after their 4-0 sweep in Gainesville last weekend. First, take a look at the latest NCBWA polls. Not only is Illinois starting to get votes now but one of their…
Today it was announced that in the Big Ten baseball pre-season coaches’ poll, Indiana was picked as the #1 team in the conference. Not only that, it was a unanimous choice. It shouldn’t surprise anyone. Indiana is returning seven of their All-Big Ten winners from their team that made their…
With their big sweep over Baylor, Illinois has first place to themselves in the Big Ten with a 10-4 record. via Bigten.org Conference Overall Team W L T Pct W L T Pct Illinois………… 0 0 0 .000 10 4 0 .714 Minnesota……….. 0 0 0 .000 10 5 0…
Kevin Johnson: A pitcher to watch The Big Ten released its preseason poll of conference baseball coaches today. There’s good news and bad news. The good news is that if the coaches are right, Illinois should make the Big Ten Baseball Tournament. The bad news is that it will be…
In the first game of the Nike College Showcase, Kevin Johnson outlasted Alex Keudell in an old fashioned pitcher’s duel as the Illini defeated #18 Oregon 2-1. In all, there were 10 hits by both teams. Johnson pitched a 4-hit complete game to get his second win in as many…
I’m sure we Illini baseball fans are not given in to schadenfreude. If we were, however, we would pleased to know that because of Illinois’ 9-4 defeat of St John’s on Sunday, the Red Storm have been knocked out of the national rankings. But I’m sure we don’t have that…
Here in Champaign-Urbana, we’ve just had our first taste of winter. In the last couple of days, we’ve had high temps in the 20s with a nice blanket of snow on the ground. Up until this point, it was almost (college) baseball weather. On the Fightingillini.com blog, Ben Taylor reminds…
On April Fool’s Day, #26 Illinois (yes, we dropped a spot in the polls) the Illini will take on the Cougars of University of Southern Illinois-Edwardsville. The Cougars are a probationary member of the Ohio Valley Conference hoping for full NCAA Division I status in by 2012-2013. Game #22…