CHAMPAIGN, Ailing. — Illinois girls’s basketball has set its non-conference slate.
The Illini introduced their 2026-27 non-conference schedule Monday, that includes 9 house video games, one highway sport and two neutral-site video games. Illinois will open with an exhibition towards UIS on Oct. 30 earlier than formally starting the season Nov. 4 towards Detroit Mercy at State Farm Middle.
Illinois will keep house for the primary half of November, internet hosting Southern on Nov. 7 and Southeast Missouri on Nov. 15 earlier than touring to Ball State on Nov. 18. The Illini will then head to the Bahamas for Baha Mar Hoops, the place they’ll face Marquette on Nov. 27 and Saint Joseph’s on Nov. 29.
December will deliver six extra house video games, with Illinois internet hosting Chicago State, Missouri, Evansville, Western Illinois, Wright State and Previous Dominion between Dec. 7 and Dec. 22.
Illinois may also get a clearer have a look at the remainder of its schedule Tuesday, when the total Huge Ten slate is launched. The Illini already know their house and highway opponents for the 18-game convention schedule, together with house matchups with Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Nebraska, Northwestern, Penn State, Purdue, Washington and Oregon.
Illinois girls’s basketball had 98,014 followers in attendance at State Farm Middle in the course of the 2025-26 season, the second-highest whole in program historical past. This hype round Shauna Inexperienced’s Illini has additionally resulted in a sold-out decrease bowl for reserved season tickets in back-to-back seasons.
Inexperienced and the Illini will look to maintain constructing on this system’s latest momentum with a profitable 2026-27 marketing campaign.
