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Huff Gym hosted its first event on Dec. 12, 1925 when the Illinois men’s basketball team beat Butler 23-22 in Champaign in ...
URBANA — The Champaign County state's attorney's office has filed additional charges against a Champaign man arrested after he allegedly tried to bring weapons into the Assembly Hall last month.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The University of Illinois has sold the naming rights for Assembly Hall to State Farm Insurance Co. In a 30-year, $60 million agreement announced Monday, the home of the ...
The first time Dave Downey walked into Assembly Hall in Champaign, he wasn’t thinking about the spectacle of the building. In March of 1963 his Illini were a game back of Ohio State in the Big Ten ...
It isn't every season that Illinois has a colossal nonconference showdown at Assembly Hall. But in 2000, it certainly did when the Top 10-ranked Illini and Seton Hall Pirates clashed in Champaign.
CHAMPAIGN, ILL. - Some things don't change at Assembly Hall. Acres of pancake-flat farmland are next door. Inside the arena, every man, woman and child seems to be clothed in blaze orange.
_A previous version of this article stated that Bruce Springsteen’s last concert in Champaign was in 1978. In fact, Springsteen also played at the Assembly Hall on Feb. 7, 1981. This article has been ...
2 p.m. Sunday at Assembly Hall, Champaign. Illinois has won nine straight home games over Northwestern, and dating back to 1980 has won 28 of the last 29 against the Wildcats at Assembly Hall.
The IHSA has not indicated it will move the tournament, which has been in Champaign since 1919 and in Assembly Hall since 1963. But it made such a move possible for the first time when it said ...
BLOOMINGTON, Ind.—The 19th ranked Illinois Fighting Illini led by as many as 31 points and dominated the Indiana Hoosiers at Assembly Hall 94-69. Illinois took their first lead of the game at 7-6 and ...