Opponent: Illinois

Date: Thursday, February 7, 2008 | 9:00 p.m. EST

Arena: Assembly Hall (16,618) – Champaign, Illinois

Line: Indiana by 2

All-time series: Indiana leads 82-77

Previous meeting: Indiana won 62-58 in Bloomington on January 13

TV: ESPN (Rece Davis, Jay Bilas and Pat Forde)

Radio: IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Todd Leary and Joe Smith)

Probable Starters:

• Indiana (18-3, 7-1 Big Ten): Armon Bassett, Eric Gordon, Jamarcus Ellis, Lance Stemler, D.J. White
• Illinois (10-13, 2-8 Big Ten): Chester Frazier, Trent Meacham, Rodney Alexander, Brian Randle and Shaun Pruitt

Game Notes (Adobe Reader required to view):

• Indiana
• Illinois

Gameday reading:

• Hell hath no fury like a student cheering section scorned (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
• Gordon goes back to where it all began (Indiana Daily Student)
• IU travels to another Assembly Hall (Indiana Daily Student)
• The Gordon game (Chicago Sun Times)
• Gordon snub’s the rub for Illini basketball (Chicago Tribune)
• NCAA needs to get rid of Sampson (Daily Illini)
• Face of the Illini enemy (Indianapolis Star)
• Ratliff still in Bloomington (The Hoosier Scoop)

As always, your predictions, analysis and Bruce Weber jokes are welcome in the game thread.

(Photo credit: Illini Loyalty)