by Bill Scott | Apr 14, 2021
The 2021 Wisconsin Mr. Basketball has picked Illinois for his college basketball home next season. Brandin Podziemski picked the Illini over finalists Kentucky, Wake Forest, Miami and Vanderbilt. Podziemski averaged 35.1 points, 10 rebounds, 5.6 assists and 4.0...
by Bill Scott | Feb 7, 2021
The Wisconsin Badgers (14-6, 8-5 Big Ten) missed out on a chance to move into a tie for second place in the Big Ten, falling to Illinois (13-5, 9-3) 75-60 on Saturday in Champaign. The Illini extended their winning streak to four games and moved to within one-half...
by Bill Scott | Oct 24, 2020
The Wisconsin Badgers kicked off the 2020 college football season with a 45-7 thumping of the Illinois Fighting Illini without fans at Camp Randall Stadium. Redshirt freshman quarterback Graham Mertz, in his first collegiate start, completed his first 17 passes and...
by Bill Scott | Oct 12, 2020
The Big Ten’s first football game of the 2020 season will be in Madison. The Wisconsin Badgers will kick off their campaign against Illinois on Friday night, October 23rd at 7 p.m. on BTN. The game will be played without any fans at Camp Randall Stadium because...
by Bill Scott | Jan 9, 2020
The Wisconsin Badgers saw their four-game winning streak come to an end, falling to Illinois 71-70 on Wednesday night at the Kohl Center. The Badgers 15-game winning streak against the Illini also came to an end. Illinois (11-5, 3-2 Big Ten) defeated Wisconsin for...
by Bill Scott | Jan 24, 2019
It was another sloppy night of basketball for the Wisconsin Badgers on Wednesday night in Champaign, Ill., but in the end, Bucky found a way to persevere, 72-60 over Illinois. The Badgers (13-6, 5-3 Big Ten) extended their winning streak against the Illini (5-14, 1-7)...
by Bill Scott | Oct 30, 2017
The Wisconsin Badger football team moved a step closer to the Big Ten West Division title, knocking off Illinois 24-10 on Saturday. While the Badgers improved to 8-0 on the season and remain the only unbeaten team in the Big Ten, they once again gave no impression...