Illini week ahead: basketball openers, UCLA volleyball and Nebraska football on Dads Day

CHAMPAIGN - A busy week of Illinois home events starts Monday, when the men's basketball team opens its regular season against FDU at 7 p.m. at State Farm Center on BTN, according to the Fighting Illini schedules. All times are Central.

Wednesday, Nov. 4: Women's basketball home opener vs. Detroit Mercy, 6 p.m., State Farm Center (B1G+).

Thursday, Nov. 5: Volleyball vs. UCLA, 6 p.m., Huff Hall (B1G+). Men's basketball vs. Penn, 7:30 p.m., State Farm Center (FS1).

Friday, Nov. 6: Football vs. Nebraska, 7 p.m., Gies Memorial Stadium (FOX), the Dads Day game.

Saturday, Nov. 7: Women's basketball vs. Southern, 2 p.m., State Farm Center (B1G+), with a 30-year reunion of a Big Ten championship team.

On the road: volleyball plays at Indiana at 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8 (B1G+). Wrestling faces Hofstra Nov. 7 and competes in the Journeymen Collegiate Classic Nov. 8 in Bethlehem, Pa.; swimming and diving meets Arkansas and Texas A&M Nov. 7 in Fayetteville, Ark.; and the tennis teams play ITA events starting Nov. 5.

Source: Fighting Illini Athletics calendar, football schedule, men's basketball schedule, women's basketball schedule and volleyball schedule (read Nov. 1, 2026).