http://www.illinihq.com/news/from_the_archives Latest Illini sports stories for IlliniHQ.com en-us Copyright 2009, The News-Gazette, Inc. http://www.illinihq.com/news/rss Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:26:06 PST <p>Heading into Friday's centennial season opener, Bruce Weber was still only four days removed from an appendectomy.</p> <p>"I was hoping I didn't have to yell so much tonight and get mad," Weber said after Illinois routed Delaware State 87-67. No such luck.</p> http://www.illinihq.com/news/from_the_archives/2009/11/16/memory_lane_2004-05_illini_start_off_slow/ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:00:00 CST <p>CHAMPAIGN – Illinois raised its 2004 championship banner Sunday.</p> <p>And in their exhibition finale, the Illini didn't do anything to lower lofty expectations.</p> http://www.illinihq.com/news/from_the_archives/2009/11/09/memory_lane_banner_day_for_2004-05_illini/ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:00:00 CST <p>CHAMPAIGN – Shaun Pruitt wants to leap into the fire. Calvin Brock is content to simmer a while longer.</p> <p>Illinois whipped Southern Illinois-Edwardsville 78-58 in Friday's exhibition opener at the Assembly Hall, but the story of the night was the divergent paths chosen by the Illini's freshman duo.</p> http://www.illinihq.com/news/from_the_archives/2009/11/02/memory_lane_2004-05_illini_get_going/ Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:00:00 CST <p>CHAMPAIGN - You put the All-Big Ten backcourt on one side in an intrasquad scrimmage, and it's supposed to cruise.</p> <p>So in the last of three 10-minute Orange and Blue scrimmages Saturday night, an Orange team featuring Dee Brown and Deron Williams — the 2003 and 2004 preseason Big Ten players of the year — should've cruised, right?</p> http://www.illinihq.com/news/from_the_archives/2009/10/26/memory_lane_orange_blue_scrimmage_in_04/ Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:00:00 CST