We have to get Giorgi to recognize that he is not just a shooter or the on-line rebounder but Batman that has many weapons and is always prepared to activate his BAT-MOBILE.

Good job, Illini. Great things ahead

Welcome Coach Underwood!

We Love Him, Serve Him and worship him, yet we find it difficult to trust him completely. God we do great things with us for us and above us, we must always look to the hills from whence cometh OUR HELP. For Our help comes from the LORD.TRUST IN GOD AND HE WILL SHOW YOU YOUR SOLDIERS IN ARMS AND COMMANDERS WITH HONOR, DIGNITY AND POWER. KENNY BATTLE 33 FORMER Illinois Mr. Basketball, high- energy motor and fantastic entertainer when it comes to his dunks and defense. I am sure he knows a thing or two about DEFENSE. With Walker and your thoughtfulness in the intricacies of the game, Kenny Battle can relate to the players like an Illini great, relay, transform and unite by his experiences in life and in being not only a player on the 1989 flying illini but the heart and soul of the team. Kendall Gill, Dee Brown or Eddie Johnson - Living legends who were All-BIG TEN during there careers and they all have professional skills in other avenues of life. Eddie Johnson coached in the NBA. THE WAY YOU CAN LEAD THE JOURNEY FORWARD IS TO HAVE PURPOSE AND PASSION - LET THE PASSION BECOME UNIVERSAL.........LET THE OTHERS WHO HAVE ENVISIONED AND DEDICATED THEIR LIVES TO HELPING STUDENTS AND ATHELTES.GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THE MAGIC BACK TO CHAMPAIGN' URBANA