UIC and Loyola (Chi.) are used to seeing each other, but Saturday marks the first time since the 1993-94 season that these two schools meet in a non-conference game. Loyola, which spent 34 seasons in the Horizon League and its precursors, the Midwestern City Conference…
Voters: Jesse Kramer (The Catch and Shoot), Beau Spencer (My Summit League), Tom Fornelli (The Champaign Room), Mark Primiano (The Champaign Room), Loretta8 (Sippin’ On Purple), Sean Hammond (The Daily Illini), Johnathan Hettinger (The Daily Illini), Erik Prado (The Daily Illini), and Kevin Trahan (Inside Northwestern). 1. Illinois…
The Illinois College Basketball Rankings are a weekly feature this season on The Catch and Shoot where nine writers who cover college basketball in Illinois will rank the 13 Division I programs in the state. Voters: Jesse Kramer (The Catch and Shoot), Tom Fornelli (The Champaign…
The Illinois College Basketball Rankings will be a weekly feature this season on The Catch and Shoot where six writers who cover college basketball in the state of Illinois will rank the 13 Division I teams in the state. Here is the preseason edition: Voters:…
By Jesse Kramer The WAC was one of the best mid-major conferences in college basketball last season with four high-quality teams in Louisiana Tech, Denver, New Mexico State, and Utah State. But thanks to conference realignment, New Mexico State is the only member of that…
