Maryland up 10-0 on Ohio State early in the second quarter.

Wisconsin leading Rutgers 3-0.

Purdue @ Iowa 2:30

Michigan @ Minnesota 6:30

RB Josh McCray suffered a neck injury in practice this week that will knock him out for the season. 6-8 week rehab, according to Bret Bielema.

Final: Nebraska 20 Illinois 7

Nebraska wasn’t good enough to put the game away, and Illinois still couldn’t do anything.

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Unfortunately, Justin Fields isn’t very good.

He has great physical tools but lacks the intangibles that make all the difference.

They can still win this game, but Fields needs to get rid of the football.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill.–Fighting Illini senior guard Terrence Shannon Jr. is a unanimous selection to the Preseason All-Big Ten Team, as voted on by media covering the league and announced Friday by the conference office.

Shannon is one of three players on the 10-member Preseason All-Big Ten Team who earned first-team all-conference honors last year, joined by Purdue's Zach Edey and Northwestern's Boo Buie.

Shannon's 2022-23 Illini Highlights
• First-Team All-Big Ten (coaches)
• Second-Team All-Big Ten (media)
• USBWA All-District V selection
• NABC All-District 7 Second Team selection
• Played in 31 of 33 games (30 starts), ranking seventh in Big Ten in scoring at 17.2 ppg
• Scored in double figures in all but four games, with 11 outings of 20+ points
• Fourth on team in rebounding (4.6 rpg) and second in assists (2.8 apg, 21st in B1G)
• Second in B1G in both free throws made (166) and attempted (210)
• Career-high 30 points with eight boards on 9-14 FG and four treys vs. Monmouth (Nov. 14)
• 29 points in win over No. 8 UCLA (Nov. 18), tying school record with eight 3-pointers (8-9 3FG) and grabbing game-high 10 boards for third career double-double
• Game-high 24 points (7-11 FG) with eight rebounds in win over No. 14 Wisconsin (Jan. 7)
• Second double-double and fourth of career with 25 points and season-high 11 boards in win at Nebraska (Jan. 10), along with four assists and career-high tying four steals
• 26 points – with 24 coming in second half – in comeback win over No. 21 Northwestern (Feb. 23)
• 21 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists in 2OT win over Michigan (March 2)

2023-24 Preseason All-Big Ten Team
TERRENCE SHANNON JR., Sr., G, ILLINOIS
Julian Reese, Jr., F, Maryland
JAHMIR YOUNG, Sr., G, MARYLAND
Dawson Garcia, Jr., F, Minnesota
A.J. Hoggard, Sr., G, Michigan State
Tyson Walker, Gr., G, Michigan State
Keisei Tominaga, Sr., G, Nebraska
BOO BUIE, Gr., G, NORTHWESTERN
ZACH EDEY, Sr., C, PURDUE
Clifford Omoruyi, Sr., C, Rutgers

Unanimous selections listed in ALL CAPS

2023-24 Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year
Zach Edey, Purdue

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The Big Ten Conference announced Thursday the conference's football matchups for the next five years (2024-28), as first reported on Big Ten Network. The 2024 season will be the Big Ten's first with 18 teams and no divisional format.

Next season, Illinois will host Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, and Purdue at Memorial Stadium and make visits to Nebraska, Northwestern, Oregon, Penn State, and Rutgers. Dates for the 2024 season will be announced at a later date.

With the Big Ten's new Flex Protect XVIII model, Illinois will play all Big Ten opponents at least twice, once home and once away, over a five-year period. The Fighting Illini have two protected matchups that are played every year – Northwestern and Purdue – that are part of 12 overall protected games within the Big Ten.

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