Voters: Jesse Kramer (The Catch and Shoot), Loretta8 (Sippin’ On Purple), Chris Johnson (Inside Northwestern), Erik Prado (The Daily Illini), Sean Hammond (The Daily Illini). 1. Illinois (9-2), 65 points. Last week: 1 Illinois nearly picked up its first marquee win of the season at Oregon,…
UIC (4-6) continued its hot/cold pattern on Saturday night with a 75-69 defeat of Southeast Missouri (7-3). The Flames started the 2013-14 season slowly with a 1-3 record and then won two out of three games to finish third at the Gulf Coast Showcase. Upon…
Loyola Chicago (5-5) defeated Campbell (4-6) on Friday night to start its first winning streak of the 2013-14 season. The Ramblers, who were coming off a win against Chicago-rival UIC last Saturday, erased a six-point deficit in the second half to complete the 80-68 victory.…
Photo: Loyola Athletics On Friday night, Loyola Chicago (4-5) will try for its first winning streak of the 2013-14 season. The Ramblers, who are coming off a win against UIC last Saturday, will host the Campbell Fighting Camels (4-5), who were upset by Division II…
In its first true road game of the season, UIC (3-6) succumbed to Loyola Chicago (4-5) in a barnburner, 73-70. Although they built an eight-point lead in the first half, the Flames played almost the entire second half from behind, and their late comeback attempt…
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…
UIC (3-5) dropped its third straight home game of the season Wednesday night against Southern Methodist (8-2), 73-65. The Flames, who trailed the whole way except for a couple of ties early in the second half, rode senior guard Kelsey Barlow’s 31 points the whole…
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…
