Illinois is up 7-4 right now, and Eastern is playing a zone.

Illinois is up 16-10 with 7:41 left in the half. This is a boring basketball game.

cause all eyes are on the NFL...Bears and Vikings. Another reason to hang Gunther from the assembly hall rafters.

Ya, but who would've know (or cared) about the Bears (booo!) or Vikings (boooo! boooo!) at this late in the season. They haven't been much to speak of the past couple of seasons.

Anytime the Bears have a shot of the playoffs...most attention around the state is focused on them. Them and the Cubs take priority most of the time in the state when there are playoffs on the line. Everyting else is secondary until then.

Illinois up 26-23 at the half. Illinois ties its season low for scoring in the first half.

Illinois up 37-30 at the under 16:00 TV timeout. Meacham has hit some big threes this half so far to keep Illinois ahead.

Generally the team just looks like are not fully into the game, and it shows.

Illini up 43-33 with about 13 minutes left.

Once again, McCamey falls asleep vs. inferior competition. Very disappointing.

Yeah, the Bears really sucked two years ago ;)

For someone with NBA aspirations, you think hed be interested in padding his stats vs these teams.