CHAMPAIGN, IL (Chambana Today) – Illinois will be facing Alabama on Wednesday, November 19 at the United Center in Chicago.
Ticket sales information, including priority access for UI premium and season ticket holders and I FUND members, will be announced when available. This will be a return game from last season in Birmingham where the Number 8 Crimson Tide defeated the Number 25 Illini, 100-87. Alabama then went on to the NCAA Elite Eight, while Illinois made it to the NCAA Second Round. This marks the return of a marquee appearance in Chicago for the Illini program.
Illinois has played a total of 56 games at the United Center in total, with a 38-18 record. The Illini are 19-9 in regular-season games at the UC, including an 18-8 mark against non-conference teams. Their last visit was for the 2023 Big Ten Tournament. The Fighting Illini also played a regular season game there during the 2018 to 2019 season and played a non-conference regular season game in 2017 to 2018.