Illinois Baseball Report

The schedule for the 2012 Big East/Big Ten Challenge has been released.  You can find it at http://www.bigtenbigeastbaseballchallenge.com/ Relevant to our interests, here are the Illinois games: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2012 1:00pm Notre Dame at Illinois (Walter Fuller Complex – Field #1, St. Petersburg, FL) SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2012 4:00pm Louisville at Illinois (Al Lang [...]

Filed under: Announcements on October 4th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Illinois now has a place to play and time to play.  The NCAA Baseball Regionals brackets have been announced. Yesterday morning, ESPN2 took a break from their marathon of Jim Tressel news coverage to announce the NCAA Regionals selections. Here’s the scoop: Illinois will be in the Fullerton Regional in Fullerton, California. They will be [...]

Filed under: NCAA Regionals on May 31st, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

It’s down to Florida for the third weekend in a row for the Illini baseball team.  This time, they are participating in the Bright House Invitational in Deland, Florida.  Stetson University are the gracious hosts. FightingIllini.com beat me to the punch with their weekend preview.  It looks like the Johnson-Anderson-Kimes rotation has gone beyond the [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on March 3rd, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

The tournament which is rapidly being considered the beginning of Illinois baseball season has been set in stone for 2011. The schedule of the 2011 Big East/Big Ten Challenge was released today.  Illinois will take on Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and West Virginia on the weekend of February 18-20.  The Big East/Big Ten Challenge will be played [...]

Filed under: Announcements on October 20th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Well, the Illini gave St John’s a good fight.  It was pretty much the story of two games within one.  The first one where the Illini had them strung up in the first five innings, winning 4-0.  It was indeed the 3-run fifth inning when Illinois did most of the damage keyed by a 2-run [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on March 1st, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Illinois announced that they have released their 2010 baseball schedule last week.  They’re playing in a couple new tournaments this year.  But the big surprise is that they will be opening at home.  Brr!  But hey, it’s baseball in a little over two months away and that makes me happy.  The Illinois team will be [...]

Filed under: Announcements on December 12th, 2009 | 5 Comments »

For those Illini Baseball fans interested in a field trip to sunny St Petersburg, Florida to see some Illinois baseball, the 2010 Big Ten/Big EAST Challenge tickets are on sale now.  The second annual Challenge will take place February 26-28, 2010.  An all-tournament pass will cost $25. More info at the tournament website. Share Tags: [...]

Filed under: Announcements on October 29th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Seeing as Ohio State Buckeyes are the Big Ten Champs and the Big Ten Tournament is being held in Columbus (yes, this is just a coincidence, folks), The Buckeye Nine blogger Chris Webb is being a gracious host and has brought a new blog geared towards the 2009 Big Ten Tournament.  Its name is Buckeye [...]

Filed under: 2009 Big Ten Tournament on May 19th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Big Ten Overall Team W L T Pct W L T Pct Minnesota……….. 15 4 0 .789 33 13 0 .717 Illinois………… 15 5 0 .750 32 15 0 .681 Ohio State………. 14 6 0 .700 35 14 0 .714 Indiana…………. 13 6 0 .684 24 24 0 .500 Michigan State…… 12 7 0 .632 [...]

Filed under: Analysis on May 9th, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Once again, Illini starting pitching rolled over the opposition at the Al Ogletree Classic, this time the Stephen F Austin ‘Jacks.  Aaron Martin got the start today and for the second game in a row, the Illini starter did not give up an earned run.  Martin pitched 8 solid innings giving up only 5 hits [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on February 28th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »